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Leicester: Brockhampton Press Ltd, 1962.. The Hamton Library Series. Biggles adventure of daring and bravery as they escape from the South Sea Islands with their fortunes made from pearl-searching at the bottom of the ocean. Pp.184, toning to pages. Grey marl cloth, dustwrapper has edge chips and sunning to spine. VG/Good.

Leeds: E.J.Arnold & Son Ltd, nd. (c.1939).. Eight plays for primary school age children. Contents: The Making of a Rainbow; Poor Mr Twiddle; The Three Wishes; The Donkey's Tail; Santa Claus Comes Down the Chimney; The Wind and the Sun; Brer Rabbit and Mr Dog; The Little Green Imp. Pp.64, ink names next to characters for 'Santa Claus Comes… Read more about this item

London: Frederick Warne & Co.Ltd, 1932.. 1st edition. The Magnet Library. Boys adventure story. Pp.248, colour frontispiece, some spotting to preliminary pages, gift message to front free endpaper. Green cloth, dustwrapper price-clipped and hassmall edge tears but is in a removabe clear protective wrap.G+/VG.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1904.. 1st edition. First in a series of children's books about the Pendleton familty. Pp.280, twelve illustrations by Gordon Browne, front free endpaper absent, author's inscription "To Stella, with the Author's love & good wishes. Christmas 1904" to half-title page, interesting armorial bookplate (of possible Polish/Lithuanian noble family?) to inside front board, slight toning… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber Limited,1949.. 1st illustrated edition. "The Farm on the Hill is a companion book to The Country Child...Each shows us diverse scenes in Susan's country childhood. This new edition has illustrations specially drawn for it by C.F.Tunnicliffe." Pp.285, many full page and vignette illustrations, slight toning to pages. Orange cloth, dustwrapper price-clipped with… Read more about this item

London: The Thames Publishing Company,nd. (c.1960).. Four children in an old half-ruined house set on a wild cliff by the sea - a queer black man as servant - a strange island, called the Isle of Gloom, in the distance - and a ship to sail out to the island to see what is going on there..." Pp.216,… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1952.. 1st edition. Pp.316, illustrations by Stuart Tresilian, slight toning to pages. Yellow cloth with blue and black illustration to front, edges slightly rubbed. Wraparound dustwrapper (illustrated by Stuart Tresilian) slightly sunned to spine, but is in a removable clear protective wrap.VG/VG.

London: George G.Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1953.. 1st edition. Folk tales adapted for children. "The old Celtic and Norman tales incline towards the macabre, and the author has very wisely made them less harsh and the endings less crude than in some of the original folk-lore...The word 'pouquelaye' is derived from the Celtic and corresponds to the English 'Puck'… Read more about this item

London: Rylee Ltd, nd. (c.1969).. A Fairy Tale in Seven Stories. 32cms x 24cms. Unpaginated. Illustrated in colour throughout by Pauline Hohly. Illustrated laminated boards, some edge wear, stain to lower front and rear corners, bump to lower rear corner. G+.

Leeds:E.J.Arnold & Son Limited, 1966.. 1st edition. Seven Stories of Robert Andrew series. "Robert Andrew's happy stay in the country, where he went climbing, gardening, walking and did all the wonderful things one can do miles away from the town".23.5cms x 18.5cms. Unpaginated. Illustrated in colour throughout by James S. Scargill to accompany the story by critic and poet… Read more about this item

London: Fabbri & Ptnrs Ltd, 1974.. 1st edition Illustrated children's book, the third in 'The Newcomers' Series. 14.8cms x 16.5cms. Unpaginated. Colour llustrations by Ann Rees to right-hand page to accompany the text. Paperback, slightly rubbed. Scarce. VG.

Longman Young Books, 1972.. 1st edition. "When little Tot Botot plays his flute in the Indian jungle, all his animal friends come to listen. But one animal comes who is not a friend...." 20cms x 16cms. Unpaginated. Illustrated in colour throughout by Arnold Lobel. Illustrated boards with matching dustwrapper which has edgewear and 1.5cm loss to top of… Read more about this item

London: Fabbri & Ptnrs Ltd, 1974.. 1st edition Illustrated children's book, the second in 'The Newcomers' Series. 14.8cms x 16.5cms. Unpaginated. Colour llustrations by Ann Rees to right-hand page to accompany the text. Paperback. Scarce. VG.

London: Daily Express, 1948.. The Daily Express Annual for 1948. 24.5cms x 18cms. Pp.120, colour strip-cartoon illustrations by Alfred Bestall of Rupert's adventures with his friends (including Golly), gift message to inside front cover and owner's name in pencil to 'This Book Belongs To' box, roughly price-clipped, creasing to corner tips. Illustrated stiff card covers worn with creasing and… Read more about this item

London: Childhood Publications Limited, nd. (c.1940).. The unusual design of this book with a black background for the pictures attracts the attention and lives in the memory of the young child. Sheena Morey tells the story with a lilting rhyme and Kippy's illustrations of these events in the life of a busy young puppy." 24cms x 17cms. … Read more about this item

London: Robert Culley, 1902.. By the author of "Wild Lottie and Wee Winnie". Pp.248/16(publisher's ads), illustrations by W.Gunston, slight toning to pages, Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School prize bookplate to front free endpaper. Blue illustrated cloth showing a man and woman aboard a ship, boards rubbed. Good.

London:Macmillan and Co.,1955.. 1st ed. 8th book in the 'Adventure' series. Pp.277,illustrations by Stuart Tresilian, toning to endpapers, front and rear free endpapers absent. Yellow boards with black and green illustration, rubbed and has soiling to boards. G-.

London: Ward, Lock & Co.Limited, nd. (c.1935).. Tales from Shakespeare is an English children's book written by the siblings Charles and Mary Lamb in 1807, intended "for the use of young persons" while retaining as much Shakespearean language as possible. Mary Lamb was responsible for retelling the comedies and Charles the tragedies. They omitted the more complex historical tales,… Read more about this item

London: Lutterworth Press, nd. (c.1952).. A Junior Wren Book. Adventures of the five members of the Bull Patrol of boy scouts. Pp.95, pages toned, owner's details to half-title page. Paperback, crease to top front and spine. Good.

Harmondsworth: Puffin / Penguin, 1941.. 1st Puffin / Penguin edition. "Herbert Best, during a dozen years spent in one of the Colonial services, became familiar with the African hills where Garram and his tribe lived and hunted." Garram, is the son of a tribal chief in the Nigerian hills. When danger threatens, he is advised by the rainmaker… Read more about this item