101.
Let's Pretend
by
Georgette Agnew
with illustrations by
Ernest Howard Shepard
Published by Saville in 1927
Octavo.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt decoration on covers and spine.
1st cheap edition.
Dustwrapper heavily damaged with loss to spine and top-left quarter of front panel; neatly re-backed and repaired.
Minor wear to covers.
Front cover a little unevenly faded.
Front inner hinge partially cracked.
Old damp mark at lower edge of endpapers; contents not affected.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
102.
Licence Renewed
by
John Gardner
Reprint,
published by Jonathan Cape in 1981
ISBN: 0224019414.
Black covers, gilt lettering.
Dustwrapper worn.
Front endpaper and half title missing.
Name written in ink on title pages.
Front inner hinge cracked and repaired with tape.
Pages lightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
103.
104.
Little Soldier
by
Bernard Ashley
Reprint,
published by Orchard Books in 1999
ISBN: 1860398790.
Paperback.
248 pages.
Name written neatly on half title.
Otherwise in almost as new condition.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
105.
Louis Wain's Little Soldiers
by
May Crommelin
with illustrations by
Louis Wain
1st edition,
published by Hutchinson circa 1916
Quarto.
Beige pictorial glazed boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
94 pages.
39 illustrations by Louis Wain (red, black and blue) both full page and in the text.
The Little Soldiers are cats, the hero of the story is Tommy Catkin, who rises through the ranks to captain, and marries the King's daughter.
Boards generally clean and firm, occasional spotting.
Closed tear in paper of upper board, 9 cm. from lower edge.
Spine has been professionally relaid.
New endpapers.
Half title foxed and slightly chipped at edges.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece.
Pages are white and clean, occasional wear at edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
106.
Lynx VC
by
Vigilant
Published by John Hamilton circa 1936
"Ace" series.
Octavo.
Blue covers.
Black lettering on spine.
12cm x 19cm.
219 pages.
Sundial logo at base of spine.
Minor wear to covers.
Spine strip slightly darkened.
Small ding at base of spine front edge.
Binding sound.
Endpapers bright white, and may have been renewed.
Some very faint foxing on prelims.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
107.
Maddy Alone
by
Pamela Brown
with illustrations by
Newton Whittaker
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1946
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Minor wear to covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
108.
109.
Maori Legends for Young New Zealanders
by
Katarina Mataira
with illustrations by
Clare Bowes
Published by Books For Pleasure in 1977
ISBN: 0600073785.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Covers unevenly faded, and slightly worn at edges.
Upper corners bumped.
Neat gift dedication at top of title page.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
110.
111.
Masquerade and Masquerade - The Answer
by
Kit Williams
with illustrations by
Kit Williams
Published by Jonathan Cape in 1980
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
A 1980 hardback copy of "Masquerade", plus a paperback copy of "Masquerade - The Answer", both in excellent condition.
Also includes three newspaper clippings from 1982 that describe the solving of the treasure-hunt.
Spine of Masquerade is a little faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
112.
Merlin's Mistake
by
Robert Newman
1st Thus edition,
published by Beaver in 1977
ISBN: 0600362671.
Paperback.
173 pages.
Covers worn.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
113.
Mice as a new pet
by
Richard Pfarr
Reprint,
published by TFH in 1997
ISBN: 0866225307.
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
114.
Moa Hunter
by
Eve Sutton
with illustrations by
Bernard Brett
1st edition,
published by Hamish Hamilton in 1978
ISBN: 0241896975.
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
112 pages.
A story of the New Zealand people known as The Moa Hunters, before the arrival of the Maoris.
Light staining on reverse of dustwrapper.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
115.
Monthly Maxims
by
Robert Dudley
with illustrations by
Robert Dudley
Published by Thomas de la Rue & Co. circa 1880
Dark blue pictorial embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
23cm x 26cm.
Printed on thin card pages.
Pink edges.
"Rhymes and reasons to suit the seasons and pictures new to suit them too".
Covers worn and marked.
Corners bumped.
Contents generally close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
116.
More Adventures of Rupert
with illustrations by
Alfred E. Bestall
Published by Pedigree in 1994
ISBN: 1904329330.
Pictorial laminated boards.
19cm x 25cm.
Facsimile of the 1953 Rupert annual, in a blue slipcase with gilt lettering and picture onlay.
Number 09813 in print run.
Includes certificate of authenticity from Express Newspapers and Pedigree Books.
Upper corner of slipcase bumped.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
117.
My Sister Jodie
by
Jacqueline Wilson
with illustrations by
Nick Sharratt
1st edition,
published by Doubleday in 2008
ISBN: 9780385610124.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
First edition, and has line: "He called you a toffee-nosed tw*t" on page 178, which was altered in later editions after complaints.
Includes a newspaper clipping, explaining the censoring of the line.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
118.
Nancy New Girl
by
Ethel Talbot
Reprint,
published by Warne circa 1950
Red cloth-covered boards with black lettering and decorations.
Spine and top edge faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
119.
Nancy New Girl
by
Ethel Talbot
Reprint,
published by Warne circa 1950
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
120.
Nature
by
Kenneth Bailey
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1973
ISBN: 0001061038.
Quarto.
Laminated pictorial covers.
'Collins New Worls of Knowledge'.
Dedication on front endpaper.
Covers worn.
Binding strained.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
121.
Nesta's New School
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
W. Spence
Published by Blackie circa 1950
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Pen marks on front cover titling.
A little foxing to fore edge.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
122.
Nesta's New School
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
W. Spence
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1950
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
123.
124.
New Bike
by
Kate Petty
1st edition,
published by A. & C. Black in 1991
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
125.
New Cautionary Tales
by
Hilaire Belloc
with illustrations by
Nicolas Bentley
1st edition,
published by Duckworth in 1930
Cream pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light grey cloth spine.
Black lettering on covers.
17cm x 22cm.
Second impression of the 1930 first edition.
Covers worn at edges and somewhat soiled.
Front endpaper removed.
Some light fingermarking to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)