2242. Landy, Derek: Skulduggery Pleasant

Published by HarperCollins, London. 2007

1st edition hardback in fine condition. The dust wrapper is also fine and unclipped. Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead. Then there's his sidekick, Stephanie. She's… well, she's a twelve-year-old girl. Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn't fiction. Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source - the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard.

Published by HarperCollins, London. 2008

1st edition hardback in near fine condition. There are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is not clipped. With Serpine dead, the world is safe once more. At least, that's what Valkyrie and Skulduggery think, until the notorious Baron Vengeous makes a bloody escape from prison, and dead bodies and vampires start showing up all over Ireland. With Baron Vengeous after the deadly armour of Lord Vile, and pretty much everyone out to kill Valkyrie, the daring detective duo face their biggest challenge yet. But what if the greatest threat to Valkyrie is just a little closer to home…?

2344. Landy, Derek: Kingdom of the Wicked: Skulduggery Pleasant Vol7

Published by HarperCollins, London, 2012

1st edition hardback. The book is fine and the unclipped dust wrapper is in very good condition. The dust wrapper has a very small chip missing from the bottom edge otherwise this too would be fine. It also has a sticker on the front stating that this is an exclusive collector's edition cover for W.H. Smith. Magic is a disease. Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic, they are unwittingly endangering their own lives and the lives of the people around them. Terrified and confused, their only hope lies with the Sanctuary. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are needed now more than ever. And then there's the small matter of Kitana. A normal teenage girl who, along with her normal teenage friends, becomes infected. Becomes powerful. Becomes corrupted. Wielding the magic of gods, they're set to tear the city apart unless someone stands up against them. Looks like it's going to be another one of those days…

125. Lawrence, Caroline:

The Slave-Girl from Jerusalem

Published by Orion, London. 2007.

1st edition hardback in fine/unread condition. there are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is not price clipped. Book thirteen in the Roman Mysteries series.

2483. Lear, Edward: The Courtship of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò & The New Vestments

Published by The Viking Press, New York. 1980

1st thus, hardback edition. 8vo Pictorial boards. [32]pp with richly imaginative illustrations from watercolours by Kevin W. Maddison. No dust wrapper otherwise very good condition. There are no previous owner names or marks. "The first nonsense poem tells the tale of the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo's unsuccessful courtship; the second describes the devouring, by a menagerie of animals, of an old man's unusual costume made of food."

THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER

1952 GEOFFREY BLES

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. UNFORTUNATELY LACKS IT'S D/W AND BOTH FRONT AND REAR END-PAPERS. PALE BLUE BOARDS SLIGHTLY SHELFWORN AND SUNNED AT THE SPINE. SILVER GILT TITLES AT THE SPINE. A TALE OF NARNIA ILLUSTRATED BY PAULINE BAYNES.

THE SILVER CHAIR

1961 GEOFFREY BLES

HARDBACK

4TH IMPRESSION. A VERY GOOD+ BOOK IN A LATER COLLINS EDITION D/W. THERE IS SLIGHT SUNNING TO THE TOP EDGE OF THE SPINE AND SOME SLIGHT SHELF WEAR. A TALE OF NARNIA ILLUSTRATED BY PAULINE BAYNES. SCARCE.

THE SILVER CHAIR

1965 GEOFFREY BLES

HARDBACK

7TH IMPRESSION. A VERY GOOD+ BOOK IN A VERY GOOD D/W. THE JACKET IS SLIGHTLY SOILED WITH A COUPLE OF CLOSED TEARS, EDGE WEAR AND IS PRICE CLIPPED. THE BOOK LEANS VERY SLIGHTLY AND LACKS THE REAR END PAPER. AN UNCOMMON NARNIA STORY ILLUSTRATED BY PAULINE BAYNES.

