BILL BADGER AND THE PIRATES. By 'BB.' Illustrated by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford.

(1960) 1982 2nd edition. Small 8vo (126 x 192mm). Ppvi,138. B/w illustrations by D.J. Watkins-Pitchford. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"The Wandering Wind was a familiar sight up and down the canal, and when Bill Badger decided to start sightseeing tours, he and Izzybizzy soon had plenty of passengers. In fact they were so successful that it was not long before that villain Big Ginger and his gang heard about the box of money locked up on board the boat. One day the oddest collection of muffled-up figures stepped aboard the Wandering Wind, and that was the beginning of a terrible adventure for Bill Badger and his crew, an adventure that began just as their barge entered a long, dark tunnel." A minor classic.