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1. All Aboard the Whale!
All Aboard the Whale!
by Richard W. Hatch
with illustrations by Marc Simont
1st edition, published by Cape in 1944
Covers clean but faded
Front endpaper missing.
Some scribble on back endpaper and paste down.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#55377   £7.50   
2. Draw 50: Whales, Sharks and Other Sea Creatures
Draw 50: Whales, Sharks and Other Sea Creatures
by Lee J. Ames
Published by Kingfisher in 1991
ISBN: 9780862727086.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#117823   £3.00   
3. Fort Wilberforce
Fort Wilberforce
by Leslie Coleman
with illustrations by John Laing
1st edition, published by Blackie in 1977
ISBN: 0216902150.
4th book in Wilberforce series.
Octavo.
Blue paper-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
90 pages.
Label on front paste down.
Access number on title page.
Prelims slightly wrinkled.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#105219   £3.50   
4. Horseshoe Harry and the Whale
Horseshoe Harry and the Whale
by Adele de Leeuw
with illustrations by Quentin Blake
Published by Dennis Dobson circa 1979
ISBN: 0234721642.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Library binding.
Covers worn.
Prelims and title page removed.
Contents good.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#115345   £5.00   
5. How the Whale became and Other Stories
How the Whale became and Other Stories
by Ted Hughes
with illustrations by George Adamson
Reprint, published by Puffin in 1971
ISBN: 0140304827.
Paperback.
107 pages.
Covers worn.
Pages tanned.
Neat dedication inside front cover.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#88791   £2.00   
6. How the Whale Became and Other Stories
How the Whale Became and Other Stories
by Ted Hughes
with illustrations by George Adamson
Reprint, published by Puffin in 1971
ISBN: 0140304827.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#106910   £2.50   
7. How the Whale Became and Other Stories
How the Whale Became and Other Stories
by Ted Hughes
with illustrations by George Adamson
Reprint, published by Faber and Faber in 1974
ISBN: 0571141846.
Paperback.
Octavo.
Pictorial covers.
84 pages.
Animal stories from the beginning of time.
Front cover creased.
Corners a little dog-eared.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#92754   £2.50   
8. How the Whale Became and Other Stories
How the Whale Became and Other Stories
by Ted Hughes
with illustrations by George Adamson
Reprint, published by Puffin in 1986
ISBN: 0140304827.
Paperback.
108 pages.
Covers worn.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#88790   £1.50   
9. Kilroy and the Gull
Kilroy and the Gull
by Nathaniel Benchley
with illustrations by John Laing
1st edition, published by Abelard in 1979
ISBN: 0200726005.
Green boards with gilt lettering.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#40673   £3.00   
10. Kilroy and the Gull
Kilroy and the Gull
by Nathaniel Benchley
with illustrations by John Laing
1st edition, published by Abelard in 1979
ISBN: 0200726005.
Green covers, gilt lettering on spine.
Label removed from prelims.
A Grasshopper book.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#77577   £4.00   
11. Madtail, Miniwhale and other shape poems
Madtail, Miniwhale and other shape poems
by Wes Magee
with illustrations by Caroline Crossland
Reprint, published by Puffin in 1991
ISBN: 0140340319.
Paperback.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Signed by the author on front endpaper.
Inscription reads: "For Ezra. Enjoy these shapes! Wes Magee."
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#110230   £4.00   
12. Moby Dick or The White Whale
Moby Dick or The White Whale
by Herman Melville
Published by Thames Publishing Co circa 1960
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper a little worn at edges, and price-clipped.
Faint foxing to fore edge.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#119055   £4.00   
13. Peter the Whaler
Peter the Whaler
by W. H. G. Kingston
with illustrations by Frank Jennens
Published by P. R. Gawthorn circa 1940
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Minot wear to covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#115770   £5.00   
14. Peter Trawl or The Adventures of a Whaler
Peter Trawl or The Adventures of a Whaler
by W. H. G. Kingston
1st edition, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1881
Octavo.
Dark green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Silver decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
350 pages.
Six (of eight) black and white plates present.
Covers heavily worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip worn at edges and ends, and somewhat darkened.
Gift dedication dated 1883 on reverse of front endpaper.
Endpapers and prelims foxed and tanned.
Contents shaken, and some pages coming loose.
Occasional foxing to page edges.
Some foxing in gutter, where staples in the binding have rusted.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#111402   £15.00   
15. Seals and their friends
Seals and their friends
by John Leigh-Pemberton
with illustrations by John Leigh-Pemberton
Published by Ladybird Books
Pictorial laminated boards.
Re-issue of 'Seals and Whales and other Sea Mammals', in conjunction with Columbia Tristar.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#95519   £2.50   
16. Stranded
Stranded
by Ann Coleridge
with illustrations by Eric David
1st edition, published by Angus and Robertson in 1987
ISBN: 0207155623.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on spine.
78 pages.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#87506   £4.00   
17. The Inland Whale
The Inland Whale
by Theodora Kroeber
with illustrations by Caroline Scarlett-Streatfeild
Published by Gollancz in 1976
ISBN: 0575021020.
Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Name on flyleaf.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#32017   £5.00   
18. The Inland Whale
The Inland Whale
by Theodora Kroeber
with illustrations by Caroline Scarlett-Streatfield
Published by Gollancz in 1976
Review copy.
Fine condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#57859   £10.50   
19. The Red Eric or the Whaler's Last Cruise
The Red Eric or the Whaler's Last Cruise
by Robert Michael Ballantyne
Reprint, published by Collins circa 1930
Octavo.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
319 pages.
A Collins' Bumper Reward Book.
No illustrator credited, but there is a coloured plate as frontispiece, and a small circular picture on the title page.
No other illustrations.
Covers chipped at the lower edges and corners.
The extremities of the spine are frayed.
The right hand side of the spine has split and been repaired with transparent tape.
Prize label on the front endpaper.
Contents clean and white, and in good condition.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#90652   £4.50   
20. The South Sea Whaler
The South Sea Whaler
by William Henry Giles Kingston
with illustrations by W. H. C. Groome
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1882
Octavo.
Bevilled maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt and black decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
Covers worn at edges.
Hinges strained.
Contents a little shaken.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#114485   £10.00   
21. The South Sea Whaler
The South Sea Whaler
by William Henry Giles Kingston
with illustrations by W. H. C. Groome
Reprint, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1920
The Kingston Library.
Red pictorial covers by Hassall - Man on horseback on front cover, sailing ship on spine.
Front endpaper missing.
Back cover unevenly faded.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#65698   £7.50   
22. The Two Whalers; or, Adventures in the Pacific
The Two Whalers; or, Adventures in the Pacific
by W. H. G. Kingston
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge circa 1885
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Red decoration on covers.
12cm x 17cm.
128 pages.
Black endpapers.
Covers worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#112827   £10.00   
23. The Whale and the Elephant
The Whale and the Elephant
by Jane Carruth
with illustrations by Henri Galeron
Published by Odhams Books in 1968
Pictorial laminated boards.
Spine ends bumped.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#113743   £5.00   
24. Toby's Iceberg
Toby's Iceberg
by W. J. Corbett
with illustrations by Tony Ross
Reprint, published by Mammoth in 1992
ISBN: 0749704527.
Paperback.
Octavo.
Pictorial covers.
124 pages.
Covers worn and creased.
Name written in felt-tip pen on inside cover.
Pages lightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#88869   £1.00   
25. Whale Adventure
Whale Adventure
by Willard Price
Published by Knight Books in 1986
ISBN: 0340172185.
Paperback.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#114903   £4.00   
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