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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey; Anne Anderson; Alan Wright; et al..
Stock no. 1324752
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1925. Good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Scene shows two children with kites "on the hilltop". Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. First story is "Lennie the Woodman". Spine is bumped and browned with damage at top (split and slight loss of surface paper). Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight. Some foxing to contents.

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FROM THE DREADNOUGHT TO SCAPA FLOW VOLUME III
Written by Arthur J. Marder.
Stock no. 1825024
Published by Oxford University Press. 2nd 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. Jutland and After (May 1916-December 1916). The Royal Navy in the Fisher era 1904-1919. B/w photos. 16 Folding colour charts in pocket at rear. ISBN: 0192158414. Text block browned. All 16 charts present. Pictorial dustwrapper is faed to spine and lightly browned to rear panel.

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KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
Written by Anthony Mockler. Illustrated by Nick Harris.
Stock no. 1824946
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford illustrated classics. Blue boards, gilt titles. Full page colour and B/W illustrations. 294 pages. ISBN: 019274531X. Lower corners and base of spine lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE SWORD OF FREEDOM
Written by Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324666
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the English Revolution. Brown pictorial coth with gilt titles. 6 colour plates. xi + 420 pages. Spine bumped. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked showing webbing beneath. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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THE ROMANCE OF READING FIRST SERIES BOOK III PLEASANT PATHS
Written by R.K. Polkinghorne; M.I.R. Polkinghorne. Illustrated by A.H. Watson; Florence Harrison; Helen Jacobs; Ernest A. Aris; et al..
Stock no. 1324630
Published by Oxford University Press. 1953. Very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth. Some colour plates plus many b/w text illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine faded. Small dent to lower edges of covers. Some page corners lightly creased, lower corner of last text page neatly removed (text not affected).

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Phillippa Francklyn; Winifred Darch; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by Grace Lodge; Mary S. Reeve; M.D. Johnston; et al..
Stock no. 1324607
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1937. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards, front shows The Games Captain (girl with a tennis racquet). First story is "The Sea Eagles' Nest" by Francklyn. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Covers are edge worn. Contents are browned but clean.

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BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324366
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1949. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with loss at base of spine and corners, tape repairs on verso.

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BIGGLES IN THE JUNGLE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1324264
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 4 B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Slight discolouration to covers. A few foxspots to page margins, endpapers and textblock else contents clean. Flying Jacket wrapper is price-cut, slightly worn at corners and a little grubby to rear panel.

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BIGGLES FLIES EAST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh; Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324261
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1935. Good condition.

Pyramid edition. Blue cloth, black titles. Vignette of bi-plane over pyramids on front cover and spine. Colour frontis. No b/w illustrations in this edition. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Frontis is part detached. Textblock is a little grubby and foxed. Prelims lightly foxed.

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BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324253
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1951. Good condition.

Green cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and name and address in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents.

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THE THREE ADMIRALS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston. Illustrated by Archibald Webb.
Stock no. 1324245
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1918. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. 6 colour plates. 410 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight scuffing to covers. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.

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THE CHRONICLES OF ROBIN HOOD
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1324241
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Oxford Illustrated Classics series. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 280 pages. Colour frontis and 7 other colour plates. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0192745026. Spine and corners bumped. Name and address in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some light foxing else contents clean.

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