A BOOK OF NONSENSE
Written by Edward Lear. Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1331462
Published by The Bodley Head. 1981. Fine condition.

Facsimile edition from The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. Wonderful blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. Printed on one side of the paper only. All edges are gilt. A super copy contained in publishers beige card slipcase.

THE DARK IS RISING SEQUENCE
Written by Susan Cooper.
Stock no. 1831394
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 2007. Very good condition.

Five novels published as a single volume: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree. Blue boards, gilt titles and borders. 737 pages. ISBN: 9780370329420. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed (shelf-wear). Text block a little grubby and is foxed across top edge. Contents clean. Small bar-code tag stuck to rear free front endpaper.

THE DARK IS RISING SEQUENCE
Written by Susan Cooper.
Stock no. 1330979
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 2007. Very good condition.

Five novels published as a single volume: Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King; Silver on the Tree. Blue boards, gilt titles and borders. 737 pages. ISBN: 9780370329420. Spine bumped, covers edge rubbed. Contents clean.

THE SPOOKS: I AM GRIMALKIN
Written by Joseph Delaney. Illustrated by David Wyatt.
Stock no. 1330973
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 2012. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The ninth chilling tale in The Wardstone Chronicles. Black boards, silver title to spine. Yellow endpapers. 355 pages. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 9780370332383. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock.

JOURNEY INTO SILENCE
Written by Jack Ashley.
Stock no. 1831035
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Detailing MP Jack Ashley's early years, and his election to parliament; but which begins (with a silent bang...) with the sudden loss of hearing that then marked him out as one of the most courageous, honest, inspirational, blunt and hard-working MPs this country has had (in recent history, anyway). Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 191 pages including index. ISBN: 0370013840. Boards clean. Slight lean to spine. Text block browned with light foxing. Endpapers lightly browned, inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1830709
Published by The Bodley Head. 1975. Very good condition.

Two nonsense nursery rhymes wonderfully illustrated by full-page colour pictures. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0370007743. Second impression. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

THE CRUISE OF THE MAIDEN CASTLE
Written by David Severn. Illustrated by J. Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1330341
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1948. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A holiday on the canals! Green cloth, black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper has been reinforced on inside edges with clear tape. There is minimal loss to top and tail of wrapper spine.

DRUMBEATS
Written by David Severn. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1330334
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A desperate drama taking place in the steaming, tortuous jungle of Central Africa. Orange boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 155 pages. B/w illustrations. Contains a SIGNED letter from the author (to the binder?). Spine bumped. Slight mark to top corner of front cover. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears at corners and slightly grubby to rear panel. "Collins Young Elizabethan Book of the Month" wrapround label to wrapper (loose).

THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN
Written by Rudolf Tesnohlidek. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1329220
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st UK 1986. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The adventures of Sharp-Ears the fox, heroine of this classic Czech novel. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Attractive colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370306031. Some light foxing to endpapers and to textblock else covers and contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn at edges and faded to spine.

LEWIS CARROLL E. NESBIT HOWARD PYLE
Written by Roger Lancelyn Green; Anthea Bell; Elizabeth Nesbitt.
Stock no. 1329178
Published by The Bodley Head. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Bodley Head Monographs. Revised and re-set. Purple boards, gilt title to spine. 219 pages. ISBN: 0370008855. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and faded to spine.

STEEPLE FOLLY
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Charlotte Hough.
Stock no. 1329032
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1950. Good condition.

Purple cloth, black titles to spine. A story of the Lockett family. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 271 pages. Spine bumped and slightly faded, small hole to front edge of spine. Covers are mottled. Foxing to textblock.

HORSESHOES AND HANDLEBARS
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Sheila Rose.
Stock no. 1329023
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Which is the best way to travel, by horse or by bicycle? Green boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and a tiny indentation to lower edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock, also affecting some page margins. Dustwrapper is browned on verso, slightly grubby to rear panel and just a little rubbed to spine.