401.
The Golden Nature Readers Junior Series Book Four
by
Elsie V. M. Knight
Published by University of London Press in 1932
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Light foxing to prelims.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
402.
The Green Bough of Liberty
by
David Rees
1st edition,
published by Dennis Dobson in 1979
ISBN: 0234721871.
The 1798 rebellion.
Ex-school library.
Labels on prelims, one partially removed.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
403.
The Green Bough of Liberty
by
David Rees
1st edition,
published by Dennis Dobson in 1979
ISBN: 0234721871.
The 1798 rebellion.
Ex-school library.
Labels on prelims, one partially removed.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
404.
The Greyfriars Holiday Annual 1979
Published by Howard Baker in 1978
ISBN: 0703001493.
Quarto.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Minor wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
405.
The Greyfriars Holiday Annual 1986
Published by Howard Baker in 1985
ISBN: 070300283X.
Featuring the famous schoolboy characters of the inter-war years.
Howard Baker Annual No. 23
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
406.
The Haunted School
by
Carol Drinkwater
Published by Puffin in 1987
ISBN: 0140321500.
Paperback.
Covers worn.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
407.
408.
409.
The Headmaster went Splat!
by
David Tinkler
with illustrations by
Gary Andrew
1st edition,
published by Andersen Press in 1986
ISBN: 0862641500.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Anderson Young Readers Library.
A Twerp Mystery.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
410.
The History Puzzle
by
Cherry Denman
with illustrations by
Cherry Denman
1st edition,
published by Sinclair Stevenson in 1994
ISBN: 1856191397.
Pictures from history, from the stone age to the present.
The reader is asked to identify as many historical characters as possible.
Closed tear to dustwrapper spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
411.
The Hobbit
by
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
with illustrations by
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
4th edition,
published by George Allen and Unwin in 1982
ISBN: 0048231479.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering and decoration on spine.
15cm x 22cm.
256 pages.
Pictorial endpapers (Middle Earth maps).
Top edge dark green.
Third printing (1982) of the 1978 fourth edition.
Dustwrapper price-clipped but otherwise undamaged, and enclosed in a protective sleeve.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Attractive school prize-label pasted to blank leaf between front endpaper and half-title.
Pages very faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
412.
The Home-life and Adventures of Lydia Longbone
by
Brigadier Ethel Roberts
with illustrations by
W. J. Gibbs
Published by Salvationist Publishing and Supplies circa 1930
Preface by Commissioner Kitching of the Salvation Army.
Story told in letters from one school-girl to another.
Paperback.
Red linen backed card covers, black lettering.
Slight wear to edges of covers.
Front endpaper missing.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
413.
The Honour of the School
by
May Wynne
Published by Nisbet circa 1920
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Covers and spine worn and scuffed.
Binding a little strained.
Some soiling and darkening to fore edge.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
414.
The Honour of the School
by
May Wynne
Reprint,
published by Dean circa 1935
Pale blue boards.
Black lettering and decoratio.
Covers stained.
Spine faded and worn.
Split at back edge of spine glued and taped.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
415.
The Iliad
by
Nick McCarty
with illustrations by
Victor G. Ambrus
1st edition,
published by Kingfisher in 2000
Paperback.
Quarto.
Two small school library stamps on prelims.
Otherwise near-fine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
416.
The Infants' Magazine Annual for 1911
Published by S. W. Partridge in 1910
Green pictorial glazed boards.
Green cloth spine.
18cm x 22cm.
Illustrators include Louis Waine, Harry B. Neilson and Angusine MacGregor.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Binding delicate.
Sunday School prize label on prelims.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
417.
The Jolliest School of all
by
Angela Brazil
Published by 1st World Library in 2007
ISBN: 9781421847948.
Paperback.
Label removed from title page.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
418.
The Jolliest School of all
by
Grace Pettman
Reprint,
published by Pickering Inglis in 1951
Green, cloth-covered boards.
Corners end edges worn.
Covers discoloured.
Several pages badly marked.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
419.
The Kidnapper Hiker!
by
Frank Richards
Published by Amalgamated Press in 1939
379th book in Schoolboys' Own Library series.
14cm x 18cm.
Covers worn.
Spine taped.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
420.
The King of the Golden River
by
John Ruskin
1st Thus edition,
published by Collins in 1953
75th book in Silver Torch series.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
10cm x 15.5cm.
96 pages.
Illustrated in black and white, artist not noted.
Re-written from the story by John Ruskin.
Also included in the book are 'Rumpelstiltskin' and 'The Golden Goose'.
Two small stamps from Llanigan Primary School.
Occasional small blemishes, but in general a clean tight copy.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
421.
The Kites are Flying!
by
Michael Morpurgo
with illustrations by
Laura Carlin
Published by Walker Books in 2010
ISBN: 9781406326031.
Paperback.
Name of primary school neatly crossed-out on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
422.
The Leader of the Lower School
by
Angela Brazil
Published by Blackie circa 1950
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
423.
The Lonliest Girl in the School
by
Mrs Herbert Martin
Reprint,
published by Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd circa 1928
Prize dedication on front endpaper.
Some minor scuff-marks on front cover.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
424.
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
by
Iona and Peter Opie
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1960
Octavo.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
417 pages.
Dustwrapper a little worn at edges.
Dustwrapper spine sunned.
Binding sound.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
425.
The Loss of the "Agra"
by
Charles Reade
Published by Blackie circa 1920
An extract from Reade's novel "Hard Cash", intended as a school reader.
Red decorated boards, black lettering on front cover.
Black lettering and decoration on spine.
Covers faded at edges.
Spine strip faded.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)