1.
The Bumper Book for Children
Published by Collins circa 1958
Pictorial paper covered boards.
Yellow cloth spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations.
Contributors include Ivy Wallace, Rosalie Fry, and Cynthia Harnett.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, and repaired on reverse with some loss at edges.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned, but contents otherwise generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
Bumper Story Book
Published by Collins circa 1960
Contributors include Violet Needham, Jane Shaw, Monica Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations in text.
Edwards and Kathleen Fidler.
Dustwrapper worn with piece missing from lower front corner.
Damage to spine ends and edges with some loss at base.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
Happy Story Book
Published by Beaver Books circa 1960
5th book in Bumper Book series.
Quarto.
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cloth spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Includes several stories by Frank Richards,
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with one or two neat repairs.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
4.
The Bumper Budget
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1933
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Light foxing to prelims and early pages.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
5.
The First Biggles Omnibus
by
W. E. Johns
Published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1957
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Four Biggles stories in one volume:
"Biggles Sweeps the Desert",
"Biggles in the Orient",
"Biggles Delivers the Goods", and
"Biggles Fails to Return".
Dustwrapper heavily worn, and reinforced with clear tape.
4cm loss to dustwrapper at top edge of spine and rear panel re-backed with plain paper.
Light wear to edges of covers.
SOme faint foxing to fore edge.
Gift dedication facing half-title.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
6.
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: medium, Confidence: medium)
7.
The Red Eric or the Whaler's Last Cruise
by
Robert Michael Ballantyne
Reprint,
published by Collins circa 1930
Octavo.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
319 pages.
A Collins' Bumper Reward Book.
No illustrator credited, but there is a coloured plate as frontispiece, and a small circular picture on the title page.
No other illustrations.
Covers chipped at the lower edges and corners.
The extremities of the spine are frayed.
The right hand side of the spine has split and been repaired with transparent tape.
Prize label on the front endpaper.
Contents clean and white, and in good condition.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
8.
The Bairns' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1925
Octavo.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
120 pages.
Two black and white plates, plus numerous black and white drawings in text.
Covers soiled and edge worn.
Colour frontispiece missing.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
9.
Pets Limited
by
Vernon Stokes and Cynthia Harnett
with illustrations by
Vernon Stokes and Cynthia Harnett
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1950
Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Nine colour plates.
Thirty-five black and white drawings in the text.
Two full page black and white line drawings.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with loss along spine strip a large piece missing from the back panel, and two smaller pieces missing from lower edge.
Dustwrapper repaired with tape and some paper backing.
Book itself generally VG.
Covers clean and undamaged, with some minor wear at spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
10.
The Bumper Adventure book
Published by London and Glasgow circa 1925
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers scuffed and heavily edgeworn.
Name on front endpaper.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
11.
A Biggles Omnibus
by
W. E. Johns
1st Thus edition,
published by Leopard in 1995
ISBN: 9780752901299.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Contains three Biggles stories:
"Biggles Learns to Fly",
"Biggles Flies East", and
"Biggles in the Orient".
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
12.
Nelson's Jolly Book for Girls
Published by Nelson in 1934
Edited by Edwin Chisholm.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cloth spine.
Six colour plates.
Many black and white drawings.
Authors include: Sibyl Owsley, Bernard Rutley, and others.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and slightly soiled.
Prize label on front paste down.
Spotting to edges of page block.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
The Big Budget for Girls
Published by Blackie circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
192 pages.
Colour frontispiece and black and white plates.
Selection of stories by various authors.
Light wear to covers.
Short gift dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
14.
High Jinks
by
J. H. Macnair
with illustrations by
A. E. Kennedy
Published by Dean and Son, Limited circa 1935
1st book in Dean's Play Hour series.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Mixture of rhymes and very short stories.
Six colour plates.
Seven full page black and white drawings.
Numerous black and white drawings in the text.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Front cover clean but slightly scratched.
Back cover flecked.
Endpapers missing.
Contents clean and unmarked, and generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
15.
Biggles flies South
by
W. E. Johns
with illustrations by
Jack Nicolle
Published by Oxford University Press in 1946
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers worn and soiled.
Corners bumped.
Address on front pastedown.
Some fingermarking to page edges.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
16.
The After-You Story Book
Published by Ward Lock circa 1923
Quarto.
Glazed pictorial boards with red cloth spine.
Pictorial endpapers by W. Heath Robinson.
Contributors include Thomas Maybank, Fay Inchfawn and Jessie Pope.
Five of six colour plates present (frontispiece missing).
Covers and spine a little worn.
Neat dedication on title page.
One or two of the black and white illustrations neatly coloured in.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
17.
Biggles of the Camel Squadron
by
W. E. Johns
Reprint,
published by Thames in 1956
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn, with 4cm loss at lower front corner.
Light wear to covers, and a few faint marks.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
18.
Popular Stories for Girls
Published by Birn Brothers circa 1958
Quarto.
Blue pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations in the text.
One story by Winifred Norling.
Covers a little worn at edges, and corners slightly bumped.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
Biggles Air Detective
by
W. E. Johns
Published circa 1955
Quarto.
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cloth spine.
93 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Front endpaper blue, depicts a de Haviland Mosquito.
Back endpaper green, depicts a Tiger Moth seaplane.
No date or publisher's details.
Covers scuffed, and worn at edges.
Contents clean and unmarked, but p13/14 is loose.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
20.
The Boys' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1935
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
160 pages.
Colour frontispiece and majority of line drawings by Ernest Prater.
Covers scraped at edges and soiled in places.
Fore edge stained.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
21.
Biggles Air Detective
by
W. E. Johns
Reprint,
published by Dean circa 1970
ISBN: 0603034101.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Repaired tear on back of dustwrapper.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
22.
Frolic and Fun
by
Aunt Ruth
Published by S. W. Partridge circa 1910
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Front cover shows glazed picture of children sledging.
Back cover is an advert for Cadbury's Cocoa.
Copiously illustrated in black and white (no colour illustrations).
Artists include W. C. Groome and Angusine MacGregor.
Three pages of adverts at front and rear of book.
Covers worn at edges.
Glazed paper on spine is chipped in places.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
23.
Biggles of the Special Air Police
by
W. E. Johns
Published by Dean in 1970
ISBN: 060303408X.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dustwrapper worn, with loss of lower front corner.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
24.
Biggles and the Black Peril
by
W. E. Johns
Reprint,
published by Dean circa 1955
Green paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine faded.
Several dents to front cover.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
25.
The Target Book for Boys
Published by Spring Books circa 1955
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Red lettering on covers.
253 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations.
Includes two stories by Frank Richards.
Covers edge worn.
Contents tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)