PILLICOCK HILL
Written by Herbert Asquith. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 2137480
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Verses by Asquith. Set to music by Alec Rowley. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Slight scuff to front cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE OTHER SIDE
Written by Jacqueline Wilson.
Stock no. 2137458
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beige boards with silver title to spine. 'It's all your fault. I wish you were dead, do you hear?' That was when it all started. Alison's mother had had a nervous breakdown and didn't know what she was saying. But that didn't make it any easier for Alison. ISBN: 0192715011. Page browning; a few foxspots. Wrapper is edge-creased with creasing in top laminate layer of wrapper to rear panel.

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NOBODY'S PERFECT
Written by Jacqueline Wilson.
Stock no. 2137457
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. What can you do when you're stuck with a stepfather who makes corny jokes and behaves like an overgrown sea-lion, a mother who loves him, a little sister who is enjoying life and a 'friend' who seems determined to humiliate you? ISBN: 0192714635. Some browning and foxing to outer page edges.

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BIGGLES IN BORNEO
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1322744
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. Palm tree, plane & aircraft carrier vignette to front. Title to spine. Colour frontis. 4 b/w illustrations. 185 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. There is light damp(?) staining to the lower half of the spine and front cover - not particularly noticeable. Heavy foxing, mainly at first few and last few pages and also textblock. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins and some page corner tips creased. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with loss to spine ends and corners (tape repairs on verso). Rear panel of wrapper is grubby.

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THE ORIGIN OF HUMAN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Written by W.G. Runciman.
Stock no. 1322648
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

These papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguable the central question in the study of human social evolution. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 259 pages. B/w diagrams. Published for The British Adademy, this is Proceedings of the British Academy 110. ISBN: 0197262503.

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THE EWING OMNIBUS
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing.
Stock no. 2136423
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1935. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, dark titles. Eight complete stories. Containing: Jackanapes; Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances; Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other Stories. Spotting to covers. Newspaper cutting of Ewing stuck to front endpaper. Wrapper is torn with some loss; grubby and scuffed.

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HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN VOL. 7: LAUGHING THRUSHES TO THE MANGROVE WHISTLER
Written by Salim Ali; S. Dillon Ripley.
Stock no. 2136044
Published by Oxford University Press. 1990. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Second (revised) edition. Blue leatherette covers with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0195635906. 1" split to base of spine. A few marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine; green sticker to base of spine.

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CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE: POET & SPY
Written by Park Honan.
Stock no. 2135925
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark covers with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780198186953. Foxing to outer page edges. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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THE CLASSIC FAIRY TALES
Written by Iona Opie; Peter Opie.
Stock no. 2135646
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Each tale has an historical introduction, showing the development of the story. Colour & b/w illustrations. 255 pages. ISBN: 0192115596. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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TEN SAINTS
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Helen Sewell.
Stock no. 2135468
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

9.75 x 7.25 ins. Illustrated endpapers. Bold full page colour illustrations. The text is specially designed for children, and each section is accompanied by a rhyme. The ten saints lived from the 3rd to the 13th Centuries. Wear to corners and spine. Bookplate and some tape marks to front pastedown. Other tape marks to rear pastedown/endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; tape repairs to top edge of front panel and to spine; some loss.

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THE BLACK HAND GANG
Written by Frederick Grice. Illustrated by Doreen Roberts.
Stock no. 2135465
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A realistic picture of life in a small community in the North of England at the time of the First World War. Yellow boards, silver title to spine. 48 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0192713272. A few grubby marks to front endpaper. Wrapper has been covered with clear plastic that is stuck to edges on verso (by publisher); this has made wrapper a bit wrinkled with some marks. Wrapper is also price-cut.

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SMALL FRESHWATER CREATURES (POCKET GUIDES)
Written by Lars-Henrik Olsen; Jakob Sunesen; Bente Vita Pedersen.
Stock no. 1822359
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Describing over 500 animals, from spiders to salamanders, that you may meet in the ponds, rivers, and streams of Northern Europe. Grey pictorial boards, black title to spine. Illustrated endpapers, colour illustrations, 229 pages including index. ISBN: 0198507984. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents fine.

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