776.
777.
The Soul Thieves
by
Catherine Fisher
1st edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1996
ISBN: 0370324900.
Laminated pictorial covers.
The third book in the Snow-Walkers Son sequence.
Signed by the author on front endpaper.
Mint condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
778.
The Space Story Omnibus
by
Edward Boyd
Published by Collins circa 1955
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
779.
The Special Present
by
Alison Ainsworth
Published by Ladybird Books in 1989
ISBN: 0721412610.
David the Gnome series.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Neat dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
780.
The Spy Before Yesterday
by
Catherine Storr
with illustrations by
John Prater
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1991
ISBN: 0140346902.
Paperback.
103 pages.
Pages tanned.
Slight wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
781.
The Story Book of Aircraft
by
Maud and Miska Petersham
with illustrations by
Maud and Miska Petersham
1st English edition,
published by J. M. Dent in 1938
Square blue cloth covers, black lettering and decoration.
Large piece missing from front cover of dustwrapper.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Two pictures have been painted by a childish hand.
Vertical crease to back board.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
782.
The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
by
Beatrix Potter
with illustrations by
Beatrix Potter
Published by Warne in 1967
Orange paper-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to covers.
A few marks at lower edge of front cover.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
783.
The Story of a Red Deer
by
J. W. Fortescue
with illustrations by
G. D. Armour
1st thus edition,
published by Macmillan in 1925
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
144 pages.
Twelve illustrations in colour, twelve in gravure.
Covers clean and firm.
Gift dedication and book plate on front endpaper.
Small newspaper cutting pasted to half title.
Faint foxing on fore edge, pages clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
784.
The Story of David Livingstone: Weaver Boy, Missionary and Explorer
by
B. K. Gregory
Reprint,
published by Sunday School Union circa 1925
54th thousand.
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
144 pages.
Splendid Lives series.
Semi-pictorial covers, art deco style decoration on spine.
Illustrated with photographs and engravings.
Covers clean, but slight discolouration to back board.
Gift dedication on prelims.
Contents clean and unmarked, but tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
785.
The Story of Dick Whittington
by
Muriel Levy
with illustrations by
Evelyn Bowmar
Reprint,
published by Wills & Hepworth circa 1960
Light brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
Blue cat and bells pattern on endpapers.
Oval closed-wing ladybird logo facing title page.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
786.
The Story of Ferdinand
by
Munro Leaf
with illustrations by
Robert Lawson
1st edition,
published by Hamish Hamilton in 1937
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Red lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
18cm x 21cm.
1st UK edition.
Yellow pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with 5cm loss at top corner of back panel, and 4cm los at base of spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication, dated Christmas 1938, inside front cover.
A little faint, intermittent foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
787.
The Story of Fuzzypeg the Hedgehog
by
Alison Uttley
with illustrations by
Margaret Tempest
1st Thus edition,
published by Templar in 2012
ISBN: 9781848772601.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Neat gift dedication facing title page.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
788.
The Story of John G. Paton
by
James Paton
with illustrations by
James Finnemore
Published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1892
Blue pictorial boards with red lettering, gilt blocking on spine.
All edges gilt.
Patterned endpapers.
Covers worn.
Binding loose.
Contents shaken.
Gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Contents a little shaken.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
789.
The Story of Marco Polo
by
L. du Garde Peach
with illustrations by
John Kenny
Reprint,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1962
ISBN: 0721401716.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication at top of front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
790.
The Story of Miss Moppet
by
Beatrix Potter
with illustrations by
Beatrix Potter
1st edition,
published by Frederick Warne & Co, London & New York in 1906
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
11cm x 10cm.
First edition, concertina format.
UK printing (rear cover shows "Frederick Warne & Co. London & New York).
Covers sound, but scuffed and soiled.
Sliver "clasp" on front cover has worn away.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of top page of contents.
Contents delicate and heavily worn.
Neat repair to hinge between pages 10 and 11, where a strip of plain paper was glued to the fold and has subsequently been reinforced with tape tabs on the rear.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
791.
The Story of Miss Moppet
by
Beatrix Potter
with illustrations by
Beatrix Potter
Published by Warne in 1979
ISBN: 0723206120.
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Book itself VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
792.
793.
794.
The Swiss Family Robinson
by
Johann David Wyss
Reprint,
published by Collins circa 1900
Quarto.
Green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
224 pages.
Colour frontispiece, plus monochrome plates.
Various illustrators, including one plate (facing p 32) bearing the monogram of Cecil Aldin.
Undated edition, but neat Sunday school prize dedication on front endpaper is dated Christmas 1908, and the Aldin plate is dated "97".
Covers clean, but lightly worn at edges.
Silver blocking on spine has rubbed off.
Binding sound.
Pages tanned, with intermittent foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
795.
The Tale of Admiral Mouse
by
Bernard Stone
with illustrations by
Tony Ross
1st edition,
published by Andersen Press in 1981
ISBN: 0862640091.
Pictorial laminated boards.
20cm x 23cm.
Minor wear to covers.
Signed by the author on the title page.
Birthday dedication facing title page.
(not written by author.)
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
796.
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
by
Beatrix Potter
with illustrations by
Beatrix Potter
1st edition,
published by Frederick Warne and Co in 1904
Light grey paper-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
11cm x 14cm.
85 pages.
First edition, probably first printing: "muffetees" misspelt as "muffatees" on page 15.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Boards show some pale mottling where the colour has faded.
Corners slightly bumped.
Lower 1cm of spine strip edges split.
Scuff to upper left edge of front cover.
Front inner hinge cracked.
Dedication on reverse of front endpaper reads: "Wishing you a merry Christmas, 1904".
Stitching a little strained, and binding is now very delicate.
Contents good, but some occasional light fingermarking at page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
797.
The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse
by
Beatrix Potter
with illustrations by
Beatrix Potter
Reprint,
published by Warne in 1979
ISBN: 0723206023.
Cream boards with brown lettering and hexagonal picture onlay.
Dedication to previous owner on front pastdown.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
798.
The Tale of Pigling Bland
by
Beatrix Potter
with illustrations by
Beatrix Potter
Reprint,
published by Warne in 1955
Cream paper-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear and a little soiling to covers.
Name and neat gift dedication on half-title.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
799.
The Tale of Pigling Bland
by
Beatrix Potter
with illustrations by
Beatrix Potter
Reprint,
published by Warne circa 1972
ISBN: 0723206066.
Green paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
800.
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers
by
Beatrix Potter
with illustrations by
Beatrix Potter
Reprint,
published by Warne in 1960
Red paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Covers a little worn and scuffed.
Corners bumped.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)