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251. The Big Snow
The Big Snow
by Berta Hader
with illustrations by Elmer Hader
1st thus edition, published by Collier Books in 1972
Paperback.
19cm x 23cm.
The original copyright for this title is 1948, when it won the Caldicott Medal.
This Collier edition is copyright 1972.
Covers worn and creased.
scuff on front cover, where a piece of the colour illustration has been pulled off, exposing the white card beneath.
Prelims worn, but not excessively so.
Contents generally good.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#107245   £1.50   
252. The Black Peril - A Biggles Story
The Black Peril - A Biggles Story
by W. E. Johns
with illustrations by J. E. McConnell
Published by Thames circa 1950
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light green cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and edges bumped.
Name and address partially erased from front cover.
Foxing to prelims and endpapers.
Front endpaper removed.
Gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece.
Contents generally good.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#115466   £4.50   
253. The Boat-Builder's Family, with Good Resolutions and how to keep them
The Boat-Builder's Family, with Good Resolutions and how to keep them
by Rev. Z. A. Mudge
Published by Robert Culley circa 1911
Green pictorial covers, a little worn on the spine.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Head and tail pieces.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#76195   £7.50   
254. The Book of Sagas
The Book of Sagas
by Alice S. Hoffman
with illustrations by Gordon Browne
Published by Ernest Nister circa 1920
Bevilled brown pictorial embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt and black decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
15cm x 22cm.
Grey pictorial endpapers.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Spine slightly sunned.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#119076   £50.00   
255. The Boys Book of Heroes
The Boys Book of Heroes
by Arthur Groom
with illustrations by F. Stocks May
Published by Birn Brothers circa 1950
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Some foxing to prelims.
Name stamp on reverse of frontispiece.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#111945   £7.50   
256. The Boys of Willoughby School
The Boys of Willoughby School
by Robert Richardson
Published by Sampson Low and Co circa 1926
Red boards with black lettering and decoration.
Colour frontispiece.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Spine edges worn and split, with 1cm loss at top of spine.
Spine edges reinforced with tape.
Contents good.
Reading condition

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#81688   £3.00   
257. The Boys' Budget
The Boys' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1935
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
160 pages.
Colour frontispiece and majority of line drawings by Ernest Prater.
Covers scraped at edges and soiled in places.
Fore edge stained.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Reading condition

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#95423   £3.00   
258. The Bravest of the Brave
The Bravest of the Brave
by George Alfred Henty
with illustrations by William Rainey
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1925
"With Peterborough in Spain".
The war of the Spanish Succession 17th/18th century.
Red pictorial covers.
Coloured frontispiece, four black and white plates.
Title page foxed, contents otherwise clean.
Covers a little worn and faded.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#65736   £12.50   
259. The Bumper Book for Children
The Bumper Book for Children
Published by Collins circa 1958
Pictorial paper covered boards.
Yellow cloth spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations.
Contributors include Ivy Wallace, Rosalie Fry, and Cynthia Harnett.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, and repaired on reverse with some loss at edges.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned, but contents otherwise generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#62299   £7.50   
260. The Canal Boy who became President
The Canal Boy who became President
by Frederic T. Gammon
Reprint, published by Partridge circa 1915
Duodecimo.
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
152 pages.
A biography of James Garfield.
Four black and white engravings, including frontispiece and chapter headings and tailpieces.
16 pages of adverts at rear of book.
Light wear to covers.
Binding a little loose in places.
Short gift dedication on front paste down.
Front endpaper has been removed.
Pages generally clean and white, and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#94561   £10.00   
261. The Chalet Book for Girls
The Chalet Book for Girls
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
1st Thus edition, published by Girls Gone By in 2025
ISBN: 9781847453525.
Paperback.
Quarto.
"The Chalet Book for Girls" contains a complete long story, "Mystery at the Chalet School", together with four short stories, and four articles on subjects such as Beauty for the "Teen-agers" and Cookin in Olden Days. It is illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by various artists, and a colour frontispiece.
Mint condition

