201.
The Children's Friend for Boys & Girls Vol. LX
Published by S. W. Partridge circa 1920
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Corners bumped.
Front inner hinge cracked.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
202.
The Children's Golden Treasure Book for 1938
Published by Odhams in 1938
Quarto.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
352 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Fore edge and prelims foxed.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
203.
The Children's Greek Stories
by
F. H. Lee
with illustrations by
Honor C. Appleton
Reprint,
published by George G. Harrap and Co in 1942
Paperback.
Pictorial covers.
78 pages.
"Book Production War Economy Standard" edition.
Contains 21 shortened stories.
Colour frontispiece.
Line drawings in text.
Spine strip worn, with 1cm loss at each end; strengthened with tape.
Some brown spots on half title and fore edge.
Light spotting on several pages.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
204.
The Children's Heroes: Baden-Powell
by
E. K. Wade
1st edition,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1943
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
12cm x 19cm.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and slightly soiled.
Covers clean and undamaged.
Some foxing to foredge and prelims.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
205.
206.
The Children's Jacknapes
by
F. H. Lee
with illustrations by
Honor C. Appleton
Reprint,
published by George G. Harrap in 1960
An abridged edtion of Julia Horatia Ewing's 'Jackanapes'.
Orange boards with black lettering.
Dustwrapper worn, with 7cm loss at top of back.
Book itself generally VG, with neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
207.
208.
209.
The Children's Pictorial Atlas
1st edition,
published by Purnell in 1980
Edited by Trevor Marchington.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
78 pages.
Gives a clear account of basic geography for young children.
Copiously illustrated.
Index at rear.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
210.
The Children's Second English Fairy Book
by
Adair Forrester
with illustrations by
Honor C. Appleton
Reprint,
published by Harrap in 1942
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards with blue lettering and decoration.
62 pages.
Colour frontispiece, black and white drawings in the text, a number of them coloured in.
Covers a little soiled.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Prelims somewhat discoloured.
There has been some childish scribble, erased, but with the indentations still showing.
The text is reasonably clean and firm.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
211.
The Children's Tales from Dickens
by
F. H. Lee
with illustrations by
Honor C. Appleton
Reprint,
published by Harrap in 1954
22nd book in Children's Bookshelf series.
Paperback.
Duodecimo.
Light blue covers.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
64 pages.
Colour frontispiece by G. Demain Hammond.
Black and white line drawings by Honor Appleton.
Linen backed thin card covers.
Spine stip slightly faded.
Name written neatly on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
212.
The Children's Treasury
by
Mrs Herbert Strang
Published by Humphrey Milford in 1919
Pink pictorial paper-covered boards.
White spine.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Belongs To box completed.
Prize dedication on front endpaper.
Some intermittent finger-marking to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
213.
214.
215.
The Christmas Book
by
Susan Baker
Published by Scholastic in 1982
ISBN: 0590702327.
Paperback.
A selection of Christmas themed articles and activities for children.
Covers a little worn.
VG internally.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
216.
The Class that went Wild
by
Ruth Thomas
Reprint,
published by Red Fox in 1990
Paperback. Winner of Guardian Children's Fiction Award.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
217.
218.
The Cold Lands
by
James Maurice Scott
1st edition,
published by Methuen in 1939
Description of the Polar Regions for children. Including the journey of Captain Scott.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
219.
The Cornerstone
by
Ruth Maris
with illustrations by
Elisa Trimby
1st edition,
published by Heinemann in 1976
ISBN: 0434950351.
Dustwrapper bound into covers.
Long Ago Children Books.
Labels on prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
220.
The Denslow Picture Book Treasury
by
W. W. Denslow
with illustrations by
W. W. Denslow
1st Thus edition,
published by Dover Publications in 2010
Paperback.
Quarto.
Yellow pictorial covers.
Red spine.
90 pages.
A collected edition of the nine picture books, published individually in 1903.
These traditional tales were altered by Denslow to make them less frightening for children.
Introduction by Michael Patrick Hearn.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
221.
222.
The Dream Seller
by
Terry Deary
1st edition,
published by A. & C. Black in 1988
ISBN: 071363068X.
Laminated pictorial covers.
'Comet' series.
A fantasy for younger children involving dragons and wicked dream sellers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
223.
The Faber Book of Children's Verse
by
Janet Adam Smith
Reprint,
published by Faber and Faber in 1958
Light green covers.
Red lettering on covers.
Red decoration on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Light foxing on endpapers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
224.
The Fortunes of an Oxford Fox
by
Nan Westwood
with illustrations by
Nan Westwood
1st edition,
published by Arthur H. Stockwell in 1984
ISBN: 0722318030.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
38 pages.
Aimed at young children.
Illustrated with line drawings.
Upper edge of dustwrapper chipped.
Contents close to fine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
225.