2313. Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle's Return

Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 1970

Hardback, fifteenth impression of the 1933 1st edition. Both, the book and dust wrapper are in very good condition. The jacket is only a little rubbed at the edges and sunned at the spine. It is not price clipped but there is a previous owner's gift inscription and a Foyles sticker inside the front board but no other marks. At long last, the anxious watchers at Puddleby-on-the-Marsh see the signal which means that Doctor Dolittle is on his way back from the moon! To everyone's surprise, the Doctor arrives on the back of an enormous locust - and he, too, has reached an enormous size through years of living on the moon. Explanations and thrilling tales of adventure follow the Doctor's return . . .

900 MACKENZIE, COMPTON

LITTLE CAT LOST

1965 BARRIE & ROCKLIFF

HARDBACK

SOME LOSS TO FRONT OF EDGEWORN D/W WITH SMALL TEARS TO FOLDS. ELSE BRIGHT & CLEAN, ILLUSTRATED BY JAMES BOSWELL, AS IS THE BOOK. BLUE BOARDS, SILVER PRINT TO SPINE. VG THROUGHOUT

2158 Madonna,

Mr Peabody's Apples

2003 Puffin, London .

Hardback

1st edition hardback book in fine, as new condition. The dust wrapper has not been price clipped and still retains the original £12.99 net price. The book has no previous owner names or inscriptions. The second of five books for children (even grown-up ones)

A BOOK OF MONSTERS

1975 METHUEN

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD BOOK IN A VERY GOOD PRICE CLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER. RETELLINGS OF TRADITIONAL FOLK TALES ILLUSTRATED BY ROBIN JACQUES.

2248. Marr, Melissa: Ink Exchange

Published by HarperCollins, London. 2008

1st edition hardback. A fine book in a fine dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is not clipped. Mortal affections and faery rivalries continue to collide in the town of Huntsdale. After suffering a terrible trauma at the hands of her brother's dealer friends, Leslie becomes obsessed with the idea of getting a tattoo - it's the one thing that will allow her to reclaim her body, renew her self-confidence. And when Rabbit, her local tattoo artist, shows her a secret book of his own designs, she finds one of them irresistible. Soon, her back is adorned with a pair of mysterious eyes, framed by black wings. Leslie feels good - more than good. Nothing bad can touch her. But what she doesn't know is that her new tattoo binds her tightly to the faery whose symbol she chose: Irial, the exquisitely dangerous king of the Dark Court…

1174 McDONALD, STUART

THE ADVENTURES OF ENDILL SWIFT

1990 CANONGATE

HARDBACK

1st EDITION. Nr FINE IN LIKE UNCLIPPED WRAPPER. ILLUSTRATED BY HARRY HORSE

Published by Book Club Associates, London. 1978

Hardback, book club edition in fine condition. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles and decoration at the spine. Top page edges stained purple. Colour illustrated endpapers. There are no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper is also fine, not faded and no loss. Contains the complete "When We Were Very Young" and "Now We Are Six". All the verses and pictures are here collected into one book, and eight illustrations in full colour have been added. All decorations and illustrations by E. H. Shepard.

WINNIE-THE-POOH, A POP-UP BOOK

1984 METHUEN

HARDBACK

1ST THUS. VERY GOOD+ CONDITION, COMPLETE AND IN FULL WORKING ORDER. SOME OF POOH BEARS MOST FAMOUS ADVENTURES BROUGHT TO LIFE IN POP-UP. WITH DECORATIONS AFTER THE STYLE OF ERNEST H. SHEPARD.

1636. Milne, A. A.: Prince Rabbit and The Princess Who Could Not Laugh

Published by Edmund Ward, London, 1966

1st edition UK hardback. Pictorial boards show only very slight shelf wear, there is a gift inscription at the front endpaper otherwise very good. The dust wrapper is price clipped, a little soiled and worn and chipped at the edges and tips. There are a couple of small tears and small chips lost at the top and toe of the spine but generally good or better. An uncommon title from the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Two children's tales illustrated by Mary Shepard.

