551.
552.
553.
554.
Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
by
Virginia Hamilton
1st British edition,
published by Walker Books in 1982
ISBN: 0744508061.
Light creasing at top edge of dustwrapper.
Contents a little tanned.
Pages lightly tanned.
Light creasing at top edges of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
555.
556.
Tales and Verses of Long Ago
with illustrations by
E. Percy-Moran
1st edition,
published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York in 1894
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
6 full page colour plates, preceding six descriptions with decorative borders by Elizabeth S. Tucker.
Covers worn and soiled.
Paper has worn away at edges of covers.
Cloth of spine split in two places.
12cm. split in inner hinge.
Light spotting on prelims, frontispiece largely unaffected.
Occasional fingermarking.
Contents generally clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
557.
558.
559.
Texar the Southerner - A Tale of the American Civil War
by
Jules Verne
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. circa 1930
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers heavily worn.
Edges scuffed.
Corners bumped.
Spine edges neatly taped.
Spine faded.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Some fingermarks on prelims.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
560.
561.
That Exciting Holiday
by
Nigel Strong
Reprint,
published by C S S M circa 1947
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
255 pages.
War economy logo on back of title page.
Four black and white illustrations.
(CSSM is the old name for The Scripture Union.)
Covers clean and unmarked.
Marks and shadows on endpapers and pastedowns, where an old paper-wrapper has been removed.
Neat name on front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
562.
563.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by
Mark Twain
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1953
Paperback.
Covers worn at edges.
A little foxing to inside of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
564.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by
Mark Twain
Reprint,
published by Puffin in 1958
Paperback.
280 pages.
A little light wear at spine ends and corners.
Inner hinges strengthened with manuscript tape.
Clean and unmarked, but pages deeply tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
565.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by
Mark Twain
Reprint,
published by Dean and Son circa 1960
Green covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper heavily worn.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
566.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by
Mark Twain
Reprint,
published by Puffin in 1969
Paperback.
281 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Contents clean and tight.
Some tanning, mainly at edges of pages.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
567.
568.
569.
570.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by
Mark Twain
with illustrations by
Mays
Published by Collins circa 1960
Blue covers.
Silver decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
571.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by
Mark Twain
Reprint,
published by Puffin in 1968
Paperback.
220 pages.
Some wear to covers.
Name written on half-title.
Contents lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
572.
The Air Around Us
by
Jean-Pierre Verdet
with illustrations by
Henri Galeron
1st English edition,
published by Moonlight Publishing Ltd in 1986
ISBN: 1851030050.
Translated from the French by Sarah Matthews.
Pictorial laminated boards.
35 pages.
Pocket Worlds - The World of Nature.
'Books of discovery for six years old and upwards.'
Clear text, well illustrated.
Spine strip faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
573.
574.
The American Revolution
by
R. G. Grant
Published by Wayland in 1995
ISBN: 0750214724.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
575.