KENT
Written by Pennethorne Hughes.
Stock no. 1824395
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Shell Guide. Red cloth. B/w photos. ISBN: 0571090915. Text block browned. Some foxing to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and faded to spine.

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THE BEACHCOMBERS
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1323831
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

As soon as Ned set eyes on the Pickerings he knew there had been a mistake... They were everything his mother disliked. Yet he stayed on because of the Beachcombers - he found them on the beach with their enchanting boat "The Sea Queen"... B/w illustrations. Peach covers, gilt titles. 126 pages. Cr 8vo. ISBN: 0571099327. SIGNED by the author to half title-page (inscription to Stephen). Spine bumped. Some light/faint foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and a bit grubby/foxed on rear panel.

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THE FABER BOOK OF NURSERY STORIES
Written by Barbara Ireson. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1323736
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A nice selection of 45 short stories. B/w text illustrations throughout. Red cloth with silver vignette and titles. 205pp. 10 x 7.5". Spine bumped, covers edge rubbed. Textblock is lightly foxed and well thumbed. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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DESERT ISLANDS AND ROBINSON CRUSOE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 1323483
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1930. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration. B/w title-page illustration plus 4 other text illustrations. Spine bumped, worn and browned. Some fading to top edge of front cover. Vertical mark to centre of rear cover. Tissue-guards are browned. Some slight foxing. Dustwrapper is chipped and torn with loss at edges and to spine/rear panel. Light foxing to verso of wrapper.

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THE VOICE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Catherine Brighton.
Stock no. 1824068
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

A sequence of poems by De La Mare, chosen and illustrated by Brighton. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0571139736. Boards slightly grubby. Foxing to top edge of verso of half-title page and title page. Else contents clean.

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SWORDS FROM THE NORTH
Written by Henry Treece.
Stock no. 1824067
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The life of the famour Norseman Harald the Stern - Harald Hardrada - during the years 1034 to 1044, which he spent in the Byzantine Empire as captain of the Greek Emperor's northern guard. Dark grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. Spine cocked. Text block browned and with minor foxing. Endpapers browned. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby.

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DESERT ISLANDS AND ROBINSON CRUSOE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 1824061
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

Limited Edition of 650 numbered copies and signed by the author. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration. B/w title-page illustration plus 4 other text illustrations. 285 pages. Text block untrimmed. Top edge gilt. SIGNED by the author and numbered 189 (of 650). Cloth boards slightly browned. Text block browned. Slight musty odour present. Contents generally clean.

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MOLLY WHUPPIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 2140374
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Molly and her two sisters find themselves lost in the forest.... they come across a house which isn't the safe refuge they hoped for! Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Oblong 7.5 x 9.75". ISBN: 0571119425. A little fading to spine. Contents are still excellent.

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THE LORD FISH
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 2140153
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

Contains: The Lord Fish, A Penny A Day, The Jacket, Dick and the Beanstalk, Hodmadod, The old Lion, Sambo and the Snow Mountains. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 4 full-page b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing. Brown marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to outer pages edges.

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YOUR BOOK OF BRIDGES
Written by Eric De Mare. Illustrated by Gordon Cullen.
Stock no. 1823883
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

The Your Book Series. Dark orange boards, yellow title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos and drawings. Written for children. Spine slightly faded. Boards lightly bowed. Corners lightly rubbed. A couple of small foxspots to endpapers, text block browned. Else contents clean.

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FIFTY YEARS WITH MOTOR CARS
Written by A.F.C. Hillstead.
Stock no. 2139877
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. The author's life in motoring and motor sport. Browning and a little foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has a few chips and nicks to edges; light foxing.

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THOSE BENTLEY DAYS
Written by A.F.C. Hillstead.
Stock no. 1823864
Published by Faber & Faber. 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author was the first sales manager for Bentley and shares his inside knowledge of the early difficulties and famous early customers. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Third impression June 1953. Text block browned, contents clean. Green, yellow & red dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly rubbed at top of spine.

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