76.
Five Children and it
by
Edith Nesbit
10th edition,
published by Ernest Benn in 1930
Dark blue blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges.
Spine faded.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
77.
78.
Five Children and it
by
Edith Nesbit
with illustrations by
H. R. Millar
Published by Puffin circa 1990
ISBN: 9780140301281.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Name inside front cover.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
79.
Flood Tide
by
Valerie Hastings
with illustrations by
John Jarvies
1st edition,
published by Children's Book Club in 1967
Childrens Book Club edtion.
Dustwrapper laminated to covers.
Corners bumped.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
80.
Flower Legends for Children
by
Hilda Murray
with illustrations by
J. S. Eland
1st edition,
published by Longmans, Green and Co in 1901
Light yellow pictorial paper-covered boards.
Brown cloth spine.
29cm x 22cm.
Pictorial endpapers.
Undated, believed to be 1901 first edition.
Covers worn and scuffed at edges.
Corners bumped.
Some soiling and staining to covers.
Binding sound.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
81.
Frolic and Fun
by
Aunt Ruth
Published by S. W. Partridge circa 1910
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Front cover shows glazed picture of children sledging.
Back cover is an advert for Cadbury's Cocoa.
Copiously illustrated in black and white (no colour illustrations).
Artists include W. C. Groome and Angusine MacGregor.
Three pages of adverts at front and rear of book.
Covers worn at edges.
Glazed paper on spine is chipped in places.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
82.
Frying as Usual
by
Joan Lingard
with illustrations by
Kate Rogers
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1987
ISBN: 0140323708.
Paperback.
104 pages.
Children take over the running of the family fish-and-chip shop when there is a crisis.
Covers worn and creased.
Name on prelims.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
83.
Garden Crafts for Children
by
Dawn Isaac
1st edition,
published by CICO Books in 2012
ISBN: 9781908170255.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Light wear and a little creasing to dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
84.
Good Afternoon, Children
with illustrations by
Morton-Sale
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1932
Edited by Columbus.
Quarto.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
267 pages.
'Wireless stories and plays from The Children's Hour'.
Illustrated with four colour plates, plus numerous black and white drawings, many in text and margins.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, and slightly soiled.
Covers firm.
Corners bumped.
Fore edges clean.
Corners bumped.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
85.
86.
Grow your own for kids!
by
Chris Collins
1st edition,
published by Mitchell Beazley in 2012
ISBN: 9781845335106.
Quarto.
Laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
112 pages.
A comprehensive, down to earth gardening book for children.
Copiously illustrated.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
87.
Gulliver's Travels
by
Jonathan Swift
with illustrations by
E. M. Starling
1st Thus edition,
published by Cape in 1928
No 4 of the second series of 'The Children's Library', adapted from the original by Sarita L. Ricardo.
Plain brown covers.
Dustwrapper has picture onlay of Gulliver among the Lilliputians.
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and nineteen full page black and white drawings.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and a little worn.
Some of the illustrations have been partially coloured, neatly, by a childish hand.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
88.
Heidi
by
Johanna Spyri
Published by Parragon in 1993
ISBN: 1858135664.
Paperback.
Children's Classics edition.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
89.
Heidi's Children
by
Johanna Spyri
with illustrations by
Pelagie Doane
Published by Collins in 1958
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Dark brown lettering on covers.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Neat gift dedication on half-title.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
90.
Heidi's Children
by
Charles Tritten
with illustrations by
Pelagie Doane
Reprint,
published by Collins in 1954
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
One illustration missing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
91.
Heidi's Children
by
Charles Tritten
with illustrations by
Pelagie Doane
Published by Collins in 1955
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and a little worn at edges.
Neat gift dedication on dustwrapper front flap.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
92.
Helping Horse
by
Joan Phipson
1st edition,
published by Macmillan in 1974
ISBN: 0333173147.
Dustwrapper a little worn.
Covers faded at edges.
Labels removed from prelims.
Contents clean and mostly unmarked.
Four school children help a new immigrant find his feet.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
93.
Helping Horse
by
Joan Phipson
1st edition,
published by Macmillan in 1974
ISBN: 0333173147.
Four school children help a new immigrant find his feet.
Label removed from front pastedown.
Dustwrapper close to Very Good.
Light wear to covers, contents Very Good.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
94.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
by
Dorothy Laird
Published by Pitkins in 1954
Quarto.
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
"Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh and their children. Volume four."
Dustwrapper worn and with several large chips re-backed with plain paper.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Endpapers tanned.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
95.
Here and There
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1932
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
'Pictures, Stories, Poems' by various authors and illustrators.
Colour frontispiece by Honor Appleton.
Eight full page colour illustrations.
Numerous black and white drawings, both full page and in the text.
A few faint marks on front cover.
In general covers are firm, bright and clean.
Neat gift inscription on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
96.
Hideaway Harbour
by
Jocelyn Oliver
Published by Humphrey Milford circa 1931
The Oxford Books for Children series.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
14cm x 18cm.
Signed by the author inside front cover.
Inscription reads: "To Vivien, who knows what he really thinks (and buys) from Jocelyn Oliver. 1931 September 25th".
Covers worn at edges.
Corners slightly bumped.
Spine strip replaced with pale blue thin card.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
97.
High Jinks
by
J. H. Macnair
with illustrations by
A. E. Kennedy
Published by Dean and Son, Limited circa 1935
1st book in Dean's Play Hour series.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Mixture of rhymes and very short stories.
Six colour plates.
Seven full page black and white drawings.
Numerous black and white drawings in the text.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Front cover clean but slightly scratched.
Back cover flecked.
Endpapers missing.
Contents clean and unmarked, and generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
98.
Hunters of Siberia
by
Barbara Bartos-Hoppner
with illustrations by
Peter Wywiorski
1st British edition,
published by Brockhampton Press in 1969
ISBN: 0340042192.
Dark grey covers, gilt lettering and decoration.
Translated from the original German by Anthea Bell.
Signed by Marjorie Fisher on the front endpaper, the well known collector and writer on children's literature.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
99.
Hymns for Children
by
Elizabeth Laird
with illustrations by
Margaret Tempest
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1988
ISBN: 0001831720.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Neat gift dedication on inside front cover.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
100.