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MY BOOK OF FOLK AND FAIRY TALES
Written by W.J. Glover. Illustrated by George Hood.
Stock no. 1331465
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title block to spine. 12 colour plates. 325 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edges lightly rubbed, rear cover is lightly scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown. Heavy inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper has been erased. Some light fingering and foxing but contents generally clean. Some scratch marks (made by a compass?) to lower edge of textblock.

LOST IN THE WILDS
Written by Edward S. Ellis.
Stock no. 1331288
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1904. Almost very good condition.

Great River Series. Green pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis with tissue-guard. 331 pages plus publisher catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Cloth slightly grubby. Prize inscription in ink to front pastedown (ink line through). Some light foxing. A couple of hinges cracked but binding still tight.

BILLY BUNTER'S BRAIN-WAVE
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1330926
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 3rd 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, red titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 238 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to endpapers and prelims, foxing to textblock as well. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss. Rear panel is slightly grubby, top of spine has been tape repaired. Foxing on verso of wrapper.

THE HISTORY OF CORYTON
Written by Thomas Newman.
Stock no. 1831025
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

History of the tiny Parish of Coryton in North West Devon, from prehistoric times to 1921. Blue cloth boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w plates. vii and 216 pages including index. Contains facsimile printout of auction of the Manor of Coryton 1809 to rear. Slight discolouration to top & tail of spine and front board corner. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned, faded and chipped to spine, a little grubby.

BILLY BUNTER'S BRAIN-WAVE
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1330664
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, red titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 238 pages. Spine bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock, prelims and last few pages. Old tape marks to endpapers and also flaps of dustwrapper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and has a light mark to front panel at top edge by spine.

BILLY BUNTER'S BOLT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1330661
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 2nd 1964. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few small, light marks to covers. Foxing otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is lightly creased, is edge worn, torn to spine and has cup marks to rear panel.

BUNTER KEEPS IT DARK
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1330657
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1960. Good condition.

Orange boards, black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly faded. Some slight vertical creasing to spine. Covers grubby. Front joint cracked. Foxing to contents.

BIG CHIEF BUNTER
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1330656
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, red lettering. The fat chump of Greyfriars finds himself made king of a cannibal island! 216 pages. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Slight bumping to spine and corners. A few light marks to covers. Light foxing to textblock and prelims. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, has a tear to top of spine and is slightly grubby on rear panel.

BUNTER'S LAST FLING
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1330655
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine is foxed and slightly bumped. A few light marks to covers. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed on verso and has cup marks to rear panel.

THANKS TO BUNTER
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1330633
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Yellow boards. B/w illustrations throughout. Colour frontis. 215 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few small spots to spine. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to textblock affecting some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with minimal loss to spine and corners. Rear panel is slightly grubby and there is a circular drink mark to centre.

ALL ABOUT ENGINES
Written by Edward Cressey.
Stock no. 1830430
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. Good condition.

For boys. Beginning with an account of a simple engine, and an explanation of how it works by steam, the reader is next introduced to the pioneers and their difficulties in order to bring out more clearly the principles involved in the production of mechanical power. After a survey of the various types of steam engines and boilers, gas, petrol, and oil engines are described. Blue pictorial cloth boards. Coloured frontis. 182 b/w illustrations and diagrams. Top edge blue. xv and 352 pages including index. Spine faded, boards marked and grubby. Text block browned. Frontis is detached but present. Foxing throughout. One plate partially detached.

FARAWAY LOOK ONE
Written by Peter Scott; Philippa Scott. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1329149
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w photos. B/w illustrations. A natural history book for children. SIGNED by the authors to half title-page. Foxing to contents, heavy foxing to wrapper flaps and verso of wrapper. Slight rubbing to wrapper edges.