576.
Under Clearer Skies
by
Bessie Marchant
Published by Knapp, James B. circa 1915
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine a little darkened.
Gift dedication on front pastedown.
Foxing and spotting to edges of page block.
Prelims and endpapers tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
577.
Under Sealed Orders - A Naval Adventure
by
Bartimeus
Reprint,
published by Collins in 1956
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Upper corner of front endpaper clipped.
Some faint foxing to prelims.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
578.
Ups and Downs of School Life
by
Constance Harvey
Reprint,
published by Shaw circa 1934
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
184 pages.
Colour frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Light wear to covers.
Some marks on top edge and fore edge.
Prize label on front endpaper, and name stamped at top.
Light foxing on prelims and early pages.
A few small marks on contents, but in general close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
579.
Verses for Children
with illustrations by
Margaret W. Tarrant
6th edition,
published by Ward Lock circa 1935
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
15cm x 21cm.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn at edges, with some chipping at corners.
Minor wear to covers.
Light foxing to fore-edge and prelims, and intermittently to contents.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
580.
Verses for Children
by
Harry Golding
with illustrations by
Margaret W. Tarrant
6th edition,
published by Ward Lock circa 1935
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
All plates present.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Damage to to 3cm of spine strip.
Hinges slightly strained.
Neat gift dedication on prelims
Foxing to fore-edge and intermittently to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
581.
Violet Vaughan
by
Emma Jane Worboise
New edition,
published by James Clarke in 1899
Plain red boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers have darkened with age and some soiling.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Some foxing to early pages, and intermittent spotting to edges of pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
582.
Walt Disney's Version of Pinocchio
by
Carlo Collodi
with illustrations by
Disney
Published by Collins circa 1945
Quarto.
Matt pictorial paper-covered boards with green cloth spine.
Yellow and red pictorial endpapers.
Illustrated with stills from the Disney film, plus original production drawings.
Slight wear to edges of covers.
Some foxing to prelims and page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
583.
Warne's Happy Book for Girls
Published by Frederick Warne and Co circa 1935
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn and a little scuffed.
Foxing to fore edge and to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
584.
Water
by
James Webster
with illustrations by
Gerald Witcomb
1st edition,
published by Ladybird Books in 1973
ISBN: 0721403646.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Some creasing and foxing to prelims.
Contents otherwise clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
585.
What Shall the Title Be?
by
Flower Newman
with illustrations by
Charles Grave
Published by Cassell and Company circa 1925
Light grey boards with embossed gilt lettering.
7 black and white plates.
Dustwrapper a little worn.
Foxing to edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
586.
When the Beaty Kept the Seas
by
Frank H. Shaw
with illustrations by
A. H. Browne
1st edition,
published by Cassell and Company in 1917
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Yellow decoration on covers.
312 pages.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine worn at edges and decoration scuffed.
Some foxing to fore edge.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Old tape marks on inner hinges.
Light foxing to page edges throughout.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
587.
When the Blackbird Sings, or Alone in the Storm
by
M. E. Drewson
Published by Alfred Holness circa 1880
Sextodecimo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
158 pages.
Illustrated with nine engravings.
Covers firm, but a little darkened with age.
Inner hinges beginning to crack.
A few ink marks on frontispiece.
Contents clean and unfoxed.
Very occasional fingermarking.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
588.
White Eagles Over Serbia
by
Lawrence Durrell
Published by Faber & Faber in 1970
ISBN: 0571064035.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with 4cm loss at base of spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
A little foxing to prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
589.
Who ever heard of a Vegterian Fox?
by
Rosalind Kerven
1st edition,
published by Blackie and Son Limited in 1988
ISBN: 0216923409.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Front endpaper glued down.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
590.
591.
William Again
by
Richmal Crompton
with illustrations by
Thomas Henry
Reprint,
published by Newnes in 1933
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Boards scuffed and marked.
Spine strip faded.
Some foxing to fore edge and endpapers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
592.
William the Conqueror
by
Richmal Crompton
with illustrations by
Thomas Henry
Reprint,
published by Newnes in 1935
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Covers worn and a little speckled.
Spine faded.
Corners bumped.
Edges and endpapers foxed.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
593.
William the Explorer
by
Richmal Crompton
with illustrations by
Thomas Henry
1st edition,
published by Newnes in 1960
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Some foxing on front endpaper and fore-edge.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
594.
William's Television show
by
Richmal Crompton
with illustrations by
Thomas Henry
1st edition,
published by Newnes in 1958
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on spine.
Top edge olivine.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
A little faint foxing to fore edge.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
595.
Winterthing and the Mooncusser's Daughter
by
Joan Aiken
1st Thus edition,
published by Cape in 1973
ISBN: 0224008811.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper and covers.
A little foxing to fore edge.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
596.
Won by a try
by
Gunby Hadath
with illustrations by
Frank Gillett
Published by Cassell and Company circa 1915
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers, and a few spots and marks.
Foxing to fore edge and intermittently to page edges.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
597.
Won for the school
by
Harold Avery
with illustrations by
Archibald Webb
Published by Collins circa 1936
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Covers faded at top and bottome edges.
Foxing to fore-edge.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
598.
Worzel Gummidge takes a Holiday
by
Barbara Euphan Todd
with illustrations by
Will Nickless
1st edition,
published by Hollis and Carter in 1949
Octavo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
221 pages.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine strip faded.
Prelims and endpapers lightly foxed.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
599.
Young Gabby Goose
by
Ruth Manning-Sanders
with illustrations by
James Hodgson
Published by Methuen in 1975
ISBN: 0416805205.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and a little worn.
Foxing to fore-edge.
Marks where labels removed from prelims.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)