DROP DEAD
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 2127319
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1996. Nearly fine condition.

Or how we grew from one-year-old bald wrinklies into eighty-year-old bald wrinklies. Laminated boards. Colour text illustrations throughout. Very simple text. 10 x 10". ISBN: 0224045512. SIGNED by author to title page. Some page edge browning.

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THE CHOCOLATE WEDDING
Written by Posy Simmonds. Illustrated by Posy Simmonds.
Stock no. 2126359
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 022402759x. A few light marks to covers. Contents are excellent.

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BILL OF THE BLACK HAND
Written by Wolf Durian.
Stock no. 2125813
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1935. Good condition.

A very tall story. Yellow cloth with black titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. Translated from the German by Marie L. Barker. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers are unevenly faded with cup ring and other grubby marks. Foxing.

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UNCLE AND HIS DETECTIVE
Written by J.P. Martin. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2125759
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Uncle (the elephant) is trunkdeep in trouble again! Bright yellow boards, silver title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. 172 pages. Bumping and browning along cover edges. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing and browning to pages. Wrapper is browned with some edge-creasing; a couple of closed tears and chips; minimal loss.

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THE FORGOTTEN TRADE
Written by Nigel Tattersfield.
Stock no. 2124207
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Comprising the log of the Daniel and Henry of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England, 1698-1725. With a foreword by John Fowles. ISBN: 0224029150. Pages are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

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MRS WEBER'S DIARY
Written by Posy Simmonds. Illustrated by Posy Simmonds.
Stock no. 1814820
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1979. Very good condition.

Mrs Wendy Weber and her friends as glimpsed in the Guardian. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224017195. Reprint in the first year of publication. Covers grubby. Contents clean.

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THE TROKEVILLE WAY
Written by Russell Hoban.
Stock no. 1814611
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

When Nick Hartley loses his third fight with bully Harry Buncher, he comes out of it with a lump on his head and all his senses strangely heightened. On his way home he meets sometime magician Moe Nagic who has an unusual jigsaw puzzle to sell... Brown boards with silver title to spine. ISBN: 0224046314.

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THE QUEEN WHO CAME TO TEA
Written by Helen Bradley. Illustrated by Helen Bradley.
Stock no. 1507704
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The delights of an Edwardian childhood captured by Helen Bradley's incomparable pictures. Large oblong format. Burgundy boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 0224015451. Top of spine bumped. Slight fading to bottom edges of covers and small mark near title. Just a few fox spots to margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn, base of spine and bottom edge of front panel slightly faded, flaps browned.

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THE DAYDREAMER
Written by Ian McEwan. Illustrated by Anthony Browne.
Stock no. 1407142
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

"Peter unlocks the door to the secret world of his imaginings and invites us to step inside". Green boards, gilt titles to spine. Cream endpapers. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0224036718. Dustwrapper is a little edge rubbed. Book feels unread.

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THE SHOPPING BASKET
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1208667
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1982. Very good condition.

A simple story with plenty of bright colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Yellow end papers. Unpaginated. Large format. ISBN: 0224018647. Faint browning to covers and edge of prelims. Two pages have small patch of surface loss, not affecting text or illustrations, else contents near fine.

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PINK FURNITURE
Written by A.E. Coppard. Illustrated by Nancy Bankart Gurney.
Stock no. 1506894
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A tale for lovely children with noble natures. Pale pink cloth, blue titles. 251 pages. Full-page b/w illustrations. Spine browned. Top edges of covers and top of text block darkened. Endpapers lightly browned. Odd fox spot to text block. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears and chips, spine browned, also browning to folds and top edge.

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I LEONARDO
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1506771
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Raucous, anarchic, exquisite and moving... Large oblong format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0224019163. SIGNED by Steadman with dedication and date. He appears to have torn page with pen when signing so has written oops!! alongside. Contents clean. Dustwrapper ever so slightly edge worn.

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