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"INVICTA" WITH THE FIRST BATTALION THE QUEEN'S OWN ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT IN THE GREAT WAR
Written by C.V. Molony.
Stock no. 1824297
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Compiled from the war diary and accounts of eye-witnesses, by Major C.V. Molony, a former Officer of the 1st Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, and is intended to chronicle as much detail as possble of the 1st Battalion during the war of 1914-1918. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustratons and maps. Folding colour map of Western Front to rear. Boards scuffed and a little faded. Endpapers browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Contents clean.

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THE THIRTEENTH ORPHAN
Written by Christine Chaundler. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1321791
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine. Endpapers decorated with fairies. Colour frontis. B/w plates and tailpieces. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light dusty mark to top edge of front cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss and grubby on rear panel.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK BOBTAIL
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 1321155
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format, Grey paperboards with black titles to front and spine, black vignettes and a colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. 122 pages. Spine slightly bumped and browned. Cover edges lightly rubbed and covers very slightly grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Some light fingering to contents but generally clean.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK MINGO
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 1320378
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth, black titles. Colour illustrations. Covers are faded at spine and edges. Name in ink to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is grubby, browned to spine with slight loss at top of spine.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUASHA
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 1320377
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1940. Good condition.

Small format. Yellow cloth. Colour illustrations to every other page. Pages not numbered. Spine bumped, covers a little grubby. Child's name in crayon to front pastedown. Foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed, grubby and edge worn with loss to spine and corners.

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ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP IN RHYME
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Thomas Mackenzie.
Stock no. 2118013
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Green/grey pictorial cloth with red/brown titles. B/w pictorial endpapers. 12 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. Heavy bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading and some scuffing to covers. Front endpaper and prelim text page are detached, with chipping and creasing, but loosely inserted. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. A few grubby margin marks. All plates are present - some tissue-guards are creased/detached. A reading copy.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK MINGO
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 2114330
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Grey/blue boards with dark titles and decorations. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; grubby marks to covers. Spine has been repaired with glue (was at one time split). A few pages to prelims partially stuck back in (possibly incorrectly). Grubby margin marks. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK BOBTAIL
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 2114110
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth. Delightful colour illustrations. The story of three little black children - Little Black Tag, Rag & Bobtail. 6 x 4.5". Unpaginated. Some page browning. Wrapper is a bit grubby and edge-creased.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUIBBA
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 1708989
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial onlay to front cover with decorative border. Colour illustrations. 139 pages. Top 1/2" of spine split to both sides. A Little foxing, but contents and covers generally bright.

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SNUFFLES FOR SHORT
Written by Christine Chaundler. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1705693
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver title to spine and small vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. 6 b/w plates. Wrapper edge-worn and grubby.

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A FOURTH FORM REBEL
Written by Christine Chaundler.
Stock no. 1306061
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth with brown title to spine and vignette to front cover. Yellow and black frontis illustration. 222 pages. Spine and corners bumped, spine faded. Front joint is cracked and has an old tape repair (tape coming unstuck). Small pieces missing to top margin of page 173/4 (not affecting text). Some page corners lightly creased.

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SNUFFLES FOR SHORT
Written by Christine Chaundler. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1304999
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, silver title to spine. Colour frontis. 6 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped, a few light marks to covers. Light foxing else contents clean. Joint between front endpaper and half title-page is cracked. Dustwrapper is edge worn and marked, very small patch of surface paper damage and a large closed tear (repaired on verso) to front panel, tape repairs using masking tape on verso.

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