376.
The Ladybird Book of Nursery Rhymes
by
Auntie Muriel
with illustrations by
Robert Knight
Reprint,
published by Wills & Hepworth circa 1959
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
Undated; back flap of dustwrapper shows list of other titles in series 413 starting with this title and ending with "Red Riding Hood also Goldilocks and the Three Bears", which was first published in 1958.
Book appears to be printed on art paper (glossy).
Front cover repeats dustwrapper design, but in monochrome green.
Dustwrapper back flap has square open-wing ladybird logo in blue, above the series title-list.
Dustwrapper front flap neatly price-clipped.
Very light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Endpapers show a diagonal chequerboard pattern of nursery rhyme characters printed in blue.
Reverse of front endpaper, facing title page, reads "Series 413".
Oval closed-wing ladybird logo in blue on title page.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
377.
378.
The Ladybird Book of Pond Life
by
Nancy Scott
with illustrations by
Jill Payne
Reprint,
published by Ladybird Books in 1966
ISBN: 0721401074.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
379.
The Ladybird Book of Pond Life
by
Nancy Scott
with illustrations by
Jill Payne
Reprint,
published by Ladybird Books in 1966
ISBN: 0721401074.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
380.
381.
382.
383.
The Ladybird Book of Things to Make
by
Mia Flemming Richey
with illustrations by
G. Robinson
Reprint,
published by Ladybird Books in 1963
ISBN: 0721401252.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Name on title page.
Page numbers have been re-written in orange ink by a child.
Contents otherwise good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
384.
385.
The Last Battle
by
Clive Staples Lewis
with illustrations by
Pauline Diana Baynes
1st Thus edition,
published by Macmillan (New York) in 1956
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
174 pages.
First American edition.
Covers worn and scuffed, and a little soiled and stained.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip scuffed and darkened.
Some spotting and faint marks to endpapers and prelims.
Contents generally good, but faintly tanned and some intermittent faint foxing to lower edge of pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
386.
The Life and Times of Cornelius Plum
by
Kay King
with illustrations by
Victor Ambrus
1st edition,
published by Abelard-Schuman in 1972
ISBN: 0200718975.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and a little soiled.
Some faint spotting to edges of prelims.
A little fingermarking to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
387.
388.
The Life of Birds
by
Quentin Blake
with illustrations by
Quentin Blake
1st edition,
published by Doubleday in 2005
ISBN: 038560985X.
Purple cloth-covered boards.
Black decoration on spine.
30cm x 25cm.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
389.
390.
The Little Book of Chinese Proverbs
by
Jonathan Clements
Published by Siena in 1999
ISBN: 075252769X.
Pictorial laminated boards.
11cm x 14cm.
256 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Some faint spotting to endpapers.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
391.
392.
The Little Lord Jesus
by
Lucy Diamond
with illustrations by
Kenneth Inns
4th edition,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1955
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Purple decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and has small, neat gift dedication on front flap.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
393.
The Little Lord Jesus
by
Lucy Diamond
with illustrations by
Kenneth Inns
Reprint,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1955
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Purple lettering on covers.
Purple decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and slightly stained.
Corners bumped.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
394.
The Little Train
by
Graham Greene
with illustrations by
Edward Ardizzone
1st edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1973
ISBN: 0370020200.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
24cm x 18cm.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Corners bumped.
Some faint spotting to prelims.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
395.
The Long Traverse
by
John Buchan
with illustrations by
J. Morton Sale
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1941
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped at edges.
Light wear and a little white spotting to covers.
Fore edge foxed.
Name and date on front endpaper.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
396.
The Madcap of the School
by
Christine Chaundler
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1933
Captain series.
Octavo.
Cream pictorial paper-covered boards.
92 pages.
Contains two stories.
Covers worn and a little soiled.
Prize label on front paste down.
Some spotting on prelims, rest of pages clear.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
397.
The Madcap of the School
by
Christine Chaundler
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1955
Octavo.
Blue paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
92 pages.
Light wear to covers, corners bumped.
Spotting on fore edge and prelims.
Contents generally clear.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
398.
The Magic Bird and other fabulous tales from Europe
by
Barbara Ker Wilson
with illustrations by
Susanne Dolesch
1st Thus edition,
published by Angus and Robertson in 1973
ISBN: 0207125651.
Quarto.
White pictorial laminated boards.
48 pages.
Contains eight stories, each from a different European country.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Otherwise clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
399.
400.