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#119955   £15.00   
262. The Chalet Book for Girls
The Chalet Book for Girls
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
1st Thus edition, published by Girls Gone By in 2025
ISBN: 9781847453525.
Paperback.
Quarto.
"The Chalet Book for Girls" contains a complete long story, "Mystery at the Chalet School", together with four short stories, and four articles on subjects such as Beauty for the "Teen-agers" and Cookin in Olden Days. It is illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by various artists, and a colour frontispiece.
Mint condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#119956   £15.00   
263. The Chartfield School Mystery
The Chartfield School Mystery
by Monica Marsden
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1961
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
223 pages.
No frontispiece but three black and white plates present in text.
Cloth on back board badly wrinkled, covers slightly soiled.
Lengthy gift dedication on front endpaper, school Library stamp, biro scribble partially removed from front pastedown.
Body of text clean and unmarked.
Reading condition

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#91540   £3.00   
264. The Children of Burthorpe Grange
The Children of Burthorpe Grange
by Alice Sophia Jackson
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge circa 1929
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper chipped and worn.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Frontispiece loose.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#84523   £6.00   
265. The Children of Cloverley
The Children of Cloverley
by Hesba Stretton
Published by Religious Tract Society circa 1890
Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
192 pages.
Brown and yellow pictorial endpapers.
Catalogue at rear of book.
The covers have darkened with age, and slightly soiled.
Prize label on front paste down.
Illustrated with engravings.
Chapter headings and tailpieces.
Contents clean and tight, not tanned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#103689   £7.50   
266. The Children's Greek Stories
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

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#106932   £5.00   
267. The Children's Second English Fairy Book
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

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#82781   £10.00   
268. The Children's Tales from Dickens
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

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#103680   £3.50   
269. The Cruise of the 'Vengeful'
The Cruise of the 'Vengeful'
by Gordon Stables
Reprint, published by Dean circa 1936
Red cloth covers, black lettering.
Colour frontispiece.
'A story of the Royal Navy.'
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#77139   £6.50   
270. The Doctor's Neice
The Doctor's Neice
by Eliza F. Pollard
with illustrations by Sydney Cowell
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1920
Set in France in the years following the revolution.
Red decorated boards.
Gilt lettering on front cover and spine.
Five black and white plates.
Frontispiece missing.
Good condition

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#67245   £6.00   
271. The Dog Crusoe
The Dog Crusoe
by Robert Michael Ballantyne
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1913
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Colour frontispiece.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine a little scuffed.
Prize label inside front cover.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#115498   £5.00   
272. The Empty Cottage
The Empty Cottage
by Brian Read
with illustrations by John S. Goodall
2nd edition, published by Lutterworth Press in 1968
ISBN: 0718808495.
Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Dark brown lettering on spine.
62 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Frontispiece creased at top corner, with a short closed tear.
Good condition

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#94005   £2.50   
273. The Fair Moon Of Bath
The Fair Moon Of Bath
by Elizabeth Ellis
1st edition, published by William Briggs, Toronto in 1908
Grey covers, picture onlay front cover.
Colour frontispiece by John Rae.
Covers worn and scuffed, spine faded.
Front endpaper and half title missing.
Frontispiece is edge chipped and has dedication on reverse.
Inner hinges cracked.
Reading condition

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#80792   £2.00   
274. The Fire-Proof Hero
The Fire-Proof Hero
by Barbara Jacobs
1st edition, published by Methuen in 1986
ISBN: 0416616208.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Pied Piper Book.
Very Good condition

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#79531   £3.00   
275. The Fortunes of Philippa
The Fortunes of Philippa
by Angela Brazil
Reprint, published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1960
Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
208 pages.
Black and white frontispiece by John Caldwell.
Covers very slightly bowed.
Prelims. and fore edge spotted, contents clear.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#102450   £3.50   
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