576.
577.
The Old Nursery Rhymes
with illustrations by
Lawson Wood
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1920
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
23cm x 29cm.
142 pages.
24 full-page colour plates plus numerous line illustrations in text.
Covers soiled.
Corners, edges and spine ends bumped and scuffed.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Frontispiece creased.
Some finger-marking to prelims, and intermittently to page edges.
Lower quarter of page 79/80 torn away and missing.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
578.
579.
The Picts and the Martyrs
by
Arthur Ransome
with illustrations by
Arthur Ransome
1st edition,
published by Cape in 1943
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners and spine ends slightly bumped.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
580.
The Picts and the Martyrs
by
Arthur Ransome
with illustrations by
Arthur Ransome
Reprint,
published by Cape in 1944
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Duswrapper worn at edges and soiled.
Light wear to covers.
Some faint foxing to edges of page block.
Binding sound.
Name and address on half-title.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
581.
The Picts and the Martyrs
by
Arthur Ransome
with illustrations by
Arthur Ransome
Published by Cape in 1948
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper, with some minor chipping at spine ends.
Covers clean.
Neat gift dedication on half-title.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
582.
The Picts and the Martyrs
by
Arthur Ransome
with illustrations by
Arthur Ransome
9th edition,
published by Jonathan Cape in 1951
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt decoration on spine.
303 pages.
Dustwrapper complete but rather worn.
Some chipping to spine ends and corners.
Bottom edge of upper panel is baggy.
Some brown spots on lower panel.
Covers slightly faded at lower edge.
Inner hinges cracked.
Name written neatly on half title.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
583.
584.
The Pop-Up Book of Gnomes
Published by Kestrel in 1979
ISBN: 0722656742.
Pictorial laminated boards.
20cm x 27cm.
12 pages.
Adapted from the "Gnomes" books of Rien Poortvliet and Wil Huygen.
Minor wear to covers.
Pop-ups and mechanisms appear to be in working order.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
585.
The Pop-Up Circus Book
by
Albert G. Miller
with illustrations by
Paul Taylor
Published by Roger Schlesinger in 1969
Pictorial laminated boards.
17cm x 23cm.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Name inside front cover.
Mechanism on first page damaged.
Remaining pop-ups and mechanisms in working order.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
586.
The Portrait Book of Our Kings and Queens 1066-1911
Published by T. C. & E. C. Jack in 1911
Edited by T. Leman Hare.
Paperback.
Purple covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
27cm x 21cm.
68 pages.
"Done in Commemoration of the Coronation of Their Majesties King George V. & Queen Mary, with supplementary notes on the ceremony."
Light wear, and some soiling and fading to covers.
Some foxing on prelims and edges of early pages.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
587.
588.
The Rainbow Book - Tales of Fun & Fancy
by
Mrs M. H. Spielmann
1st edition,
published by Chatto & Windus in 1909
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
290 pages.
Illustrators include: Arthur Rackham, Hugh Thomson, Bernard Partridge, Lewis Baumer, Harry Rountree and C. Wilhelm.
Covers worn and faded, with some soiling.
Spine darkened.
Gilt rubbed.
Endpapers pasted down.
Two B/W plates missing.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
589.
The Rajah of Monkey Island
by
Arthur Lee Knight
with illustrations by
W. S. Stacey
Reprint,
published by Ward Lock circa 1900
Maroon pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and somewhat faded.
Front inner hinge cracked wide.
Bainding strained.
Contents shaken.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
590.
591.
592.
The Rival Kings
by
Annie Keary
1st Thus edition,
published by Gollancz in 1970
Gollancz revival series.
Early Victorian children's novel.
A few minor marks to dustwrapper.
Some spotting to front endpaper, remainder of contents clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
593.
The River Kings
by
Max Fatchen
with illustrations by
Clyde Pearson
1st edition,
published by Methuen in 1966
Blue covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
13cm x 19cm.
Light wear to dustwrapper, and two short closed tears.
Covers clean and unmarked.
Name at top of front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
594.
The River Kings
by
Max Fatchen
with illustrations by
Clyde Pearson
Published by Methuen in 1970
ISBN: 0416198708.
Dark brown covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
14cm x 20cm.
Dustwrapper intact, but has been reinforced with vinyl laminate.
Covers clean and unmarked.
Foxing to fore edge and endpapers, contents unaffected.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
595.
The River Kings
by
Max Fatchen
with illustrations by
Clyde Pearson
1st Thus edition,
published by Magnet in 1980
ISBN: 0416876307.
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
596.
The Rock and the Willow
by
Mildred Lee
with illustrations by
Fermin Rocker
1st English edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1975
Ex school library, very few library markings.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Access number on title page, small stamp on verso.
The struggles of a girl growing up on a subsistance farm in 1930s America, who wants to train to be a teacher.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
597.
The Sa'Zada Tales
by
W. A. Fraser
with illustrations by
Arthur Hemming
Published by David Nutt in 1905
Dark green blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
598.
The Schoolgirl Princess
by
Arthur Wyatt
Published by Nisbet and Co circa 1925
Grey covers with black lettering and decoration.
Pictorial endpapers.
1.5cm misssing from top of spine.
Covers worn and marked.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Foxing to prelims and contents.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
599.
The Scuttling of the Kingfisher
by
Alfred E. Knight
1st edition,
published by S. W. Partridge in 1897
Dark green embossed covers.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers celan and undamaged.
Endpapers slightly darkened.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
600.
The Sheep-Pig
by
Dick King-Smith
with illustrations by
Ann Kronheimer
Published by Puffin in 2017
ISBN: 9780141370217.
Paperback.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)