226.
Mackinlay's Millions
by
Edmund Burton
Published by Gawthorn circa 1950
Cream covers, black lettering.
Dustwrapper worn and repaired with clear tape.
Faint spotting to endpapers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
227.
228.
Man in the Air
by
James Webster
with illustrations by
Gerald Witcomb
Published by Ladybird Books in 1973
ISBN: 0721403662.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn and somewhat soiled.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
229.
Martin Rattler
by
R. M. Ballantyne
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1960
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
215 pages.
"Blackie's Library of Famous Books".
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Covers worn at corners and spine ends.
Spotting on fore edge.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
230.
Martin Rattler
by
Robert Michael Ballantyne
Reprint,
published by Collins circa 1935
Octavo.
Blue leatherette boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
268 pages.
Sepia frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Front endpaper removed.
Faint spotting on half title.
Contents clean and white.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
231.
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)
232.
Mockingbird
by
Allan Ahlberg
with illustrations by
Paul Howard
Published by Walker Books in 1998
Rhyming variation of traditional song.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
233.
Modern Verse for Little Children
by
Michal Williams
1st Thus edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1939
Chameleon Book No. 1.
Poems intended for five to eight-year olds.
Dustwrapper missing half of front flap and lower part of spine.
Some spotting to pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
234.
Monkey
by
Wu Ch'eng-en
Published by George Allen and Unwin in 1953
Translated from the Chinese by Arthur Waley.
Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
305 pages.
6th impression, 1953.
Title page and dustwrapper illustrated by David Grant.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper slightly worn and chipped at edges, with neat repairs and reinforcement to reverse.
Two faded patches on rear board.
Edges of covers slightly worn.
Covers otherwise clean and unmarked.
Binding sound.
Some fly-spotting at centre of fore-edge.
Contents clean and unmarked, but very slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
235.
Moonlight Kingdom
by
Brian Banabo
with illustrations by
Michael Jupp
1st Thus edition,
published by White Lion in 1975
ISBN: 0856861138.
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
92 pages.
Illustrated in black and white.
Dustwrapper a little worn at edges with some light spotting.
Book itself VG.
Signed by author on reverse of half title.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
236.
237.
Moses - Prince and Shepherd
by
Lucy Diamond
with illustrations by
Kenneth Inns
Published by Wills & Hepworth circa 1957
Octavo.
Beige paper-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown decoration on covers.
50 pages.
Series 522, Bible stories.
Brown open-winged Ladybird pattern on endpapers.
Minor wear to covers.
Short gift dedication facing title page.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
238.
Moses, Prince and Shepherd
by
Lucy Diamond
with illustrations by
Kenneth Inns
Published by Wills & Hepworth
Series 522.
Original price 2'6.
Unglazed grey boards with brown lettering and decoration.
Dustwrapper worn.
Name on inside front cover, and mark where pen messily erased from front endpaper.
Occasional fingermarking to contents.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
239.
Mouse Bird Snake Wolf
by
David Almond
with illustrations by
Dave McKean
1st edition,
published by Walker Books in 2013
ISBN: 9781406322897.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
240.
Mr Badger to the Rescue
by
Angusine Jeanne MacGregor
with illustrations by
Angusine Jeanne MacGregor
4th edition,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1951
Cream paper-covered boards.
Dark brown lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
241.
Mr Pettigrew's Train
by
Leonard Clark
with illustrations by
Toffee Sanders
1st edition,
published by Thornhill in 1975
ISBN: 0904110192.
Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and worn with some creasing and chipping.
Faint spotting to prelims.
Contents close to VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
242.
Mrs Leicester's School
by
Charles Lamb
1st Thus edition,
published by Harvill Press in 1948
Reprint of a 19th century work.
Slight wear to dustwrapper.
Some spotting to foredge.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
243.
Mysteries of Merlin
by
Desmond Dunkerley
with illustrations by
Robert Ayton
1st edition,
published by Ladybird Books in 1977
ISBN: 072140460X.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers heavily worn and scuffed.
Spine strip missing.
Corners bumped.
Internally VG.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
244.
Mystery at Witchend
by
Malcolm Saville
with illustrations by
Bertram Prance
3rd edition,
published by Newnes in 1945
Lone Pine series.
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on spine.
Covers worn at edges, with a black ink-blot at upper right corner of front cover.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip re-attached, with 2cm loss at base.
Some light spotting to fore-edge.
Neat gift dedication on half-title.
Pages tanned, with some intermittent finger-marking.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
245.
Mystery Twin
by
Hazel Edwards
with illustrations by
Megan Gressor
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1983
ISBN: 0340324066.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Some spotting to one or two pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
246.
Nancy the Naughty
by
John Lea
with illustrations by
A. L. Bowley
Reprint,
published by Partridge circa 1932
Brown paper-covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
12cm x 15cm.
Four colour plates and small line drawings in the text.
A moral tale in verse.
Spine strip worn.
Upper board marked.
Front endpaper may have been removed.
Gift dedication in pencil.
Some spotting on paste down, prelims and to contents.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
247.
Nelson's Jolly Book for Girls
Published by Nelson in 1934
Edited by Edwin Chisholm.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cloth spine.
Six colour plates.
Many black and white drawings.
Authors include: Sibyl Owsley, Bernard Rutley, and others.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and slightly soiled.
Prize label on front paste down.
Spotting to edges of page block.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
248.
Norah O'Flanigan - Prefect
by
Maude S. Forsey
with illustrations by
Lindsey Cable
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1937
Grey pictorial covers, black decoration, black lettering on spine.
Slight wear to spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Colour frontispiece and black and white line drawings in the text.
Very occasional spotting, but in general the pages are white and clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
249.
Numbers
by
Margaret Elise Gagg
with illustrations by
G. Robinson
Published by Wills & Hepworth in 1959
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Corners bumped.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
250.