1.
The Bairns' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1925
Octavo.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
120 pages.
Two black and white plates, plus numerous black and white drawings in text.
Covers soiled and edge worn.
Colour frontispiece missing.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
The Boys' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1935
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
160 pages.
Colour frontispiece and majority of line drawings by Ernest Prater.
Covers scraped at edges and soiled in places.
Fore edge stained.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
The Big Budget for Girls
Published by Blackie circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
192 pages.
Colour frontispiece and black and white plates.
Selection of stories by various authors.
Light wear to covers.
Short gift dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
4.
The Girls' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
160 pages.
Colour frontispiece plus two b/w plates.
Light wear to covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Some fingermarking on prelims.
Several line drawings have been neatly painted.
Light spotting throughout.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
5.
The Girls' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1925
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Frontispiece missing.
VG in other respects.
Undated; first story titled "Wanted, a Highwayman".
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
6.
The Lucky Boys' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1934
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
96 pages.
Covers heavily edgeworn and slightly soiled.
Name on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
7.
The Girls' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1925
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges.
Spine faded.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
8.
Popular Stories for Girls
Published by Birn Brothers circa 1958
Quarto.
Blue pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations in the text.
One story by Winifred Norling.
Covers a little worn at edges, and corners slightly bumped.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
9.
Nelson's Jolly Book for Girls
Published by Nelson in 1934
Edited by Edwin Chisholm.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cloth spine.
Six colour plates.
Many black and white drawings.
Authors include: Sibyl Owsley, Bernard Rutley, and others.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and slightly soiled.
Prize label on front paste down.
Spotting to edges of page block.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
10.
The Bumper Budget
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1933
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Light foxing to prelims and early pages.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
11.
Here and There
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1932
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
'Pictures, Stories, Poems' by various authors and illustrators.
Colour frontispiece by Honor Appleton.
Eight full page colour illustrations.
Numerous black and white drawings, both full page and in the text.
A few faint marks on front cover.
In general covers are firm, bright and clean.
Neat gift inscription on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
12.
The Hide and Seek Story Book
1st edition,
published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1931
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey spine.
Picture on upper board by Caroline Hall.
Colour frontispiece by Mabel Spurrier.
Eight other full page colour illustrations.
Black and white drawings in the text.
These and the stories and poems are all by different artists and authors.
Covers close to Fine.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
13.
The Girls' Budget
Published by Blackie in 1924
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
17cm x 22cm.
Includes original bill of sale.
Light wear to covers.
A little spotting to fore edge.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
14.
The Black Peril - A Biggles Story
by
W. E. Johns
with illustrations by
J. E. McConnell
Published by Thames circa 1950
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light green cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and edges bumped.
Name and address partially erased from front cover.
Foxing to prelims and endpapers.
Front endpaper removed.
Gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece.
Contents generally good.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
15.
Little Pickles
Published by John F. Shaw circa 1920
Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Dark blue cloth spine.
Black decoration on spine.
20cm x 28cm.
192 pages.
Illustrated with a mixture of black and white drawings and coloured line drawings.
Colour frontispiece.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Ends of spine bumped.
Spine strip split down front edge.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Some of the black and white drawings have been reasonably neatly coloured-in by a child.
Plate entitled 'The Visitor' has been neatly attached to the back pastedown using adhesive fabric tape.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
16.
The Adventures of King Arthur
by
Eleanor C. Price
with illustrations by
Rowland Wheelwright
Published by Coker in 1933
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Six colour plates.
Covers scuffed and worn at edges.
Some spotting on fore-edge.
Neat gift-dedication on front paste-down.
Name on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Binding strained, and contents a little shaken.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
17.
Our Jolly Book
Published by Dean circa 1934
Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations in the text.
Upper and lower edges slightly scraped.
Front endpaper missing.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
18.
High Jinks
by
J. H. Macnair
with illustrations by
A. E. Kennedy
Published by Dean and Son, Limited circa 1935
1st book in Dean's Play Hour series.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Mixture of rhymes and very short stories.
Six colour plates.
Seven full page black and white drawings.
Numerous black and white drawings in the text.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Front cover clean but slightly scratched.
Back cover flecked.
Endpapers missing.
Contents clean and unmarked, and generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
19.
The Water-Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1955
Octavo.
Blue paper-covered boards.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
224 pages.
Colour frontispiece plus 3 black and white drawings.
Illustrator not identified, initials A.W.B.; may be A. W. Bowley.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Some scribble on covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Old tape mark on front psatedown.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
20.
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: medium, Confidence: medium)
21.
Pets Limited
by
Vernon Stokes and Cynthia Harnett
with illustrations by
Vernon Stokes and Cynthia Harnett
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1950
Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Nine colour plates.
Thirty-five black and white drawings in the text.
Two full page black and white line drawings.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with loss along spine strip a large piece missing from the back panel, and two smaller pieces missing from lower edge.
Dustwrapper repaired with tape and some paper backing.
Book itself generally VG.
Covers clean and undamaged, with some minor wear at spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
22.
Jolly Days for Girls
Published by Oxford University Press in 1939
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Twelve short stories by different authors.
Colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations in text.
Dustwrapper complete, light creasing at top edge.
No sign of wear on covers, colours bright.
Short gift dedication on front paste down.
Contents lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
23.
The Splendid Book for Girls
Published by Birn Bros circa 1947
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
141 pages.
Authors include Winifred Norling, Mabel Esther Allan, G. E. Breary.
Covers worn at edges.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents white and clean.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
24.
Rainbow End
Published by Birn Brothers Limited circa 1952
Quarto.
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
92 pages.
Book dated from gift inscription.
Pictorial endpapers.
Colour frontispiece.
Monochrome illustrations in text.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
25.
The Target Book for Boys
Published by Spring Books circa 1955
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Red lettering on covers.
253 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations.
Includes two stories by Frank Richards.
Covers edge worn.
Contents tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)