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RAILWAY PASSAGE
Written by Charles Keeping. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1830713
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charming story of the residents of Railway Passage, and how their individual lives change when their Residents Consortium win the football pools! Illustrated endpapers and wonderful and extensive colour illustrations throughout. Large format. Pictorial boards. Unpaginated. ISBN: 019279700X. Boards lightly browned across top edge. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned.

WASTEGROUND CIRCUS
Written by Charles Keeping. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1830712
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Scott and Wayne used the demolition site in the heart of the city as a playground. Then one day a circus made an overnight stop on the site and life was never the same again - for one of the boys. Large format. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0192797085. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Name in ink to top edge of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded at edges.

THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 2138614
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st thus 1982. Very good condition.

A Just So Story. Green pictorial glazed boards. Red endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 31 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0333341384. Spine is faded. Foxing to endpapers. Browning to page edges.

THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1320960
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

A Just So Story. Green pictorial glazed boards. Red endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 31 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0333341384. Slight fading to spine and cover edges. Some foxing to contents.

THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1320145
Published by Folio Society. 1981. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine with gilt title and decorations. Orange patterned boards. B/w illustrations. Top edge yellow. SIGNED by the artist to half title-page. Spine is lightly browned. Textblock is just a little grubby. Publisher's green slipcase is a little browned at edges and top with minimal wear to opening corners.

ADAM AND PARADISE ISLAND
Written by Charles Keeping. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1506809
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition.

The story of a muddy creek with a small island in the middle called Paradise. How the local people fought against the decision to build a motorway. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Striking colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0192798421. Light page edge browning and some light browning to spine.

WILLIE'S FIRE-ENGINE
Written by Charles Keeping. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1506804
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1980. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 019279728X. Spine lightly browned. Laminate has a lot of small vertical creases, production error. Light browning to some page edges otherwise contents clean.

DAMIEN, THE LEPERS' FRIEND
Written by John R. Milsome. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1402418
Published by Burns & Oates. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Father Damien, whom Robert Louis Stevenson was to call 'one of the world's heroes and exemplars'. Pale grey boards with man riding a pony in red. Red titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 125 pages. Spine and corners bumoed. A little foxing / browning to board edges and spine. Foxing to top of text block otherwise contents are clean. Dust wrapper is edgeworn with a couple of small nicks. Spine is darkened and wrapper is grubby.