1.
Back Home
by
Michelle Magorian
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 2001
ISBN: 9780141311562.
Paperback.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
Back Home
by
Michelle Magorian
1st edition,
published by Viking Kestrel in 1985
ISBN: 0670806706.
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
387 pages.
The difficulties facing British children returning from the U.S.A. to the austerity of post-war Britain.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Spine cocked.
VG in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
3.
The Penguin Book of Comics
by
George Perry and Alan Aldridge
Published by Penguin in 1971
ISBN: 0140028021.
Paperback.
Covers marked, back cover stained.
Damp marks to lower outer corner.
Bottom right hand corner of cover an first 37 pages creased.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
4.
The House of Wings
by
Betsy Byars
1st British edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1973
ISBN: 037001247X.
Tuquoise boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Faint mark on lower corner of back cover.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
5.
6.
The Story of Ferdinand
by
Munro Leaf
with illustrations by
Robert Lawson
1st edition,
published by Hamish Hamilton in 1937
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Red lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
18cm x 21cm.
1st UK edition.
Yellow pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with 5cm loss at top corner of back panel, and 4cm los at base of spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication, dated Christmas 1938, inside front cover.
A little faint, intermittent foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
Told Again
by
Walter de la Mare
with illustrations by
A. H. Watson
Reprint,
published by Basil Blackwell in 1935
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Yellow lettering on covers.
320 pages.
"Traditional tales told by Walter de la Mare".
Covers scuffed and heavily worn.
Damage at spine ends.
Two large scuffs on back cover.
Binding loose.
Contents shaken.
Some scribble on contents page.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
Columbus Sails
by
C. Walter Hodges
with illustrations by
C. Walter Hodges
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1947
Paperback.
Puffin Story Book Number 39.
Late 15th century, Columbus' voyages to the West.
Mark where label removed from back cover.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
Sir Walter Raleigh
by
L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by
John T. Kenney
Reprint,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1957
Light brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Series 561, original price 2'6.
Blue ladybird pattern endpapers.
Ladybird logo on reverse of front endpaper is black open-wing version.
Titles list on dustwrapper back flap has ten entries, ending with David Livingstone.
Minor wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper spine faded.
Book itself near fine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
10.
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: medium)
11.
The Abbey Girls at Home
by
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
4th Thus edition,
published by Collins in 1947
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
276 pages.
Large octavo.
Colour frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Covers close to 'very good'.
Light wear at sides of spine.
Small stain at bottom of front cover.
Name stamped on front paste down.
Birthday greetings on front endpaper.
Back endpaper missing.
Contents very clean and white.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
12.
Carried Off - A Story of Pirate Times
by
Esme Stuart
with illustrations by
J. F. Weedon
Published by National Society's Depository circa 1900
Octavo.
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Brown decoration on covers.
240 pages.
24 pages of adverts at rear.
Black endpapers.
Spine and back cover faded.
Back edge of spine split.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims, contents largely unaffected.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
R. Caldecott's Picture Book (No. 1)
by
Randolph Caldecott
with illustrations by
Randolph Caldecott
Published by Frederick Warne and Co circa 1940
Light blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Orange lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Black and orange decoration on covers.
21cm x 23cm.
128 pages.
Front cover lettering and decoration is lightly emobossed.
Undated edition, probably 1940s or 1950s.
Contains:
"The Diverting History of John Gilpin",
"The House that Jack Built",
"An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog", and
"The Babes in the Wood".
Each story is individually paginated, and 32 pages long.
Light wear to covers.
Small mark at upper right corner of back cover.
Child's name written a little untidily inside front cover.
VG in other respects; contents clean, and colours bright.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
14.
A Boy and a Secret - A Story for Children
by
Raymond Jacberns
with illustrations by
Mabel Lucie Attwell
Published by W & R Chambers in 1908
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Decoration a little scuffed.
Front endpaper glued-down.
Back endpaper removed.
Back inner hinge cracked.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
15.
Tufty opens a Rest-Home
by
Truus Virger
with illustrations by
Truus Virger
Published by Sandle Brothers Limited
Quarto.
Paper-covered boards.
8 pages.
Covers heavily worn.
Back cover scuffed, where scribble has been erased.
Large scuff on inside of front cover.
Contents otherwise good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
16.
R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2
by
Randolph Caldecott
with illustrations by
Randolph Caldecott
Published by George Routledge and Sons circa 1880
Light grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Red and black decoration on covers.
21cm x 23cm.
128 pages.
All edges red.
Back cover repeats front cover illustration.
Undated edition, dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contains:
"The Three Jovial Huntsmen",
"Sing a Song for Sixpence",
"The Queen of Hearts", and
"The Farmer's Boy".
Each story is individually paginated, and 32 pages long.
Covers darkened, and a little worn and soiled.
Endpapers and pastedowns tanned.
Internally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
17.
Come back, Peter
by
Joan Woodberry
with illustrations by
George Tetlow
1st edition,
published by Thomas Y. Crowell Company in 1968
ISBN: 0690201583.
Octavo.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
150 pages.
Three boys, a baby and a toddler return home from the outback.
An Australian book, first published in the U.S.A.
Dustwrapper spine faded.
Otherwise clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
18.
Little Sunbeams
Published circa 1896
Octavo.
Grey pictorial glazed boards.
Red cloth spine.
White lettering on covers.
31 pages.
An equal number of short stories and poems suitable for toddlers, illustrated with black and white engravings.
Very pretty pictorial front cover.
Back cover has full page advert for Fry's cocoa.
Three pages of adverts at front of book, three more at the back.
Black and white frontispiece.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Contents detached from binding.
Title page appears to be missing.
Gift dedication dated 1896 on half title.
Otherwise in very good condition.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
Commonwealth and Empire Annual
by
Raymond Fawcett
Published by Gawthorn Press in 1953
Quarto.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on front cover and spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with loss to upper and lower edge of back panel and spine; re-backed onto plain paper.
Book itself close to VG.
Minor wear to edges.
Covers unevenly faded where dustwrapper damaged.
Neat name on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
20.
Mattie's Home or, The Little Match Girl & Her Friends
Published by S. W. Partridge circa 1898
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
12cm x 18cm.
Covers worn at edges and a little bowed.
Corners bumped.
Spine darkened.
Dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Fingermarking to endpapers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
21.
Fly away Home
by
Christine Nostlinger
with illustrations by
Unspecified
1st English edition,
published by Abelard in 1976
An account of the Russian occupation of Vienna from a child's perspective, based on the author's own childhood memories. Very few library markings.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
22.
Dirge for a Dead Witch
by
Winifred Duke
Published by Jarrolds circa 1950
Grey boards with red lettering on spine.
Two faint mug rings on back cover.
Back endpaper missing.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
23.
The Story of Mrs Tubbs
by
Hugh Lofting
with illustrations by
Hugh Lofting
Published by Jonathan Cape in 1924
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
18cm x 13cm.
95 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Four colour plates plus line drawings.
The four plates present are:
"Pink digging truffles", p22/23;
"Tilly Twitter", p60/61;
"They stung him", p86/87; and
"They all walked back", p94/95.
Covers worn at edges and scuffed.
Front endpaper missing.
One or two pages chipped at edges.
Pages slightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
24.
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: low, Confidence: medium)
25.
Jonathan's Children
by
Constance Heward
with illustrations by
Jane Paton
1st edition,
published by Harrap in 1963
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
224 pages.
Colour frontispiece, line drawings in the text.
A late family story by this author of many of the Ameliaranne books.
Rough marks at the top right hand corner of the front endpaper, where biro scribble has been erased, a turned down corner at top edge of back endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)