1.
Blue Tally Ho!
by
C. V. Usborne
Published by Rich and Cowan circa 1950
Blue covers.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Some faint foxing to endpapers. and top edge of pageblock.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
Shock for the Secret Seven
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
Burgess Sharrocks
1st edition,
published by Brockhampton in 1961
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with one or two neat repairs at corners.
Light wear to covers.
Edges and corners a little scuffed and bumped.
Light foxing to fore edge and endpapers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
3.
The Boat Seekers
by
Margot Pardoe
with illustrations by
B. Kay
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1953
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
191 pages.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped at edges, some loss.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Some spotting on top edge and fore edge.
Contents VG.
Pages clean and white, with no writing or marks.
A rare title.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
4.
RIP
by
E. W. Garrett
with illustrations by
Anne Anderson
Published by Humphrey Milford in 1919
Octavo.
Light blue paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Dark blue decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
128 pages.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Sunday School prize label on front pastedown.
Prelims slightly foxed.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
5.
Feats on the Fiord
by
Harriet Martineau
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1914
Quarto.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Four colour plates, not attributed.
266 pages.
Very attractive patterned binding.
Foxing on fore edge.
Name and address on front paste down.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Text mostly clear, but some spotting, mostly at page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
6.
The Girls of the Rose Dormitory
by
Joy Francis
Reprint,
published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1950
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and corners, and slightly soiled.
Minor wear to covers.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Prize label partially removed from front endpaper.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
7.
Enid Blyton's Robin Hood Book
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
Joyce Johnson
Published by Latimer House in 1957
Red cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some neat tape repairs to edges and corners.
Light wear to corners of covers.
Foxing to fore edge.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
8.
Puzzle Pony
by
Kathleen MacKenzie
with illustrations by
Violet Morgan
1st edition,
published by Evans Brothers in 1959
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Faint spotting to fore edge.
Neat name and address on front endpaper.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
9.
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
by
Mary Mapes Dodge
with illustrations by
Pelagie Doane
Published by Collins in 1958
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn but intact.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Faint foxing to fore edge.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
10.
Understudy
by
Pamela Brown
with illustrations by
Drake Brookshaw
1st edition,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1958
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Gilt faded.
Library label and marks on front endpaper.
Some spotting to fore edge.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
11.
The Sleepy-Song Book
by
Eugene Field and May Byron and Florence Campbell
with illustrations by
Anne Anderson
Published by George G. Harrap circa 1920
Blue paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
22cm x 28cm.
Dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Covers worn and scuffed and a little faded.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Endpapers foxed and worn at edges.
Intermittent finger-marking and wear to edges of pages.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
12.
Good Work Secret Seven
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
Bruno Kay
Published by Brockhampton in 1967
6th book in Secret Seven series.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Light wear to edges of covers.
A little foxing to fore-edge.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
13.
The Small Miracle
by
Paul Gallico
with illustrations by
Edgar Norfield
Published by Michael Joseph in 1953
Blue paper-covered boards.
Dark blue cloth spine.
Red lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
White decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and a little worn at edges.
Minor wear to covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
14.
The Queen Elizabeth Family
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
Ruth Gervis
1st edition,
published by Lutterworth in 1965
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Some foxing to prelims and endpapers.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
15.
The Stolen Lake
by
Joan Aiken
with illustrations by
Pat Marriott
1st edition,
published by Cape in 1981
ISBN: 0224019244.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Tape marks on front endpaper and edge of front cover, where library protector removed.
Front endpaper removed.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
16.
Fifteen Minute Tales - Nineteen Stories for Children
by
Enid Blyton
10th edition,
published by Methuen in 1948
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners a little bumped.
Spine faded.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
17.
Robin Hood and his Merry Men
by
Howard Pyle
with illustrations by
Paul Busch
Published by Peveril Books in 1957
Cloth-covered boards.
Cream spine.
Blue and yellow decoration on covers.
Blue decoration on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper missing 5cm strip at top of rear panel and chipped at top edge of spine.
Book itself generally VG.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
18.
The Limbo Trail
by
Rowland Walker
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1950
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Light foxing to dustwrapper and to fore edge.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
19.
Martin Rattler
by
R. M. Ballantyne
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1960
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
215 pages.
"Blackie's Library of Famous Books".
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Covers worn at corners and spine ends.
Spotting on fore edge.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
20.
Drummers Den
by
Frances Betty Clark
1st edition,
published by Heinemann in 1964
Dark blue boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Label removed from front pastedown.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
21.
Fleur & Blanchefleur - A Mediaeval Legend
by
Mrs Leighton
with illustrations by
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
Published by Daniel O'Connor in 1922
Translated from the French by Mrs. Leighton.
Quarto.
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper chipped, and worn at edges with some loss at spine ends.
Light wear to covers.
Prelims and endpapers tanned.
Pages lightly tanned.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
22.
The Outsider
by
Monica Edwards
with illustrations by
Geoffrey Whittam
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1961
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly worn at edges.
Some spotting to fore edge and endpapers.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
23.
What Katy did
by
Susan Coolidge
Published by Blackie circa 1950
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some chipping at spine ends.
Minor wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
24.
The Children of the New Forest
by
Captain Marryat
Published by Thames Publishing Co circa 1955
Regent Classics series.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some loss and chipping to edges and spine ends.
Some spotting to fore-edge.
Gift dedication on front pastedown.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
25.
The World Chief Guide
by
Eileen K. Wade
1st edition,
published by Hutchinson of London in 1957
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and creased, with some loss at corners of front panel and base of spine.
Dustwrapper neatly repaired and strengthened with pale-blue paper.
Small patches of fading on covers, where dustwrapper chipped.
Neat prize dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)