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1. Tony's Chums; A Tale of a Summer Holiday
Tony's Chums; A Tale of a Summer Holiday
by May Wynne
with illustrations by Arthur A. Dixon
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1915
Green, decorated boards.
Front hinge strained.
Corners and spine ends worn.
Front endpaper and frontispice missing.
Pages heavily worn at corners, with some loss.
Reading condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#67298   £3.50   
2. Chums of Meriton
Chums of Meriton
by Walter Herrod
Published by The Pilgrim Press circa 1930
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Spine faded.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#119473   £3.50   
3. The best of chums
The best of chums
by May Wynne
Reprint, published by Ward Lock circa 1938
Dark green boards, black lettering and decorations, black and white frontispiece.
Worn at edges of spine.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#63368   £6.50   
4. Three Chums
Three Chums
by A. Harcourt Burrage
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. circa 1930
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip faded and stained.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Contents good, but slightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#119469   £3.00   
5. Tony's Chums; A Tale of a Summer Holiday
Tony's Chums; A Tale of a Summer Holiday
by May Wynne
with illustrations by Arthur A. Dixon
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1925
Front endpaper missing.
Slight wear to spine ends.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#69529   £10.50   
6. Chums at Charlhurst
Chums at Charlhurst
by Harold Avery
with illustrations by J. R. Burgess
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1958
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some neat repairs and reinforcements on reverse.
Book itself generally VG.
Gift dedication inside front cover.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#118096   £5.00   
7. The Best of Chums
The Best of Chums
1st edition, published by IPC Magazines in 1978
ISBN: 0304300594.
Edited by Philip Warner.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
192 pages.
Price clipped.
Dustwrapper slightly worn and spine sunned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#84125   £10.50   
8. Frank Richards: The Chap behind the Chums
Frank Richards: The Chap behind the Chums
by Mary Cadogan
Reprint, published by Viking in 1988
ISBN: 0670819468.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
258 pages.
Dustwrapper very slightly scraped at base of spine.
Upper corner of front endpaper has been snipped off.
Otherwise a clean and undamaged copy.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#98298   £7.50   
9. The Best of Chums
The Best of Chums
1st edition, published by IPC Magazines in 1978
ISBN: 0304300594.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
192 pages.
Dustwrapper spine sunned.
Not price clipped.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#84126   £10.50   
10. Frank Richards: The Chap behind the Chums
Frank Richards: The Chap behind the Chums
by Mary Cadogan
1st edition, published by Viking in 1988
ISBN: 0670819468.
Quarto.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Fine condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#109584   £10.00   
11. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by Alice Ross
Published by W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell circa 1922
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
12cm x 16cm.
Undated; gift dedication on front endpaper dated Christmas 1923.
Covers faded and heavily worn.
Corners bumped.
Lower half of spine-strip missing.
Binding a little strained.
Fontispiece and three of four colour plates present (plate at p34 missing).
Pages heavily tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#115268   £20.00   
12. Peter Trawl or The Adventures of a Whaler
Peter Trawl or The Adventures of a Whaler
by W. H. G. Kingston
1st edition, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1881
Octavo.
Dark green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Silver decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
350 pages.
Six (of eight) black and white plates present.
Covers heavily worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip worn at edges and ends, and somewhat darkened.
Gift dedication dated 1883 on reverse of front endpaper.
Endpapers and prelims foxed and tanned.
Contents shaken, and some pages coming loose.
Occasional foxing to page edges.
Some foxing in gutter, where staples in the binding have rusted.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#111402   £15.00   
13. The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson
by Johann David Wyss
Reprint, published by Collins circa 1900
Quarto.
Green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
224 pages.
Colour frontispiece, plus monochrome plates.
Various illustrators, including one plate (facing p 32) bearing the monogram of Cecil Aldin.
Undated edition, but neat Sunday school prize dedication on front endpaper is dated Christmas 1908, and the Aldin plate is dated "97".
Covers clean, but lightly worn at edges.
Silver blocking on spine has rubbed off.
Binding sound.
Pages tanned, with intermittent foxing.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#115464   £30.00   
14. Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
Published by Ernest Nister in 1895
Bevilled dark blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
18cm x 24cm.
328 pages.
Red edges.
6 colour plates, including frontispiece, "and upwards of eighty black-and-white drawings by J. Finnemore, G. H. Thompson and Archibald Webb".
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine strip faded, and appears to have been re-glued at edges.
Scuff where label removed from inside front cover.
Endpapers foxed.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119008   £15.00   
15. The Winning of the Golden Spurs
The Winning of the Golden Spurs
by Percy F. Westerman
1st edition, published by Nisbet in 1911
Octavo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover and spine.
312 pages.
Covers worn.
Gilt on spine faded.
Front endpaper missing.
Front inner hinge cracked, and has old tape marks from a former repair attempt.
Contents shaken, but clean.
Light spotting on a few pages.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#104639   £5.00   
16. Kinsman and Namesake
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: low)
#66490   £8.50   
17. The Advent of Arthur
The Advent of Arthur
by Enid Leigh Hunt
Published by Sampson Low circa 1935
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering and decorations to front cover and spine.
Black and white frontispiece.
Covers worn at edges.
Spine ends tender.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Contents good.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#70985   £4.00   
18. Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers
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: low)
#118542   £100.00   
19. The Black Peril - A Biggles Story
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: low, Confidence: low)
#115466   £4.50   
20. The New Illustrated Encyclopedia
The New Illustrated Encyclopedia
Published by Collins circa 1957
Edited by John R. Crossland
Quarto.
Red blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
467 pages.
8 colour plates.
Numerous black and white drawings.
All plates present.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Lettering on spine has faded.
Dated from a school prize label on f.e.p.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#101815   £5.00   
21. Little Pickles
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: low, Confidence: low)
#99031   £15.00   
22. Kerry Blue
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: low)
#108039   £75.00   
23. Twice Lost
Twice Lost
by W. H. G. Kingston
Reprint, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1913
Kingston Library series.
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
396 pages.
Five colour plates, illustrators not attributed.
Spine strip worn, and gilt blocking is almost erased.
Covers, front and back, are otherwise close to very good.
Prize label on front paste down.
Contents white and clean.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#93310   £5.00   
24. The Heroes (The Argonauts and Theseus)
The Heroes (The Argonauts and Theseus)
by Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by A. A. Dixon
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1935
Stories Old and New series.
Duodecimo.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
157 pages.
Four colour plates.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and has 1 to 3cm loss along top edge of pack panel.
Covers clean and undamaged.
Book plate on front paste down.
Prize dedication dated 1948 on front endpaper (book itself mid-1930s).
Pages slightly tanned.
Plates clean and undamaged.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#106057   £7.50   
25. Three adventurous schoolgirls
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: low)
#100834   £6.50   
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