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1. The Bumper Book for Children
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: medium, Confidence: high)
#62299   £7.50   
2. Morality to Adventure: Manchester Polytechnic's Collection of Children's Books 1840-1939
Morality to Adventure: Manchester Polytechnic's Collection of Children's Books 1840-1939
by William Henry Shercliff
1st edition, published by Manchester Poly in 1988
ISBN: 0901276189.
Quarto.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Minor wear to covers and dustwrapper.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#106872   £7.50   
3. Good Afternoon, Children
Good Afternoon, Children
with illustrations by Morton-Sale
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1932
Edited by Columbus.
Quarto.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
267 pages.
'Wireless stories and plays from The Children's Hour'.
Illustrated with four colour plates, plus numerous black and white drawings, many in text and margins.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, and slightly soiled.
Covers firm.
Corners bumped.
Fore edges clean.
Corners bumped.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#104442   £12.50   
4. Beauty and the Beastly Children
Beauty and the Beastly Children
by Michael O. Tunnell
with illustrations by John Emil Cymerman
1st edition, published by Tambourine in 1993
ISBN: 0688121810.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#32631   £5.50   
5. The Children of Primrose Lane
The Children of Primrose Lane
by Noel Streatfeild
Published by Collins in 1969
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and has a little wear to edges.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119998   £10.00   
6. Heidi's Children
Heidi's Children
by Charles Tritten
with illustrations by Pelagie Doane
Published by Collins in 1955
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and a little worn at edges.
Neat gift dedication on dustwrapper front flap.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#118555   £7.50   
7. Uncle Mac's Children's Hour Book
Uncle Mac's Children's Hour Book
by Derek McCulloch
Published by Purnell circa 1955
Quarto.
Yellow pictorial glazed boards.
Green cloth spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Contributors include:
Alison Uttley,
Barbara Leone Picard,
Brian Vessey-Fitzgerald,
Antonis Ridge,
Barbara Sleigh, and
Barbara Euphan Todd.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some loss at top of spine and several neat repairs.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#115235   £5.00   
8. The Merry-go-Round and Other Verses for Children
The Merry-go-Round and Other Verses for Children
by Robina Singer
with illustrations by H. A. Powell
Published by Knights Press circa 1930
Paperback.
A collection of rhymes and verses for children.
Illustrated with line drawings.
Covers somewhat worn at edges, with some marking.
Contents generally clean, but with a few fingermarks.
Illustration on p17 neatly coloured in.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#79553   £10.50   
9. People of Importance
People of Importance
by Brenda E. Spender
with illustrations by James H. Dowd
Reprint, published by Country Life in 1943
Quarto.
Grey cloth-covered boards with blue lettering and decoration.
Consists of pages of pencil drawings interleaved with short anecdotes of children.
Short gift dedication on front endpaper.
One or two small marks of the front cover.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#86280   £25.00   
10. The Children's Tales from Dickens
The Children's Tales from Dickens
by F. H. Lee
with illustrations by Honor C. Appleton
Reprint, published by Harrap in 1954
22nd book in Children's Bookshelf series.
Paperback.
Duodecimo.
Light blue covers.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
64 pages.
Colour frontispiece by G. Demain Hammond.
Black and white line drawings by Honor Appleton.
Linen backed thin card covers.
Spine stip slightly faded.
Name written neatly on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#103680   £3.50   
11. Children's Verse
Children's Verse
with illustrations by Margaret W. Tarrant
1st Thus edition, published by Tiger Books in 1986
ISBN: 1870461525.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
64 pages.
A mixture of nursery rhymes and poems written for very young children.
Fine condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#106718   £4.00   
12. Written for Children
Written for Children
by John Rowe Townsend
1st edition, published by Pelican in 1965
Octavo.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
160 pages.
A brief history of children's literature, from earliest times to circa 1965.
