676.
The Smallest girl ever
by
Sally Gardner
with illustrations by
Sally Gardner
1st edition,
published by Dolphin in 2000
ISBN: 1858817072.
Paperback.
125 pages.
Name on inside front cover.
Slight wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
677.
The Snow Queen
by
Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by
P. J. Lynch
Published by Red Fox in 1995
ISBN: 9780099486411.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Minor wear to covers.
Small school stamp inside front cover.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
678.
The Snow Spider
by
Jenny Nimmo
Reprint,
published by Egmont in 2004
ISBN: 1405211385.
Paperback.
Covers worn at edges.
School stamp on half-title.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
679.
The Splendid Book for Girls
Published by Birn Bros circa 1947
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
141 pages.
Authors include Winifred Norling, Mabel Esther Allan, G. E. Breary.
Covers worn at edges.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents white and clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
680.
The Squeeze
by
Ron Morton
1st edition,
published by Hamish Hamilton in 1984
ISBN: 0241112443.
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
124 pages.
Story set in a multi-racial inner-city primary school.
Endpapers removed.
Name on half title.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
681.
The Story of Joseph
by
Lucy Diamond
with illustrations by
Kenneth Inns
Published by Wills & Hepworth
Series 522.
Original price 2'6.
Beige boards, blue lettering and decoration.
Slight wear to dustwrapper and number blocke out at top left.
School stamp and number on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
682.
683.
684.
The Strange New Girl
by
Helen S. Humphries
1st edition,
published by Pickering & Inglis in 1964
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
128 pages.
Covers clean.
Spine slightly faded.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Uneven tanning on title page.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
685.
The Strawberry-Jam Pony
by
Sheila Lavelle
with illustrations by
Valerie Littlewood
Reprint,
published by Puffin in 1989
ISBN: 0140329773.
Paperback.
88 pages.
Young Puffin story book.
Large print.
Ex-school library, stamps on both covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
686.
The Swiss Family Robinson
by
Johann David Wyss
Reprint,
published by Collins circa 1900
Quarto.
Green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
224 pages.
Colour frontispiece, plus monochrome plates.
Various illustrators, including one plate (facing p 32) bearing the monogram of Cecil Aldin.
Undated edition, but neat Sunday school prize dedication on front endpaper is dated Christmas 1908, and the Aldin plate is dated "97".
Covers clean, but lightly worn at edges.
Silver blocking on spine has rubbed off.
Binding sound.
Pages tanned, with intermittent foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
687.
The Tiger who came to tea
by
Judith Kerr
with illustrations by
Judith Kerr
Published by Harper Collins in 2006
ISBN: 9780007215997.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Light wear to covers.
School library stamp on title page.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
688.
689.
The Two New Girls
by
Amy E. Seymour
with illustrations by
J. Dewar Mills
Reprint,
published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1935
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Light wear to edges.
Spine unevenly faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
690.
691.
The Witch Rose
by
Annie Dalton
with illustrations by
Kate Aldous
1st edition,
published by Methuen in 1990
Review copy.
No faults of any kind.
A very attractive story about a girl who helps her parents regain the magic in their lives.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
692.
693.
The Wonderland Annual for Boys and Girls 1920
Published by Fleetway in 1919
Edited by Uncle Dan.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
19cm x 25cm.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and edges bumped.
Spine faded and worn.
Faint marks on front endpaper, where name erased.
Lower 3cm of p72/73 torn away.
Pages edges fingermarked.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
694.
The World Chief Guide
by
Eileen K. Wade
1st edition,
published by Hutchinson of London in 1957
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and creased, with some loss at corners of front panel and base of spine.
Dustwrapper neatly repaired and strengthened with pale-blue paper.
Small patches of fading on covers, where dustwrapper chipped.
Neat prize dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
695.
The World's Best Stories for Boys & Girls
by
Winifred Biggs
with illustrations by
Honor C. Appleton
Published by T. C. & E. C. Jack circa 1930
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
624 pages.
A compendium of excerpts and short stories by various well known authors.
Contributors include: Nesbit, A. A. Milne, Richmal Crompton, Ewing, Farjeon, Lang. de la Mare, and Twain.
Covers worn at edges and somewhat scuffed.
Gilt lettering faded.
Contents slightly shaken.
Foxing on prelims and endpapers.
A number of the illustrations have been neatly coloured-in.
Some damage to final two pages where they appear to have been peeled apart.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
696.
697.
698.
699.
Third Year at Malory Towers
by
Enid Blyton
Reprint,
published by Armada in 1994
ISBN: 0006931847.
Paperback.
174 pages.
Some creasing to covers.
Pages tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
700.
Three adventurous schoolgirls
by
Brenda Girvin
Reprint,
published by Oxford in 1933
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Green and black decoration on covers.
251 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Covers soiled.
Spine edges worn.
Prize label on front paste down.
Front hinge pulled.
Front endpaper soiled at outer edge.
Contents clean and generally unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)