26.
A Little Magic for the Browns
by
Norah Pulling
with illustrations by
Ionicus
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1957
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
96 pages.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
27.
A Little Magic for the Browns
by
Norah Pulling
with illustrations by
Ionicus
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1957
Dustwrapper edge-chipped.
Read Every- Day Book.
Front endpaper removed.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
28.
A Little Silk Apron
by
Dorothy Richards
with illustrations by
Ernest Aris
1st edition,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1947
Tasseltip series.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers heavily worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Some soiling to back cover.
Contents shaken and stitching pulled.
Splash marks and soiling to prelims and first page of text.
Remainder of contents generally good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
29.
A Little Silk Apron
by
Dorothy Richards
with illustrations by
Ernest Aris
4th edition,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1949
Tasseltip series.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to covers.
Boards worn at edges.
Corners a little bumped.
Binding sound.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
30.
A Madcap
by
Lillie Thomas Meade
Reprint,
published by Cassell in 1920
Beige decorated covers.
May have had an oval picture onlay, now missing.
Colour frontispiece.
Carefully repaired small tear at top of half-title and title page.
Slight foxing on prelims.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
31.
32.
A New Book of Games
by
Miss Liberty
Published by Mather and Crowther circa 1930
Paperback.
Green pictorial covers.
A slender pamphlet (twenty two pages) describing both indoor and outdoor games, illustrated in red and black in margins.
Produced by the makers of Liberty Bodices, and containing two pages of advertisements for same.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
33.
A New Rupert Book
with illustrations by
Alfred E. Bestall
Published by Daily Express in 1945
Paperback.
18cm x 24cm.
120 pages.
Cover depicts Rupert wving to Algy from a flying bicycle.
Stories include:
"Rupert and the Reindeer",
"Rupert and the Cuckoo", and
"Rupert and Bingo's Trail".
Covers worn at edges.
Spine strip a little soiled.
Not price-clipped.
Belongs To box neatly completed, and dated Christmas 1945.
Maze puzzle facing title page neatly completed.
Some occasional fingermarks and similar, but contents otherwise close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
34.
A Patchwork of Ghosts
by
Angela Bull
Published by Hippo in 1996
ISBN: 0590137573.
Paperback.
Covers a little creased.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
35.
36.
A Present for a Little Boy
Reprint,
published by Norman-Stahli in 1971
Paperback.
Thin card covers.
16cm x 10cm.
A reprint of short stories from the 18th century.
Illustrated with woodcuts and engravings.
Some spotting to covers; contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
37.
A Present from Age to Youth
by
William Innes
Published by William Innes in 1849
Dark red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
7cm x 11cm.
128 pages.
Yellow endpapers.
Covers worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Gilt dulled.
Lower half of front endpaper torn away.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
38.
A Seaside Holiday for Jane and Toby
by
Ann Thwaite
with illustrations by
Janet Martin
Published by Constable and Company in 1962
Yellow paper-covered boards.
15cm x 18cm.
Covers worn and a little scuffed.
Two names on prelims.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
39.
A Second 'Do You Know' Book
by
W. Murray
with illustrations by
Frank Humphris
Published by Ladybird Books in 1971
ISBN: 072140278X.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
40.
41.
A Star for Starlight
by
Gladys Lister
with illustrations by
Frank Varty
Reprint,
published by The Children's Press circa 1950
Green boards with silver letterin and decoration.
Dustwrapper a little worn with several closed tears.
Front endpaper missing.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
42.
A Street of Little Shops
by
Margery Bianco
with illustrations by
Grace Paul
1st British edition,
published by The World's Work in 1958
Red covers, faded gilt lettering.
Corners slightly bumped.
Covers slightly marked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
43.
A Toast to the King
by
Elizabeth Coatsworth
with illustrations by
Forrest Orr
1st edition,
published by Coward McCann in 1940
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers a little worn at edges and corners.
Signed by the author on front endpaper: "For Mrs Bridge with the warm good wishes of the authr, Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston, October 12, 1940".
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
44.
A Viking Saga
by
Henry Treece
with illustrations by
Christine Price
Published by Puffin in 1967
Paperback.
A boxed set of three books:
"Viking's Dawn",
"The Road to Miklagard", and
"Viking's Sunset".
Box worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Book covers and spines worn.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
45.
A Wonder Book
by
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Published by J. M. Dent circa 1920
'The Kings Treasuries of Literature'.
Red boards.
Covers unevenly faded and a little worn.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
46.
A Young Person's Guide to Ballet
by
Noel Streatfeild
with illustrations by
Georgette Bordier
Reprint,
published by Warne in 1975
ISBN: 0723218145.
Quarto.
Pink cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Minor wear to dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
A little faint foxing to endpapers.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
47.
Aaron in the Wild Woods
by
Joel Chandler Harris
with illustrations by
Oliver Herford
Reprint,
published by Harper and Brothers in 1898
Beige cloth-covered boards decorated with dark blue.
Spine ends damaged.
Water mark on spine.
Back endpaper missing.
Otherwise VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
48.
ABC Ladybird Teaching Frieze
Published by Ladybird Books in 1980
ISBN: 0721430724.
23cm x 21cm.
A wallet containing seven 20cm x 90cm pin-up alphabet friezes ('abcd', 'efgh' etc).
Light wear to edges of the wallet.
A little wear to some of the panels.
The 'abcd' frieze has the top-left corner torn away.
A small amount of scribble on the 'v' and 'x' panels.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
49.
About Maps
by
Peter Hood
with illustrations by
Peter Hood
1st edition,
published by Puffin in 1950
67th book in Puffin Picture Book series.
Paperback.
22cm x 18cm.
Covers a little worn.
Pin and staple marks to page edges.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
50.
According to Jennings
by
Anthony Buckeridge
Published by Collins in 1967
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with 8cm loss at base of spine.
Book itself good:
Minor wear to covers.
A little faint foxing to endpapers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)