26.
Great Company
by
Peggy Chambers
Reprint,
published by The Bodley Head in 1959
Yellow covers, black lettering.
Covers slightly soiled.
Small crease to top of back cover.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
27.
28.
Heroes in Friendship
by
Basil Mathews
Published by Oxford University Press circa 1925
"Friends of all the world" series, book 3.
Neat writing on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
29.
Heroes of Discovery
by
Samuel Mossman
New edition,
published by Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier in 1877
Short biographies of Livingstone, Park, Franklin, Cook and Magellan.
Grey pictorial boards.
Illustrated with seven engravings.
Covers somewhat soiled and edgeworn.
Inner front hinge broken.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
30.
His Holiness Pope John Paul ll
by
Joan Collins
Published by Ladybird Books in 1982
ISBN: 0721407331.
Octavo.
Pictorial laminated boards.
51 pages.
Written after the Pope's visit to Britain in 1982.
May be a first edition, but is more likely to be an early reprint.
Illustrated with photographs.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
31.
His Holiness Pope John Paul ll
by
Joan Collins
Published by Ladybird Books in 1982
ISBN: 0721407331.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Various school library labels and stamps.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
32.
33.
34.
Kate Greenaway
by
Rodney K. Engen
with illustrations by
Kate Greenaway
Published by Academy Editions in 1976
Paperback.
Quarto.
68 pages.
A brief biography of Kate Greenaway, followed by reproductions of her illustrations.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
35.
Kate Greenaway
by
Rodney K. Engen
Published by Academy Editions in 1977
ISBN: 0856703583.
Paperback.
104 pages.
A brief biography of Kate Greenaway, followed by 50 full-page reproductions of her illustrations.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine a little faded.
Crease on back cover.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
36.
Laureate's Progress
by
Quentin Blake
with illustrations by
Quentin Blake
1st edition,
published by Jonathan Cape in 2002
ISBN: 0224064819.
Quarto.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
37.
Maid of Orleans
by
Elizabeth Kyle
with illustrations by
Robert Hodgson
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1959
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
Book itself close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
38.
Mary Slessor, The White Queen
by
W.P. Livingstone
15th edition,
published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1950
Octavo.
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
127 pages.
Not illustrated.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and a little chipped.
Price clipped.
Light spotting on fore edges.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
39.
Pipers Hill
by
Oliver Holt
with illustrations by
Oliver Holt
1st edition,
published by Marston House in 1992
ISBN: 0951770020.
Grey boards with gilt lettering.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
40.
41.
Roald Dahl - A Biography
by
Chris Powling
with illustrations by
Stephen Gulbis
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1994
ISBN: 0140363025.
Paperback.
79 pages.
Revised edition.
Spine faded.
Name written neatly on flyleaf.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
42.
Seal Morning
by
Rowena Farre
with illustrations by
Raymond Sheppard
8th edition,
published by Hutchinson in 1968
The account of the authors childhood spent in a remote Scottish croft, where, among other wild animals, she up a seal pup. Hutchinson's Educational Books. Endpapers renewed and no stamps visible.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
43.
44.
Six Great Englishmen
by
Aubrey de Selincourt
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1960
Paperback.
219 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Bookplate on reverse of title page.
Contents slightly foxed.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
45.
46.
47.
The Baden-Powell story. The Boy's life of Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell
by
Geoffrey Bond
with illustrations by
Kenneth Brookes
1st edition,
published by Staples Press in 1955
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
160 pages.
Covers clean and unmarked.
Prelims. and text block unmarked, white and firm.
Gift dedication on half-title from the St. Hilda's Wolf Cub Pack to David Hildreth, who had been named 'Cub of the year' for 1955.
Also included, are two letters and a postcard on the same subject.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
48.
49.
The Canal Boy who became President
by
Frederic T. Gammon
Reprint,
published by Partridge circa 1915
Duodecimo.
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
152 pages.
A biography of James Garfield.
Four black and white engravings, including frontispiece and chapter headings and tailpieces.
16 pages of adverts at rear of book.
Light wear to covers.
Binding a little loose in places.
Short gift dedication on front paste down.
Front endpaper has been removed.
Pages generally clean and white, and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
50.
The Dance Goes On
by
Marc Alexander
with illustrations by
Graham and Jacquie Sargeant
1st edition,
published by Leader books in 1980
ISBN: 0907159001.
White cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering.
143 pages.
The life and art of Elizabeth Twistington Higgins, MBE.
Forward by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)