1.
British Weather
by
Stephen Bone
Published by Collins in 1946
Grey paper-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
White decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and has lower half of spine strip missing (rebacked with plain paper).
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat repair at base of spine.
Library label on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
Children's Children
by
Gertrude Bone
with illustrations by
Muirhead Bone
1st edition,
published by Duckworth in 1908
Brown cloth binding, bevelled boards, gilt lettering.
Top edge gilt.
A country story.
Covers slightly worn.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
3.
The Faber Book of Modern Fairy Tales
with illustrations by
Ann Strugnnell
1st edition,
published by Faber & Faber in 1981
ISBN: 0571117686.
Edited by Sara and Stephen Corrin.
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
312 pages.
Fifteen tales by recent authors, which have been accepted as fairy tales.
Authors include, Ted Hughes, Philippa Pearce, and E. Nesbit.
Minor wear to dustwrapper and covers.
Name at top of front endpaper.
Otherwise clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
4.
Stories for Six-Year-Olds
by
Sara Corrin and Stephen Corrin
with illustrations by
Shirley Hughes
Published by Faber and Faber in 1968
ISBN: 0571081142.
Dark red cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on spine.
White decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners slightly bumped.
Name on front endpaper.
Several entries on the contents page have been neatly highlighted in yellow.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
5.
The Wild Weather Book
by
Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield
Reprint,
published by Frances Lincoln Limited in 2013
ISBN: 9780711232556.
Paperback.
128 pages.
Ideas for outdoor activities in bad weather.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
6.
The Last Bus and Other Stories
by
Stephen Southwold
with illustrations by
Anne Anderson
Published by Collins circa 1931
'The Stephen Southwold Tales'.
Dark green boards with gilt lettering and decorations.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations in text.
Slight wear to edges of covers.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Some foxing to prelims, and a few fingermarks to contents.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
British Folk Tales
by
Kevin Crossley-Holland
1st Thus edition,
published by Orchard Books in 1987
ISBN: 1852130210.
Quarto.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
383 pages.
Dustwrapper rather baggy, edge chipped and has been repaired.
Price clipped.
Lower corner of front cover bumped.
Contents lightly tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
Stories for Seven-year-olds
by
Sara and Stephen Corrin
with illustrations by
Shirley Hughes
Published by Faber in 1972
ISBN: 057105823X.
Green cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapepr worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Book itself generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
New Tales of Old Times
by
W. E. Sparkes
with illustrations by
Norman Ault
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1920
Blind embossed blue grey boards, some wear to sides of spine, faded gilt lettering on front cover and spine.
Eight tipped in plates.
Biographies of four British saints, Patrick, Columba, Aidan and Cuthbert.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
10.
11.
Fairy Gold
by
Ruth Ainsworth
with illustrations by
Barbara Hope Steinberg
Published by Heinemann in 1975
ISBN: 0434925853.
Twenty-eight retellings of favourite tales, illustrated with black and white drawings.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
12.
When Fishes Flew
by
Josephine Poole
with illustrations by
Barbara Swiderska
1st edition,
published by Benn in 1978
ISBN: 0510155030.
Octavo.
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on spine.
149 pages.
'A selection of legends and old wives' tales from the West Country.'
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
13.
Back Home
by
Michelle Magorian
1st edition,
published by Viking Kestrel in 1985
ISBN: 0670806706.
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
387 pages.
The difficulties facing British children returning from the U.S.A. to the austerity of post-war Britain.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Spine cocked.
VG in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
14.
Fairy Tales from Many Lands
with illustrations by
Arthur Rackham
Published by Heinemann in 1974
ISBN: 0434958549.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and a little faded.
Some foxing to top edge of page block (contents not affected).
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
15.
Brand of the Hunted
by
Stephen Payne
Published by Wright & Brown in 1957
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Yellow lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Light wear to covers.
Inner hinges reinforced.
Binding a little strained.
Back endpaper missing.
Pages tanned, with intermittent fingermarking to edges.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
16.
A Third Book of British Birds
by
Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald
with illustrations by
Roland Green
Published by Wills & Hepworth circa 1958
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers.
Blue decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Library stamps on prelims.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
17.
A Castle of Bone
by
Penelope Farmer
Published by Puffin in 1975
ISBN: 0140306927.
Paperback.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
18.
Ten Minute Tales
by
Stephen Southwold
with illustrations by
Frank Rogers
Published by Longman's Green and Co in 1927
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Some faint spotting to fore edge.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
19.
Small Pig
by
Arnold Lobel
with illustrations by
Arnold Lobel
1st Thus edition,
published by Worlds Work in 1970
ISBN: 0437900622.
White pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
First British edition.
Covers a little worn at edges, and slightly soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine faded.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
20.
Favourite Fairy Tales told in Poland
by
Virginia Haviland
with illustrations by
Felix Hoffmann
1st Thus edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1966
Purple cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers scuffed at edges and unevenly faded.
Corners bumped.
Front endpaper pasted down.
Pages edgeworn and slightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
21.
The British Girl's Annual
Published by Cassell circa 1920
Quarto.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
22.
23.
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)
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