CLIMBING MOUNT IMPROBABLE
Written by Richard Dawkins. Illustrated by Lalla Ward.
Stock no. 1824403
Published by Viking. 1996. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The combination of perfection and improbablity that is epitomised in the seemingly designed perfection living things. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0670850187. Second printing. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. B/w plates were stuck together and now prised apart giving surface paper damage and also imprinting of the facing page. Minor foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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SAILING SHIPS
Written by Ron Van Der Meer; Alan McGowan. Illustrated by Borje Svensson.
Stock no. 2140916
Published by Viking. 1st 1984. Almost very good condition.

With their sails hoisted high, three-dimensional ships travel across these pages in dramatic and authentic style. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0670615293. 1" splits to base of spine on either side; some creasing. Bumping to corners. Pop-ups in very good working order. Foxing and marks to pages.

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DIMENSIONAL MAZES
Written by David Pelham.
Stock no. 2140892
Published by Viking. 1st 1989. Very good condition.

An Entirely New Way of Losing Yourself In A Book. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0670827096. All pop-ups in very good condition. Lift-the-flaps to last page have some creasing and one has inscription in pencil.

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CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1323046
Published by Viking. 1st thus 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 158 pages. ISBN: 0670853054. Spine bumped. Damp stain to lower edge of rear cover. Light foxing to textblock and page browning to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, faded to spine and damp stained to lower edge of rear panel.

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THE COLOUR IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO CATERPILLARS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (MACROLEPIDOPTERA)
Written by Jim Porter.
Stock no. 2139685
Published by Viking. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photographs. ISBN: 0670875090. Some marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and chips; unevenly faded.

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THE ECHOING GREEN
Written by Mary Rayner. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2138815
Published by Viking. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670843644. Some page browning.

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THE SCHOOLMOUSE
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Phil Garner.
Stock no. 2135464
Published by Viking. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Flora, a young mouse of above-average intelligence, makes use of her classroom home by joining in the lessons. But she is left alone to continue her education when her family flee across country. Green board with gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations throughout. 142 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". ISBN: 0670850616. A few marks to covers. Name in pencil by child to front endpaper. Some marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with some edge-tears and faded to spine.

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THE COLOUR IDENTIFICATION GUIDE TO CATERPILLARS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (MACROLEPIDOPTERA)
Written by Jim Porter.
Stock no. 2135356
Published by Viking. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photographs. ISBN: 0670875090. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner to title page. A few light marks to covers. Wrapper has some fading to spine, with grubby marks in places.

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THE PUFFIN BOOK OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY CHILDREN'S STORIES
Written by Judith Elkin. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1320483
Published by Viking. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670820563. Spine and corners bumped. Evidence of some pencil erasure and also a label removed from front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, sunned to spine.

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FRANK RICHARDS - THE CHAP BEHIND THE CHUMS
Written by Frank Richards; Mary Cadogan.
Stock no. 1319703
Published by Viking. 1st 1988. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. A book about the life and works of Frank Richards. Full of photgraphs and pictures. 258 pages. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0670819468.

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CHURCHILL AND THE KING: THE WARTIME ALLIANCE OF WINSTON CHURCHILL AND GEORGE VI
Written by Kenneth Weisbrode.
Stock no. 2134019
Published by Viking. 1st USA 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black spine with gilt title, grey/blue boards. American edition. ISBN: 9780670025763. Page edge browning.

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CASTAWAYS OF THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Written by Brian Jacques. Illustrated by Ian Schoenherr.
Stock no. 1319397
Published by Viking. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w vignettes to text. The story of the boy and his dog who were trapped aboard the ghost ship The Flying Dutchman. ISBN: 0670899259. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Light page browning.

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