51.
Every poem tells a story
with illustrations by Alison Claire Darke
1st Thus edition, published by Puffin in 1990
with illustrations by Alison Claire Darke
1st Thus edition, published by Puffin in 1990
ISBN: 0140325964.
Edited by Raymond Wilson.
Paperback.
166 pages.
'A collection of stories in verse.'
Light wear to covers.
Small piece snipped from top of f.e.p.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Edited by Raymond Wilson.
Paperback.
166 pages.
'A collection of stories in verse.'
Light wear to covers.
Small piece snipped from top of f.e.p.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#105245 £3.50
52.
Faces in a crowd - Poems about people
by Anne Harvey
Reprint, published by Puffin in 1991
by Anne Harvey
Reprint, published by Puffin in 1991
ISBN: 0140326855.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#111512 £2.50
53.
Fairy Folk
Published by Alf Cooke
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)
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)
#110000 £7.50
54.
Falling Splendours
by Ian Parsons
with illustrations by John Ward
Published by Ginn in 1959
by Ian Parsons
with illustrations by John Ward
Published by Ginn in 1959
7th book in Poetry for Pleasure series.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Prelims messy.
Pages dog-eared.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Prelims messy.
Pages dog-eared.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#114214 £2.00
55.
Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers
by Walter Crane
with illustrations by Walter Crane
1st Thus edition, published by Windward in 1980
by Walter Crane
with illustrations by Walter Crane
1st Thus edition, published by Windward in 1980
ISBN: 0711201021.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Green patterned endpapers.
Copiously illustrated in colour throughout.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Green patterned endpapers.
Copiously illustrated in colour throughout.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#118943 £25.00
56.
Flutes and Cymbals - Poetry for the Young
by Leonard Clark
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Reprint, published by Bodley Head in 1975
by Leonard Clark
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Reprint, published by Bodley Head in 1975
ISBN: 0370010906.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#38278 £10.50
57.
Forty Poems
by John Lehmann
1st edition, published by Hogarth Press in 1942
by John Lehmann
1st edition, published by Hogarth Press in 1942
New Hogarth Library Vol IX.
Book slightly cocked.
Foxing on prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Book slightly cocked.
Foxing on prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#71013 £6.50
58.
Four Feet and Two
by Leila Berg
with illustrations by Shirley Burke and Marvin Bileck
Published by Puffin in 1973
by Leila Berg
with illustrations by Shirley Burke and Marvin Bileck
Published by Puffin in 1973
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#119868 £4.00
59.
Gargling with Jelly
by Brian Patten
with illustrations by David Mostyn
1st edition, published by Viking Kestrel in 1985
by Brian Patten
with illustrations by David Mostyn
1st edition, published by Viking Kestrel in 1985
ISBN: 0670806447.
Laminated boards.
Light wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Laminated boards.
Light wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#111585 £3.00
60.
Gertrude of Wyoming, or The Pennsylvanian Cottage
by Thomas Campbell
New edition, published by Routledge, Warne and Routledge in 1862
by Thomas Campbell
New edition, published by Routledge, Warne and Routledge in 1862
An account, in verse, of an attack on the new colony in Pennsylvania in 1778.
Red bevilled boards with gilt lettering and decoration.
All edges gilt.
Thirty five illustrations engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, taken from originals by Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, Thomas Dalziel and William Harvey.
Covers heavily worn.
Front endpaper missing.
Name on front paste down.
First section of book (pages 1 - 16) loose.
Water stain at lower edge affects most pages.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Red bevilled boards with gilt lettering and decoration.
All edges gilt.
Thirty five illustrations engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, taken from originals by Birket Foster, Harrison Weir, Thomas Dalziel and William Harvey.
Covers heavily worn.
Front endpaper missing.
Name on front paste down.
First section of book (pages 1 - 16) loose.
Water stain at lower edge affects most pages.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#81508 £12.50
61.
Ghosts Galore
by Robert Fisher
with illustrations by Rowena Allen
Reprint, published by Faber and Faber in 1983
by Robert Fisher
with illustrations by Rowena Allen
Reprint, published by Faber and Faber in 1983
ISBN: 0571139264.
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#69181 £4.00
62.
Goodbye Jim
by James Whitcomb Riley
with illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy
2nd edition, published by Bobbs Merrill in 1913
by James Whitcomb Riley
with illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy
2nd edition, published by Bobbs Merrill in 1913
Patterned endpapers.
Decorated pages by Bertha Stuart.
Covers slightly worn at corners.
A few fingermarks at pag edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Decorated pages by Bertha Stuart.
Covers slightly worn at corners.
A few fingermarks at pag edges.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#70894 £10.50
63.
Great Grandmother Goose
by Helen Cooper
with illustrations by Krystyna Turska
1st edition, published by Hamish Hamilton in 1978
by Helen Cooper
with illustrations by Krystyna Turska
1st edition, published by Hamish Hamilton in 1978
Eighty rhymes, similar to nursery rhymes, from medieval sources.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#68464 £20.00
64.
