276.
277.
The Secret of the Closed Gate
by
Margaret Leighton
with illustrations by
Barbara C. Freeman
Reprint,
published by Hutchinson in 1945
Girls' Adventure series.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
180 pages.
American author and setting, published in U.K. by a different publisher.
Illustrated with colour frontispiece and black and white line drawings in the text.
Pages clean but lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
278.
The Silver Rifle
by
Clara Florida Guernsey
Reprint,
published by Gall and Inglis circa 1891
Octavo.
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
208 pages.
A scarce title.
Floral pattern on covers, with inset of landscape in gilt.
Four black and white illustrations.
Covers a little worn, particularly at corners and spine ends.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and tight.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
279.
280.
The Sound of Flutes and other Indian Legends
by
Lame Deer
with illustrations by
Paul Goble
1st edition,
published by Pantheon in 1976
ISBN: 0394831810.
Edited by Richard Erdoes.
Orange blind-embossed paper-covered boards.
Brown cloth spine.
Silver lettering on spine.
A collection of Native American folk-tales.
Light wear to dustwrapper, with a little wear at spine ends, and a triangular chip at top corner of back panel.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
281.
The Stone Faced Boy
by
Paula Fox
with illustrations by
Donald A. MacKay
1st Thus edition,
published by Macmillan in 1969
Dark blue boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Labels removed from front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
282.
The Talking Millstones
by
Camilla Wing
with illustrations by
Harry C. Pitz
1st edition,
published by Pillsbury Mills, Inc. in 1945
Paperback.
Octavo.
Pictorial covers.
78 pages.
Six colour and numerous monochrome illustrations.
The history of flour milling, told in nine stories.
Light wear to edges of covers.
A few minor marks on covers.
Crease at top corner of back cover.
Top corner of pages 41, 43 and 45 clipped (text not affected).
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
283.
The Turn of the Road
by
Eugenia Brooks Frothingham
1st edition,
published by Houghton Mifflin in 1901
Black covers, silver lettering and decoration.
Some wear to spine.
Name on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
284.
285.
286.
287.
The Ups and Downs of Carl Davis the Third
by
Rosa Guy
1st edition,
published by Gollancz in 1989
ISBN: 0575045698.
Orange covers, gilt lettering on spine.
Very light wear to dustwrapper.
Small label for Signal, The Thimble Press on front paste down.
Close to Fine condition.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
288.
The War Orphan
by
Rachel Anderson
1st edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1984
ISBN: 0192714961.
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
289.
290.
291.
292.
The Wise Men of Gotham
by
Malcolm Carrick
with illustrations by
Malcolm Carrick
1st American edition,
published by Viking Press in 1975
ISBN: 0670775207.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Detailed illustrations on every page.
Black and white, and colour on alternate pages.
American edition.
Dustwrapper chipped at top edge and corners.
Corners of covers and spine ends bumped.
Prelims and contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
293.
The Wizard of Oz
by
L. Frank Baum
with illustrations by
Paul Granger
Published by Armada in 1978
ISBN: 0006915078.
Paperback.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
294.
The Wizard of Oz
by
L. Frank Baum
with illustrations by
David McKee
Reprint,
published by Puffin circa 1982
ISBN: 0140350012.
Paperback.
171 pages.
Puffin Classics series.
Covers worn and creased.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
295.
The Wizard of Oz
by
L. Frank Baum
with illustrations by
David McKee
1st Thus edition,
published by Parragon in 1994
ISBN: 1858137306.
Paperback.
150 pages.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
296.
The Yankee Saddle
by
Vernon Howard
with illustrations by
Stanley Lloyd
1st edition,
published by Pickering & Inglis in 1948
Octavo.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown decoration on covers.
160 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white drawings in text.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Name and address written neatly on f.e.p.
Front hinge cracked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
297.
298.
299.
Thunderhead
by
Mary O'Hara
Published by Lippincott in 1943
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges.
Some marks and scuffing.
Spine strip soiled.
Binding tight.
Lengthy gift dedication on front pastedown.
Contents clean and unmarked, but slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
300.
Toby Tyler
by
James Otis
with illustrations by
Charles Mozeley
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1971
ISBN: 0001848119.
Blue covers, gilt lettering.
Dustwrapper price clipped.
Abridged.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)