1.
123 Ladybird Teaching Frieze
Published by Ladybird Books in 1980
ISBN: 0721430732.
23cm x 21cm.
A wallet containing seven 20cm x 90cm pin-up counting friezes (five for the numbers 1 and 2, 3 and 4, etc up to 10, plus one for numbers 1 to 10 and one for 1 to 100).
Light wear to edges of the wallet, and a little wear at the corners of one of the friezes where is has been pinned-up.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
Published by Thunder Bay Press in 1996
ISBN: 1571451005.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Comprises a small keepsake book with extracts from the poems, plus a number of note-cards and envelopes, all in a folding cardboard pouch.
Five of the original eight note-cards still present.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
A Dog called Scampi
by
Meta Mayne Reid
with illustrations by
John Laing
1st edition,
published by Abelard in 1980
ISBN: 020072696X.
Marks to endpapers, and access number erased from title page with correction fluid; no other library marks and would otherwise be VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
4.
5.
Alice in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Gwynedd M. Hudson
Published by Hodder and Stoughton / Boots in 1932
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
20cm x 25cm.
180 pages.
Centenary Edition.
Rectangular picture onlay depicting Alice and Dinah on front panel of dustwrapper (duplicates frontispiece).
Black line drawn illustrations of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare on rear panel of dustwrapper.
The same illustrations of the Hatter and the Hare appear on the front and back endpapers and pastedowns, additionally with orange colouring to their coats.
12 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), all present.
Dustwrapper intact, with moderate wear, mainly at edges, and has been neatly reinforced at the corners on the reverse with small tabs of tape.
Some light wear to edges of covers.
Gilt lettering and decoration remains bright.
Binding sound.
Some foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Name written neatly in Belongs To box facing half-title.
Pages slightly tanned.
Includes a small number of newspaper clippings from the 1930s onward, on the subject of Lewis Carroll and Alice.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
6.
Alice in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
Published by Brown Watson circa 1980
ISBN: 0709701349.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Corners bumped.
Fore edge foxed.
Some writing in brown felt-tip pen on contents page.
Some page numbers also written-in.
Pages slightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
7.
Artemis Fowl, the Opal Deception
by
Eoin Colfer
1st edition,
published by Puffin in 2005
ISBN: 0141381647.
Puffin hardback edition.
Lacks dustwrapper, no other faults.
Number 4 in series.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
8.
Barchester Towers
by
Anthony Trollope
Reprint,
published by Collins in 1968
Second sequel to "The Warden."
Dustwrapper spine faded.
Label partially removed from inside front cover.
Access number on title page.
No other library marks.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
9.
Barnaby 'Rudge'
by
Charles Dickens
with illustrations by
Brian Wildsmith
Published by Ginn and Company circa 1965
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
180 pages.
Library stamp on front endpaper.
Numbers 55 on front endpaper.
Spine edges bumped.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
10.
Beano Comics 1993-1994
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1994
Ten Beano comics from 1993 and 1994.
Numbers 2648, 2683, 2701, 2713 to 2715, 2718 to 2720, and 2724.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
11.
Beano Comics August-September 1995
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1995
Ten Beano comics from August/September 1995.
Numbers 2770 to 2779.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
12.
Beano Comics Janurary-February 1995
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1995
Ten Beano comics from January/February 1995.
Numbers 2738 to 2747.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
13.
Beano Comics Janurary-February 1996
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1996
Ten Beano comics from January/February 1996.
Numbers 2791 to 2800.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
14.
Beano Comics June-July 1996
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1996
Ten Beano comics.
June/July 1996.
Numbers 2811 to 2818, plus "Classics from the comics" compilations, numbers 4 and 5.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
15.
Beano Comics Late 1995 - Early 1996
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1995
Ten Beano comics from October 1995 to January 1996.
Numbers 2780 to 2786, 2788, 2799 and 2790.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
16.
Beano Comics March-April 1996
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1996
Ten Beano comics from March/April 1996.
Numbers 2801 to 2810.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
17.
Beano Comics May-July 1995
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1995
Ten Beano comics from May/July 1995.
Numbers 2758 to 2766, and 2769.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
18.
Beano Comics October-November 1994
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1994
Ten Beano comics from October/November 1994.
Numbers 2725, 2729 to 2737.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
19.
Beneath the Oceans
by
Penny Clarke
with illustrations by
Carolyn Scrace
1st edition,
published by Franklin Watts in 1997
ISBN: 0749625171.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Number 19 in the World Wise series.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
20.
Biggles' Second Case
by
W. E. Johns
with illustrations by
Leslie Stead
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1948
Light yellow cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with a number of neat repairs.
Covers worn at edges and slightly soiled.
Gift dedication inside front cover.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
21.
Boys and Girls and Gods
by
Naomi Mitchison
1st edition,
published by Watts Books in 1931
World of youth series number 6.
Stories illustrating life in the classical world.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
22.
23.
Cave
by
Barry Pointon
1st edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1976
Access number only on reverse of title page. Small piece missing from bottom front of dustwrapper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
24.
Chase me, catch nobody!
by
Erik Christian Haugaard
1st Thus edition,
published by Granada in 1982
Germany in 1937; the rise of Nazism.
Remains of label on front endpaper, access number on title page.
Dustwrapper a little baggy.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
25.
Columbus Sails
by
C. Walter Hodges
with illustrations by
C. Walter Hodges
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1947
Paperback.
Puffin Story Book Number 39.
Late 15th century, Columbus' voyages to the West.
Mark where label removed from back cover.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)