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THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Henry Holiday.
Stock no. 1325908
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1924. Almost very good condition.

The 'Miniature' edition. Small format, 6.25 x 4". Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. 9 b/w illustrations. Spine faded. Lower edge of front cover stained. Name and date in ink and an embossed address stamp to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by John Tenniel.
Stock no. 1325907
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1929. Almost very good condition.

The Miniature Edition. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 232 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Covers grubby, spine browned. Endpapers grubby and foxed. Foxing to page edges.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1325771
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine bumped and a couple of tiny bumps to edges else covers bright and clean. Neat name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is heavily foxed to flaps and on verso and is just a little rubbed at top of spine.

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THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1325706
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. The third in the adventure series. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small brown mark to front pastedown (removal of a small label?). A couple of page corner creases and margin tears. Page 125 it torn and creased to top corner and there is a tiny chip with loss to page 127. A nice copy and no-way near as bad as it sounds!

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THE ISLAND OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1325705
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. The first book in the "Adventure" series. 326 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Some fading to spine and top edge of rear cover. Some slight surface paper damage to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is worn, edge chipped, slightly grubby with a few foxspots and a little browned to spine.

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THE CIRCUS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1325413
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 316 pages. Spine and corners bumped, covers slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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JUST SO STORIES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1324332
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Red and black and white pictorial cloth with white titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Title to spine and border edges rubbed off. Name in pencil to front fly-leaf. Foxing to endpapers, crease to corner of rear free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby. Contents generally clean.

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THE CIRCUS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1323940
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 316 pages. Covers are a bit grubby and foxed. Spine and corners bumped. Some dents to cover edges. A couple of light marks to textblock else contents clean.

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CRACK THE ANT
Written by David Ross; Sephanie Ross.
Stock no. 1824097
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A picture book for very, very junior science enthusiasts - and what small child has not been fascinated by watching a tiny ant scurrying about its business? Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Base of spine split for 0.5" to rear edge. Boards very slightly browned. A few grubby marks to contents, mainly to margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss, a little grubby.

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THE WHITE NIGHTS OF ST PETERSBURG
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 1323383
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of the Russian Revolution in 1916. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 201 pages. B/w chapter headers. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is browned on verso and is rubbed at edges.

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THE STONE-FACED BOY
Written by Paula Fox. Illustrated by Donald A. Mackay.
Stock no. 2140482
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comic and rueful story about people and the human condition, especially in families. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Name in ink to front endpaper. Couple of marks to endpapers. Wrapper: corners worn, price-cut.

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PUCK OF POOK'S HILL
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by H.R. Millar.
Stock no. 2140436
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1906. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Top edge gilt. 20 b/w plates. 306 pages. Bumping and wear along cover edges and to corners. Large split along cloth at back of spine; a little fraying; spine is also browned. Some marks and spots to covers. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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