No significant faults.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#101218   £10.00   
13. High Jinks
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)
#104425   £20.00   
14. The Hide and Seek Story Book
The Hide and Seek Story Book
1st edition, published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1931
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey spine.
Picture on upper board by Caroline Hall.
Colour frontispiece by Mabel Spurrier.
Eight other full page colour illustrations.
Black and white drawings in the text.
These and the stories and poems are all by different artists and authors.
Covers close to Fine.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#104422   £20.00   
15. Children's Children
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)
#59748   £10.50   
16. Bumper Story Book
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: low, Confidence: medium)
#72301   £10.50   
17. In Doors and Out
In Doors and Out
Published by Blackie circa 1899
'A Book of Pictures and Stories for Little Folk.'
Matt pictorial covers, burgundy cloth, gilt lettering, picture of three children reading a book.
Grey endpapers, neat gift dedication on reverse.
Two colour plates, numerous black and white and two tone drawings, both full page and in the text, numerous full page engravings, including one by Louis Wain.
Corners and spine ends are a little worn; some fingermarking throughout book, in general though, contents are white and clean.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#80102   £30.00   
18. Children of the Turnpike
Children of the Turnpike
by Geraldine Kaye
with illustrations by Gareth Floyd
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1976
ISBN: 0340195444.
Blue covers, gilt lettering.
Label removed from front endpaper
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#79624   £4.00   
19. Here and There
Here and There
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1932
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
'Pictures, Stories, Poems' by various authors and illustrators.
Colour frontispiece by Honor Appleton.
Eight full page colour illustrations.
Numerous black and white drawings, both full page and in the text.
A few faint marks on front cover.
In general covers are firm, bright and clean.
Neat gift inscription on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#104421   £20.00   
20. Children's Stories from Shakespeare
Children's Stories from Shakespeare
by Edith Nesbit
with illustrations by John Henry Bacon and Harold Copping
Published by Raphael Tuck circa 1920
Quarto.
Light yellow pictorial paper-covered boards.
Green cloth spine.
Undated, probably 1920s.
Gift dedication inside front cover dated 1939.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and edgs bumped.
Contents good.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119177   £20.00   
21. The man who caught the wind
The man who caught the wind
by Margaret Gibbs
with illustrations by May Smith
1st edition, published by Chapman and Hall in 1936
Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
136 pages.
Stories from Children's Hour.
Small bump to the bottom right hand corner.
Slight damage to the top of the spine.
Dustwrapper has three centimetres missing from spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on the front endpaper, plus partially erased name written in a childish script.
All of the fourteen black and white illustrations have been very carefully painted.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#85882   £25.00   
22. The Old-fashioned Children's Story Book
The Old-fashioned Children's Story Book
by Zena Flax
Published by Franklin Watts in 1979
ISBN: 0851666973.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Minor wear to dustwrapper.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of title page.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118414   £7.50   
23. The Children's Pictorial Atlas
The Children's Pictorial Atlas
1st edition, published by Purnell in 1980
Edited by Trevor Marchington.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
78 pages.
Gives a clear account of basic geography for young children.
Copiously illustrated.
Index at rear.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#106946   £3.50   
24. Uncle Mac's Children's Hour Story Book
Uncle Mac's Children's Hour Story Book
by Derek McCulloch
1st edition, published by Sampson Low in 1947
An anthology of stories originally broadcast on the BBC Children's Hour programme.
Corners bumped.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#69694   £6.00   
25. Lie-Down Stories
Lie-Down Stories
by Natalie Joan
with illustrations by Anne Anderson
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1935
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cream cloth spine.
77 pages.
Eight colour plates, including frontispiece.
Numerous black and white drawings.
This title was originally published in 1919, with a cover illustration by Anne Anderson.
This edition was republished in the 1930s with a different cover, to fit in with the other books which Blackie was publishing at that time.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine strip slightly soiled.
Plates VG.
Occasional marks on some pages.
Contents generally close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#104423   £25.00   
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