1971 MOERS, WALTER

THE 13 1/2 LIVES OF CAPTAIN BLUEBEAR

2000 SECKER AND WARBURG

HARDBACK

2ND PRINTING. BOTH BOOK AND UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER ARE IN FINE, AS NEW CONDITION. TRANSLATED BY JOHN BROWNJOHN. MOERS IS A CELEBRATED CARTOONIST AND ILLUSTRATOR.

2159 Montgomery, Hugh

The Voyage of the Arctic Tern

2002 Walker Books Ltd,

Hardback

1st edition hardback in near fine condition. The dust wrapper has general shelfwear, it has not been price clipped and still retains the £12.99 net price. The book has no previous owner names or inscriptions. A classic tale of treason, treachery and treasure that sweeps across many centuries and different lands. Mottled green boards with brown spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Beautifully illustrated by Nick Poullis

863 MOORAT/WOODROFFE,

NURSERY SONGS

19 THAMES & HUDSON

BOARDS

NO D/W,SLIGHTLY CHIPPED AT THE EXTREMITIES, DAMP STAIN TO BOTTOM CORNER OF REAR BOARD, AND REAR PAGES. OTHERWISE A VERY GOOD BOOK. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1912, THIS NEW EDITION WAS PRODUCED DIRECTLY FROM THE ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS, MUSICAL NOTATIONS, AND HAND-LETTERED TEXTS IN THE MET MUSEUM OF ART'S COLLECTION, IN NEW YORK. DATE ?. ISBN 0 500 01242 3

2043 Morpurgo, Michael

The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

2005 Harper Collins, London .

Hardback

1st edition hardback in fine/as new condition. There are no previous owner names or other marks. The dust wrapper is not price clipped. The story of Slapton Sands during WWII and one very adventurous cat. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.

2299. Morpurgo, Michael: War Horse

Published by Egmont for The Book People, London. 2010

1st thus, hardback special edition with colour illustrations by Francois Place. Very good condition, dust wrapper is also very good. There is some light shelf wear but there are no previous owner names or other marks. Narrated from an unusual perspective, Michael Morpurgo's classic novel vividly brings to life the sufferings of animals caught up in human warfare. War Horse has been adapted by the National Theatre to become a hit play and made into a major motion picture by Steven Spielberg.

1191 NESBIT, EDITH

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

1991 PAVILION WITH THE NATIONAL TRUST

HARDBACK

1st IN THIS NEW EDITION. FINE IN LIKE WRAPPER. THIS CLASSIC TALE BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED IN WATERCOLOURS AND PENCIL SKETCHES BY DINAH DRYHURST

1438 NESBIT, EDITH

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

1951 WELLS GARDNER, DARTON & CO

HARDBACK

3rd IMPRESSION OF THE POST-WAR EDITION, RESET WITH NEW ILLUSTRATIONS AND FORMAT TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1906. VERY GOOD- IN A RATHER WORN BUT QUITE RARE D/W.

1963 NICHOLSON, WILLIAM

THE WIND SINGER

2002 EGMONT

HARDBACK

1ST THUS. RE-ISSUE OF BOOK ONE OF "THE WIND ON FIRE" TRILOGY. FINE, AS NEW CONDITION AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE.

1964 NICHOLSON, WILLIAM

SLAVES OF THE MASTERY

2001 EGMONT

HARDBACK

FOURTH PRINTING OF THE 1ST EDITION. BOOK 2 OF "THE WIND ON FIRE" TRILOGY. BOTH BOOK AND UNCLIPPED JACKET ARE FINE, AS NEW CONDITION.

2160 NICHOLSON, WILLIAM

Firesong

2002 Egmont Book Ltd,

Hardback

1st edition hardback in near fine condition, there are no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper ( near fine condition), has very minimal shelfwear and has not been price clipped and still retains the £10.99 net price. The Manth people have left the ruined Mastery to seek their homeland, in the face of starvation, blizzards and the evil of Morah. Only Ira Hath can lead them there and she grows weak...Kestrel dreads reaching the homeland. She is afraid of what it will mean for her mother - and why does she feel so alone? Bowman eagerly awaits the summons from the Sirene and prepares to make the final sacrifice for his people, his family. and all the while, the wind is rising... Final book of the brilliant Wind on Fire trilogy.

