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STINGRAY ANNUAL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831290
Published by Jarrold and Sons Limited. 1965. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Based on Gerry Anderson's TV series. First story is 'Night Raid'. Includes cartoon strip style picture stories and text stories. Colour & b/w illustrations. 93 pages. Spine & corners worn. Boards marked. Rear board has a knock to lower edge. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Froint joint lightly pulled but binding is tight. Puzzle on page 80 has been completed. Else contents generallly clean.

THE SAINT ANNUAL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831289
Published by World Distributors Ltd.. 1969. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Based on the famous T.V. series by Leslie Charteris. First story is 'A Saintly Tip'. Text stories and a few cartoon strip style stories. 93 pages. Spine lightly faded. Top corners lightly bumped. Minor foxing to text block. A few pale foxspots to prelims else contents clean. NOT price-cut or inscribed.

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
Written by Peggy Miller.
Stock no. 1331052
Published by British Broadcasting Corporation. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Peach boards, gilt title to spine. Adapted from the original T.V. series written and directed by Cecile Aubry. ISBN: 0563073985. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss, damp stains and light foxing on verso and price-cut to front flap.

THE TERRYTOON SPACE TRAIN
Written by Barbara Waring. Illustrated by Irv Gershen.
Stock no. 1831073
Published by Purnell. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

A Mighty Mouse adventure as seen on TV. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Top & tail of spine lightly bumped and worn. Light wear to lower corner of front board. Boards scuffed. Contents clean.

DAKTARI ANNUAL
Written by J.L. Morrissey; J.H. Pavey; M. Broadley; Ken Denham; J.W. Elliott. Illustrated by Edgar Hodges; T. Nolan; D. Brian.
Stock no. 1831057
Published by World Distributors Ltd.. 1965. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. First story is "Fame Comes To Clarence". Light wear to lower corners of boards, boards are lightly scuffed. Last page (rear pastedown) is unstuck from rear board in the lower corner. Contents are generally clean.

BLEEP AND BOOSTER
Written by Tim. Illustrated by Tim.
Stock no. 1831056
Published by Purnell. 1965. Good condition.

As seen on Blue Peter BBC TV. Story is 'Into Outer Space', the first story of Bleep and Booster. Blue glazed pictorial boards showing Bleep an Booster floating in space. Colour pictures throughout. 5 puzzle pages to centre of book. Unpaginated. Boards are worn at top & tail of spine and corners, creased, blue biro tracing the title to front page. Sewn binding is coming undone so contents are detaching from boards. Some puzzles completed in pencil. Contents have a few marks. A nice reading copy which will probably detach from the covers at some point (stitching unravelling).

THE GREAT PEKING TO PARIS EXPEDITION
Written by Warren Brown; Mick Matheson; Lang Kidby.
Stock no. 1330714
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fascinating story of the ultimate road trip and the people who made it in 1907. With no roads, and no maps, but eleven men in five cars farewelled Peking to drive 10,000 miles to Paris. Almost a century later, in 2005, a grand scheme was concocted to re-create the original 1907 Peking to Paris Raid in the original makes of veteran cars. An engrossing record of the remarkable modern-day expedition, comprising the authors' fascinating, often hilarious and always compelling diary entries along with breathtaking photographs. Large format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0732282535. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

THE MAKING OF GOODNIGHT MR TOM
Written by Deborah Fox.
Stock no. 1330634
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st PB 2003. Nearly fine condition.

The step-by-step production of the television film of this famous story. Cardwraps (paperback) edition. 29 pages. Colour photos. ISBN: 023752547X. Minimal rubbing to corners. Barcode label stuck to printed barcode on rear cover.

THE WOMBLES
Written by Elisabeth Beresford. Illustrated by Barry Leith.
Stock no. 1330477
Published by Ernest Benn. 2nd 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A lively, entertaining and humourous book, stuffed with ingenious ideas and endearing characters. Yellow/green cloth, gilt titles to spine. Cute b/w illustrations drawn from Ivor Wood's original film puppets. Originally published in 1968 with drawings by Margaret Gordon, this is the second edition. 189 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". ISBN: 0510096824. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and has a small mark to front panel where a label has been removed.

THE RETURN OF THE PSAMMEAD
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by John Holder.
Stock no. 1830101
Published by BBC Books. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The sequel to E. Nesbit's Five Children and It. The book of the BBC TV series. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 240 pages. ISBN: 0563363673. Light shelf-wear to base of spine. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Some lower corners of contents creased at tip. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, slightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.

SOOTY'S FOURTH ANNUAL
Written by Harry Corbett.
Stock no. 1329608
Published by Daily Mirror. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Spine and corners slightly worn. Light page browning else contents clean.

MASON'S MOTORING MAYHEM!
Written by Tony Mason.
Stock no. 1327872
Published by Veloce Publishing Limited. 1st 2013. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Tony Mason's hectic life in motorsport and television. Black boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 9781845844394. A nice copy. Slight scuffing to rear panel of dustwrapper.