76.
Five of them
by
Theodora Wilson Wilson
with illustrations by
Gordon Browne
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1930
Red cloth covers, black lettering.
Some wear to top of spine.
Three black and white illustrations.
Minor spotting on title page.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
77.
Five on Brexit Island
by
Bruno Vincent
Reprint,
published by Quercus in 2016
ISBN: 9781786483843.
Octavo.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
102 pages.
'Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups.'
Black and white illustrations in the style of Eileen Soper's originals.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
78.
Five on Kirrin Island Again
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
Eileen A. Soper
5th edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1951
6th book in Famous Five series.
Octavo.
Red paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
192 pages.
Pictorial endpapers, dark blue and black.
Illustrations b/w and monochrome, no frontispiece.
Covers age-darkened and slightly soiled.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Name on prelims.
Some spotting on fore edges.
Contents generally clean and tight.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
79.
Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers
by
Walter Crane
with illustrations by
Walter Crane
Published by Cassell and Company in 1895
Light green pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark green cloth spine.
Brown lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
19cm x 25cm.
40 pages.
8 pages of adverts at rear.
Brown patterned endpapers.
One colour illustration per page, beneath one or two lines of poetry.
Covers a little worn and scuffed at edges, and slightly soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
A little faint spotting to fore edge and reverse of front endpaper, contents not affected.
School prize label, dated 1896, on front pastedown.
Contents clean, with bright colours.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
80.
For Queen and King or the Loyal 'Prentice
by
Henry Frith
with illustrations by
Frank Dadd
3rd edition,
published by Cassell circa 1895
Slightly worn red pictorial covers, gilt lettering and decoration.
Eight black and white illustrations.
Prize label on front paste down.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
81.
Fortune for Tuppenny
by
Madeline Nightingale
Published by Oxford: Basil Blackwell circa 1920
Grey paper covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Numerous line illustrations withn the text.
Illustrator not credited.
Covers worn and a little soiled.
Corners and edges bumped.
Spine strip missing.
Inner front hinge weak and cracked.
Fingermarking to page edges.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
82.
Four Winds
by
Winifred Pares
with illustrations by
Arthur A. Dixon
Reprint,
published by The Sheldon Press circa 1935
Octavo.
Blue pictorial paper-covered boards.
122 pages.
Coloured frontispiece is the only illustration.
Wear to spine ends.
Lower corners bumped.
Light foxing on prelms., contents clear.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
83.
Foxes
by
Althea
with illustrations by
Helen Herbert
1st edition,
published by Longman in 1982
ISBN: 0582391636.
Life-Cycle Books series.
Octavo.
Green pictorial laminated boards.
23 pages.
Short clear text for young readers.
Bright bold illustrations.
Clean and unmarked.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
84.
Frank and Flo on their Travels
by
C. J. Hamilton
Reprint,
published by Religious Tract Society circa 1906
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
12cm x 17cm.
48 pages.
Floral pattern of white lilies and leaves on front cover.
Illustrations in black and white of various aniquities, plus chapter headings and tailpieces.
Prize label of front paste down.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
85.
Frank Burleigh
by
Lydia Phillips
Reprint,
published by S. W. Partridge circa 1910
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering.
96 pages.
Five black and white illustrations, not attributed.
Thirty two pages of adverts for publisher at rear of book.
Prize label on front endpaper.
A little foxing on both endpapers.
Contents clean but lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
86.
Freda's Great Adventure
by
Alice Massie
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1932
'A story of Paris in War-time.'
Small prize label on front endpaper.
Black and white frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Some spotting to foredge.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
87.
Frolic and Fun
by
Aunt Ruth
Published by S. W. Partridge circa 1910
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Front cover shows glazed picture of children sledging.
Back cover is an advert for Cadbury's Cocoa.
Copiously illustrated in black and white (no colour illustrations).
Artists include W. C. Groome and Angusine MacGregor.
Three pages of adverts at front and rear of book.
Covers worn at edges.
Glazed paper on spine is chipped in places.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
88.
