476.
Tom Merry's Party
by
Frank Richards
Published by Baker in 1979
ISBN: 0703001744.
Howard Baker Annual, Vol 9.
Selection of 1937 "gem".
Green boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and a little faded, particularly on spine strip.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
477.
Frank Burleigh
by
Lydia Phillips
Reprint,
published by S. W. Partridge circa 1910
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering.
96 pages.
Five black and white illustrations, not attributed.
Thirty two pages of adverts for publisher at rear of book.
Prize label on front endpaper.
A little foxing on both endpapers.
Contents clean but lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
478.
Bunter's Orders
by
Frank Richards
Published by Howard Baker in 1978
ISBN: 070300140X.
63rd book in Magnet series.
Quarto.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Magnet issues nos. 1553 to 1555 and 1321 to 1322 and 1221, 1222, 1223
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
479.
An Edwardian Summer
by
John S. Goodall
with illustrations by
John S. Goodall
Reprint,
published by Atheneum in 1977
ISBN: 0333194276.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper lightly worn, price-clipped and unevenly faded.
Book itself near-fine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
480.
Golden Pavements
by
Pamela Brown
with illustrations by
Newton Whittaker
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1958
Theatre series.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Top edge olivine.
Dustwrapper intact, but rather worn at edges.
Book itself VG.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
481.
The Ladybird Book of Nursery Rhymes
by
Auntie Muriel
with illustrations by
Robert Knight
Reprint,
published by Wills & Hepworth circa 1959
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
Undated; back flap of dustwrapper shows list of other titles in series 413 starting with this title and ending with "Red Riding Hood also Goldilocks and the Three Bears", which was first published in 1958.
Book appears to be printed on art paper (glossy).
Front cover repeats dustwrapper design, but in monochrome green.
Dustwrapper back flap has square open-wing ladybird logo in blue, above the series title-list.
Dustwrapper front flap neatly price-clipped.
Very light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Endpapers show a diagonal chequerboard pattern of nursery rhyme characters printed in blue.
Reverse of front endpaper, facing title page, reads "Series 413".
Oval closed-wing ladybird logo in blue on title page.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
482.
You're a brick, Angela!
by
Mary Cadogan and Patricia Craig
Published by Victor Gollancz in 1976
ISBN: 057502061X.
Dark brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers and dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
A little faint spotting to fore edge.
Smudge at upper corner of half-title.
Contents VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
483.
Sunday 1905
Published by Wells Gardner Darton in 1905
Quarto.
Dark green pictorial glazed boards.
Red cloth spine.
444 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations throughout.
Thirty pages of adverts at rear.
Covers bright and generally VG.
Spine is worn and discoloured, front edge cracked and repaired with tape.
Endpapers frayed at edges, and have been repaired.
Contents are in at least good condition.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
484.
Girl Annual Number 7
1st edition,
published by Hulton in 1959
Edited by Marcus Morris.
Quarto.
Red paper-covered boards.
Dark green cloth spine.
173 pages.
Covers worn at edges.
Some fading at lower edge of covers.
Neat name and address on prelims.
Crossword partially completed in pencil.
Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
485.
Twixt School and College - A Tale of Self-reliance
by
Gordon Stables
with illustrations by
W. Parkinson
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1931
Octavo.
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Yellow lettering on covers.
352 pages.
Colour frontispiece, and seven black and white plates.
Some wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine faded.
Gift dedication on front paste down.
Contents clean and white, no foxing or spotting.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
486.
Mattie's Home or, The Little Match Girl & Her Friends
Published by S. W. Partridge circa 1898
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
12cm x 18cm.
Covers worn at edges and a little bowed.
Corners bumped.
Spine darkened.
Dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Fingermarking to endpapers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
487.
Through Three Campaigns
by
George Alfred Henty
with illustrations by
Walter Paget
Reprint,
published by Blackie in 1904
Octavo.
Bevilled red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
383 pages.
Grey endpapers.
8 black and white plates.
3 maps.
32 page catalogue at rear of book.
All edges olivine.
Spine strip darkened.
Some wear to spine ends.
Excellent condition for its age.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
488.
According to Jennings
by
Anthony Buckeridge
Published by Collins in 1967
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with 8cm loss at base of spine.
Book itself good:
Minor wear to covers.
A little faint foxing to endpapers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
489.
English Fairy Tales
by
Flora Annie Steel
with illustrations by
Arthur Rackham
1st edition,
published by Macmillan in 1918
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
17cm x 21cm.
Covers a little worn and faded.
Gilt on spine has dimmed.
Binding generally sound.
Some faint foxing to prelims and intermittently to page edges.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
490.
A Present from Age to Youth
by
William Innes
Published by William Innes in 1849
Dark red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
7cm x 11cm.
128 pages.
Yellow endpapers.
Covers worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Gilt dulled.
Lower half of front endpaper torn away.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
491.
Gay Dogs of St Jim's
by
Frank Richards
1st Thus edition,
published by Howard Baker in 1980
ISBN: 0703001876.
Gem No.10.
Green boards with gilt lettering.
Not price clipped.
Slight fading to dustwrapper spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
492.
A Book of Myths
by
Roger Lancelyn Green
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
Published by Dent Dutton in 1968
ISBN: 0460050664.
Grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers.
Red decoration on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and price-clipped.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
493.
Dancer in Danger
by
Lorna Hill
with illustrations by
Esme Verity
1st edition,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1960
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper, and some foxing to rear panel.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
A little foxing to fore edge.
Name on front endpaper.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
494.
Twixt School and College - A Tale of Self-reliance
by
Gordon Stables
with illustrations by
W. Parkinson
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1910
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
352 pages.
Six black and white plates.
16 pages of adverts at rear of book.
Covers clean and bright.
Prize label on front paste down.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Contents VG, pages clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
495.
William the Conqueror
by
L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by
John T. Kenney
Reprint,
published by Wills & Hepworth circa 1956
Brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers.
Blue decoration on covers.
Ladybird pattern endpapers.
Series 561.
Dustwrapper a little worn, price-clipped and marked at edges.
Book itself would be VG, except for some brown staining to fore edge (contents mainly unaffected).
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
496.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
with illustrations by
Charles Robinson
Reprint,
published by John Lane in 1901
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
13cm x 19cm.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Gilt on spine slightly dulled.
Light foxing on endpapers and pastedowns.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
497.
The Story of a Red Deer
by
J. W. Fortescue
Reprint,
published by Macmillan in 1908
Small octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on front cover and spine, gilt decoration on spine.
Name of previous owner on front endpaper.
Spine and corners slightly worn.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
498.
The Scout's Pathfinder Annual for 1970
with illustrations by
Phil Gascoine
Published by Purnell in 1969
ISBN: 0361010680.
Quarto.
Green paper-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Slight wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Not price-clipped.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
499.
The Clipper's Last Voyage
by
A. Harcourt Burrage
Published by Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Undated, probably 1930s or 1940s.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and price-clipped.
A little faint spotting to fore edge.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
500.
Jane Leaves the Wells
by
Lorna Hill
with illustrations by
Eve Guthrie
Published by Evans Brothers in 1955
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper and to edges of covers.
Gilt on spine dulled.
Foxing to fore edge.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)