26.
Beside the Seaside
by
Felicia Law
1st edition,
published by Lions in 1976
ISBN: 0006711200.
Paperback.
Covers slightly worn and unevenly faded.
Small scuff half-way up spine.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
27.
Biggles Air Detective
by
W. E. Johns
Published circa 1955
Quarto.
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cloth spine.
93 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Front endpaper blue, depicts a de Haviland Mosquito.
Back endpaper green, depicts a Tiger Moth seaplane.
No date or publisher's details.
Covers scuffed, and worn at edges.
Contents clean and unmarked, but p13/14 is loose.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
28.
Biggles in the South Seas
by
W. E. Johns
with illustrations by
Norman Howard
Published by Oxford University Press in 1951
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Spine strip darkened.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
29.
Butterfly Island
by
Rick Searle
1st edition,
published by Knight Books in 1986
ISBN: 0340394587.
Paperback.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
30.
Butterfly Island
by
Rick Searle
1st edition,
published by Knight Books in 1986
ISBN: 0340394587.
Paperback.
Covers a little worn.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
31.
By Heather and Sea
by
E. Vaughan
with illustrations by
Claude Shepperson
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge circa 1895
Pale blue pictorial covers, gilt lettering on spine, bevilled boards.
Patterned endpapers, prize dedication written in ink on front paste down.
Eight pages of adverts at rear of book.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
32.
By the Sea
Published by MacDonald Educational in 1970
ISBN: 0356032116.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Light wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
33.
Captain Mettle, V.C.
by
James Macnell
Reprint,
published by The Children's Press circa 1960
Blue covers.
Silver decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
34.
Captain Skip
by
John Emlyn Edwards
with illustrations by
Antony Maitland
1st edition,
published by Methuen in 1979
ISBN: 0416866603.
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
108 pages.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
35.
Captains Courageous
by
Rudyard Kipling
Published by Minster Classics in 1967
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
36.
Cargo for a King
by
J. S. Andrews
1st edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1972
ISBN: 0370012380.
Octavo.
Light orange cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
171 pages.
A tale of piracy in the Irish Sea.
J. S. Andrews is unusual in that his historical stories deal with the kingdom of Ulster, as it then was, rather than the better known provinces in the south of Ireland.
Dustwrapper complete, and not price-clipped, light wear to edges.
Covers and contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
37.
38.
Commotion in the Ocean
by
Giles Andreae
with illustrations by
David Wojtowycz
Reprint,
published by Orchard Books in 1999
ISBN: 184121101X.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Short verses describe each sea creature.
Bright bold illustrations.
Some damage to top right hand corner.
A few pages crinkled.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
39.
40.
41.
Courageous Companions
by
Finger, Charles, J.
with illustrations by
James H. Daugherty
3rd edition,
published by Longmans Green (USA) in 1930
The story of a boy who sailed with Magellan.
Maroon boards, gilt lettering and decorations.
23cm x 15cm.
Black and white pictorial endpapers.
Copious blak and white illustrations in text.
Spine slightly faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
42.
Creatures Great and Small
by
Aileen Henderson
with illustrations by
K. M. Mountain
3rd edition,
published by The Religious Education Press in 1945
Octavo.
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
96 pages.
A series of short stories about animals, illustrated with line drawings.
Two small stains on front cover, corners slightly bumped.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
43.
44.
Dicky Beaumont, his Perils and Adventures
by
Arthur Lee Knight
with illustrations by
W. S. Stacey
Published by Ward Lock circa 1902
Dark green boards.
Gilt lettering and decorations on covers and spine.
Black endpapers.
Four black and white plates.
Prelims foxed.
Remainder of contents clean and white.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
45.
46.
47.
48.
Exploring the Deep
1st Thus edition,
published by Reader's Digest in 1994
Pictorial laminated boards.
192 pages.
'Reader's Digest Travels & Adventures'.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
49.
Fairy Folk
Published by Alf Cooke
Paperback.
18cm x 18cm.
16 pages.
Undated, probably 1950s, author and illustrator not credited.
Staple-bound with thin paper covers.
A set of poems about fairies, one poem per page; one for each of the four seasons, and one for each month of the year.
Light wear and soiling to covers.
VG in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
50.
Famous Discoveries by Land and Sea
Published by Blackie
Red pictorial covers with gilt blocking.
Spine darkened.
Covers unevenly faded.
Red stain to lower corner of prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)