176.
The Fearless Treasure: A Story of England
by
Noel Streatfeild
with illustrations by
Dorothea Braby
1st edition,
published by Michael Joseph in 1953
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Red decoration on covers.
Maroon pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges, and slightly faded.
Spine faded.
Corners bumped.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
177.
The First Day of the Holidays
by
Angusine Jeanne MacGregor and W. Perring
with illustrations by
Angusine Jeanne MacGregor
8th edition,
published by Ladybird Books in 1949
Cream paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Endpaper and title page illustrations neatly coloured-in.
Contents close to VG, but slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
178.
179.
The Georgie-Porgie Book
by
Jacqueline Clayton
with illustrations by
Margaret Clayton
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1915
Cream cloth-covered boards with light brown lettering.
Picture onlay to front cover.
18cm x 23.5cm.
A story in verse about mice, with a poem facing a picture on every page.
Covers are soiled, and bumped at corners and spine ends.
Contents have pulled away from binding at both front and back.
Gift inscription on front endpaper, some largely erased pencil scribble.
Frontispiece and one other plate slightly damaged, last plate creased, remaining nine plates in very good condition.
One page of text has been torn through and roughly mended with paper tape.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
180.
The Ghost Hunter
by
Ivan Jones
with illustrations by
Georgie Birkett
1st edition,
published by Hippo in 1997
ISBN: 0590139274.
Paperback.
128 pages.
Young Hippo 'Spooky' series.
Name on reverse of front cover.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
181.
The Giant Book of Facts
1st Thus edition,
published by Hamlyn in 1990
ISBN: 0600568830.
Quarto.
Blue laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
320 pages.
A modern child's encyclopedia in four sections:
"The World and the Universe",
"Natural History",
"Science and Technology" and
"The Arts and History".
Six page index at rear of book.
Information is attractively arranged with many illustrations.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
182.
The Golden Picture Story Book - Stories and Pictures for Little Folk
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1920
Quarto.
Gold paper-covered boards.
Yellow cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Some of the characters and stories might be considered politically incorrect, by contemporary standards.
Covers worn at edges and scuffed.
Dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Belongs To box completed.
Address at top of first page.
A number of the line drawings have been coloured in neatly, but rather garishly.
Contents otherwise in good condition.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
183.
184.
The Harrington Girls or Faith and Patience
by
Sophie Winthrop
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1897
Octavo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards with brown and green floral decoration.
Gilt lettering on spine.
128 pages.
Black and white frontispiece.
Decorated capitals.
Neat dedication on reverse of frontis.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
185.
186.
The Ingoldsby Legends
by
R. H. Barham
Published by Cassell circa 1891
Cassell's Red Library edition.
Red bevilled boards with black linear decoration.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Grey patterned endpapers.
Spine slightly sunned.
Name and date written neatly on front endpaper.
Front hinge broken, has been repaired with tape.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
187.
The Kate Greenaway Book
by
Bryan Holme
with illustrations by
Kate Greenaway
1st Thus edition,
published by Penguin in 1977
ISBN: 0140045198.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Otherwise VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
188.
189.
190.
191.
The L.O.G.S.
by
Constance Shaw
1st edition,
published by Pickering & Inglis in 1982
ISBN: 0720823129.
Paperback.
95 pages.
Pages tanned.
Prize label on reverse of front cover.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
192.
The Ladybird Book of London
by
John Lewesdon
with illustrations by
John Berry
1st edition,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1961
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Spine ends taped.
Corners bumped.
Ladybird logo on back cover blocked-out in black ink.
Name crossed-out on reverse of front endpaper.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
193.
The Ladybird Book of Nursery Rhymes
by
Auntie Muriel
with illustrations by
Robert Knight
Reprint,
published by Wills & Hepworth circa 1959
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
Undated; back flap of dustwrapper shows list of other titles in series 413 starting with this title and ending with "Red Riding Hood also Goldilocks and the Three Bears", which was first published in 1958.
Book appears to be printed on art paper (glossy).
Front cover repeats dustwrapper design, but in monochrome green.
Dustwrapper back flap has square open-wing ladybird logo in blue, above the series title-list.
Dustwrapper front flap neatly price-clipped.
Very light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Endpapers show a diagonal chequerboard pattern of nursery rhyme characters printed in blue.
Reverse of front endpaper, facing title page, reads "Series 413".
Oval closed-wing ladybird logo in blue on title page.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
194.
The Last Run
by
Pat Barton
1st edition,
published by Blackie in 1980
Label neatly removed from front endpaper.
Single stamp on reverse of title page.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
195.
196.
The Little Peppers and How They Grew
by
Margaret Sidney
with illustrations by
Sari
Published by Whitman Publishing Company circa 1960
Octavo.
Pictorial laminated boards.
284 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
197.
The Long Traverse
by
John Buchan
with illustrations by
J. Morton Sale
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1941
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped at edges.
Light wear and a little white spotting to covers.
Fore edge foxed.
Name and date on front endpaper.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
198.
The Merry-go-Round and Other Verses for Children
by
Robina Singer
with illustrations by
H. A. Powell
Published by Knights Press circa 1930
Paperback.
A collection of rhymes and verses for children.
Illustrated with line drawings.
Covers somewhat worn at edges, with some marking.
Contents generally clean, but with a few fingermarks.
Illustration on p17 neatly coloured in.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
199.
The Mice of Nibbling Village
by
Margaret Greaves
with illustrations by
Jane Pinkney
1st edition,
published by Marilyn Malin Books in 1986
ISBN: 0233979441.
Quarto.
Pink pictorial laminated boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
A series of poems about mice, each one illustrated in colour.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
200.
The Middle School Book of Verse
by
Philip Wayne and Thomas Blackburn
1st edition,
published by George G. Harrap in 1955
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Maroon lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine a little soiled.
Multiple names on front endpaper.
Ticks on contents pages.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)