1.
Air, Wind and Flight
by
Richard Bowood and Frank Edward Newing
with illustrations by
Harry Wingfield
1st edition,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1963
Brown paper-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers and spine.
51 pages.
Series 621.
Original price 2'6.
Name and address on dustwrapper flap and front endpaper.
slight wear to edges of covers.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
Biggles flies North
by
W. E. Johns
with illustrations by
Will Narraway
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1950
Green boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper missing front-flap, and with loss and chipping to edges; neatly repaired and re-backed with plain paper.
Covers wound but unevenly faded.
Name on front pastedown.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
Carolina and the Indian Doll
by
Elizabeth Yates
with illustrations by
Nora S. Unwin
1st Thus edition,
published by Methuen in 1965
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
16cm x 20cm.
Foxing to prelims and to dustwrapper flaps.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
4.
Doubting Thomasina
by
Dorothy Dennison
Reprint,
published by The Paternoster Press in 1954
Brown covers, blue lettering.
Dustwrapper worn and repaired at edges with clear tape.
Label on reverse of dustwrapper flap.
Gift dedication in Welsh on front pastedown.
'The Wantoknow' series, 'Victory- Million' edition.
Pages lightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
5.
Everyone Hide from Wibbly Pig
by
Mick Inkpen
with illustrations by
Mick Inkpen
Reprint,
published by Hodder Children's Books circa 1998
ISBN: 9780340681381.
Paperback.
Flaps on every page, all working well.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
6.
Faraway Princess
by
Jane Oliver
with illustrations by
Jane Paton
1st edition,
published by Macmillan and Co in 1962
Blue semi-pictorial boards.
Old sellotape marks on covers and dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper edgeworn with back flap mostly missing.
Front endpaper glued to front pastedown.
Front hinge cracked and repaired with tape.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
7.
Flower Fairies of the Summer
by
Cicely Mary Barker
with illustrations by
Cicely Mary Barker
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Light grey paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers and spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
10cm x 14cm.
Chequerboard pattern at corners of picture onlay.
Blue pictorial endpapers.
Original price of 1/6 marked on dustwrapper front flap.
Dustwrapper foxed on reverse and a little soiled.
Light wear to covers.
Prelims heavily foxed.
Intermittent foxing to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
8.
Groundsel and Necklaces
by
Cicely Mary Barker
with illustrations by
Cicely Mary Barker
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1950
Light grey paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers and spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Blue pictorial endpapers.
Chequerboard patterns at corners of picture onlay.
Original price of 2/9 on dustwrapper front flap.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with 2cm loss at lower corner of front panel.
Covers worn at edges, and corners bumped.
Boards slightly bowed.
Contents close to VG, but slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
9.
Heidi
by
Johanna Spyri
with illustrations by
Pelagie Doane
Reprint,
published by Collins in 1966
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Closed tear to back flap of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
10.
Heidi's Children
by
Charles Tritten
with illustrations by
Pelagie Doane
Published by Collins in 1955
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and a little worn at edges.
Neat gift dedication on dustwrapper front flap.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
11.
Horses, Horses, Horses
by
Phyllis R. Fenner
with illustrations by
Pers Crowell
1st edition,
published by Chatto & Windus in 1953
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some foxing to flaps and reverse.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Light foxing to prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
12.
How Animals and Plants Grow
by
Peter Seymour
with illustrations by
Carole Etow
1st edition,
published by British Museum in 1988
ISBN: 0565010522.
"A Step-by-Step Dials Book."
All dials and lift-the-flaps working.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
13.
I don't mix much with fairies
by
Molly Harrower
with illustrations by
Kathleen Hale
Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode in 1928
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper tanned and scuffed, worn at edges and lacking front flap.
Light wear to covers.
Contents slightly tanned, but are otherwise generally good.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
14.
Important People
by
Brenda E. Spender
with illustrations by
J. H. Dowd
Reprint,
published by Country Life in 1941
Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
78 pages.
Dustwrapper front flap and vertical strip adjoining it are missing.
Remainder of dustwrapper edge chipped and slightly soiled.
Fore edge a little darkened.
A few light marks on prelims.
Contents and drawings are VG.
Pages clean and fresh.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
15.
Junior Film Annual 1946-1947
by
Eric Gillett
Published by Sampson Low in 1947
Red boards with gilt lettering.
Dustwrapper front flap missing and is heavily chipped.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
16.
King Alfred the Great
by
L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by
John T. Kenney
Published by Ladybird Books circa 1955
Light brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Undated edition.
Pictorial endpapers showing a map of southern England.
Square open-wing Ladybird logo in black above "Series 561" facing title page.
Original price of 2'6 shown on dustwrapper front flap.
Dustwrapper intact, but a little worn, with some neat tape reinforcement at corners.
"116" written in pencil on front panel of dustwrapper.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Name at top of title page.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
17.
King Alfred the Great
by
L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by
John T. Kenney
Published by Wills & Hepworth circa 1965
Paperback.
Light brown covers.
Blue lettering on covers.
Blue decoration on covers.
Square open-wing ladybird logo in black, facing title page.
Original retail price shown as 2'6 on dustwrapper front flap.
Undated; probably first edition, or early reprint.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
18.
Kitty Helps Out
by
Nicola Edwards
with illustrations by
Rebecca Elgar
1st edition,
published by Parragon in 2001
ISBN: 1842501704.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
'Lift-the-flap book'.
Unpaginated.
A few scratches and indentations on covers.
Name on title page.
Complete and undamaged.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
19.
Let's go home Little Bear
by
Martin Waddell
with illustrations by
Barbara Firth
1st edition,
published by Walker Books in 1991
ISBN: 0744519128.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwraper price-clipped.
Neat gift-dedication at top of dustwrapper front flap.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
20.
Lift up the latch
by
Dorothy Ann Lovell
with illustrations by
J. Gale Thomas
1st edition,
published by University of London Press in 1942
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Minor wear to covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Endpapers darkened.
Contents clean and unmarked, but slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
21.
Mary's Little Lamb
by
W. H. Hudson
with illustrations by
Roberta F. C. Wandby
1st edition,
published by J. M. Dent in 1929
Paperback.
Yellow heavy paper dustjacket style covers with fold-over flaps.
28 pages.
One of the Elian Greeting Booklets.
Covers worn at edges and faded.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
22.
23.
Missee Lee
by
Arthur Ransome
with illustrations by
Arthur Ransome
Published by Cape in 1947
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
335 pages.
Dustwrapper slightly worn at edges, one closed tear.
Rear dustwrapper flap has list of names, mostly erased.
Covers slightly faded in places.
Name written on prelims.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
24.
Modern Verse for Little Children
by
Michal Williams
1st Thus edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1939
Chameleon Book No. 1.
Poems intended for five to eight-year olds.
Dustwrapper missing half of front flap and lower part of spine.
Some spotting to pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
25.
Moomin's Lift the Flap Hide and Seek
Published by Puffin in 2010
ISBN: 9780141328751.
Paperback.
21cm x 21cm.
Based on the characters created by Tove Jansson.
Light wear to covers.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)