1.
A Birthday for Frances
by
Russell Hoban
with illustrations by
Lillian Hoban
5th edition
published in 1974
ISBN: 0064430073.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Covers slightly soiled.
Name on title page.
Contents tanned, but otherwise VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
A Child's Book of Saints
by
William Canton
with illustrations by
T. H. Robinson
Published by J. M. Dent and Sons in 1913
Octavo.
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Damp mark on front board and front pastedown, contents not affected.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
A Child's Day through the Ages
by
Dorothy Margaret Stuart
with illustrations by
T. H. Robinson
Published by Harrap in 1941
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn and soiled, and price-clipped.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Small, neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean, but very slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
4.
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)
5.
A Lost Opportunity, or the Artist's Mistake
by
F. W. I.
Reprint,
published by Gall and Inglis circa 1904
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering and decoration on covers.
106 pages.
Black and white illustrations, artists not attributed.
Minor wear and soiling to covers.
Spine faded.
Prize label on front paste down.
Pages white and clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
6.
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)
7.
A New Year's Tale
by
M. A. Currie
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1910
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
White decoration on covers.
12cm x 17cm.
Colour frontispiece by H. M. Brock.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Boards slightly soiled.
Spine strip darkened.
Sunday school prize-label on front pastedown.
Pages evenly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
8.
A Popular Schoolgirl
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
Balliol Salmon
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Blue decoration on covers.
Covers worn and somewhat soiled.
Corners bumped.
Light foxing to prelims.
Pages tanned, with some intermittent marking to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
9.
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)
10.
A Prince at School
by
Lillian M. Pyke
with illustrations by
J. MacFarlane
Published by Ward Lock in 1919
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Spine slightly soiled.
Some foxing to fore edge.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
11.
A Strange Term
by
Margaret C. Field
Published by Warne circa 1935
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Maroon decoration on covers.
Covers worn and soiled.
Prize label inside front cover.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
12.
Action Rhymes
by
Dorothy Taylor
with illustrations by
Kathie Layfield and Brian Price Thomas
Reprint,
published by Ladybird Books in 1976
ISBN: 0721404391.
Paper-covered boards.
50 pages.
Series 702.
Covers worn at edges and slightly soiled.
Prelims lightly creased.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
13.
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)
14.
15.
Air
by
Allan P. Sanday
with illustrations by
Gerald Witcomb and Harry Wingfield
Published by Ladybird Books in 1975
ISBN: 0721403891.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn and soiled.
Corners bumped.
Small amopunt of scribble on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
16.
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)
17.
Alice and Thomas and Jane
by
Enid Bagnold
with illustrations by
Laurian Jones
Published by Heinemann in 1930
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
17cm x 21cm.
Covers worn at edges and somewhat soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Writing erased from front endpaper.
Contents close to VG, but som occasional fingermarking at page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
18.
19.
Alicia en el pais de las maravillas
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
John Tenniel
1st Thus edition,
published by Ediciones Rodas in 1973
ISBN: 8434700859.
Paperback.
Spanish translation of "Alice in Wonderland".
Covers worn and soiled.
Brown stain on fore-edge, contents not affected.
Contents generally good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
20.
All through the Year
with illustrations by
Anne Rochester
Published by Raphael Tuck circa 1940
Paperback.
Yellow pictorial covers.
26.5cm x 20.5cm.
Unpaginated.
Landscape format.
Card covers.
A short verse and full page picture for each month.
Covers slightly warped and soiled.
Small crease in back board.
Contents in very good condition.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
21.
22.
Ameliaranne Gives a Concert
by
Margaret Gilmour
with illustrations by
Susan Beatrice Pearse
Published by George G. Harrap in 1949
Blue pictorial paper-covered boards.
Black cloth spine.
Covers scuffed, and heavily worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Inner hinges cracked, and reinforced with plain paper strips.
Endpapers slightly soiled.
Intermittent wear and fingermarking to page edges.
Pages.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
23.
An Arkful of Animals
by
William Cole
with illustrations by
Lynn Munsinger
1st edition,
published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1978
ISBN: 039527205X.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Green decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper soiled and slightly worn.
Book itself VG.
Name written neatly on half-title.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
24.
An Exciting Term
by
Angela Brazil
Published by Blackie circa 1950
Red cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn and price-clipped, with some soiling and staining.
Minor wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
25.
Animal Heroes
by
Ernest Thompson Seton
with illustrations by
Ernest Thompson Seton
3rd edition,
published by Constable in 1911
Octavo.
Light green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
362 pages.
Covers lightly worn and soiled, and a little unevenly faded.
Front inner hinge cracked, has been repaired with tape.
Contents have some fingermarking, and other marks.
All illustrations present.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)