426.
The Further Adventures of Nils
by
Selma Lagerlof
with illustrations by
Hans Baumhauer
Reprint,
published by J. M. Dent in 1957
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Grey decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with large chip at base of spine.
Dustwrapper spine faded.
Light wear to covers.
Faint foxing to fore-edge.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
427.
The Girl Crusoes
by
Mrs Herbert Strang
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1935
Red blind embossed covers, faded gilt lettering.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Prelims lightly foxed.
Spine faded.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
428.
The Girl from the Bush
by
Eleanor Luisa Haverfield
Published by Collins circa 1930
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Fore edge foxed.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
429.
The Girls of the Rose Dormitory
by
Joy Francis
Reprint,
published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1950
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and corners, and slightly soiled.
Minor wear to covers.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Prize label partially removed from front endpaper.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
430.
431.
The Gold Thread and Martin the Cobbler
by
Norman McLeod and Leo Tolstoy
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1920
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Green patterned endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, price-clipped and slightly soiled.
Book itself close to VG.
Faint foxing to fore edge.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
432.
The Golden Age
by
Kenneth Grahame
with illustrations by
Ernest Howard Shepard
Published by Bodley Head in 1945
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and foxed.
Minor wear to covers.
Fore edge foxed.
Name erased on front endpaper with correction fluid.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
433.
The Golden Book of the Renaissance
by
Irwin Shapiro
Published by Golden Press circa 1961
Pictorial boards.
Patterned endpapers.
168 pages.
Slight wear to covers.
Minor foxing to edge of front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
434.
The Golden Nature Readers Junior Series Book Four
by
Elsie V. M. Knight
Published by University of London Press in 1932
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Light foxing to prelims.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
435.
The Golden Story Book in Colour
with illustrations by
Felicitas Kuhn
Published by Collins in 1969
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Some wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Light foxing to edges of page block.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
436.
437.
The Great Book for Children
Published by Oxford University Press circa 1930
Edited by Mrs Herbert Strang.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn and a little scuffed.
Occasional foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
438.
439.
The Greyfriars Holiday Annual 1938
Published by Fleetway in 1938
Quarto.
Yellow pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Covers worn and bumped.
Spine faded and a little soiled.
Prelims and page edges heavily foxed.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
440.
The Handy Elephant and other stories
by
Antonia Ridge
with illustrations by
A. E. Kennedy
1st edition,
published by Faber & Faber in 1946
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners slightly bumped.
Foxing to fore edge, endpapers and prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
441.
The Harper Book of Princes
by
Sally Patrick Johnson
with illustrations by
Janina Domanska
1st edition,
published by Harper Row in 1964
Grey decorated boards; dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Blue endpapers.
Some faint foxing to fore edge.
Label on front endpaper.
Label partially removed from front endpaper.
VG in all other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
442.
The Hidden World of the Fox
by
Adele Brand
Published by William Collins in 2019
ISBN: 9780008327286.
Dark blue covers.
Silver lettering on spine.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
443.
The Hill - A Romance of Friendship
by
Horace Annesley Vachell
Reprint,
published by John Murray in 1950
Octavo.
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Covers soiled and lightly worn.
Foxing on edges of page block and prelims.
Name on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
444.
The History of Sandford and Merton
by
Thomas Day
Published by George Routledge and Sons circa 1908
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Light green decoration on covers.
448 pages.
Corrected and revised by Cecil Hartley.
Covers slightly bowed.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
445.
The House at Pooh Corner
by
A. A. Milne
with illustrations by
Ernest Howard Shepard
6th edition,
published by Methuen in 1934
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Spine faded and marked.
Some ligh foxing to fore edge.
Name on front endpaper.
A number of illustrations neatly coloured-in with watercolour paint.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
446.
The House of Whispers
by
May Wynne
1st edition,
published by Ward Lock in 1959
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering and decoration on covers.
184 pages.
Black and white frontispiece.
Spine faded.
Page edges foxed.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
447.
The Indian Twins
by
Lucy Fitch Perkins
with illustrations by
Lucy Fitch Perkins
1st edition,
published by Jonathan Cape in 1938
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
A little faint foxing on prelims and fore edge.
Otherwise VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
448.
The Iron Pirate
by
Max Pemberton
with illustrations by
Ellis Silas
Published by Associated Newspapers circa 1930
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Covers worn and unevenly faded.
Corners bumped.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Front endpaper removed.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
449.
The Joyce Mercer edition of Andersen and Grimm
by
Brothers Grimm and Hans Andersen
with illustrations by
Joyce Mercer
1st edition,
published by Hutchinson in 1930
Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Undated, believed to be 1930 1st edition.
Spine base reads "New Century Press", title page shows Hutchinson & Co. as publishers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Sixteen colour plates by Joyce Mercer, plus numerous black and white illustrations.
Covers lightly worn, with some pale marks.
Spine worn.
Corners bumped.
Binding sound.
Name at top edge of front endpaper.
Pages tanned, with some intermittent foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
450.
The Kate Greenaway Treasury
by
Kate Greenaway
with illustrations by
Kate Greenaway
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1968
Edited by Edward Ernest.
Quarto.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper spine and top edge slightly sunned.
A small amount of faint foxing to prelims and endpapers.
Contents not affected.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)