*Children’s Books: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Children’s Books category and the William books by Richmal Crompton. The quote in our title is from the Sunday Times. William, the eternal naughty but lovable schoolboy, is a personal favourite here at 30th Century and his stories are possibly even more amusing when read as an adult than as a child — I’ve done both! There’s no doubt that William Brown provided the inspiration for the character Adam in Terry Pratchett’s and Neil Gaiman’s ‘Good Omens’. We have 13 vintage hardcover volumes, all with dust jackets protected by removable archival film, listed in our catalogue and, for those on a budget, we also have a strong representation of paperback editions from sundry publishers, mostly ‘Red’ MacMillan editions with the famous artwork of Thomas Henry adorning the covers, as on the hardcovers. Most highly recommended; see the full range in our catalogue.
PICTURED: ALL BY RICHMAL CROMPTON
SWEET WILLIAM Newnes 1956 14th UK HC VG £15 With DJ (GD)
WILLIAM AND THE BRAINS TRUST Newnes 1956 6th UK HC VG £25 With DJ (VG)
WILLIAM – IN TROUBLE Newnes 1963 25th UK HC FN £25 With DJ (FN)
WILLIAM – THE BAD Newnes 1963 20th UK HC VG £15 With DJ (GD)
WILLIAM – THE DETECTIVE Newnes 1967 20th UK HC VG £10 With DJ (GD)
(Includes ‘William & The Nasties’, infamous Nazi parody edited from later editions)
WILLIAM – THE DICTATOR Newnes 1963 12th UK HC FN/VF £20 With DJ (VG)
WILLIAM – THE GANGSTER Newnes 1965 20th UK HC FN £25 With DJ (FN)