C. Parritt

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Not dated, approximately 1930s. 12pp. Good/None. Soft pictorial paper covers with minor rubbing to edges/spine, minor soiling, a few small tears. Contents clean and tight. Sheet music. Lovely colour illustration, very much in 1930s style, to front.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 1944 1st edition. 72pp. Very Good/Fair. Orange cloth boards with minor rubbing/bumping to edges/spine, minor patchy fading. Contents clean and tight. Owner's inscription to ffep. Nice DW with a little minor loss, minor soiling. A collection of poems charting the fortunes of the United Nations from the Battle of Kalach on the River Don, Russia in 1942 to Russian troops crossing the Polish border in 1943.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Clark, Dorothy (illustrator). Not dated, approx 1960s. Fair/None. Soft pictorial card covers with some rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, some soiling/scuffing, some creasing. Contents fair with some soiling. Charming 2-tone illustrations by the author throughout. Polly the little piglet helps to save Farmer Partridge's apples.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dixon, Miriam (illustrator). Not dated, approx 1960s. Good/None. Hard pictorial boards with minor rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, very minor soiling, very small tear to spine. Contents clean and tight but for very minor soiling. Decorative endpapers. Charming colour illustrations by the author throughout. 4 short stories for young children.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Not dated, approx 1960s. Good/None. Hard pictorial card covers with very minor rubbing to edges/spine, minor soiling. Contents clean and tight but for minor soiling. Colour illustrations throughout. Illustrations of lots of state of the art rockets and space craft, with a brief description of each.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 1953 1st edition. 144pp. G/G. Hard black boards with very minor rubbing to edges/spine. Contents clean and tight but for minor soiling, a little spotting to page edges. Nice DW with some rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, a few small tears/creases, a little soiling/fading. Decorative endpapers. B&W decorations throughout. Advice on how to go about tracing your family tree.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Lewis, J E / Whanslaw, H W (illustrator). First Edition. 1947 1st edition. Fair/None. 143pp. Hard pictorial boards with minor rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, minor splitting to spine ends, a little soiling/scuffing. Contents clean and tight but for minor soiling/spotting. Prize label to ffep. B&W illustrations by J E Lewis and H W Whanslaw throughout. Selected Bible stories retold for children.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Dalby, C Reginald (illustrator). 1978 (1955) reprint. 63pp. Good/None. Soft pictorial card covers with minor rubbing to edges, minor scuffing/creasing. Contents clean and tight. Charming colour illustrations by C Reginald Dalby throughout. Four small engines run on their own special line and are looked after by the Thin Controller.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Not dated, approx 1950s. 204pp. Fair/Fair. Blue cloth boards with minor patchy fading. Contents generally clean and tight but for a few small tape patches to endpapers, a little cocked, owner's inscription to half-title. Nice DW with some rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, a couple of small tears/creases, a little minor scuffing/soiling, tape to inner flaps. Decorative endpapers. Colour plate at frontis. A brother & sister have an adventure when they are sent to recuperate on a remote island.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1902 (1901) 3rd edition. 241pp + 32pp catalogue to rear. Fair/None. Green cloth boards with minor soiling/scuffing, some rubbing/scuffing to edges/spine, some fraying to spine ends. Contents fair with some soiling/browning/spotting, some pencil notes throughout. Owners inscription to ffep. B&W plates. Pages from the notebooks of field naturalist and antiquary, the 7th Baronet Maxwell of Caerlaverock in Scotland. Notes on the natural history and historical interest of Scotland, broken down into monthly sections. First of a series of 7.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1961 (1955) 3rd enlarged edition. 280pp. Good/Good. Hard turquoise boards with minor rubbing/bumping to edges/spine, a little cocked. contents generally clean and tight but for a little soiling/browning. Nice price-clipped DW with minor rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, minor soiling/browning. Diagrams throughout. Engineering text book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Williams, Violet M (illustrator). First Edition. 1969 1st edition. Fair/None. Hard pictorial boards with minor rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, very minor scuffing/soiling. Contents fair with tape repairs to hinges front and back, very minor soiling. Charming colour illustrations by the author throughout. A family of mice move into Mr & Mrs Toddy's house.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Lindy Jane (illustrator). Not dated, approx 1950s. 23pp. Fair/None. Hard pictoial boards with a little scuffing/soiling, minor rubbing/chipping to edges. Contents generally clean, middle pages losse, staples rusted, minor soiling. Charming colour illustrations throughout by Lindy Jane. Nature themed poems for children.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Barsley, Michael (illustrator). First Edition. 1943 1st edition. 122pp. Very Good/None. Orange cloth boards with very minor rubbing to edges/spine. Contents clean and tight. B&W drawings by the author throughout. A satirical novel in which 'Common Man is taken for a ride in a taxi by Machiavellian financier Colonel Bogus, who is intent on finding out what Common Man plans to do in the brave New World.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Not dated, approx 1950s/60s. 4 thick card pages. Good/None. Hard pictorial boards with minor rubbing/chipping to edges, minor scuffing/creasing. Contents generally clean and tight but for minor spotting/soiling. Charming colour illustrations throughout. Charming alphabet book for young children with and illustration for each letter.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Not dated, approx 1910. 