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THE MAGAZINE OF FINE ARTS VOLUME ONE NOVEMBER 1905 - APRIL 1906
No author listed.
Stock no. 1607286
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1906. Almost very good condition.

large format. Original green cloth with gilt lettering. B/w and colour illustrations, including some tipped-in plates. Spine and corners bumped with wear and some loss / fraying of cloth. Covers are scuffed and marked. Some scattered foxing, some tissue guards are creased.

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HELLO, MR. TWIDDLE!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda McGavin.
Stock no. 1314603
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

More stories of Mr. Twiddle, who makes the most ridiculous mistakes and does the most amazing things, much to the surprise and annoyance of his wife! Green cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small rust(?) spot to lower edge of rear cover. Covers ever so slightly faded. Front free-endpaper has been neatly removed. Heavy foxing to endpapers and outer page edges else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby but only minimal loss.

MR. PINK-WHISTLE'S PARTY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1314078
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Beige boards with blue titles. B/w illustrations. 152 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to edge of front cover. Light foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with slight loss at corners, some disguised loss to top and tail of spine (1").

HELLO, MR. TWIDDLE!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda McGavin.
Stock no. 1313504
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1944. Good condition.

More stories of Mr. Twiddle, who makes the most ridiculous mistakes and does the most amazing things, much to the surprise and annoyance of his wife! Green cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. Covers are faded, some foxing to spine edges. A few small, light crayon marks to covers. Heavy foxing to endpapers and light foxing to contents. A few small red biro doodles to front free-endpaper.

THE SECRET OF GREY WALLS
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1402637
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The fourth title in the Lone Pine series. Grey/beige cloth, red titles and Lone Pine vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 248 pages. Endpapers are maps. Spine, corners and bottom of front board are bumped. Slight browning to board edges. Name, address and date in ink to front endpaper. Couple of hinges are cracked. A few foxspots and some light page browning. Creasing to a few pages (caused by binding process). Dustwrapper is worn and creased with loss to top of spine and front panel. Some closed tears. Rear panel is grubby.

HELLO, MR. TWIDDLE!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda McGavin.
Stock no. 1308426
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1942. Fair condition.

More stories of Mr. Twiddle, who makes the most ridiculous mistakes and does the most amazing things, much to the surprise and annoyance of his wife! Green cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. Covers worn and marked, some ink marks to rear cover. Inscription in ink (and some other writing) to front endpaper. Foxing and other staining to page edges throughout. One page (65/6) has 2" section torn out along edge. Erased pencil drawings to verso of frontis. Biro scribble to lower margin of contents page.

THE LOWER FOURTH EXCELS ITSELF
Written by Nancy Breary.
Stock no. 1305925
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black titles. 207 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some fading to lower 1.5" of spine. Top edge of front cover has been ever so slightly nibbled by a rodent(?). Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repairs on verso, loss to base of spine and some slight loss at other corners.

MISTER MEDDLE'S MISCHIEF
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joyce Mercer; Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 820729
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Mister Meddle is just like his name - he meddles in everything with hilarious results! Red covers, black titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper grubby and torn with a little loss.

BIMBO AND TOPSY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lucy Gee.
Stock no. 813620
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Top and tail of spine faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pages lightly browned with odd foxspot. Pictorial wrapper is grubby with slight loss to corners and top and tail of spine. Red title to wrapper spine is faded.

BIMBO AND TOPSY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lucy Gee.
Stock no. 813628
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Top of spine bumped. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Page edges are browned, with the odd foxspot. Wrapper is edge-chipped with surface paper damage, mainly to top of spine. Reduced from £160.

THE ADVENTUROUS FOUR AGAIN!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Jessie Land.
Stock no. 381877
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1950. Good condition.

Orange cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. The Second Story of the Adventurous Four. Spine and corners bumped. Spine lightly browned and covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown has been blotted out with blue ink, a couple of old tape marks to pastedowns. Rear joint cracked. Foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins.

MISTER MEDDLE'S MISCHIEF
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joyce Mercer; Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 806249
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1940. Very good condition.

Red cloth with black title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Mister Meddle is just like his name! He meddles with everything and everyone and gets into the most surprising mischief. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Repaired margin tear to page 159. Browning to endpapers.