1.
'Carrots': Just a Little Boy
by
Mrs Molesworth
with illustrations by
Walter Crane
Reprint,
published by Macmillan in 1910
Blue decorated cloth covers, gilt lettering.
Spine faded, 5cm. split at top left hand edge.
Of the seven black and white plates, four are missing, three coloured in.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
100s of Fun Things to Make and Do
by
Susie Johns
1st edition,
published by Exclusive Editions in 2002
ISBN: 1842738526.
Quarto.
Laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
176 pages.
Printed on thick glossy art paper.
Copiously illustrated in colour.
Features 8 different crafts.
Minor wear to top edge of dustwrapper.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
4.
7th Cavalry
by
Jeff Jeffries
Reprint,
published by The Children's Press circa 1967
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering and decoration.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Gift dedication on front pastedown.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
5.
A Book of Myths
by
Roger Lancelyn Green
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
Published by Dent Dutton in 1968
ISBN: 0460050664.
Grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers.
Red decoration on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and price-clipped.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
6.
A Boy and a Secret - A Story for Children
by
Raymond Jacberns
with illustrations by
Mabel Lucie Attwell
Published by W & R Chambers in 1908
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Decoration a little scuffed.
Front endpaper glued-down.
Back endpaper removed.
Back inner hinge cracked.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
7.
A Celebration of Beatrix Potter
Published by Frederick Warne in 2016
ISBN: 9780241249437.
Quarto.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
"Art and letters by more than 30 of today's favourite children's book illustrators".
Minor wear to lower edge of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
8.
A Child's Book of Fishes
by
Dorothea Kay
Reprint,
published by Publicity Products Ltd. circa 1953
Octavo.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Alternate pages colour illustrated.
Light wear to covers.
Some damage to covers at spine ends.
Light foxing at edges of pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
9.
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)
10.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
with illustrations by
Charles Robinson
Reprint,
published by John Lane in 1901
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
13cm x 19cm.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Gilt on spine slightly dulled.
Light foxing on endpapers and pastedowns.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
11.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
Published by Longmans, Green and Co in 1918
Red leatherette boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers and spine.
All edges gilt.
11cm x 16cm.
"New Impression".
Light wear to corners of covers and spine edges.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
12.
A Christmas Celebration
by
John Rhodes
1st edition,
published by Faber & Faber in 1986
ISBN: 0571137520.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Large, but neat, gift dedication on front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
13.
A Comic Alphabet
by
George Cruickshank
with illustrations by
George Cruickshank
Published by Arts Council of Great Britain circa 1970
ISBN: 0728700131.
Paperback.
9cm x 13cm.
An illustrated ABC, printed on a single, pull-out fan-fold page.
Facsimile edition, printed circa 1975, of the 1836 original.
Light wear to covers.
Contents clean and undamaged.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
14.
A Comrade's Troth
by
E. A. Gillie
Reprint,
published by Shaw circa 1913
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
320 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Light wear to covers.
Prize label on front paste down.
Foxing on prelims.
Contents clean, a little tanned.
Light foxing on later pages.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
15.
A Daughter of the Legion
by
Violet M. Methley
Published by Cassell and Company in 1925
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
16.
A Dolls' House Book
by
Pauline Flick
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1973
ISBN: 0001921568.
Blue covers, silver lettering on spine.
Illustrated mostly with black and white photographs.
A history of dolls' houses, and details of how to make and furnish them.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
17.
A Finder's Magic
by
Philppa Pearce
with illustrations by
Helen Craig
1st edition,
published by Walker Books in 2008
ISBN: 9781406309225.
White pictorial covers.
Dark green lettering on spine.
Light brown decoration on covers.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
18.
A First 'Do You Know' Book
by
W. Murray
with illustrations by
Frank Humphris
Published by Ladybird Books in 1971
ISBN: 0721402771.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers rather worn.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
19.
A Flier of the Northland
by
E. Grey
with illustrations by
W. Langdon Kihn
Published by Blackie circa 1940
Brown boards with dark brown lettering and decoration.
Not dated; probably late 1930s.
Covers slightly worn at edges.
Faint scribble on front cover.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
20.
A Gift for Mama
by
Esther Hautzig
with illustrations by
Donna Diamond
Published by Hamish Hamilton in 1981
ISBN: 0241106249.
Blue and cream boards.
Illustrated in black and white.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Corners of front endpaper clipped.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
21.
A Girl Governess or Ella Dalton's Success
by
A.E. Ward
Reprint,
published by National Sunday School Union circa 1930
Octavo.
Light grey paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
155 pages.
Second story 'The sisters of Trenton Manse' at rear of book.
Dustwraper chipped at corners and top of spine.
Covers close to VG, but 1cm split at top of spine strip.
Neat prize dedication on front endpaper.
Inner hinge cracked between frontispiece and title page.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
22.
A Harbour Light
by
C. E. Mallandaine
with illustrations by
W. H. Overend
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge circa 1900
Octavo.
Light blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
221 pages.
Patterned endpapers.
sixteen pages of adverts at rear.
Decorated chapter headings.
Tissue guarded frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Neat dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Some foxing to prelims and endpapers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
23.
A Harum Scarum Schoolgirl
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
John Campbell
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1920
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Some splash marks and discolouration to edges of covers.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Internally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
24.
A Hat Full of Sky
by
Terry Pratchett
1st Thus edition,
published by Corgi in 2005
ISBN: 9780552551441.
Paperback.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
25.
A Helping Hand
by
Margaret Bertha Synge
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1920
Pale blue decorated covers.
Title page missing, would otherwise be VG.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)