2180. Nightingale, C.Z.: Grass

Published by Penguin/Puffin, London. 2003

Paperback 1st edition. An uncommon uncorrected book proof copy in fine unread condition. Sixteen-year-old Caryn witnesses a savage attack on an Asian boy by a white gang in East London. She doesn't know what to do as grassing is not the done thing. When Kobir, the victim, later dies, she can't avoid being involved. Should she grass or should she stay silent? The story reaches a dramatic climax and Caryn must learn to trust her own judgement of right and wrong.

2461. Nimmo, Jenny: The Time Twister

Published by Egmont, London, 2003

1st edition UK hardback in fine condition. Both book and the unclipped dust wrapper are clean and unmarked. Ordinary Charlie Bone receives a gift that runs in his family on his tenth birthday when he can hear the people in a photograph speaking to each other. So as all gifted children do he attends Bloor's Academy. This second book in the Red King Quintet series maps Charlie's progress when he encounters time-slipped Henry Yewbeam.

1610. Ogilvie, Annabel and T.A.B. Renton (illustrator): The Woolly Rhino Finds a New Home

Published by Jupiter Books, London. 1976

1st edition hardback, very near fine. Small chips lost at the tips otherwise fine. Laminated pictorial boards, no d/w as issued, contents as new. Book 2 of the Woolly Rhino series.

1609. Ogilvie, Annabel and T.A.B. Renton (illustrator): The Woolly Rhino Takes a Holiday

Published by Jupiter Books, London. 1976

1st edition hardback, very near fine. Tiny chips lost at the tips otherwise fine. Laminated pictorial boards, no d/w as issued, contents as new. Book 4 of the Woolly Rhino series.

862 OPIE, IONA & PETER

A NURSERY COMPANION

1980 OXFORD

HARDBACK

VERY GOOD D/W,D/W EDGW WORN ESP ON SP CORNERS, VERY GOOD BOOK WITH SLIGHT BUMPING, NICE COPY

Published by Inside Pocket, 2011

1st UK hardback edition. The book is in fine condition as is the dust wrapper. There are no previous owner names. Justin Thyme is a self-made billionaire living in a castle overlooking Loch Ness. The day he turns thirteen, he receives an anonymous gift: a fabulous watch with a puzzling message hidden on it. When he tells his father of his plans to build a time machine, the Laird of Thyme reveals tantalising fragments of past espionage and warns his son of a ruthless enemy keeping him under constant surveillance.At first, Justin fails to take Sir Willoughby seriously, but when a stranger arrives claiming to be his long-lost grandfather, Justin is wary - especially after his beloved Nanny insists the old man is an impostor.Suddenly, the race against time is on. Can Justin convert his vintage motorbike into a time machine, rescue his mum and discover the identity of their resident spy in less than a week ...or will the dreaded Thyme Curse claim another life?

2228. Paver, Michelle: Ghost Hunter

Published by Orion, London. 2009

1st edition hardback in fine condition. The book is signed by the author at the title page. The dust wrapper is also fine and unclipped. Book 6 in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. As winter approaches and Souls' Night draws near, the Eagle Owl Mage holds the clans in the grip of terror. To fulfill his destiny, Torak must seek his lair in the Mountain of Ghosts. He must defy demons and tokoroths, and find his way through the Gorge of the Hidden People. Wolf must overcome terrible grief. Renn must make an agonizing decision. And in the final battle against the Soul-Eater, Torak must face the most heart-rending choice of all.

