576.
The Nonsense Songs of Edward Lear
by
Edward Lear
with illustrations by
Edward Lear
Published by The Grey Walls Press in 1952
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper, with some soiling to spine and edges.
Neat gift dedication inside front cover.
Pages lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
577.
The Old Warriors
by
Glenda Gordon
1st edition,
published by Macmillan in 1970
Slightly messy prelims. One small stamp. A continuation of the story of Glenda's family begun in "Better to Arrive".
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
578.
The Oldest Snowman in the World
by
Eric Johns
with illustrations by
Penny Dann
1st edition,
published by Young Corgi in 1993
ISBN: 0552527491.
Paperback.
Octavo.
Pictorial covers.
72 pages.
A little wear to covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
579.
580.
581.
The Otterbury Incident
by
C. Day Lewis
with illustrations by
Edward Ardizzone
Reprint,
published by Heinemann in 1974
ISBN: 0435120018.
Matt pictorial covers, white lettering.
Some of letters on front covers coloured in, in black ink.
Covers worn, contents clean
New Windmill series.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
582.
583.
The Outsider
by
Monica Edwards
with illustrations by
Geoffrey Whittam
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1961
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly worn at edges.
Some spotting to fore edge and endpapers.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
584.
The Palace of Danger, a Story of la Pompadour
by
Mabel Wagnalls
with illustrations by
John Ward Dunsmore
1st British edition,
published by John Long in 1909
Red boards.
Black lettering and gilt decorations on front cover.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Four black and white plates.
Covers marked in places.
Spine-strip edge-worn.
Light foxing on title page, remainder of contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
585.
The Paradise War
by
Stephen Lawhead
Published by Lion Publishing in 1992
ISBN: 0745922422.
1st book in Song of Albion series.
Paperback.
Covers heavily worn.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
586.
The Peter Pan Picture Book
by
Daniel O'Connor
with illustrations by
Alice B. Woodward
Reprint,
published by G Bell & Sons in 1941
Quarto.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Corners bumped.
A little scribble on front cover.
Names in Belongs To box.
Mark where prize label or bookplate removed from front endpaper.
Child's writing on reverse of front endpaper.
Contents generally good, but small patch of scribble in margin of plate facing page 15, and in margin of page 25.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
587.
The pig who saved the world
by
Paul Shipton
1st edition,
published by Puffin in 2006
ISBN: 9780141316352.
Paperback.
Pages faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
588.
The Pits
by
Lesley Howarth
1st edition,
published by Walker Books in 1996
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
589.
590.
The Poacher's Son
by
Rachel Anderson
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1984
Set in the period prior to World War One.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
591.
592.
593.
The Raider's Road
by
Elizabeth Leitch
with illustrations by
Elizabeth Earnshaw
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1950
War economy standard shield on reverse of title page.
three black and white plates.
Very slight discolouration of red covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
594.
The Rat War
by
Elsie McCutcheon
1st edition,
published by Dent in 1985
ISBN: 046006181X.
Blue covers, gilt lettering.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
595.
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)
596.
The Rib of the Green Umbrella
by
Naomi Mitchison
with illustrations by
Edward Ardizzone
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1960
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black spine.
Silver lettering on spine.
Silver decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper slightly faded on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Old tape marks on front and back pastedowns where a library protetor was formerly attached.
Front endpaper removed.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
597.
598.
The Secret of the Closed Gate
by
Margaret Leighton
with illustrations by
Barbara C. Freeman
Reprint,
published by Hutchinson in 1945
Girls' Adventure series.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
180 pages.
American author and setting, published in U.K. by a different publisher.
Illustrated with colour frontispiece and black and white line drawings in the text.
Pages clean but lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
599.
600.