1.
Ellen Grae and Lady Ellen Grae
by
Vera Cleaver and Bill Cleaver
Published by Hamilton in 1973
ISBN: 0241023068.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Some faint spotting to fore-edge.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
Ellen Grae and Lady Ellen Grae
by
Vera Cleaver and Bill Cleaver
1st thus edition,
published by Hamilton in 1973
ISBN: 0241023068.
Green cloth-coverd boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price clipped.
Labels removed from prelims.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
3.
Absolutely Green
by
Eleaine L. Schulte
Reprint,
published by Chariot Books in 1990
ISBN: 155513758X.
Paperback.
122 pages.
Name on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Covers lightly creased.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
4.
The Girl from India
by
Doris Taylor
Reprint,
published by Pickering in 1968
ISBN: 0720820243.
Green boards with black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper slightly worn at top edge.
Front endpaper missing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
5.
Kinsman and Namesake
by
Richard Stead
with illustrations by
W. B. Handforth
Published by Blackie in 1910
Colour frontispiece and four black and white plates.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Front cover and spine illusrated in orange, black and green with gilt blocking.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Grey endpapers.
Writing on front endpaper.
Foxing to prelims, and intermittent spotting to contents.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
6.
The Wild Pigs - A Story for Little People
by
Gerald Young
with illustrations by
W. Parkinson
Published by Swan Sonnenschein in 1892
Bevilled dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
131 pages.
Black endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Gilt lettering and decoration slightly faded.
Name on front pastedown.
Binding sound.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
7.
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: low, Confidence: high)
8.
The Adventures of Hadrian Hedgehog
by
Candida Lycett Green
with illustrations by
Christopher Thynne
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1968
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, price-clipped and soiled.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Binding sound.
Contents generally VG, but slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
9.
Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers
by
Walter Crane
with illustrations by
Walter Crane
Published by Cassell and Company in 1895
Light green pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark green cloth spine.
Brown lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
19cm x 25cm.
40 pages.
8 pages of adverts at rear.
Brown patterned endpapers.
One colour illustration per page, beneath one or two lines of poetry.
Covers a little worn and scuffed at edges, and slightly soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
A little faint spotting to fore edge and reverse of front endpaper, contents not affected.
School prize label, dated 1896, on front pastedown.
Contents clean, with bright colours.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
10.
A Pair of Knight-Errants
by
Muriel D. C. Lucas
Published by Religious Tract Society circa 1920
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers and spine.
Black decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
157 pages.
Undated.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Faint foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Prize label dated 1924 on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
11.
Mopsa the Fairy
by
Jean Ingelow
with illustrations by
F. Harrison
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1935
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Grey patterned endpapers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and worn at edges, with several chips.
Minor wear to covers.
Some faint foxing to prelims.
Dated from prize label on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
12.
Heidi grows up
by
Charles Tritten
with illustrations by
Pelagie Doane
Published by Collins in 1955
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and worn at edges, with 2cm chip at top of spine.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
13.
Three adventurous schoolgirls
by
Brenda Girvin
Reprint,
published by Oxford in 1933
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Green and black decoration on covers.
251 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Covers soiled.
Spine edges worn.
Prize label on front paste down.
Front hinge pulled.
Front endpaper soiled at outer edge.
Contents clean and generally unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
14.
Kerry Blue
by
Heather White
with illustrations by
Richard B. Ogle
Published by Pearson circa 1930
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
13cm x 20cm.
223 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Some faint staining to front cover.
Spine slightly faded.
RSPCA prize label, dated 1933 on front endpaper.
Some light foxing on prelims and endpapers.
Contents generally clear.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
15.
The Adventures of Hadrian Hedgehog
by
Candida Lycett Green
with illustrations by
Christopher Thynne
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1968
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Brown endpapers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine slightly faded.
A little foxing to lower 3cm of fore edge.
Generally VG in other respect.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
16.
The Kate Greenaway Treasury
by
Kate Greenaway
with illustrations by
Kate Greenaway
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1968
Edited by Edward Ernest.
Quarto.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper spine and top edge slightly sunned.
A small amount of faint foxing to prelims and endpapers.
Contents not affected.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
17.
The Hobbit
by
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
with illustrations by
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
4th edition,
published by George Allen and Unwin in 1982
ISBN: 0048231479.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering and decoration on spine.
15cm x 22cm.
256 pages.
Pictorial endpapers (Middle Earth maps).
Top edge dark green.
Third printing (1982) of the 1978 fourth edition.
Dustwrapper price-clipped but otherwise undamaged, and enclosed in a protective sleeve.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Attractive school prize-label pasted to blank leaf between front endpaper and half-title.
Pages very faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
18.
The Girl who played the Game
by
May Wynne
Published by Ward Lock in 1945
Green boards with black lettering and decoration.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
19.
Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey
by
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1950
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on spine.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Covers lightly worn and unevenly faded.
Spine faded.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
20.
Jenny's Geranium or, the Prize Flower of a London Court
6th edition,
published by S. W. Partridge circa 1880
Dark green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Gilt lettering rubbed.
Binding cracked and delicate.
Dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
21.
Biggles in Spain
by
W. E. Johns
with illustrations by
J. Abbey
Published by Oxford University Press in 1953
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Some faint foxing to fore edge.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
22.
Black Jack
by
Leon Garfield
with illustrations by
Antony Maitland
1st edition,
published by Longmans Young Books in 1968
ISBN: 0582150922.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper intact, but heavily worn at edges.
Dustwrapper spine faded.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Label removed from front pastedown.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
23.
The Queen of the Pirate Isle
by
Bret Harte
with illustrations by
Kate Greenaway
1st Thus edition,
published by Universal Books in 1989
ISBN: 0864410182.
Quarto.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gold lettering on spine.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
24.
Mary Poppins comes back
by
Pamela Lyndon Travers
with illustrations by
Mary Shepard
Reprint,
published by Collins in 1944
Octavo.
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on spine.
Green decoration on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
25.
The Gold Thread and Martin the Cobbler
by
Norman McLeod and Leo Tolstoy
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1920
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Green patterned endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, price-clipped and slightly soiled.
Book itself close to VG.
Faint foxing to fore edge.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)