Author: Johnson, Celia:
Title: The Lamp-Post Marauders.
Description: London, Andre Deutsch, 1983. 1st Ed., H/B glazed pict. bds, VG+, minor surface wear, contents clean and fine with illust. by Jael Jordan, neat inscript. on front pastedown. John, Mary, Fitch and Bertha meet a litltle man who emerges from the door at the base of a lamp-post. He tells them that he and his friends are in danger from 'the enemy' - a claim that is borne out when there is a mysterious explosion in the neighbourhood. The children readily agree to help, make elaborate plans and finally move into the sewers leading to the Thames where the enemy are marshalling their forces....

Keywords: fiction, fantasy, juvenile, children, enemy, lamp-post, help, rescue, Jael Jordan, London, children's, story.