1.
A Child's Book of Fishes
by
Dorothea Kay
Reprint,
published by Publicity Products Ltd. circa 1953
Octavo.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Alternate pages colour illustrated.
Light wear to covers.
Some damage to covers at spine ends.
Light foxing at edges of pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
with illustrations by
Charles Robinson
Reprint,
published by John Lane in 1901
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
13cm x 19cm.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Gilt on spine slightly dulled.
Light foxing on endpapers and pastedowns.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
4.
A Comrade's Troth
by
E. A. Gillie
Reprint,
published by Shaw circa 1913
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
320 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Light wear to covers.
Prize label on front paste down.
Foxing on prelims.
Contents clean, a little tanned.
Light foxing on later pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
5.
6.
A Green Fox
by
Kathleen MacKenzie
with illustrations by
Violet Morgan
Published by Evans Brothers Limited circa 1950
Octavo.
Green covers.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Gilt on spine dimmed.
Corners bumped.
Spine cocked.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
7.
A Harbour Light
by
C. E. Mallandaine
with illustrations by
W. H. Overend
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge circa 1900
Octavo.
Light blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
221 pages.
Patterned endpapers.
sixteen pages of adverts at rear.
Decorated chapter headings.
Tissue guarded frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Neat dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Some foxing to prelims and endpapers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
8.
A Heart of Gold
by
Adeline Dutton Train Whitney
Reprint,
published by Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd circa 1930
"A story of yesterday".
Red boards, darkened with age.
Some foxing on early pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
9.
A Little Book of Old Rhymes
by
Cicely Mary Barker
with illustrations by
Cicely Mary Barker
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1949
Grey paper-covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Old tape marks at top and bottom edge of covers.
Some foxing to fore edge.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
10.
A Madcap
by
Lillie Thomas Meade
Reprint,
published by Cassell in 1920
Beige decorated covers.
May have had an oval picture onlay, now missing.
Colour frontispiece.
Carefully repaired small tear at top of half-title and title page.
Slight foxing on prelims.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
11.
A Pair of Knight-Errants
by
Muriel D. C. Lucas
Published by Religious Tract Society circa 1920
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers and spine.
Black decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
157 pages.
Undated.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Faint foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Prize label dated 1924 on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
12.
A Pair of Schoolgirls
by
Angela Brazil
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1945
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Some foxing to fore edge.
Name and gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
13.
A Popular Schoolgirl
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
Balliol Salmon
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Blue decoration on covers.
Covers worn and somewhat soiled.
Corners bumped.
Light foxing to prelims.
Pages tanned, with some intermittent marking to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
14.
A Prince at School
by
Lillian M. Pyke
with illustrations by
J. MacFarlane
Published by Ward Lock in 1919
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Spine slightly soiled.
Some foxing to fore edge.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
15.
A Rebel Schoolgirl
by
Francis Carpenter
with illustrations by
F. G. Moorsom
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1955
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly worn.
Foxing to top edge and fore edge.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
16.
A Young Person's Guide to Ballet
by
Noel Streatfeild
with illustrations by
Georgette Bordier
Reprint,
published by Warne in 1975
ISBN: 0723218145.
Quarto.
Pink cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Minor wear to dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
A little faint foxing to endpapers.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
17.
A Young Pretender
by
Dorothea Moore
Reprint,
published by Dean circa 1935
Orange boards, black lettering.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Light foxing on endpaper, none elsewhere.
Colour frontispiece.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
18.
According to Jennings
by
Anthony Buckeridge
Reprint,
published by Collins in 1957
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Some faint foxing to prelims.
Contents clear.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
19.
According to Jennings
by
Anthony Buckeridge
Published by Collins in 1967
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with 8cm loss at base of spine.
Book itself good:
Minor wear to covers.
A little faint foxing to endpapers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
20.
Adam of Pendle Grange
by
David Bingley
with illustrations by
Colin Twinn
1st edition,
published by Galliard in 1979
ISBN: 0852494750.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper a little worn.
Some faint foxing to prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
21.
Adaora, a tale of West Africa
by
Mary E. Bird
Published by Religious Tract Society circa 1900
Duodecimo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black decoration on covers.
123 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Covers close to VG.
Two small marks on back board
Prize label on front paste down (name of recipient scratched out).
Front endpaper missing.
Fore edges, prelims and early pages foxed.
Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
22.
After the Rain
by
Norma Fox Mazer
1st British edition,
published by Macmillan Children's Books in 1988
ISBN: 0333472039.
Laminated pictorial covers.
A Limelight book.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
23.
Aircraft Today
by
John W. R. Taylor
Published by Len Allan Ltd circa 1955
Quarto.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine faded.
Name stamp on front endpaper.
Light foxing to fore-edge, prelims and endpapers.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
24.
Ali Baba and other stories from the Arabian Nights
by
Lawrence Housman
with illustrations by
Edmund Dulac
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1911
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
15cm x 21cm.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine darkened and gilt on spine dulled and a little rubbed.
Binding delicate.
19 of 24 plates present (of which several are present but detached).
Pages edgeworn, and some foxing at edges of pages.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
25.
Alice in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Gwynedd M. Hudson
Published by Hodder and Stoughton / Boots in 1932
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
20cm x 25cm.
180 pages.
Centenary Edition.
Rectangular picture onlay depicting Alice and Dinah on front panel of dustwrapper (duplicates frontispiece).
Black line drawn illustrations of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare on rear panel of dustwrapper.
The same illustrations of the Hatter and the Hare appear on the front and back endpapers and pastedowns, additionally with orange colouring to their coats.
12 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), all present.
Dustwrapper intact, with moderate wear, mainly at edges, and has been neatly reinforced at the corners on the reverse with small tabs of tape.
Some light wear to edges of covers.
Gilt lettering and decoration remains bright.
Binding sound.
Some foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Name written neatly in Belongs To box facing half-title.
Pages slightly tanned.
Includes a small number of newspaper clippings from the 1930s onward, on the subject of Lewis Carroll and Alice.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)