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Search results for: Keywords: "Literary"
Found: 14
1. Charlotte Hough's Holiday Book
Charlotte Hough's Holiday Book
by Charlotte Hough
with illustrations by Charlotte Hough
Reprint, published by Heinemann in 1975
ISBN: 0434943215.
Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine.
A mixture of original stories and retellings of folk tales.
Library labels removed from front endpaper and inside front cover.
Library stamps on title page and reverse of title page.
One or two fingermarks.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#74313   £6.00   
2. Good Adventure
Good Adventure
with illustrations by E. Nicholson
Reprint, published by Ginn in 1959
Edited by J. Compton.
Octavo.
Beige paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
256 pages.
Beacon Literary Readers, Book Five.
Covers worn at edges.
Contents generally clean, but some finger marking.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#97760   £2.00   
3. Owen's Second Story Book
Owen's Second Story Book
by Lisa Lee
with illustrations by John Teed
1st edition, published by Wilding and Son in 1962
Red boards with gilt lettering.
Slight wear to corners of covers.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#51494   £6.50   
4. Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories
Rip Van Winkle and Other Stories
by Washington Irving
Reprint, published by Walker Edwards circa 1950
Slight wear to spine edges.
Contents clean and tight.
Name of previous owner on half-title.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#70459   £5.00   
5. Tales from Barleymill
Tales from Barleymill
by Elisabeth Russell Taylor
with illustrations by Ken Stott
1st edition, published by Abelard in 1978
ISBN: 0200725564.
Green boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#40675   £3.00   
6. Tales from Barleymill
Tales from Barleymill
by Elisabeth Russell Taylor
with illustrations by Ken Stott
1st edition, published by Abelard in 1978
ISBN: 0200725564.
Green covers, gilt lettering on spine.
Two labels on prelims.
4 stories with elements of fantasy, which evoke the folk tales of the countryside.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#76492   £3.00   
7. The Adventures of Pinocchio
The Adventures of Pinocchio
by Carlo Collodi
1st Thus edition, published by Armada in 1978
ISBN: 0006913768.
Paperback.
156 pages.
Covers worn.
Belongs To box filled in.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#90076   £2.00   
8. The Devil in the Tower
The Devil in the Tower
by Johan Fabricus
with illustrations by Adrie Hospes
1st Thus edition, published by Longman in 1973
Very Good condition

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#48125   £8.50   
9. The King of the Golden River
The King of the Golden River
by John Ruskin
1st Thus edition, published by Collins in 1953
75th book in Silver Torch series.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
10cm x 15.5cm.
96 pages.
Illustrated in black and white, artist not noted.
Re-written from the story by John Ruskin.
Also included in the book are 'Rumpelstiltskin' and 'The Golden Goose'.
Two small stamps from Llanigan Primary School.
Occasional small blemishes, but in general a clean tight copy.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#84714   £7.50   
10. The Magic Nut-Tree and Other Tales
The Magic Nut-Tree and Other Tales
by Gwen Bewsher
with illustrations by Gwen Bewsher
1st edition, published by Edmund Ward in 1943
Small quarto.
Glazed pictorial boards.
Black cloth spine.
Printed on art paper.
No endpapers.
Hinge staples have rusted, causing contents to detach from covers.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#71568   £15.00   
11. The Root Cellar
The Root Cellar
by William Makepeace Thackeray
with illustrations by William Makepeace Thackeray
Reprint, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1950
"Told to the Children" series.
Late edition, undated.
Abridged by Amy Steedman.
16cm x 11cm.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#70407   £5.00   
12. The Rose and the Ring
The Rose and the Ring
by William Makepeace Thackeray
with illustrations by William Makepeace Thackeray
Published by Blackie
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#54730   £7.50   
13. The Rose and the Ring
The Rose and the Ring
by William Makepeace Thackeray
with illustrations by William Makepeace Thackeray
Published by Blackie
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Light wear to dustwrapper, with small repair at top of spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#113525   £7.50   
14. The Rose and the Ring
The Rose and the Ring
by William Makepeace Thackeray
with illustrations by William Makepeace Thackeray and Edward Ardizzone
1st Thus edition, published by Guilford Press in 1948
Dustwrapper and title page by Ardizzone, other illustrations by the author.
Dustwrapper chipped at top edge and has small piece missing from lower front.
Name erased from front pastedown.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#72173   £15.00   
Found: 14