476.
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: low)
477.
478.
Blackbird Patrol
by
Andrews Wood
Published by The Children's Press circa 1960
Blue covers.
Silver lettering on spine.
Silver decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper creased and a little worn at edges.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
479.
480.
Guy Mannering; or the Astrologer
by
Sir Walter Scott
Reprint,
published by Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell circa 1919
Edited by Waddell, Rev. P. Hately.
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Brown spine.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Top edge gilt.
336 pages.
'The Waverley Novels'.
Endpapers are missing, red stains on edges of prelims.
Gift dedication on first free page.
Contents and binding tight.
Pages generally clean and bright.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
481.
Little Tales from Many Lands
by
Elizabeth Grey
Published by Hampster Books circa 1958
37th book in Early Reader series.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners bumped.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
482.
Depth Charge Danger
by
J. Eldridge
Reprint,
published by Puffin in 1999
ISBN: 0141302402.
4th book in Warpath series.
Paperback.
116 pages.
Sinking of the Tirpitz.
"Part war story, part fact book, Depth-charge Danger reveals what it was really like to be in a Second World War submarine."
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
483.
I Like this Story
with illustrations by
Anthony Kerins
Reprint,
published by Puffin in 1987
ISBN: 0140320008.
Edited and chosen by Kaye Webb.
Paperback.
384 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
484.
485.
A Child's Book of Manners
by
Fay Maschler
with illustrations by
Helen Oxenbury
Published by Puffin in 1984
ISBN: 0140503749.
Paperback.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Name written neatly at top edge of title page.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
486.
The Chalet Book for Girls
by
Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
1st Thus edition,
published by Girls Gone By in 2025
ISBN: 9781847453525.
Paperback.
Quarto.
"The Chalet Book for Girls" contains a complete long story, "Mystery at the Chalet School", together with four short stories, and four articles on subjects such as Beauty for the "Teen-agers" and Cookin in Olden Days. It is illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by various artists, and a colour frontispiece.
Mint condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
487.
The Chalet Book for Girls
by
Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
1st Thus edition,
published by Girls Gone By in 2025
ISBN: 9781847453525.
Paperback.
Quarto.
"The Chalet Book for Girls" contains a complete long story, "Mystery at the Chalet School", together with four short stories, and four articles on subjects such as Beauty for the "Teen-agers" and Cookin in Olden Days. It is illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by various artists, and a colour frontispiece.
Mint condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
488.
Riding for Gold
by
Merle Cazaly
with illustrations by
Suzanne Massee
Revised edition,
published by Hutchinson Australia in 1981
ISBN: 0091375800.
A story of prospecting in Victoria, Australia in the 1850s.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
489.
490.
Doctor with Wings
by
Allan Aldous
with illustrations by
Roger Payne
3rd edition,
published by Brockhampton in 1964
Story of a Scotsman who joins the Australian Flying Doctor Service.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
491.
The Old Nursery Rhymes
with illustrations by
Lawson Wood
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1920
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
23cm x 29cm.
142 pages.
24 full-page colour plates plus numerous line illustrations in text.
Covers soiled.
Corners, edges and spine ends bumped and scuffed.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Frontispiece creased.
Some finger-marking to prelims, and intermittently to page edges.
Lower quarter of page 79/80 torn away and missing.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
492.
Red Indian Folk and Fairy Tales
by
Ruth Manning-Sanders
with illustrations by
C. Walter Hodges
Published by Oxford University Press in 1971
ISBN: 0192711474.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Top edge slightly soiled.
Name on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
493.
Still William
by
Richmal Crompton
with illustrations by
Thomas Henry
Reprint,
published by Newnes in 1939
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Some light foxing to fore edge and prelims, and intermittently to page edges..
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
494.
The Book of Pets
by
Elizabeth S. Tucker
with illustrations by
Maud Humphrey
1st edition,
published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York in 1893
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
23cm x 28cm.
52 pages.
Colour illustrations on every page, some accompanied by short text or poems.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Boards soiled.
Edges and corners heavily bumped.
Spine worn and a little faded.
Inner hinges cracked.
Pastedowns and endpapers foxed.
Contents in good condition, but light fingermarking to edges of pages throughout.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
495.
496.
Blackie's Book of New Fairy Tales
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1920
Quarto.
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Brown cloth spine.
Yellow lettering on covers.
Yellow decoration on covers.
Dated from gift dedication inside front cover.
Covers worn at edges and slightly scuffed.
Corners bumped.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
497.
Sir Walter Raleigh
by
L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by
John T. Kenney
Reprint,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1957
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
498.
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: low, Confidence: low)
499.
Jacky Nobody
by
Anne de Roo
1st edition,
published by Methuen in 1983
Laminated pictorial covers.
Set at the time of the Maori rebellion in the 1840s.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
500.
Animal Stories
by
Walter de la Mare
Reprint,
published by Faber & Faber in 1965
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
Front inner hinge reinforced with clear tape.
A little soiling to edges of page block.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)