26.
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)
27.
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)
28.
29.
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)
30.
31.
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)
32.
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)
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
Alphabeasts
by
Dick King-Smith
with illustrations by
Quentin Blake
1st thus edition,
published by Gollancz in 1992
ISBN: 0575053275.
Paperback.
Octavo.
Covers worn at edges and lower corner creased.
Faint remains of scribble on front and back endpapers
Contents not affected.
Clean and tight in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
40.
Ameliaranne Gives a Concert
by
Margaret Gilmour
with illustrations by
Susan Beatrice Pearse
Published by George G. Harrap in 1949
Blue pictorial paper-covered boards.
Black cloth spine.
Covers scuffed, and heavily worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Inner hinges cracked, and reinforced with plain paper strips.
Endpapers slightly soiled.
Intermittent wear and fingermarking to page edges.
Pages.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
41.
Ameliaranne Gives a Concert
by
Margaret Gilmour
with illustrations by
Susan Beatrice Pearse
Reprint,
published by Harrap in 1952
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Covers worn at edges.
Pages slightly tanned, with a little faint fingermarking at edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
42.
Animal Heroes
by
Ernest Thompson Seton
with illustrations by
Ernest Thompson Seton
3rd edition,
published by Constable in 1911
Octavo.
Light green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
362 pages.
Covers lightly worn and soiled, and a little unevenly faded.
Front inner hinge cracked, has been repaired with tape.
Contents have some fingermarking, and other marks.
All illustrations present.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
43.
44.
45.
46.
ATV Television Star Book
by
Joan Griffiths
1st edition,
published by Purnell in 1960
Quarto.
White laminated boards.
76 pages.
Illustrated with black and white photographs.
Light wear to spine strip, where laminate is cracking.
Gift dedication on front paste down.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
47.
48.
Babar the King
by
Jean De Brunhoff
with illustrations by
Jean De Brunhoff
5th Thus edition,
published by Methuen in 1953
Quarto.
Yellow pictorial glazed boards.
Black spine.
White lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
49.
Ballet
by
Arnold L. Haskell
with illustrations by
Kay Ambrose
Revised edition,
published by Penguin in 1945
Pelican series.
Paperback.
130 pages.
Illustrated with striking black and white illustrations, plus 16 pages of photogravure.
This is a reprint of the 1945 revised edition, also printed in 1945.
Covers worn and slightly spotted.
Spotting on fore edge and prelims.
Contents slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
50.
Barnaby 'Rudge'
by
Charles Dickens
with illustrations by
Brian Wildsmith
Published by Ginn and Company circa 1965
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
180 pages.
Library stamp on front endpaper.
Numbers 55 on front endpaper.
Spine edges bumped.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)