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26. Baden-Powell
Baden-Powell
by E.E. Reynolds
3rd edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1943
Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
283 pages.
Eight leaves of photographs, line drawings by Baden-Powell.
Dustwrapper chipped and soiled.
1 cm. loss at dustwrapper spine ends, corners also affected.
Dustwraper heavily repaired, mostly on the reverse.
Covers firm and undamaged, but lightly worn at edges.
Name on front endpaper.
Light spotting on fore edge, has not bled through onto text.
Contents clean and white.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#97529   £7.50   
27. Balderdash Ballads
Balderdash Ballads
by J. R. Monsell
with illustrations by J. R. Monsell
1st edition, published by Heinemann in 1934
Quarto.
Pales green boards, dark green lettering.
Fourteen rhymes with music.
Orange, blue and black illustrations.
Dustwrapper heavily chipped and creased with some loss.
Book itself close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#72127   £20.00   
28. Best Friends
Best Friends
by Christine Wright
with illustrations by Jane Kemp
1st edition, published by Scripture Union in 1989
ISBN: 0862015537.
Paperback.
63 pages.
Pages tanned.
Slight wear to covers.
Gift dedication on reverse of front cover.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#89010   £1.50   
29. Bimbo 1984
Bimbo 1984
Published by D. C. Thomson in 1983
ISBN: 0851162851.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Price clipped, name written at bottom of reverse of front endpaper.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#80629   £5.00   
30. Bo-Peep
Bo-Peep
with illustrations by Various
Published by Cassell in 1900
Glazed pictorial boards.
Spine ends slightly worn.
Inside hinge has been strengthened with transparent tape (not Sellotape).
Neat writing on reverse of frontispiece.
Eight colour plates, mostly unattributed.
Numerous black and white illustrations.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#60625   £30.00   
31. Boy of the Indian Frontier
Boy of the Indian Frontier
by Wray Hunt
with illustrations by Alfred Hackney
1st Thus edition, published by Puffin in 1955
Paperback.
Octavo.
Pictorial covers.
186 pages.
Puffin Story Book 93.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Names on reverse of front cover and half title.
Pages lightly tanned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#93644   £5.00   
32. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
by Verna Aardema
with illustrations by Beatrix Vidal
Reprint, published by Picturemac in 1987
ISBN: 0333351649.
Paperback.
Landscape format.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Name written on prelims.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#107170   £4.00   
33. Brown Buck - A Californian Fantasy
Brown Buck - A Californian Fantasy
by A. L. Rowse
with illustrations by John Ward
1st edition, published by Michael Joseph in 1976
ISBN: 0718114566.
Dustwrapepr worn at top edge.
Front endpaper cut away, leaving 1cm stub.
Stamp on reverse of tite page, no other library marks.
VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#70647   £5.00   
34. Burglars and Bandicoots
Burglars and Bandicoots
by David Severn
with illustrations by Joan Kiddell-Monroe
1st Thus edition, published by Children's Book Club in 1953
Octavo.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
192 pages.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and slightly discoloured, though mainly on the reverse.
Small nick at base of dustwrapper back.
No marks on contents, but pages significantly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#93731   £6.00   
35. Call me Jacqueline
Call me Jacqueline
by Dorothy Dennison
Published by The Paternoster Press in 1958
Green covers with black lettering.
Dustwrapper rather worn, and has some scribbles on the reverse.
Book itself close to VG, except for some darkening of the pages.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#79163   £4.50   
36. Cave
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)
#62769   £6.00   
37. Chain of Fire
Chain of Fire
by Beverley Naidoo
1st edition, published by Collins in 1989
ISBN: 0001841769.
Label removed from front endpaper, small stamp on reverse of title page, no other library marks. Dustwrapper protected by detachable transparent cover. Text unmarked, pages clean and white.
The struggle, against eviction by villagers during the apartheid era.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#45013   £4.00   
38. Charlotte Hough's Holiday Book
Charlotte Hough's Holiday Book
by Charlotte Hough
with illustrations by Charlotte Hough
Reprint, published by Heinemann in 1975
ISBN: 0434943215.
Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine.
A mixture of original stories and retellings of folk tales.
Library labels removed from front endpaper and inside front cover.
Library stamps on title page and reverse of title page.
One or two fingermarks.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#74313   £6.00   
39. Children's Verse
Children's Verse
with illustrations by Margaret W. Tarrant
1st edition, published by Tiger Books in 1986
ISBN: 1870461525.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#55866   £10.50   
40. Children's Verse
Children's Verse
with illustrations by Margaret W. Tarrant
1st Thus edition, published by Tiger Books in 1986
ISBN: 1870461525.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
64 pages.
A mixture of nursery rhymes and poems written for very young children.
Fine condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#106718   £4.00   
41. Choral Verse Compiled, with Introduction and Notes
Choral Verse Compiled, with Introduction and Notes
by Alexander Franklin
3rd edition, published by Oliver and Boyd in 1965
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#71046   £3.50   
42. Chums at Charlhurst
Chums at Charlhurst
by Harold Avery
with illustrations by J. R. Burgess
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1958
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some neat repairs and reinforcements on reverse.
Book itself generally VG.
Gift dedication inside front cover.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#118096   £5.00   
43. Collins Girls' Annual
Collins Girls' Annual
with illustrations by Various
Published by Collins circa 1955
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Yellow cloth spine.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece.
A few illustrations neatly coloured-in with blue pencil.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#118497   £3.50   
44. Commonwealth and Empire Annual
Commonwealth and Empire Annual
by Raymond Fawcett
Published by Gawthorn Press in 1953
Quarto.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on front cover and spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with loss to upper and lower edge of back panel and spine; re-backed onto plain paper.
Book itself close to VG.
Minor wear to edges.
Covers unevenly faded where dustwrapper damaged.
Neat name on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#64360   £7.50   
45. Commotion in the Ocean
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)
#102872   £2.00   
46. Country Tales to tell
Country Tales to tell
by Elizabeth Clark
with illustrations by Cara Lockhart Smith
1st Thus edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1978
ISBN: 0340225122.
Green boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Black and white illustrations.
Some wear to dustwrapper.
Clear sticker on back cover.
Label on front pastedown.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Some marks to reverse of half-title.
Contents clean.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#75018   £4.50   
47. Daily Mail Annual for Boys and Girls 1946
Daily Mail Annual for Boys and Girls 1946
by Susan French
Published by Daily Mail in 1945
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, plus black and white photographs and black and white line drawings.
Covers soiled and marked.
Writing on reverse of frontispiece.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#68649   £7.50   
48. Dancer in the Wings
Dancer in the Wings
by Lorna Hill
with illustrations by Esme Verity
1st edition, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1958
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Top edge olivine.
Minor wear to edges of dustwrapper and boards.
Inner hinges neatly reinforced with white cloth tape.
School library stamp on reverse of frontispiece.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#119886   £30.00   
49. Dinosaurs Galore!
Dinosaurs Galore!
by Giles Andreae
with illustrations by David Wojtowycz
Reprint, published by Orchard Books in 2004
ISBN: 1843626098.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Short verses to describe each dinosaur.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#102870   £3.00   
50. Doubting Thomasina
Doubting Thomasina
by Dorothy Dennison
Reprint, published by The Paternoster Press in 1954
Brown covers, blue lettering.
Dustwrapper worn and repaired at edges with clear tape.
Label on reverse of dustwrapper flap.
Gift dedication in Welsh on front pastedown.
'The Wantoknow' series, 'Victory- Million' edition.
Pages lightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#79152   £4.50   
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