551.
The War Orphan
by
Rachel Anderson
1st edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1984
Adopting a Vietnamese war orphan.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
552.
The War Orphan
by
Rachel Anderson
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1986
Laminated pictorial covers.
Front endpaper missing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
553.
The Warm Place
by
Nancy Farmer
1st Thus edition,
published by Dolphin in 1997
ISBN: 1858812674.
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
554.
The Warning
by
Sigrun Srivastava
with illustrations by
Tapas Guha
Reprint,
published by Puffin in 1992
ISBN: 0140348190.
Paperback.
96 pages.
Some scuffing to back cover.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
555.
556.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
Warwick Goble
Published by Macmillan and Co in 1924
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on spine.
Top edge gilt.
15cm x 21cm.
16 colour plates.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Faint mark at lower edge of front cover.
Spine a little soiled.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
557.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
Harry G. Theaker
Published by Ward Lock circa 1949
Printed to Wartime Economy Standard.
Colour frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Undated; prize label on front pastedown dated 1949.
Slight wear to corners of covers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
558.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
Published by Juvenile Productions in 1963
Edited by Howard Marshall.
8th book in Martyn Library series.
Paperback.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Slightly unusual paperback edition in a dustwrapper.
Light wear and some soiling to dustwrapper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
559.
The Weather Witch
by
Paul Stewart
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1991
ISBN: 0140340149.
Paperback.
Pages creased.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
560.
The Web of Caesar
by
Howard Jones
with illustrations by
Christopher Chamberlain
Reprint,
published by White Lion in 1975
ISBN: 085686160X.
Yellow covers, gilt lettering on spine.
Label removed from front endpapers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
561.
562.
The White Doe
by
Richard Church
with illustrations by
John Ward
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1971
ISBN: 0140304703.
Paperback.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
563.
The White Riders
by
Monica Edwards
1st Thus edition,
published by Girls Gone By in 2024
ISBN: 9781847453372.
Paperback.
Mint condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
564.
The White Riders
by
Monica Edwards
1st Thus edition,
published by Girls Gone By in 2024
ISBN: 9781847453372.
Paperback.
Mint condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
565.
The White Sparrow
by
Padraic Colum
with illustrations by
Lynd Ward
1st edition,
published by Macmillan in 1933
Grey cloth-covered boards with white 'wing' decoration and white lettering on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Two-tone brown and grey illustrations.
Covers worn and bumped, and somewhat soiled.
Contents generally good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
566.
567.
568.
The Wishing Chair Again
by
Enid Blyton
1st Thus edition,
published by Dean in 1972
ISBN: 0603032850.
Enid Blyton Reward series, no. 35.
Covers a little worn.
Name on front pastedown.
Label removed from front pastedown.
Half title missing.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
569.
The Yankee Saddle
by
Vernon Howard
with illustrations by
Stanley Lloyd
1st edition,
published by Pickering & Inglis in 1948
Octavo.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown decoration on covers.
160 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white drawings in text.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Name and address written neatly on f.e.p.
Front hinge cracked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
570.
The Young Eagles
by
Ian Cameron
1st edition,
published by W H Allen in 1979
ISBN: 0491023383.
Red covers, gilt lettering on spine.
Inner hinge strengthed with cloth tape.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
571.
572.
There was an Old Man
by
Edward Lear
with illustrations by
Juan Wijngaard
1st edition,
published by Eel Pie Publishing in 1981
ISBN: 0906008492.
Pictorial laminated boards.
12cm x 16cm.
The collected limericks of Edward Lear.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
573.
574.
Thomas the Tank Engine - The Classic Library
by
Rev Wilbert Awdry
with illustrations by
C. Reginald Dalby and Gunvor Edwards
Published by Egmont in 2002
ISBN: 9781405204446.
Pictorial laminated boards.
30cm x 15cm.
A boxed set of all 26 of Awdry's original "Railway" stories, produced in 2002 by Egmont.
Box is decorated to resemble a station ("Elsbridge") and the station canopy lifts to reveal the books.
Books appear to be unread and are close to being in as-new condition.
Binding of book 25 ("Duke the Lost Engine") is a little loose - appears to be a manufacturing defect.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
575.