451.
The Girls of Queen's Mere
by
Doreen Wyld
1st edition,
published by Blackie circa 1950
Octavo.
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
224 pages.
3 out of 4 black and white plates present.
Covers slightly soiled.
Fore edge darkened.
Name and date (Xmas 1950) written on paste down; book dated from this inscription.
Contents clean and mostly unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
452.
The Girls' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
160 pages.
Colour frontispiece plus two b/w plates.
Light wear to covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Some fingermarking on prelims.
Several line drawings have been neatly painted.
Light spotting throughout.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
453.
The Gleam in the North
by
Dorothy Kathleen Broster
Reprint,
published by Heinemann in 1974
ISBN: 0435120190.
Sequel to "The Flight of the Heron".
Second in the trilogy about the Jacobite Rebellion and its aftermath.
Red, white and blue semi-pictorial boards.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
454.
The Gold-Marked Charm
by
Bessie Marchant
with illustrations by
Fred Leist
Published by Blackie circa 1937
A story of the Blue Nile country.
Previous owner's name crossed out on front paste-down.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
455.
The Golden Age
by
Kenneth Grahame
with illustrations by
Lois Lenski
Published by Bodley Head in 1921
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
200 pages.
Covers worn at edges and heavily scuffed.
Corners bumped.
Edges of page block rough-cut.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
456.
The Golden Book of the Year
Published circa 1955
Edited by Dorothy M. Prescott.
Pictorial paper-covered boards with red cloth spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
163 pages.
Authors include Enid Blyton, Richmal Crompton and Alison Uttley, plus a story about Arthur Ransome.
Slight wear to covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
457.
The Golden Seal
by
James Vance Marshall
with illustrations by
Maurice Wilson
1st Thus edition,
published by Granada in 1984
ISBN: 0583307191.
Paperback.
95 pages.
Originally published as 'A River ran out of Eden'.
Covers creased.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
458.
459.
The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Rhyme Book
by
Brian Alderson
with illustrations by
Helen Oxenbury
1st Thus edition,
published by Heinemann in 1986
ISBN: 9780434956043.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Gift inscription neatly blocked-out on front endpaper.
Near-fine in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
460.
The Hideout
by
Sigrid Heuck
1st British edition,
published by Faber in 1991
Translated from the German by Rika lesser.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
461.
The house without windows
by
Barbara Newhall Follett
with illustrations by
Jackie Morris
1st Thus edition,
published by Hamish Hamilton in 2019
ISBN: 9781785176821.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Signed by the illustrator.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
462.
463.
The Jessame Stories
by
Julia Jarman
with illustrations by
Duncan Smith
1st edition,
published by Heinemann in 1994
Stories about a little girl in an immigrant family from Sierra Leone.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
464.
The Journeys of Josephine
by
Siegfried Stander
1st edition,
published by Gollancz in 1968
ISBN: 0575000120.
19th century south African diamond fields.
Label removed from front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
465.
The Kites are Flying!
by
Michael Morpurgo
with illustrations by
Laura Carlin
Published by Walker Books in 2010
ISBN: 9781406326031.
Paperback.
Name of primary school neatly crossed-out on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
466.
The Ladybird Book of London
by
John Lewesdon
with illustrations by
John Berry
1st edition,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1961
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Spine ends taped.
Corners bumped.
Ladybird logo on back cover blocked-out in black ink.
Name crossed-out on reverse of front endpaper.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
467.
The Last Bus and Other Stories
by
Stephen Southwold
with illustrations by
Anne Anderson
Published by Collins circa 1931
'The Stephen Southwold Tales'.
Dark green boards with gilt lettering and decorations.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations in text.
Slight wear to edges of covers.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Some foxing to prelims, and a few fingermarks to contents.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
468.
The Little Grey Pussy
Published by Juvenile Productions circa 1950
Paperback.
Quarto.
Light blue pictorial covers.
Eight pages.
Colour illustrations throughout.
Juvenile Productions No. 2007.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
469.
The Long Haul
by
Alan Paxton
1st edition,
published by Blackie and Son Limited in 1955
Blue covers, black lettering.
Dustwrapper price clipped and a little worn.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
470.
The Long Night Watch
by
Ivan Southall
1st English edition,
published by Methuen in 1983
A group of 100 people sail from Australia in 1941 for a remote island in the Pacific to await the outcome of the war. No library marks.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
471.
The Lost Words - A Spell Book
by
Robert MacFarlane
with illustrations by
Jackie Morris
Published by Hamish Hamilton in 2017
ISBN: 9780241253588.
Folio.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
27cm x 38cm.
Copiously illustrated throughout with full-page colour illustrations.
Minor wear to covers, otherwise near-fine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
472.
The Magic Jacket and Other Stories
by
Walter de la Mare
with illustrations by
Irene Hawkins
Published by Faber and Faber in 1944
Green cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
Blue decoration on covers.
Third impression.
Light wear to covers.
Name blocked-out on front pastedown.
Front endpaper removed.
Illustrations coloured-in.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
473.
The Magic Roundabout - The House Painters
Published by World Distributors circa 1970
ISBN: 0723520542.
17cm x 19cm.
6 pages.
Board book.
Covers faded and a little worn.
Some damage where page edges appear to have stuck together and then been prized apart.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
474.
The Magic Roundabout Day by Day Book
by
Serge Danot
Published by Dean & Son Ltd in 1973
ISBN: 0603015697.
Red pictorial laminated boards.
22cm x 25cm.
Six mini-stories about the characters from the Magic Roundabout.
Covers clean and unmarked.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
475.