1.
A Bottled Cherry Angel
by
Jean Ure
1st edition,
published by Hutchinson in 1986
ISBN: 0091652804.
Octavo.
Pictorial laminated boards.
151 pages.
Minimal library markings.
Covers and contents clean, tight and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
A Candle for St Georgios
by
Mary Drewery
with illustrations by
Reginald Gray
1st edition,
published by Chatto Boyd in 1969
ISBN: 070110273X.
Olive green boards with black lettering on spine and black dolphin motif on front cover.
Label removed from front endpaper, otherwise minimal library markings.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
A Christmas Story
by
Brian Wildsmith
with illustrations by
Brian Wildsmith
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1993
ISBN: 0192722441.
Paperback.
Covers worn at edges.
Some fingermarking and wear to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
4.
A New Rupert Book
with illustrations by
Alfred E. Bestall
Published by Daily Express in 1945
Paperback.
18cm x 24cm.
120 pages.
Cover depicts Rupert wving to Algy from a flying bicycle.
Stories include:
"Rupert and the Reindeer",
"Rupert and the Cuckoo", and
"Rupert and Bingo's Trail".
Covers worn at edges.
Spine strip a little soiled.
Not price-clipped.
Belongs To box neatly completed, and dated Christmas 1945.
Maze puzzle facing title page neatly completed.
Some occasional fingermarks and similar, but contents otherwise close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
5.
A Popular Schoolgirl
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
Balliol Salmon
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Blue decoration on covers.
Covers worn and somewhat soiled.
Corners bumped.
Light foxing to prelims.
Pages tanned, with some intermittent marking to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
6.
A Saint George of King Charles' Days
by
Dorothea Townshend
with illustrations by
W. S. Stacey
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge circa 1906
Grey pictorial covers, brown lettering.
Grey patterned endpapers.
Covers owrn and scuffed.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Inner hinge cracked and repaired with tape.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
7.
A Second Book of Modern Poetry
by
H. A. Treble
Reprint,
published by Macmillan in 1938
English Literature Series No. 61.
Covers marked and worn.
Some fingermarking to contents.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
8.
A Toast to the King
by
Elizabeth Coatsworth
with illustrations by
Forrest Orr
1st edition,
published by Coward McCann in 1940
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers a little worn at edges and corners.
Signed by the author on front endpaper: "For Mrs Bridge with the warm good wishes of the authr, Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston, October 12, 1940".
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
9.
A Touch of Class
by
Clive King
Reprint,
published by Red Fox in 1997
ISBN: 0099427311.
Paperback.
152 pages.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
10.
A Valley Grows Up
by
Edward Osmond
with illustrations by
Edward Osmond
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1959
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Green cloth spine.
Covers worn at edges.
Spine faded.
Fingermarking on prelims.
Name on front endpaper.
Sunday School prize label on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
11.
A Viking Saga
by
Henry Treece
with illustrations by
Christine Price
Published by Puffin in 1967
Paperback.
A boxed set of three books:
"Viking's Dawn",
"The Road to Miklagard", and
"Viking's Sunset".
Box worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Book covers and spines worn.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
12.
A Window in the Sail
by
Mary Ross
with illustrations by
Ron King
1st edition,
published by EPB Publishers in 1991
ISBN: 997100223X.
Paperback.
134 pages.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Label removed from the title page.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
13.
A Wonder Book
by
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Published by J. M. Dent circa 1920
'The Kings Treasuries of Literature'.
Red boards.
Covers unevenly faded and a little worn.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
14.
Ace
by
Dick King-Smith
with illustrations by
Michael Terry
Published by Puffin in 1991
ISBN: 0140344810.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
15.
Ace
by
Dick King-Smith
with illustrations by
Michael Terry
Reprint,
published by Puffin in 1991
ISBN: 0140344810.
Paperback.
125 pages.
Light wear to covers and spine ends.
Pages a little tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
16.
Ace
by
Dick King-Smith
with illustrations by
Michael Terry
Reprint,
published by Puffin in 1991
ISBN: 0140344810.
Paperback.
Covers worn and creased.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
17.
Adventures of Rupert
with illustrations by
Alfred E. Bestall
Published by Daily Express in 1950
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
118 pages.
Spine strip missing, covers detached.
Brown stain, 8cm x 3cm approx. on upper board.
'Belongs to' box not written in, price-clipped.
Contents complete, two pages loose.
Pages generally clean, but occasional finger-marking.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
18.
19.
Alec Green
by
Silas Kitto Hocking
Reprint,
published by Warne circa 1900
Red decorated covers, bevilled boards all edges gilt.
Spine split at left hand edge, clipped at both ends.
Front endpaper defaced with name stamp.
Contents generally clean and tight.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
20.
21.
Alfred Mouse
by
Carolyn Dinan
with illustrations by
Carolyn Dinan
1st Thus edition,
published by Faber and Faber in 1993
ISBN: 0571168345.
Paperback.
102 pages.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
22.
Alice and Thomas and Jane
by
Enid Bagnold
with illustrations by
Laurian Jones
Published by Heinemann in 1930
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
17cm x 21cm.
Covers worn at edges and somewhat soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Writing erased from front endpaper.
Contents close to VG, but som occasional fingermarking at page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
23.
Alice in Wonderland and through the Looking-Glass
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Harry Rountree
Published by Collins circa 1930
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
10cm x 15cm.
318 pages.
Maroon endpapers.
Dated from two owner's names and dates on reverse of frontispiece - book is possibly somewhat older.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Damp mark at lower corner of front cover.
Marks at lower edge of front endpaper and front paste-down where they have stuck together (probably due to being splashed) and have been prised apart.
Faint damp mark at lower edge of prelims.
Contents good, and unmarked.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
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