40pp. Good/None. Limp green cloth covers with minor rubbing to edges, slight creasing, minor soiling. Contents clean and tight but for minor soiling/creasing. 1 B&W illustration by Murray Urquhart. Children's early reader containing 2 fairy tales.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1892. 242pp + 7pp catalogue with adverts to rear. Poor/None. Soft pictorial card covers with some rubbing/chipping to edges, some loss and splitting to spine, some creasing/soiling. Contents generally clean but for minor soiling/creasing. B&W illustration at title page. Sixpence edition of the 16th novel in the Waverley series.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Duncan, William (illustrator). First Edition. 1963 1st UK edition. 64pp. Very Good/None. Soft pictorial card covers with very minor rubbing to edges, very minor soiling/scuffing. Contents clean and tight but for very minor soiling, a little rusting to staples. An alphabetical dictionary of all things Christmassy, will charming B&W illustrations. Very festive.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Edwards, Gunvor & Peter (illustrator). 1976 (1972) reprint. 59pp. Very Good/None. Soft pictorial card covers with minor rubbing to edges/spine, minor scuffing. Contents clean and tight. Charming colour illustrations by Gunvor & Peter Edwards throughout. Mpore stories about Thomas the Tank Engine's Branch Line.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Williams, Gluyas (illustrator). 1949 (1948) 6th printing. 244pp. Good/Fair. Hard yellow boards with minor rubbing/bumping to edges/spine, a little soiling/damp marking. Contents clean and tight but for very minor soiling. Nice DW, quite worn with some tears/soiling. Decorative endpapers. Charming B&W illustrations by Gluyas Williams throughout. Humorous novel about the trials and expenses endured by a long suffering father of the bride.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Blunt, Jack (illustrator). Not dated, approx 1920s/30s. 152pp. Fair/None. Green cloth boards with some rubbing/minor fraying to edges/spine ends, minor patchy fading, slight soiling. Contents generally clean and tight but for minor soiling/browning, a little cocked. Owner's name to ffep. B&W drawings by the author, and photos throughout. A collection of activities for scout groups, including competitions, handicrafts and badge & test ideas.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Not dated, approx 1910-1920. Very Good/None. Brown cloth boards with minor rubbing/bumping to edges/spine. Contents clean and tight. Neat little ready reckoner book.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 1945 1st edition. 55pp. Fair/Poor. Black cloth boards with minor rubbing to edges/spine, some patchy fading/mottling. Contents clean and tight but for very minor roiling. Owner's name to ffep. DW worn with some loss.A satirical poem describing a visit to literary London by a modern 'Childe Harold'.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1983 Reprint. 185pp. Very Good/None. hard glazed pictorial boards with very slight bumping to edges. Contents clean and tight but for very slight soiling. B&W illustrations throughout. The Adventurous Four have an adventure while on holiday in Scotland.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Cady, Harrison (illustrator). 1945 (1938) Reprint. 120pp. Ex-Library. Fair/None. Cream decorative cloth boards with some rubbing to edges/spine, some soiling, a little cocked. Contents fair, a little soiling, library stamp to ffep, splitting to front hinge. 6 lovely colour plates by Cady Harrison. Its spring and Johnny Chuck leaves his home to set out for an adventure.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1902 (1900) Reprint. 295pp + 32pp catalogue to rear. Fair/None. Green cloth boards with minor soiling/scuffing, some rubbing/bumping to edges/spine, some fraying to spine ends. Contents fair with a little splitting to hinges, some soiling/browning, some pencil notes to text. Owners inscription to ffep. B&W plates. Pages from the notebooks of field naturalist and antiquary, the 7th Baronet Maxwell of Caerlaverock in Scotland. Notes on the natural history and historical interest of Scotland, broken down into monthly sections. Second in a series of 7.

Cloth. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Goble, Warwick (illustrator). First Edition. 1897 1st edition. 296pp. Poor/None. Dark green cloth boards with some soiling, splitting/fraying to spine ends, some scuffing/bumping to edges/spine. Contents fair with splitting to hinges front & back, minor soiling/spotting. B&W plates by Warwick Goble throughout. Novel set in the Scottish moorlands of the 1830s/40s.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No publisher or date - presumed privatle printed in approximately 1900-1920. 80pp. Good/None. Soft red card covers with minor rubbing/chipping to edges, minor loss, minor patchy fading/soiling. Contents clean and tight but for a little browning, very minor soiling. B&W illustrations. Guidance on the use of paint for decorating and crafts.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 5th or later Edition. 1955 (1946) 7th edition. 167pp. Good/Good. Soft white paperback covers with very slight rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, minor soiling/browning. Contents clean and tight with very slight soiling. Nice DW with a little rubbing/chipping to edges/spine few small tears/creases to edges, a little soiling/browning, small label mark to front. On June 24th 1940, the Nazis occupied the Channel Islands, the only part of the British Commonwealth to be occupied by the Germans during WWII. The occupation lasted until May 1945. The author lived through the occupation, and this is an account of his experiences and those of other islanders.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Tempest, Margaret (illustrator). 1952 (1937) 9th impression. 101pp. Good/None. Hard pictorial boards with minor rubbing/bumping to edges/spine, minor scuffing/soiling. Contents clean and tight but for very minor soiling, a little musty. Owners inscription to ffep. Decorative endpapers. Charming colour illustrations by Margaret Tempest throughout. As a punishment for stealing food from Little Grey Rabbit's house, Squirrel tied a knot in Rat's tail. Now, he is reminded of his wickedness wherever he goes and can no longer poach or thieve or hunt as a rat must to survive? What can Rat do to free himself?