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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.

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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.

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BEE, PAUL, AND BABS
Written by Evelyn Whitaker. Illustrated by Olive Allen.
Stock no. 1329086
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Blue boards, black title to spine and vignette to front cover. 61 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Book list to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, spine and rear cover edges faded. Top 1" of front free-endpaper has been cut out. Some hinges cracked/pulled.

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BLUE DOOR VENTURE
Written by Pamela Brown. Illustrated by Newton Whittaker.
Stock no. 1328595
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The boys and girls who started the Blue Door Theatre in "The Swish of the Curtain" and went to Dramatic School in "Golden Pavements" are back again at the Blue Door, running a repertory company. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, 8 b/w illustrations. 224 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded at top and tail. Some foxing to covers, endpapers and textblock. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss, grubby to rear panel. Some tape repairs on verso.

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THE GRENVILLE GARRISON
Written by Gwendoline Courtney. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1326883
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Britannic Series. Green cloth, black titles. 277 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 277 pages, top edge green. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxspots to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn with old tape repairs to front and verso, rubbing to spine, crease to front flap where price was folded over.

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THE RUSTLERS OF RATTLESNAKE VALLEY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Drake Brookshaw.
Stock no. 1326555
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, colour frontis. A thrilling tale of the ranches and deserts of Arizona. Spine and corners bumped. Covers faded at edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, chipped and torn with loss to lower 3" of spine.

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SUSAN, BILL AND THE IVY-CLAD OAK
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326155
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a good 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 bumped. Front free-endpaper is missing. Two names in ink to half title-page. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with some slight loss, rear panel is grubby and there is a tear to the centre of the spine. A few old tape repairs on verso.

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SUSAN, BILL AND THE GOLDEN CLOCK
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326154
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Part of the Susan & Bill series. A sinister stranger takes far too much interest in Mrs Fraser's golden clock.... Red boards with black lettering and small illustration to front. Colour frontis, and 6 b&w illustrations. 118 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Child's name and date in ink to top of front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned and foxed, textblock lightly foxed. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby to rear panel of wrapper.

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SUSAN, BILL AND THE VANISHING BOY
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326153
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Susan and Bill on quite a 'different' holiday, that had been kept a surprise until the last moment. And, as though that wasn't enough, the story of a missing boy; mysterious signs and messages; a Fair... This is the third story about Susan and Bill and is one of their most exciting adventures. Red boards, black titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 120 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Cover edges slightly darkened and some fading to top and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is from a later edition (price on front flap is 6/- and "Saucy Kate" is listed on back flap). Old tape marks to edges of wrapper flaps. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and slightly faded to spine.

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SUSAN, BILL AND THE WOLF-DOG
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326148
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1954. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The first book about Susan and Bill in which Susan finds herself moving to the country and living next-door to Bill - just the sort of friend she has always wanted. Red boards, black titles and vignette. 117 pages. Colour frontis and 6 b/w illustrations. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine bumped. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and grubby with quite a bit of loss to spine and edges.

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SUSAN, BILL AND THE GOLDEN CLOCK
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326147
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Part of the Susan & Bill series. A sinister stranger takes far too much interest in Mrs Fraser's golden clock.... Red boards with black lettering and small illustration to front. Colour frontis, and 6 b&w illustrations. 118 pages. School library stamp to verso of half title-page but no other evidence of this being an ex-library copy. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price printed above.

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THE DICKIE-BIRDIE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1325538
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

A book of poems about birds. Off-white cloth with green title and pictorial onlay to front. 12 beautiful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly browned at spine and edges. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed.

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