251.
Johnny Tremain
by
Esther Forbes
Published by Longman in 1970
ISBN: 0582150760.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering and decoration.
Lighty wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Labels removed from prelims.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
252.
Josephine Keeps School
by
Mrs. Henry Cowper Cradock
with illustrations by
Honor C. Appleton
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1950
Quarto.
Beige paper-covered boards.
Cream cloth spine.
Brown lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
64 pages.
8 colour plates.
Covers clean and tight, minor faults only.
Name on front endpaper in childish script.
All plates present.
The final page is tanned, other pages white.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
253.
Joy in Reading
by
Jessie Runciman
with illustrations by
Margaret W. Tarrant
1st edition,
published by The Grant Educational Company in 1946
Infant Readers Book 3.
Matt pictorial card covers with brown cloth spine.
Copiously illustrated in both colour and black and white.
Covers worn and soiled.
Inner hinge strengthened with transparent tape.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
254.
Jump for Joy
by
Pat Smythe
Published by The Companion Book Club
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Front cover bowed, and has faint mark on lower half.
VG in other respects.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
255.
Just William - The Story of the Film
by
Richmal Crompton
1st edition,
published by Newnes in 1939
Green cloth-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Spine strip faded edges and darkened to brown.
Edges of page block soiled.
Binding sound.
Some foxing to prelims and endpapers, and intermittently to page edges.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
256.
Justice and her Brothers
by
Virginia Hamilton
Published by Hamilton in 1979
ISBN: 0241101522.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gold lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper and covers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
257.
258.
King Alfred the Great
by
L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by
John T. Kenney
Published by Ladybird Books circa 1955
Light brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Undated edition.
Pictorial endpapers showing a map of southern England.
Square open-wing Ladybird logo in black above "Series 561" facing title page.
Original price of 2'6 shown on dustwrapper front flap.
Dustwrapper intact, but a little worn, with some neat tape reinforcement at corners.
"116" written in pencil on front panel of dustwrapper.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Name at top of title page.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
259.
King Alfred the Great
by
L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by
John T. Kenney
Published by Wills & Hepworth circa 1965
Paperback.
Light brown covers.
Blue lettering on covers.
Blue decoration on covers.
Square open-wing ladybird logo in black, facing title page.
Original retail price shown as 2'6 on dustwrapper front flap.
Undated; probably first edition, or early reprint.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
260.
261.
Kitty Carroll
by
Lizzie Ellen Tiddeman
Published by Blackie
Unated.
Brown boards with brwon, cream and green lettering and decoration.
Covers edgeworn.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
262.
Lads of the Light Division - A Tale of the Peninsular War
by
Mockler Ferryman
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1915
Octavo.
Brown pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
364 pages.
Edge of page block olivine.
Pale green patterned endpapers.
Four colour plates.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Mark on front pastedown where prize label appears to have been removed.
Some light foxing to prelims and adjacent to plates.
Contents clean, but slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
263.
Larry Gilbert or Persevere and Win
by
S.K. Reeves
Published by Gall and Inglis circa 1890
Octavo.
Light brown pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
192 pages.
Illustrated with four steel engravings.
Only minor wear to covers.
Some spotting on fore edge.
Contents clear.
Short, closed tear on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
264.
Legends and Stories of Italy
by
Amy Steedman
with illustrations by
Katherine Cameron
1st edition,
published by T.C. and E.C. Jack in 1909
Brown paper covered boards titled and decorated in gilt.
Green cloth spine.
Patterned endpapers, green with gilt crosses and Fleur-de-Lys.
Twelve tipped-in plates.
Boards slightly worn and bumped edges and corners.
Spine professionally renewed.
Contents very good.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
265.
Leopard
by
Cecil Bodker
Published by Oxford University Press in 1977
ISBN: 0192714147.
Translated from the Danish.
Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
266.
Les Dictons de chez nous
by
P. Latrobe
with illustrations by
Paul Lavalley
Published by Edition de l'Office Centrale de l'Imagerie circa 1943
Paperback.
White pictorial covers.
Black lettering on covers.
20cm x 24cm.
'Local Sayings'
"Honore du Patronage du Comite National du Folklore Fraancaise.
Delegation de la Zone Occupee."
Published during the Occupation of France by the Germans.
Brown card covers, overlaid with white paper, illustrated front and back.
Minor wear to covers.
Contents unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
267.
Lionel's Finest Hour
by
Linda Allen
with illustrations by
David Arthur
1st edition,
published by Hamish Hamilton in 1984
ISBN: 0241113296.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Library marks on front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
268.
Lions and Karen
by
Betty Dinneen
with illustrations by
Rita Parsons
1st edition,
published by Dent in 1965
Octavo.
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
128 pages.
Black and white illustrations: full page frontispiece, plus small line drawings in the text.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
269.
270.
Little House in the Big Woods
by
Laura Ingalls Wilder
with illustrations by
Garth Williams
Published by Harper & Row in 1953
Pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Dark brown lettering on covers.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
271.
272.
Little Jack Sprat and Betty Blue
by
Dorothy King
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1943
Duodecimo.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light brown paper spine.
64 pages.
Black and white illustrations.
Covers edge chipped, light damage to spine strip.
Name on front paste down.
Several illustrations coloured in .
Contents otherwise clean and white.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
273.
Little Jean and Blue-gum
by
Luciana Chetwynd
with illustrations by
Persephone Chetwynd
Published by Schlesinger in 1975
ISBN: 0850932203.
Cream covers.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
274.
Little Jean and the Bishop
by
Luciana Chetwynd
with illustrations by
Persephone Chetwynd
Published by Schlesinger in 1975
ISBN: 0850932238.
Cream covers.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
275.
Little Jean and the Goat
by
Luciana Chetwynd
with illustrations by
Persephone Chetwynd
Published by Schlesinger in 1975
ISBN: 085093222X.
Cream covers.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)