501.
Robin Hood and his Merry Men
by
Howard Pyle
with illustrations by
Paul Busch
Published by Peveril Books in 1957
Cloth-covered boards.
Cream spine.
Blue and yellow decoration on covers.
Blue decoration on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper missing 5cm strip at top of rear panel and chipped at top edge of spine.
Book itself generally VG.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
502.
Robinson Crusoe
by
Daniel Defoe
Published by Ernest Nister in 1895
Bevilled dark blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
18cm x 24cm.
328 pages.
Red edges.
6 colour plates, including frontispiece, "and upwards of eighty black-and-white drawings by J. Finnemore, G. H. Thompson and Archibald Webb".
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine strip faded, and appears to have been re-glued at edges.
Scuff where label removed from inside front cover.
Endpapers foxed.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
503.
504.
505.
506.
Rovers and Stay-at-homes
by
Maribel Edwin
with illustrations by
M. Maitland Howard
1st edition,
published by Dent in 1927
Black and white illustrations in text. Some pages marked. Front hinge cracked. Mottled green covers, gilt lettering, faded on spine.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
507.
Roy Rogers Cowboy Annual
Published by World Distributors
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Undated, probably mid 1950s.
Front cover shows Rogers clutching an armful of Christmas presents.
First story in list is "The Adventure or Papoose Pass".
Covers worn at edges.
Some pen marking inside lettering on front cover.
Spine strip missing.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
508.
509.
Runaway World
by
Michael Green
Published by Inter-varsity Press in 1977
ISBN: 0851103421.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
510.
511.
512.
Rupert Annual 1969
by
Alfred E. Bestall
with illustrations by
Alfred E. Bestall
Published by Daily Express in 1969
Pictorial laminated boards.
18cm x 25cm.
115 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip worn at ends.
Price clipped.
Neat gift dedication above Belongs To box.
Slight wear to first few pages.
4 pages have short tears at inner hinge.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
513.
Rupert in the Wood of Mystery
with illustrations by
Mary Tourtel
Published by Sampson Low circa 1973
Pictorial laminated boards.
Minor wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
First few pictures neatly coloured-in.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
514.
Sam Pig and Sally
by
Alison Uttley
with illustrations by
A. E. Kennedy
1st edition,
published by Faber in 1942
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
Red decoration on covers.
Second impression of the 1942 first edition.
Covers worn and unevenly faded.
Corners bumped.
Name and date on front endpaper.
One illustration (p54) neatly coloured-in.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
515.
Sam's Wooly Hat
by
Dorothy Edwards
with illustrations by
Elizabeth Davies
1st Thus edition,
published by Transworld Publishers in 1973
ISBN: 0552500364.
Paperback.
White pictorial covers.
17cm x 11cm.
Small books designed to be read aloud.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
516.
Samuel
by
O. B. Gregory
with illustrations by
Toni Woodward
1st edition,
published by Wheaton in 1968
ISBN: 008008799X.
Paperback.
Read About It series, book 78.
The Bible story of Samuel, simplified for younger readers.
Covers a little worn.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
517.
Saving Grace
by
Nick Warburton
with illustrations by
Peter Cottrill
1st Thus edition,
published by Mammoth in 1990
ISBN: 074970294X.
Paperback.
56 pages.
Faint crease to front cover.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
518.
Scaredy Cat
by
Anne Fine
with illustrations by
Nick Ward
Reprint,
published by Yellow Bananas in 1998
ISBN: 0749733756.
Paperback.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
519.
Science. It's Changing your World
1st edition,
published by National Geographic Society in 1985
Spine faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
520.
Scouts on Safari
by
David Harwood
1st edition,
published by G. Bell & Son in 1965
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on spine.
175 pages.
An account of six scout expeditions to different parts of the world.
Dustwrapper very slightly chipped at top of spine and a little discoloured on back.
Name on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
521.
522.
See you at the Match
by
Margaret Joy
with illustrations by
Thelma Lambert
Reprint,
published by Puffin in 1987
Paperback.
Some wear to spine edges.
Mark to rear cover where a publisher's sticker formerly covering the barcodes has been removed.
Damp marks to lower quarter of pages towards spine.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
523.
Sent away
by
Jonathan Croall
1st edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1992
The story of two children, sent to Australia at the end of the Second World War.
Dustwrapper chipped at spine ends.
Corners very slightly bumped.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
524.
525.