501.
The Outcasts
by
Tom Ingram
1st edition,
published by Hutchinson in 1977
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
502.
The Outsider
by
Monica Edwards
with illustrations by
Geoffrey Whittam
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1961
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly worn at edges.
Some spotting to fore edge and endpapers.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
503.
The Pathfinder Book of Scout Stories
with illustrations by
Phil Gascoine
Published by Purnell in 1969
ISBN: 0361011369.
Edited by Robert Moss.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
157 pages.
Name on front paste down.
Some felt tip scribble on back endpaper.
Covers and contents otherwise close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
504.
505.
506.
The Penguin Book of Comics
by
George Perry and Alan Aldridge
Published by Penguin in 1971
ISBN: 0140028021.
Paperback.
Covers marked, back cover stained.
Damp marks to lower outer corner.
Bottom right hand corner of cover an first 37 pages creased.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
507.
The Percy F. Westerman Omnibus Book
by
Percy Francis Westerman
Published by Blackie circa 1940
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Contains three stories:
"Sea Scouts All",
"Sea Scouts Abroad", and
"Sea Scouts Up-Channel".
Top edge dark green.
Light wear to covers.
Some minor spotting to fore edge.
Name written at top edge of front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
508.
The Perfect Picnic
by
Moira Butterfield
1st edition,
published by Brown Wells and Jacobs in 1991
Laminated pictorial covers.
Fold out pages.
Produced for Chad Valley Books.
Slight wear to covers and fold-outs.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
509.
The Persecution of Billy Bunter
by
Frank Richards
Published by Howard Baker in 1981
ISBN: 0703002031.
78th book in Magnet series.
Quarto.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Magnet issues nos 956, 957, 958, 959, 971, 973, 1027.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
510.
511.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
by
Jennifer Courtney
with illustrations by
Tizzie Knowles
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1974
ISBN: 072381029X.
Yellow pictorial laminated boards.
15cm x 20cm.
Full-page colour illustrations throughout.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
512.
The Playhour book of Animal Stories, 1971
Published by IPC Magazines in 1970
ISBN: 0901267058.
Quarto.
White pictorial laminated boards.
69 pages.
33 short stories about different animals, many apparently taken from Aesop.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
513.
The Postman and the Postal Service
by
Vera Southgate
with illustrations by
John Berry
Reprint,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1965
ISBN: 072140068X.
Reprint circa 1968.
Series 606B.
Original price 2/6.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
514.
The Puffin Twentieth Century Collection of Verse
1st edition,
published by Puffin in 1999
ISBN: 0670885223.
Edited by Brian Patten.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
180 pages.
Coloured illustrations throughout by original artists.
Name written in 'book belongs to' box, otherwise unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
515.
The Quest of Youth
by
Jeffery Farnol
Published by Sampson Low circa 1940
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine faded.
Some faint foxing to fore edge.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
516.
The Rain Forest
by
Armstrong Sperry
with illustrations by
Armstrong Sperry
1st edition,
published by The Bodley Head in 1950
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
191 pages.
Pictorial endpapers, green and black on white.
Black and white illustrations throughout.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
517.
The Rambles of a Rat
by
A.L.O.E. (Charlotte M. Tucker)
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1909
ALOE is pseudonym of Charlotte Maria Tucker.
Four colour plates.
Prize label inside front cover.
Both covers and contents are almost without fault.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
518.
The Rat War
by
Elsie McCutcheon
1st edition,
published by Dent in 1985
ISBN: 046006181X.
Blue covers, gilt lettering.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
519.
The Return of the Antelope
by
Willis Hall
with illustrations by
Rowan Barnes-Murphy
1st edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1985
Laminated pictorial covers.
First in the 'Antelope' series about Lilliputians in Victorian England.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
520.
The Rifle Rangers, or Adventures in South Mexico
by
Thomas Mayne Reid
Reprint,
published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1925
Blue blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Label removed from front pastedown.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
521.
The Rose and the Ring
by
William Makepeace Thackeray
Published by T. C. & E. C. Jack circa 1930
Told to the Children series.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
12cm x 15cm.
Edges of page block rough-cut
Spine slightly sunned.
Pages faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
522.
The Sands of the Marjee
by
Jim Rogerson
with illustrations by
Ray Mutimer
1st edition,
published by E. J. Arnold and Son in 1979
ISBN: 0560015550.
Roundabouts series.
Paperback.
64 pages.
Covers worn and creased.
Labels removed from inside front cover.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
523.
The Scarlet Man
by
Frederick H. Wiseman
with illustrations by
George Lane
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1959
Blue covers.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and price-clipped.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Sunday school presentation message crossed-out on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
524.
The School in the South
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
W. Smithson Broadhead
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Front endpaper removed.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
525.
The School on the Hill
by
Grace M. Easton
3rd edition,
published by Pickering Inglis in 1951
Stories about a school for missionaries.
Covers soiled.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Name and address of previous owner on front pastedown.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)