26.
Chappie and the others
by
Constance Heward
with illustrations by
Savile Lumley
1st edition,
published by Warne in 1926
Sextodecimo.
Grey paper-covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
54 pages.
Printed on art paper
Very pretty illustrations.
Spine strip missing.
Front and back covers have been closed together so that the contents are loose within the binding.
Pages crinkled in places due to contact with damp, but are otherwise clean and unmarked.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
27.
Cock a Doodle-Doo, Mr. Sultana!
by
Michael Morpurgo
with illustrations by
Shoo Rayner
1st Thus edition,
published by HarperCollins Children's Books in 2012
ISBN: 9780007464227.
Paperback.
Octavo.
100 pages.
Large print.
Copious illustrations.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
28.
Cosy Corner Stories
by
Meg Daniels
1st edition,
published by Geddes & Grosset in 1996
ISBN: 1855341816.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Large print.
"Tales from Brierybank".
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
29.
Cressy and Poictiers
by
G. E. Edgar
with illustrations by
Powell Chase
Published by Ward Lock circa 1898
Large octavo, ribbed blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration.
Book a little edge worn, particularly at spine ends, gilt on spine dimmed.
Black endpapers, internal hinges beginning to crack.
Pages of prelims. tanned in places, contents not affected.
383 pages, 8 pages of adverts at rear.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
30.
Days with Sir Roger de Coverley
with illustrations by
Hugh Thomson
1st edition,
published by Macmillan in 1886
Blue cloth-coverd boards.
Embossed gilt lettering and decoration.
All edges gilt.
Black endpapers.
Reprinted from The Spectator magazine in 1886.
Illustrated with line drawings.
Covers worn and bumped at edges.
Scuff on back cover, possibly where label removed.
Neat gift dedication on title page.
Contents close to VG, but final two leaves appear to have detached and been neatly re-glued.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
31.
Dick Whittington and His Cat
by
Vera Southgate
with illustrations by
Eric Winter
Published by Ladybird Books in 1966
ISBN: 0721400825.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Early 1970s reprint.
Light wear to covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
32.
Everything Easy
by
Cynthia Asquith
with illustrations by
A. H. Watson
1st edition,
published by Jarrold in 1926
Grey boards with maroon lettering and decoration.
Printed on art paper.
25 full page line drawings.
Slight wear to corners of covers.
Faint spotting to fore edge and prelims.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
33.
First Term, Worst Term
by
E. M. de Foubert
Published by Humphrey Milford in 1934
Octavo.
Green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
First reprint of the 1932 first edition.
Light wear to covers.
Spine faded.
Light foxing to fore edge.
Name neatly written on front endpaper.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
34.
35.
Flower Babies
by
Elizabeth May
with illustrations by
Ida May Rockwell
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company circa 1910
White pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark green cloth spine.
23cm x 28cm.
Undated; first edition, or an early reprint.
Neat gift dedication, dated 1911, on front endpaper.
Covers and spine worn and bumped at edges and corners.
Covers moderately soiled.
Binding sound.
Contents generally close to VG, but some fingermarking at edges of pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
36.
Footprints in the Forest
by
Edward Sylvester Ellis
Published by Cassell and Company in 1894
Octavo.
Bevilled dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Tenth thousand.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Prize label inside front cover.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
37.
Fox at School
by
Edward Marshall
with illustrations by
James Marshall
1st British edition,
published by The Bodley Head in 1984
ISBN: 037030814X.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
38.
39.
40.
Friends of Van
by
Brenda E. Spender
with illustrations by
Stanley Lloyd
Early Reprint edition,
published by Country Life in 1949
Octavo.
Black cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
119 pages.
This copy is probably a reprint from the mid-1950s.
Dustwrapper a little worn at chipped at edges.
Covers clean and firm.
Top edge and fore edge spotted.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
41.
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)
42.
Gaffer Samson's Luck
by
Jill Paton Walsh
with illustrations by
Brock Cole
1st Thus edition,
published by Viking Kestrel in 1987
ISBN: 0745104517.
Large print edition.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Front endpaper and half title missing.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
43.
44.
Good Stories
Published by Wells Gardner Dalton circa 1890
Red decorated boards.
Gilt blocked titling on front cover and spine.
Four colour plates (colour printing from wood).
Series 49.
Back cover marked.
One plate frayed at edges, with mended tear.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
45.
Gorillas
by
Sara Godwin
Published by Friedman Group in 1990
Very large format.
Numerous colour photographs by Gerry Ellis.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
46.
Graffy
by
Eileen Aldridge
with illustrations by
Eileen Aldridge
Published by The Medici Society
Card covers.
Not dated, possibly circa 1981.
First printed 1947.
Two pages have Sellotape along the hinges.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
47.
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)
48.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by
J. K. Rowling
1st edition,
published by Bloomsbury in 2005
ISBN: 9780747581086.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
First printing of the first edition (has the "Eleven O.W.L.s" misprint on page 99).
Dustwrapper worn and creased, with a repaired tear on front panel.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
A little soiling to edges of page block.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
49.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by
J. K. Rowling
1st edition,
published by Bloomsbury in 2005
ISBN: 9780747581086.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
607 pages.
1st edition, 1st printing.
Contains the "Eleven O.W.L.s" misprint on p99.
Pages faintly tanned, otherwise near-fine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
50.
Help
by
Margaret Gordon
with illustrations by
Margaret Gordon
1st edition,
published by Viking Kestrel in 1988
Laminated pictorial covers.
Large print, for beginning readers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)