Fruit from Storyland
Published by Ernest Nister circa 1901
An anthology of stories and poems.
Printed in Bavaria.
No. 436.
Quarto.
Glazed pictorial boards with red cloth spine.
Tipped-in colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations in text.
Corners slightly bumped.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Front endpaper slightly marked and creased.
Occasional minor foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
89.
Gertrude of Wyoming, or The Pennsylvanian Cottage
by
Thomas Campbell
New edition,
published by Routledge, Warne and Routledge in 1862
An account, in verse, of an attack on the new colony in Pennsylvania in 1778.
Red bevilled boards with gilt lettering and decoration.
All edges gilt.
Thirty five illustrations engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, taken from originals by Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, Thomas Dalziel and William Harvey.
Covers heavily worn.
Front endpaper missing.
Name on front paste down.
First section of book (pages 1 - 16) loose.
Water stain at lower edge affects most pages.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
90.
Gulliver's Travels
by
Jonathan Swift
with illustrations by
E. M. Starling
1st Thus edition,
published by Cape in 1928
No 4 of the second series of 'The Children's Library', adapted from the original by Sarita L. Ricardo.
Plain brown covers.
Dustwrapper has picture onlay of Gulliver among the Lilliputians.
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and nineteen full page black and white drawings.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and a little worn.
Some of the illustrations have been partially coloured, neatly, by a childish hand.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
91.
Gulliver's Travels
by
Jonathan Swift
Published by The R. A. Publishing Co circa 1950
165th book in The Seal of Artisitc Excellence series.
Brown paper-covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
22cm x 18cm.
24 pages.
An unusual edition, with an abridged text and numerous full-page colour illustrations and line illustrations within the text throughought.
Light wear to covers.
A little finger marking and wear to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
92.
Hans Andersen's Fairy Stories
by
Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by
Eileen M. Watts
Reprint,
published by Strand Publications circa 1950
Edited by Louis S. Giraud.
Quarto.
Brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
17cm x 22cm.
Pictorial endpapers.
Four colour stand-up models and three colour illustrations.
Full-page line drawn illustrations.
Line drawn chapter headings.
Slight wear to edges of covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Slight wear to stand-up models, but no major damage.
Close to VG in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
93.
Hansel and Gretel
1st Thus edition,
published by World Distributors in 1969
ISBN: 0723538611.
From the story by the Brothers Grimm.
Paperback.
Thin card covers.
Short text with large colour illustrations on each page.
Covers worn.
Pages heavily tanned.
Centre pages loose.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
94.
Heidi's Children
by
Charles Tritten
with illustrations by
Pelagie Doane
Reprint,
published by Collins in 1954
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
One illustration missing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
95.
Her Heart's Desire
by
Jeanie Ferry
Reprint,
published by Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union circa 1899
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
184 pages.
Attractive covers surmounted by a spray of flowers.
Patterned endpapers.
Black and white frontispiece, head and tailpieces and illustrated capitals, no other illustrations.
Small Sunday School Prize label on front paste down.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
96.
Here and There
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1932
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
'Pictures, Stories, Poems' by various authors and illustrators.
Colour frontispiece by Honor Appleton.
Eight full page colour illustrations.
Numerous black and white drawings, both full page and in the text.
A few faint marks on front cover.
In general covers are firm, bright and clean.
Neat gift inscription on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
97.
Here comes Sophie
by
Dick King-Smith
with illustrations by
David Parkins
1st Thus edition,
published by Ted Smart in 2004
ISBN: 0744583756.
Stories about Sophie, the little girl who wants to be a lady farmer.
Black and white illustrations throughout.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
98.
Hermit in the Hills
by
David Severn
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
1st edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1945
Outer covers marked on spine.
Contents clean and white, close to VG.
Wartime restrictions still apply.
Striking black and white illustrations.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
99.
100.
High Trail
by
Vivian Breck
with illustrations by
T. R. Freeman
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1958
Orange covers, black lettering on spine.
Colour frontispiece and 6 black and white illustrations.
Faint spotting to fore edge.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)