1.
Chloe and Cracker
by
Kelly McKain
Published by Stripes Publishing in 2007
ISBN: 9781847150141.
Pony Camp Diaries series.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
Kidnapped by Blackbirders
by
Eve Sutton
with illustrations by
Fiona Kelly
1st edition,
published by Spindlewood in 1984
ISBN: 0907349161.
Yellow boards with black lettering on spine.
Pictorial dustwrapper.
Slight spotting to top edge.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
3.
Kidnapped by Blackbirders
by
Eve Sutton
with illustrations by
Fiona Kelly
1st edition,
published by Spindlewood in 1984
ISBN: 0907349161.
Yellow boards with black lettering on spine.
Pictorial dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
4.
Cracker Jackson
by
Betsy Byars
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1986
ISBN: 014031881X.
Paperback.
Covers worn.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
5.
Cracker Jackson
by
Betsy Byars
1st British edition,
published by The Bodley Head in 1985
ISBN: 037030859X.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Pages lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
6.
The Puffin Book of Gardening
by
Mary Kelly
with illustrations by
Vera Croxford
1st edition,
published by Kestrel in 1977
A book teaching basic gardening skills to children.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
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: medium)
8.
The Days of Bruce
by
Alice F. Jackson
Published by London circa 1910
Brown cloth-covered boards with black lettering and decoration.
Picture onlay to front cover.
191 pages.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
Book itself generally VG, but neat dedication on front endpaper and some faint spotting to fore edge.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
The Child's Picture Grammar
by
S. Rosamund Praeger
with illustrations by
S. Rosamund Praeger
1st edition,
published by George Allen in 1900
Quarto.
Beige paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on covers.
71 pages.
The book has been professionally restored, having a new spine and endpapers.
Illustrated with black and white line drawings.
Nine of the illustrations, the chapter headings, are coloured.
The front cover illustration is that used to illustrate 'Common Nouns'.
Boards bumped at the edges and corners.
Vertical crease to the front cover.
Some discolouration to covers.
The text block is tight.
Pages are clean and white.
Neat signature from a previous owner at the top of the front cover.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
10.
The Princess of the School
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
Frank Wiles
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1921
Octavo.
Beige pictorial cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
288 pages.
Six black and white plates, all in good condition.
Front and back covers are very good.
Lettering and decoration has faded from the spine.
Gift dedication on front paste down.
Small piece of white paper has been pasted to the top of the front endpaper with a name on it.
Contents tight and clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
11.
The Golden Picture Story Book - Stories and Pictures for Little Folk
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1920
Quarto.
Gold paper-covered boards.
Yellow cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Some of the characters and stories might be considered politically incorrect, by contemporary standards.
Covers worn at edges and scuffed.
Dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Belongs To box completed.
Address at top of first page.
A number of the line drawings have been coloured in neatly, but rather garishly.
Contents otherwise in good condition.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
12.
Good-Bye, Chicken Little
by
Betsy Byars
1st edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1979
ISBN: 0370302125.
Dark blue boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
dustwrapper spine faded.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Labels removed from prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
13.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
Harry G. Theaker
Published by Ward Lock & Co circa 1939
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
16cm x 22cm.
340 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Four pages of adverts at rear.
48 colour plates (all present and undamaged).
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Covers and endpapers clean and unmarked.
Some faint foxing to fore-edge and top-edge, contents not affected.
Not dated, but gift dedication at top of half-title is dated 1939.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
14.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Alice Ross
Published by W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell circa 1922
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
12cm x 16cm.
Undated; gift dedication on front endpaper dated Christmas 1923.
Covers faded and heavily worn.
Corners bumped.
Lower half of spine-strip missing.
Binding a little strained.
Fontispiece and three of four colour plates present (plate at p34 missing).
Pages heavily tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
15.
My Lord goes Wayfaring
by
Moyra Charlton
with illustrations by
Frank R. Grey
1st edition,
published by Methuen in 1935
Black boards.
Yellow lettering to front cover and spine.
Picture onlay to dustwrapper front.
Colour frontispiece, other illustrations black and white.
Some wear at edges of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
16.
Groundsel and Necklaces
by
Cicely Mary Barker
with illustrations by
Cicely Mary Barker
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1950
Light grey paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers and spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Blue pictorial endpapers.
Chequerboard patterns at corners of picture onlay.
Original price of 2/9 on dustwrapper front flap.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with 2cm loss at lower corner of front panel.
Covers worn at edges, and corners bumped.
Boards slightly bowed.
Contents close to VG, but slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
17.
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: low, Confidence: low)
18.
Blackie's Popular Nursery Stories
with illustrations by
John Hassall
Published by Blackie circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Light yellow lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white.
Boards worn and edge-chipped.
Spine strip in good condition.
Name and date on front paste down.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
19.
The Magic Whistle
by
Gordon Browne
with illustrations by
Florence Anderson
Published by George G. Harrap in 1919
Paperback.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
19cm x 25cm.
Covers heavily worn.
Front cover and front endpaper detached.
Old tape marks on prelims and spine.
Prelims foxed.
Prize dedication on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
20.
Molly's Heroine
by
Fleur de Lys
with illustrations by
Simon Harman Kedder
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1923
Beige covers, black lettering, oval picture onlay to front cover.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Two colour, two black and white plates.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
21.
The House of Wings
by
Betsy Byars
1st British edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1973
ISBN: 037001247X.
Tuquoise boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Faint mark on lower corner of back cover.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
22.
Ameliaranne and the Big Treasure
by
John Natalie
with illustrations by
Susan Beatrice Pearse
1st edition,
published by Harrap in 1932
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to covers.
Picture onlay scuffed.
Covers and spine unevenly faded.
Name, and "10" in a childish hand, on front endpaper.
Contents close to VG.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
23.
The Water Babies
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
Harry G. Theaker
Published by Ward Lock circa 1949
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
16cm x 21cm.
340 pages.
Some light wear to covers, and one or two marks.
A little faint spotting to top edge.
Name on front endpaper.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
24.
Flower Fairies of the Summer
by
Cicely Mary Barker
with illustrations by
Cicely Mary Barker
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Light grey paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers and spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
10cm x 14cm.
Chequerboard pattern at corners of picture onlay.
Blue pictorial endpapers.
Original price of 1/6 marked on dustwrapper front flap.
Dustwrapper foxed on reverse and a little soiled.
Light wear to covers.
Prelims heavily foxed.
Intermittent foxing to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
25.
Under French's Command
by
Frederick Sadlier Brereton
with illustrations by
Archibald Webb
Reprint,
published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Green covers, blue lettering on front cover and spine.
Pictorial dustwrapper badly creased, closed tear across front, piece missing from top edge, and from base of spine.
Small crease at bottom corner of front endpaper.
Fore edge spotteed.
Four black and white illustrations.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)