Headstart series.
Fine condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 9789383145454.
Pictorial laminated boards.
25cm x 27cm.
Fine condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 0600568830.
Quarto.
Blue laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
320 pages.
A modern child's encyclopedia in four sections:
"The World and the Universe",
"Natural History",
"Science and Technology" and
"The Arts and History".
Six page index at rear of book.
Information is attractively arranged with many illustrations.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 1856191397.
Pictures from history, from the stone age to the present.
The reader is asked to identify as many historical characters as possible.
Closed tear to dustwrapper spine.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
48 pages.
The first book in a series of 24 called 'The History of the World'.
A simple account of the origins of life through to early humans.
Copiously illustrated in colour.
Glossary and index at end of book.
Minor wear only to covers and dustwrapper.
Contents fine.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Glazed pictorial boards.
Red cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
First story: "Sentence to Victory" by M Sullivan.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Covers clean and undamaged.
Binding sound.
Contents clean and bright.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper heavily worn.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

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)

ISBN: 0192123203.
Quarto.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Book itself almost pristine.
Fine condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Edited by Louey Chisholm.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Covers worn at edges.
Pages slightly tanned, with some occasional finger-marking to edges.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
852 pages.
Six black and white plates.
Some wear to covers.
Spine strip a little faded.
Name and date on front free endpaper.
Two plates have been re-inserted.
Light spotting on prelims., contents mostly clear.
No other marks.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Octavo.
Light brown pictorial cloth-covered boards.
466 pages.
'A historical tale of the early settlement of Vermont.'
Front cover shows country scene picked out in black and orange.
Colour frontispiece.
Edges of spine a little worn.
Spine has darkened somewhat with age.
Pages tanned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Grey cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Light wear to edges of covers and dustwrapper.
Endpapers and page edges foxed.
Good in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

ISBN: 0715811932.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
96 pages.
Dustwrapper worn and creased.
Name on front pastedown.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

ISBN: 0099459639.
Paperback.
91 pages.
A short description of ghosts through the ages, in colloquial language.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

ISBN: 0413573508.
Quarto.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
162 pages.
Minor wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Fine condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Beige cloth covers, gilt lettering and decorations.
Patterned endpapers.
The early history of Germany.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Octavo.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
160 pages.
A brief history of children's literature, from earliest times to circa 1965.
No significant faults.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Light brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Grey cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edge, and missing front flap replaced with plain paper.
Minor wear to covers.
Gift dedication on half-title.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Light green decoration on covers.
448 pages.
Corrected and revised by Cecil Hartley.
Covers slightly bowed.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers.
Series 561.
Original price 2'6.
Dustwrapper a little worn.
Book itself generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Brown paper-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers.
Blue decoration on covers.
Ladybird pattern endpapers.
Series 561.
Dustwrapper heavily worn.
Book itself close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

ISBN: 0721401821.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to covers.
Name inside front cover.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

ISBN: 0721401074.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)