51.
Ace
by
Dick King-Smith
with illustrations by
Michael Terry
Reprint,
published by Puffin in 1991
ISBN: 0140344810.
Paperback.
125 pages.
Light wear to covers and spine ends.
Pages a little tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
52.
Acting and Theatre
by
Cheryl Evans and Lucy Smith
1st edition,
published by Usborne in 1992
ISBN: 0746007000.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Covers a little worn.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
53.
Adam of Pendle Grange
by
David Bingley
with illustrations by
Colin Twinn
1st edition,
published by Galliard in 1979
ISBN: 0852494750.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper a little worn.
Some faint foxing to prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
54.
Adaora, a tale of West Africa
by
Mary E. Bird
Published by Religious Tract Society circa 1900
Duodecimo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black decoration on covers.
123 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Covers close to VG.
Two small marks on back board
Prize label on front paste down (name of recipient scratched out).
Front endpaper missing.
Fore edges, prelims and early pages foxed.
Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
55.
Addiction In the News
by
Vanora Leigh
1st edition,
published by Wayland in 1983
ISBN: 0850782937.
Pictorial laminated boards.
64 pages.
Front endpaper missing.
Several stamps etc. on prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
56.
Addition made easy
by
W. Murray
Reprint,
published by Ladybird Books in 1967
ISBN: 0721400434.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Some pen marks on front endpaper.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
57.
Adventure on the Island (10a)
by
W. Murray
with illustrations by
J. H. Wingfield
Reprint,
published by Ladybird Books in 1966
ISBN: 0721400108.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Ladybird Key Words Reading Scheme, 10a.
Covers a little worn.
Scribble on front endpaper.
Contents close to VG.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
58.
59.
Adventures in Field, Flood and Forest
Published by Blackie and Sons Limited circa 1900
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn and scuffed.
endpapers and prelims missing.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
60.
Adventures in Old Shoe House
by
Dorothy Richards
with illustrations by
Elsie Thomas
1st edition,
published by Faber and Faber in 1948
Light brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
12cm x 15cm.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Front cover spotted, and lettering a little faded.
Binding strained, but contents otherwise generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
61.
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)
62.
63.
African Queen
by
Anthony Masters
1st edition,
published by Methuen Teens in 1990
ISBN: 0749701951.
Paperback.
Pages lightly tanned.
Cover a little worn around the edges.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
64.
Albert le Blanc
by
Nick Butterworth
with illustrations by
Nick Butterworth
1st Thus edition,
published by Collins Picture Books in 2003
ISBN: 9780007847822.
Paperback.
Lower right corner a little chewed.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
65.
Alfie Gets in First
by
Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by
Shirley Hughes
Published by The Bodley Head in 1992
Pictorial laminated boards.
15cm x 15cm.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Front endpaper a little damaged.
Some wear to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
66.
Ali Baba and other stories from the Arabian Nights
by
Lawrence Housman
with illustrations by
Edmund Dulac
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1911
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
15cm x 21cm.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine darkened and gilt on spine dulled and a little rubbed.
Binding delicate.
19 of 24 plates present (of which several are present but detached).
Pages edgeworn, and some foxing at edges of pages.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
67.
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)
68.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Alice Ross
Published by W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell circa 1922
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
12cm x 16cm.
Undated; gift dedication on front endpaper dated Christmas 1923.
Covers faded and heavily worn.
Corners bumped.
Lower half of spine-strip missing.
Binding a little strained.
Fontispiece and three of four colour plates present (plate at p34 missing).
Pages heavily tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
69.
70.
All Aboard the Whale!
by
Richard W. Hatch
with illustrations by
Marc Simont
1st edition,
published by Cape in 1944
Covers clean but faded
Front endpaper missing.
Some scribble on back endpaper and paste down.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
71.
All join in
by
Quentin Blake
with illustrations by
Quentin Blake
1st edition,
published by Cape in 1990
ISBN: 0224027700.
Pictorial laminated boards.
28cm x 23cm.
Covers a little worn.
Spine ends taped.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
72.
All sorts of Poems
by
Ann Thwaite
with illustrations by
Patricia Mullins
1st Thus edition,
published by Magnet in 1980
ISBN: 0416895700.
Paperback.
Slight wear to covers.
Name of previous owner in small, neat writing on title page.
Pages a little tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
73.
74.
Amelia Jane Again
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
Rene Cloke
Published by Dean in 1969
ISBN: 0603032729.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers a little faded, with light wear to edges.
Pages heavily tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
75.
Amelia Jane Gets into Trouble
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
Stuart Trotter
Reprint,
published by Mammoth in 1995
ISBN: 0749707577.
Paperback.
130 pages.
Some wear and creasing to covers.
Pages a little tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)