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THE FLOWER MAKER
Written by Alan Blackwood. Illustrated by Richard Hook.
Stock no. 1831072
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Peter Pollen made very pretty flowers, his friend Bumble Bee worked happily together. Peter made the flowers and the powder scents, Bumble Bee picked up the powder with his feet and sprinkled it over the flowers... Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0723810389. Damp stain to lower edge of front board. Rear board is unevenly faded. Spine faded and worn at base. A few handling marks and creases to contents.

SUSAN, BILL AND THE IVY-CLAD OAK
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330603
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The story of Susan and Bill's Ivy-leaf Club. Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Pale page browning to endpapers and a few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased and has a large section of loss to front panel and slight loss to top of spine.

MADDY ALONE
Written by Pamela Brown. Illustrated by Newton Whittaker.
Stock no. 1830458
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the book of the successful play of the same title broadcast in the BBC children's Hour. It deals with the adventures of Maddy, the youngest member of the Blue Door Theatre Company, made famous in Pamela Brown's first book The Swish of the Curtain (broadcast twice), and the sequel, Golden Pavements. An exciting and amusing story to be enjoyed by all children interested in films and filming. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Top edge green. 134 pages. Reprint. Browning to endpapers. Some small foxspots present. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed iwht slight loss at corners, worn at top & tail of spine and is a little grubby to rear panel.

THE WATER-BABIES (TOLD TO THE CHILDREN)
Written by Charles Kingsley; Amy Steedman. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1830453
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Told To The Children Series. Small format. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. 8 pretty colour plates. 119 pages. Name & address in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers and text block lightly foxed. Else contents clean. Price-cut yellow pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small tears and slight loss, grubby and browned to front vertical edge.

KEMLO AND THE SPACE LANES
Written by E.C. Eliott. Illustrated by Bruce Cornwell.
Stock no. 1329099
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Spaceworld series. How Kemlo won his spurs in the first and last great Battle of Space... Blue boards, dark blue titles and vignettes. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 200 pages. Spine bumped. Endpapers lightly foxed, heavy foxing to page edges. Price-cut wrapper is foxed on verso, is edge worn and is grubby to rear panel.

KEMLO AND THE MARTIAN GHOSTS
Written by E.C. Eliott. Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell.
Stock no. 1329098
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Spaceworld series. Blue boards with dark blue titles and vignettes. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 202 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing. Price-cut wrapper is heavily foxed on verso, is edge worn and grubby to rear panel.

KEMLO AND THE CRAZY PLANET
Written by E.C. Eliott. Illustrated by R.J. Jobson.
Stock no. 1329097
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Spaceworld Series. Blue boards, dark blue titles and vignette. Colour frontis. 6 b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel and has a tear to spine (over E.C. of author's name (no loss)).

KEMLO AND THE SKY HORSE
Written by E.C. Eliott. Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell.
Stock no. 1329096
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Spaceworld series. Blue boards with dark blue titles and vignettes. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped, very slight browning to top edge of spine. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel and foxed on verso.

TAS AND THE POSTAL ROCKET
Written by E.C. Eliott. Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell.
Stock no. 1329095
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Panther Library. Red boards, black titles. 119 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and has minimal loss to spine corners.

KEMLO AND THE SPACE INVADERS
Written by E.C. Eliott. Illustrated by George Craig.
Stock no. 1329094
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark blue titles & vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Part of the 'Spaceworld Series'. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Glue(?) patch has been written on on front pastedown (writing now blotted out). Front free-endpaper has been removed. Foxing, mainly at prelims and page edges. Half title-page is part detached at top edge. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn and a bit grubby.

KEMLO AND THE STAR MEN
Written by E.C. Eliott. Illustrated by A. Bruce Cornwell.
Stock no. 1329093
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Spaceworld series. Blue boards, dark blue titles and vignettes. Colour frontis piece and 6 b/w full-page illustrations. 193 pages. 7.5 x 5.25". Spine and corners bumped. Very heavy foxing, mainly at endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is heavily foxed, faded to spine and worn at edges.

KEMLO AND THE SATELLITE BUILDERS
Written by E.C. Eliott. Illustrated by George Craig.
Stock no. 1329092
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark blue titles and decorations. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Part of the 'Spaceworld' Series. Spine slightly bumped. Tiny pin prick to centre of spine. Very slight fading to top cover edges. Heavy foxing. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn and heavily foxed.