Great Grandmother Goose
by Helen Cooper
with illustrations by Krystyna Turska
1st edition, published by Hamish Hamilton in 1978
by Helen Cooper
with illustrations by Krystyna Turska
1st edition, published by Hamish Hamilton in 1978
ISBN: 0241895502.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#78027 £10.50
65.
Hadrian in the Orient
by Candida Lycett Green
with illustrations by Christopher Thynne
1st edition, published by Collins in 1969
by Candida Lycett Green
with illustrations by Christopher Thynne
1st edition, published by Collins in 1969
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, price-clipped and a little soiled.
Book itself generally VG.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, price-clipped and a little soiled.
Book itself generally VG.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#110189 £15.00
66.
Hamlet, Bananas and All That Jazz
by Alan Durant
1st Thus edition, published by Red Fox in 1992
by Alan Durant
1st Thus edition, published by Red Fox in 1992
ISBN: 0099975408.
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#84167 £1.00
67.
Happily Never After ...
by Mitchell Symons
with illustrations by Steve Wells
Published by Doubleday in 2013
by Mitchell Symons
with illustrations by Steve Wells
Published by Doubleday in 2013
ISBN: 9780857532701.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Pictorial laminated boards.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#118776 £3.00
68.
Heinemann's Junior Poetry Books - Set of Four
by James Reeves
Published by Heinemann circa 1965
by James Reeves
Published by Heinemann circa 1965
Uniform set of four cloth-bound softcover poetry readers:
"Book I - Yellow Wheels",
"Book II - Grey Goose and Gander",
"Book III - Green Broom", and
"Book IV - Strawberry Fair".
Light wear to covers, and spines slightly darkened.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
"Book I - Yellow Wheels",
"Book II - Grey Goose and Gander",
"Book III - Green Broom", and
"Book IV - Strawberry Fair".
Light wear to covers, and spines slightly darkened.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#119905 £50.00
69.
I'll tell you a tale
by Ian Seraillier
Revised edition, published by Puffin in 1976
by Ian Seraillier
Revised edition, published by Puffin in 1976
ISBN: 0140308725.
Paperback.
120 pages.
A collection of narrative poems, half with folk origins, remainder written by Seraillier.
Illustrations by five different artists, with some photographs.
Minor wear to covers.
Top corner of front endpaper clipped.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
120 pages.
A collection of narrative poems, half with folk origins, remainder written by Seraillier.
Illustrations by five different artists, with some photographs.
Minor wear to covers.
Top corner of front endpaper clipped.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#105244 £4.00
70.
I'll tell you a tale
by Ian Seraillier
Revised edition, published by Puffin in 1976
by Ian Seraillier
Revised edition, published by Puffin in 1976
ISBN: 0140308725.
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#107510 £4.00
71.
In Search of Me - A Poetry Anthology
by Morag Styles
Published by Ginn in 1995
by Morag Styles
Published by Ginn in 1995
ISBN: 060226149X.
Paperback.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#114274 £3.00
72.
Jack the Treacle Eater
by Charles Causley
with illustrations by Charles Keeping
Published by Macmillan in 1989
by Charles Causley
with illustrations by Charles Keeping
Published by Macmillan in 1989
ISBN: 0333497511.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Illustrated in colour and in black and white.
Some creasing to top of front cover.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
Quarto.
Illustrated in colour and in black and white.
Some creasing to top of front cover.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#73989 £7.50
73.
John Gilpin
with illustrations by John Hassall
Published by Blackie
with illustrations by John Hassall
Published by Blackie
Card covers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#56579 £10.50
74.
Johnny Crow's Party
by Leonard Leslie Brooke
with illustrations by Leonard Leslie Brooke
Published by Frederick Warne & Co in 1907
by Leonard Leslie Brooke
with illustrations by Leonard Leslie Brooke
Published by Frederick Warne & Co in 1907
Bevilled green paper-covered boards.
White cloth spine.
White lettering on covers.
Dark green lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
17cm x 21cm.
Covers worn, scuffed and soiled.
Corners bumped.
Pictures have been coloured-in throughout, moderately neatly, in colour pencil.
Some occasional scribble on blank reverse of pages.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
White cloth spine.
White lettering on covers.
Dark green lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
17cm x 21cm.
Covers worn, scuffed and soiled.
Corners bumped.
Pictures have been coloured-in throughout, moderately neatly, in colour pencil.
Some occasional scribble on blank reverse of pages.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#119377 £25.00
75.
Johnny Crow's Party
by Leonard Leslie Brooke
with illustrations by Leonard Leslie Brooke
Reprint, published by Warne circa 1928
by Leonard Leslie Brooke
with illustrations by Leonard Leslie Brooke
Reprint, published by Warne circa 1928
Green paper-covered bevelled boards, picture onlay front cover, cream cloth spine.
Seven colour plates of eight present (frontispiece missing).
Numerous black and white drawings.
Covers worn and soiled, corners bumped.
Neat writing on half-title.
Occasional finger marking.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
Seven colour plates of eight present (frontispiece missing).
Numerous black and white drawings.
Covers worn and soiled, corners bumped.
Neat writing on half-title.
Occasional finger marking.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#60270 £20.00