2383. Paolini, Christopher: Eragon: Inheritance Book One

Published by Doubleday, London. 2004

1st edition UK hardback in very good condition. There are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is not price clipped. This is the first book in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Trilogy, which he began writing when aged only 15. Eragon's adventure begins when he is out hunting one day in the mountainous region of his world known as the Spine. While eyeing-up a tasty deer with his bow, his aim is disturbed by a polished blue stone that explodes from the sky and narrowly misses him. The oval shaped object, cool and frictionless to his touch, weighs several pounds and it turns out to be his only reward from his day's hunting session. Returning to his home town Carvahall, Eragon's unsuccessful attempts to exchange the stone for meat for his family begins a run of bad luck that will eventually force him to flee his place of birth. This heralds the beginning of a new destiny for him. The stone is in fact a dragon's egg and it hatches in Eragon's company--making him the first new Dragon Rider for many years. Suddenly, the fate of the Empire rests in his hands and he must navigate a dark and dangerous terrain, and some formidable enemies, to challenge the might of a king whose evil is limitless.

1133 PENE DU BOIS, WILLIAM

THE FORBIDDEN FOREST

1978 CHATTO & WINDUS

HARDBACK

1st EDITION. FINE IN VG+ PRICE CLIPPED D/W. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT TELLING THE STORY OF "THE STOPPERS OF THE GREAT WAR"

Published by Tommy Nelson, Nashville. 2002

Hardback, Us 1st edition, in fine condition. The dust wrapper is also fine being only slightly rubbed at the edges. There are no previous owner names or inscriptions. The Veritas Project team has a new assignment: To find the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of two runaways. When one runaway turns up totally out of his mind and a government agent steps in to take over the case, the Springfield's continue their own investigation. The twins-Elijah and Elisha-go undercover, posing as runaways. What happens next will keep readers on the edge of their seats as the twins end up in a strange academy where Truth is continually challenged, a gang-like war develops, and Elijah is taken to an ominous mansion from which no one has ever returned.

76 POTTER, BEATRIX

THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER

1968 WARNE U.S.A.

HARDBACK

VERY GOOD PRICE CLIPPED D/W, IST US TRADE EDITION OF THIS FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL. FEP HAS ½" INK MARK, SOME FOXING, REINFORCED BINDING AS ISSUED. A VERY GOOD COPY

2161 Pullman , Philip

His Dark Materials 1: Northern Lights

1995 Scholastic, London .

Hardback

1st/9th edition hardback. The number string on the publication page reads 10 9. Not the really rare one however this one is in fine condition and even these later printings are becoming hard to find. Winner of the prestigious Carnegie Medal. Listed in The Observer's All-Time 100 Best Novels [2003]

2360 Pullman, Philip

The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials III

2001 Scholastic Press, London.

Hardback

Second printing. Hardback in fine/as new condition. There are no previous owner names or other marks, the book appears to be unread. The dust wrapper is not price clipped. The third and concluding volume of Philip Pullman's masterpiece.

2161. Pullman, Philip: Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials)

Published by David Fickling Books, Oxford. 2008

Hardback, second printing in fine condition. No dust wrapper as issued. Another wonderful tale from a master story-teller, giving us more extraordinary insight into the world of His Dark Materials. Includes a thrilling board game!

2336 Pullman, Philip

The Scarecrow and his Servant

2004 Doubleday, London.

Hardback

1st edition hardback in fine/as new condition. No previous owner names or other marks, appears to be unread. The dust wrapper is not price clipped.

2162 Pullman , Philip

Count Karlstein

2002 Doubleday, London .

Hardback

Hardback book in near fine condition, there are no previous owner names or inscriptions, the dustwrapper is in near fine condition, it has not been price clipped and still retains the £10.99 net price. Set in a Swiss village in 1816, the story revolves around wicked Count Karlstein, his two wards and the nasty bargain Karlstein has struck with Zamiel, the Demon Huntsman, a supernatural being who annually haunts the local woods on All Souls' Eve. The "Count" was, in fact, Pullman's very first book for children and enjoys a special reputation because of this.