1.
Aesop's Funky Fables
by
Vivian French
with illustrations by
Korky Paul
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin Books in 1999
ISBN: 014056246X.
Paperback.
23cm x 30cm.
75 pages.
Ten of Aesop's Fables re-written in rap rhythms, with new and modern illustrations.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
All we know
by
Simon French
1st edition,
published by Angus and Robertson in 1987
ISBN: 0207153590.
Red boards with white lettering on spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
All We Know
by
Simon French
1st Thus edition,
published by Angus and Robertson in 1987
ISBN: 0207153590.
Red cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on spine.
255 pages.
Dustwrapper faded and slightly worn.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
4.
Burnish me Bright
by
Julia Cunningham
with illustrations by
Shirley Hughes
1st edition,
published by Heinemann in 1971
ISBN: 0434933201.
Green covers, gilt lettering.
Name on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
5.
Burnish me Bright
by
Julia Cunningham
with illustrations by
Shirley Hughes
1st edition,
published by Heinemann in 1971
ISBN: 0434933201.
Green covers, gilt lettering.
Labels removed from prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
6.
7.
Contes de Grimm
with illustrations by
De Jiri Trnka
Published by Grund in 1979
ISBN: 2700002792.
Quarto.
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
French language edition of the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales.
Minor wear to dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper spine a little sunned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
8.
Cuckoo
by
Lida
with illustrations by
Rojan
Reprint,
published by Allen and Unwin in 1940
Translated from the French by Rose Fyleman.
8th book in Pere Castor's Wild Animal series.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Maroon cloth spine.
23cm x 21cm.
Light wear to covers.
Spine appears to have been neatly re-glued.
Neat gift dedication inside front cover.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
9.
Daily Mail Annual for Boys and Girls
Published by Daily Mail in 1949
Edited by susan French.
Quarto.
Red paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
207 pages.
Dark blue pictorial endpapers.
First story is by Noel Streatfeild.
Eight page inset of colour pictures of Royal Family.
Contributions by Enid Blyton, Mollie Chappell and many others.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Covers clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
10.
Daily Mail Annual for Boys and Girls
by
Susan French
Published by Daily Mail
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Dark-grey lettering on front cover and spine.
Not dated.
Front endpaper depicts the northern constellations.
Back endpaper has the words and music to "Deck the Halls".
First story "Telling the bees".
Dustwrapper worn and creased, with one or two neatly repaired chips.
Covers clean and unmarked.
Pastedowns have faded a little.
Binding sound.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
11.
Daily Mail Annual for Boys and Girls 1946
by
Susan French
Published by Daily Mail in 1945
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, plus black and white photographs and black and white line drawings.
Covers soiled and marked.
Writing on reverse of frontispiece.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
12.
Daily Mail Annual for Girls
Published circa 1958
Edited by Susan French.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Contributors include:
Joyce Stranger,
K and M Peyton, and
Judith Berrisford,
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
13.
Des gaffes et des degats
by
Franquin
with illustrations by
Franquin
Published by Jean Dupuis circa 1977
ISBN: 2800100885.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
6th book in the Gaston series.
61 pages.
French text.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
14.
15.
Fighting with French
by
Herbert Strang
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1929
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn and scuffed at edges.
Spine strip missing.
Edges of page block foxed.
Contents tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
16.
Fleur & Blanchefleur - A Mediaeval Legend
by
Mrs Leighton
with illustrations by
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
Published by Daniel O'Connor in 1922
Translated from the French by Mrs. Leighton.
Quarto.
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper chipped, and worn at edges with some loss at spine ends.
Light wear to covers.
Prelims and endpapers tanned.
Pages lightly tanned.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
17.
18.
Garrett's Crossing
by
Janet O'Daniel
Published by Puffin in 1974
Paperback.
Set against the background of the American Revolution.
Writing on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
19.
Grands Felins - La Nature en Action
by
Alice Burdett
Published by Bookking International in 1996
ISBN: 2877143112.
Pictorial laminated boards.
A French-language pop-up book about big cats.
Appears unread.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
20.
Guinea Pigs on the go
by
Vivian French
with illustrations by
Clive Scruton
1st Thus edition,
published by Collins in 2001
ISBN: 0007653360.
Paperback.
64 pages.
A Collins Yellow storybook.
Light wear to covers
Contents tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
21.
Jonathan Mouse
by
Ingrid Ostheeren
with illustrations by
Agnes Mathieu
1st edition,
published by North South Books in 1985
Translated from the French by Rosemary Lanning.
Laminated pictorial covers.
One or two pages a little creased.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
22.
Le Chat botte
Reprint,
published by Tormont in 1995
ISBN: 289429848X.
Pictorial laminated boards.
11cm x 16cm.
Canadian French-language edition of "Puss in Boots".
Short text.
Colour illustrations on every page.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
23.
Le Chat botte
by
Charles Perrault
with illustrations by
Gerard Franquin
Reprint,
published by Flammarion in 1988
ISBN: 2081602504.
Albums du Pere Castor series.
Paperback.
22 pages.
Landscape format.
Story is the original French version of Puss in Boots.
Minor wear to covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
24.
Le Lotus Bleu
by
Herge
with illustrations by
Herge
Published by Casterman circa 1990
ISBN: 9782203001046.
The Adventures of Tintin series.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
French language edition of "The Blue Lotus"
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
25.
Les malheurs de Sophie
by
la Comtesse de Segur
with illustrations by
G. Ploquin
Reprint,
published by S.A.M. Editions Vedette in 1958
8th book in Collection Feuillage series.
Paperback.
Octavo.
Landscape format.
Published in Monaco.
A heavily abridged version of this French classic.
Light foxing on some pages.
Some wear to covers.
Staples slightly rusted.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)