301.
Peace on Earth
by
Isaac Watts
with illustrations by
Francis J. Brundage
1st edition,
published by Raphael Tuck in 1894
Paperback.
Duodecimo.
Cream pictorial covers.
Illustrated mainly in colour (chromoliths) with small pictures on every page.
Part of a competition series, to encourage children and others to compose their own sets of texts.
Light fingermarking on covers.
Gift dedication (dated 1894) on prelims.
Contents clean and white.
A few pictures are slightly worn with age.
The competition coupon has been half cut out, but remains loose within the book.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
302.
303.
Peter Devilin and the Road Bandits
by
Paul Buddee
1st Thus edition,
published by Muller in 1973
Black and white illustrations, unattributed.
Dustwrapper spine chipped at top edge.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
304.
305.
Playtime Animal Stories
by
Josef Kolar
with illustrations by
Helena Zmatlikova
1st Thus edition,
published by Octopus in 1989
ISBN: 1850514402.
Translated from the Czech by Stephen Finn.
Quarto.
White laminated boards.
121 pages.
Stories about Simpkin the Siamese cat.
Light wear to covers.
Endpapers missing.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
306.
Playtime Funny Book
Published by Ernest Nister circa 1912
Playtime series.
Quarto.
Cream pictorial glazed boards.
Blue cloth spine.
No. 3406.
Tipped-in colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations on every page.
Artists include M. Foster, Louis Wain, and P. B. Hickling.
14 pages have attributed drawings by Louis Wain.
A number of other pages may also have unsigned drawings by Louis Wain.
Covers worn at edges and lightly soiled.
Corners bumped.
3cm. closed tear in paper covering at outer edge of front cover.
Hinges and spine have been tightened and strengthened professionally.
Illustrations on 10 pages coloured in by children, using poster paint.
Some fingermarking and light staining.
Pages are lightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
307.
Ponds and Streams
by
Malcolm Joseph
with illustrations by
Malcolm Joseph
Reprint,
published by Blackwell in 1966
Edited by John Cutworth and J. C. Gagg.
18th book in Blackwell's Learning Library series.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
15cm x 20cm.
61 pages.
Dustwrapper chipped with three closed tears, and large triangle (4cm. x 3.5cm.) missing from base of front cover.
Two pages of text wrinkled by water, otherwise contents clean and white.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
308.
Prairie Hideout
by
Hugh D. MacLean
Reprint,
published by Victory Press in 1968
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and a little worn.
Light foxing to prelims.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
309.
310.
Princess Ellie's Starlight Adventure
by
Diana Kimpton
with illustrations by
Lizzie Finlay
1st Thus edition,
published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. in 2004
ISBN: 0746060211.
Paperback.
Octavo.
90 pages.
4th book about 'The Pony-Mad Princess'.
Crease on front cover.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
311.
Prisoners of the Bushmen and the House by the Canal
by
Dorothy O. Joy
1st edition,
published by The Campfield Press in 1980
ISBN: 0854123458.
Contains two storys with a religious theme.
The first is a story of emigration to South Africa by French Hugenots.
The second is a story about four brothers living in Holland.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
312.
313.
314.
315.
Proverbs in Porcelain
by
Austin Dobson
with illustrations by
Bernard Partridge
Published by Kegan Paul in 1893
Dark green bevelled cloth-covered boards.
Embossed gilt lettering and decoration.
Fore edge and lower edge rough-cut.
Illustrated with line drawings.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Foxing to prelims and intermittently to contents.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
316.
Punch and Judy Annual
with illustrations by
Rene Cloke
Published by Juvenile Productions circa 1950
Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Red spine.
120 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Full colour illustrations alternating with single colour throughout book.
Corners and edges of covers worn.
Gift dedication on front paste down, dated 1950.
Contents generally clean and white.
Occasional fingermarking.
Puzzles completed in pencil, then erased.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
317.
318.
Queen Bea the Champion
by
Margaret Ryan
with illustrations by
Andrew Cooke
1st Thus edition,
published by Mammoth in 1990
ISBN: 0749703180.
Paperback.
79 pages.
Slight wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Name blocked-out on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
319.
320.
Rags and Tatters
by
Stella Austin
Published by Wells Gardner
Not dated.
Front endpaper and three out of four illustrations missing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
321.
Railway Engines
Published by Bancroft circa 1960
12th book in Tiddlers series.
Paperback.
8cm x 6cm.
32 pages.
Miniature staple-bound book.
Plain brown front cover, illustrated back cover.
A short description of a train or locomotive on each even-numbered page, with an illustration of the train on the facing page.
Light wear to edges of covers.
May be missing it's pictorial outer cover.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
322.
Ralph S. Mouse
by
Beverly Cleary
with illustrations by
Paul O. Zelinsky
1st Thus edition,
published by Hamish Hamilton in 1990
Laminated covers.
Large print edition.
Very slight discolouration on outer covers, no other faults.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
323.
Raminagrobis and the Mice
by
Harold Berson
with illustrations by
Harold Bersen
1st edition,
published by Macmillan in 1965
A French Nursery Story about mice outwitting the cat.
Printed on art paper.
Book and contents VG.
Dustwrapper a little edgeworn.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
324.
Record Breakers
Published by Igloo Books Ltd in 2008
ISBN: 9781845618360.
Paperback.
Model press-outs appear to all be present and unused.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
325.
Records and Champions
1st edition,
published by Hulton Press in 1959
Paperback.
Red covers.
Yellow lettering on covers.
22cm x 16.5cm.
96 pages.
Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs.
Corners very slightly bumped.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)