326.
The Rainbow Book - Tales of Fun & Fancy
by
Mrs M. H. Spielmann
1st edition,
published by Chatto & Windus in 1909
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
290 pages.
Illustrators include: Arthur Rackham, Hugh Thomson, Bernard Partridge, Lewis Baumer, Harry Rountree and C. Wilhelm.
Covers worn and faded, with some soiling.
Spine darkened.
Gilt rubbed.
Endpapers pasted down.
Two B/W plates missing.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
327.
The Rebel of the Fifth
by
Nancy Delves
Reprint,
published by Sampson Low circa 1930
Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
250 pages.
Black and white frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Thirty seven pages of adverts at rear of book.
Prize label has been partially removed from the front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
328.
The Red Eric or the Whaler's Last Cruise
by
Robert Michael Ballantyne
Reprint,
published by Collins circa 1930
Octavo.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
319 pages.
A Collins' Bumper Reward Book.
No illustrator credited, but there is a coloured plate as frontispiece, and a small circular picture on the title page.
No other illustrations.
Covers chipped at the lower edges and corners.
The extremities of the spine are frayed.
The right hand side of the spine has split and been repaired with transparent tape.
Prize label on the front endpaper.
Contents clean and white, and in good condition.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
329.
The Red Goddess
by
Sidney Charles George
1st edition,
published by Warne in 1939
Orange boards, decorated and lettered in black.
Coloured frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Boards slightly faded.
Dustwrapper poor - front flap missing, edges ragged and loss from top and base of spine.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
330.
The Rival Games
by
Michael Hardcastle
1st edition,
published by Methuen in 1988
A Pied Piper book.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Pages a little yellow.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
331.
The Rival Schools of Trentham
by
Dorothy Dennison
Reprint,
published by C S S M circa 1938
Octavo.
Dark brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
202 pages.
Four black and white plates.
Light wear to spine strip.
Gift dedication on front endpaper; book dated from this.
Name and address written on reverse of frontispiece.
Spotting on fore edge.
Intermittent foxing on contents.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
332.
The Riverton Boys
by
K. M. Eady
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1929
Octavo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Yellow lettering on covers.
Yellow decoration on covers.
228 pages.
Two colour plates, illustrator not credited.
Covers show some signs of wear.
Spine discoloured.
Lettering and decoration on spine faded.
Prize label on front paste down.
Inner hinge loose.
Guttering exposed between title page and frontispiece.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
333.
334.
The School Across the Road
by
Desmond Francis Talbot Coke
with illustrations by
H. M. Brock
Published by Humphrey Milford circa 1920
Red blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Frontispiece by Brock.
No other illustrations.
Covers soiled and heavily worn.
Edges of page block soiled.
Prize label on prelims.
Name and address on prelims.
Pages tanned, and slightly soiled.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
335.
The Second Term at Rocklands
by
Elsie J. Oxenham
Published by Collins
Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
128 pages.
Colour frontispiece; no other illustrations.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Book-plate and neat dedication on front endpaper.
Some foxing to prelims.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
336.
The Secret of High Marley Wood
by
Ierne L. Plunket
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1936
Coloured frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Front endpaper missing.
Prize label inside front cover.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
337.
The Secret of the Closed Gate
by
Margaret Leighton
with illustrations by
Barbara C. Freeman
Reprint,
published by Hutchinson in 1945
Girls' Adventure series.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
180 pages.
American author and setting, published in U.K. by a different publisher.
Illustrated with colour frontispiece and black and white line drawings in the text.
Pages clean but lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
338.
The Secret of the Silver Bottle
by
Caleb Hawker
Reprint,
published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1960
Blue covers with red lettering.
Thistle desgin on covers.
Frontispiece by Betty Ladler.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
Pages tanned.
Front endpaper missing.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
339.
The Shell Hunters
by
Gordon Stables
Reprint,
published by Religious Tract Society in 1927
"Their wild adventures by Sea and Land."
The School Boy's Library series.
Green boards.
Colour frontispiece by Alfred Pearse.
Covers slightly worn.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
340.
341.
342.
The Sign of the Red Cross
by
Evelyn Everett-Green
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1920
Blue cloth covers, black lettering and decoration.
Spine ends damaged, vertical split.
Colour Frontispiece missing.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
343.
The Size Spies
by
Jan Needle
with illustrations by
Roy Bentley
Reprint,
published by Fontana Lions in 1983
ISBN: 0006717012.
Paperback.
Slight wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
344.
The Story Book of Aircraft
by
Maud and Miska Petersham
with illustrations by
Maud and Miska Petersham
1st English edition,
published by J. M. Dent in 1938
Square blue cloth covers, black lettering and decoration.
Large piece missing from front cover of dustwrapper.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Two pictures have been painted by a childish hand.
Vertical crease to back board.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
345.
The Story Collector
by
Susan Price
1st edition,
published by Hodder in 1998
Paperback.
Damp-mark, with a little crinkling, to top edge of first fwe pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
346.
The Swiss Family Robinson
by
Johann David Wyss
Reprint,
published by Collins circa 1900
Quarto.
Green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
224 pages.
Colour frontispiece, plus monochrome plates.
Various illustrators, including one plate (facing p 32) bearing the monogram of Cecil Aldin.
Undated edition, but neat Sunday school prize dedication on front endpaper is dated Christmas 1908, and the Aldin plate is dated "97".
Covers clean, but lightly worn at edges.
Silver blocking on spine has rubbed off.
Binding sound.
Pages tanned, with intermittent foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
347.
The Swiss Family Robinson
by
Johann David Wyss
1st Thus edition,
published by Thames Publishing Co circa 1950
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
279 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Regent Classics series.
Spine faded.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
348.
The Tale from the Old Oak Chest
by
Albert Vegee
1st edition,
published by The Mitre Press in 1937
Green leatherette covers, faded gilt lettering.
Colour frontispiece and six black and white illustrations.
Slight foxing to half title.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
349.
350.
The Tangled Spell
by
Carolyn Bear
with illustrations by
Pauline Hazelwood
1st edition,
published by Methuen Children's Books in 1986
ISBN: 0416636500.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Part of the Pied Piper series.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)