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BILLY BUNTER'S WEMBLEY PARTY
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1504818
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. The Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 88. Issues 856, 857, 861, 870, 871, 872, 878. Includes: Drummed Out of Greyfriars, The Schoolboy Domestics, True Blue, Billy Bunter's Wembley Party, Sir Hilton's Nephew, The Mystery Wreck, The Schoolboy Financier. ISBN: 0703002511. Top of spine bumped. A couple of white marks to covers. A few fox spots to text bock and light page browning. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a faded spine.

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JOHNNY CROW'S PARTY
Written by L. Leslie Brooke. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 2116785
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

White cloth spine with green title. Green boards, white title and oval pictorial onlay to front. Endpapers are maps of the Maze in Johnny Crow's Garden. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Cover edges are unevenly faded. Grubby marks to spine. Browning to outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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A DISCOURSE UTTER'D IN PART AT AMMAUSKEEG-FALLS IN THE FISHING-SEASON 1739
Written by Joseph Seccombe. Illustrated by Michael McCurdy.
Stock no. 1503753
Published by Barre Publishers. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

The annual fishing party at Amoskeag to which the gay and gorgeous aristocrats flocked was only, through geographical accident, the most famous of this type of gathering. And the man who reported it for us had the worst case of social inferiority in his generation, which gives this tract an odd slant. Brown leather spine, patterned boards. 43 numbered pages. Illustrated with wood engravings. Signed Limited Edition. ISBN: 0827171033. Wear to spine, most at base. An odd grubby mark to contents. Limited edition page has been signed by Illustrator but not numbered. Contained in original slipcase which is edge worn with a few marks. Surface paper damage to spine part of label.

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MR. PINK-WHISTLE'S PARTY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1314078
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Beige boards with blue titles. B/w illustrations. 152 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to edge of front cover. Light foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with slight loss at corners, some disguised loss to top and tail of spine (1").

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PUSSYCATS AND BOW-WOWS
No author listed. Illustrated by Gilbert Haldane Dodd.
Stock no. 1313583
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. circa 1915. Good condition.

Untearable pages, mounted on cotton cloth. Large format. Green cloth with gilt title and pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations plus multi-colour text and text illustrations. Includes the rhyme "Three Little Kittens" and a story "The Dog's Party". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers replaced. Inscription in ink to title-page. Title-page and first text page separated at lower corner, some page creases and grubby marks to contents.

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MIXED PICKLES
Written by Mildred Dennis Burton. Illustrated by Doris Burton.
Stock no. 1502737
Published by Roffey And Clark Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial front board shows white elf holding jar in circle surrounded by elves, animals, fairies etc., blue cloth spine, multi-coloured title. 5 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 83 pages. First story is Dulcie's Party. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Light browning to endpapers. One hinge a little cracked. Contents generally clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF SQUIRREL FLUFFYTALE
Written by Dolores McKenna.
Stock no. 1402406
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1951. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of Brownie Squirrel's journey to a party. Green boards with gilt title. Black & white pictorial endpapers. 6 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 37 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped. Browning to endpapers. Pencil erased from top of verso of front endpaper. Colour plates all present but not in right order. They may have been reinserted into book. One plate has ragged edges and is a little detached from the book and has a couple of shiny marks (?glue).Pictorial dustwrapper is edgeworn and torn with a little loss. Front panel is creased. Wrapper is grubby.

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THE DOGS PARTY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1501747
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Dean's Mother Goose Series No.2. Pictorial paperwraps, rear cover is advert. Colour and b/w illustrations. 10 pages with text and illustration on each page. Small splits to top and bottom of spine. Covers a bit grubby with name written to top corner of front cover and splash mark to bottom corner of rear cover. Staple rusty. Grubby fingermarks to a couple of pages.

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IRENE'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
Written by Richard Hunter. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb.
Stock no. 1311179
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

The Dumpy Books For Children series no. 33. Small format (5 x 3"). Green cloth with darker green lines and titles. Colour illustrations. 103 pages, printed on one side of the paper only. Spine and corners bumped. A few pale marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Hinges cracked. Name and address in ink to rear endpaper and small booksellers sticker to pastedown. A nice copy of a scarce little book.

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THE BIRTHDAY PARTY OF MOSSY MOUSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Doris Whibley.
Stock no. 1310443
Published by McCorquodale & Co.. Very good condition.

An All-Picture Series of Children's Books. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Lovely colour illustrations every page. Covers are a bit grubby. A few ink spots to covers. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

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THE BIG BOOK FOR TINIES
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 1806827
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition.

Cream pictorial boards. Front shows little girl with a dog. First story is "The Party". Edges rubbed. Front joint between front endpaper and frontispiece is starting to pull. Contents clean.

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WILFRED'S ANNUAL 1935
No author listed. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman; et al..
Stock no. 819216
Published by Daily Mirror. 1935. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine. Blue pictorial front board shows Wilfred's underground birthday party. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Spine and covers unusually clean and bright due to presence of glassine wrapper which is edge-worn and torn with slight loss and also repaired with tape. Joints starting to crack and have been neatly repaired with glue. Foxing to text block and page browning. A super copy.

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