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2.
Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers
by
Walter Crane
with illustrations by
Walter Crane
Published by Cassell and Company in 1895
Light green pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark green cloth spine.
Brown lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
19cm x 25cm.
40 pages.
8 pages of adverts at rear.
Brown patterned endpapers.
One colour illustration per page, beneath one or two lines of poetry.
Covers a little worn and scuffed at edges, and slightly soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
A little faint spotting to fore edge and reverse of front endpaper, contents not affected.
School prize label, dated 1896, on front pastedown.
Contents clean, with bright colours.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
3.
Our General - A Story for Girls
by
Elizabeth J. Lysaght
Published by Blackie circa 1900
Octavo.
Blue embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
159 pages.
16 pages of adverts at rear.
Yellow floral decoration on front cover and spine.
Covers worn at edges.
Some soiling and mug-rings to covers.
Gilt blocking a little rubbed.
Some marks to top edge and fore edge.
Prize label (1907) on front endpaper.
Prelims and first few pages foxed and fingermarked.
Remainder of contents clean, except for some occasional finger marks at page edges.
Hinges and binding tight.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
4.
A Pair of Knight-Errants
by
Muriel D. C. Lucas
Published by Religious Tract Society circa 1920
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers and spine.
Black decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
157 pages.
Undated.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Faint foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Prize label dated 1924 on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
5.
Enid Blyton's Robin Hood Book
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
Joyce Johnson
Published by Latimer House in 1957
Red cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some neat tape repairs to edges and corners.
Light wear to corners of covers.
Foxing to fore edge.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
6.
The Story of Phyllis
by
Mary Charlotte Malim
with illustrations by
W.S. Stacey
Reprint,
published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge circa 1902
Octavo.
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Yellow lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
247 pages.
Bevilled boards.
Beige patterned endpapers.
Illustrated with two black and white plates.
8 pages of adverts at rear of book.
Light wear on back board, where cloth has rubbed.
Prize label on front paste down.
Some spotting on fore edge.
Occasional foxing in text.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
7.
The Old Helmet
by
Elizabeth Wetherall
Published by Nicholson circa 1920
Green blind-embossed boards with gilt lettering.
Spine slightly faded.
Some foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Dated from prize label on front endpaper.
Rear inner hinge cracked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
8.
Study Thirteen at Westmore
by
Edward O. England
Published by Victory Press in 1956
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and heavily worn at edges.
Minor wear to covers.
Fore edge, endpapers and prelims heavily foxed.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Pages lightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
9.
Tales from Shakespeare
by
Charles and Mary Lamb
with illustrations by
Arthur Rackham
Reprint,
published by Temple Press in 1939
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
17cm x 23cm.
Light wear to covers.
Gilt on spine dulled.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Some faint foxing to prelims and fore-edge.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
10.
Understudy
by
Pamela Brown
with illustrations by
Drake Brookshaw
1st edition,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1958
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Gilt faded.
Library label and marks on front endpaper.
Some spotting to fore edge.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
11.
The Girls of the Rose Dormitory
by
Joy Francis
Reprint,
published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1950
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and corners, and slightly soiled.
Minor wear to covers.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Prize label partially removed from front endpaper.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
12.
Lavender at the High School
by
E. C. Matthews
with illustrations by
Stanley Lloyd
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1963
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
Red thistle pattern decoration on covers.
224 pages.
Dated from prize label.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and slightly chipped.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
13.
When the Beaty Kept the Seas
by
Frank H. Shaw
with illustrations by
A. H. Browne
1st edition,
published by Cassell and Company in 1917
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Yellow decoration on covers.
312 pages.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine worn at edges and decoration scuffed.
Some foxing to fore edge.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Old tape marks on inner hinges.
Light foxing to page edges throughout.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
14.
Chums of Meriton
by
Walter Herrod
Published by The Pilgrim Press circa 1930
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Spine faded.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
15.
Kerry Blue
by
Heather White
with illustrations by
Richard B. Ogle
Published by Pearson circa 1930
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
13cm x 20cm.
223 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Some faint staining to front cover.
Spine slightly faded.
RSPCA prize label, dated 1933 on front endpaper.
Some light foxing on prelims and endpapers.
Contents generally clear.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
16.
Elinor in the Fifth
by
Winifred Darch
with illustrations by
Margaret Horder
Published by Oxford University Press circa 1940
Orange blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Spine strip darkened.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
17.
The Story of Ferdinand
by
Munro Leaf
with illustrations by
Robert Lawson
1st edition,
published by Hamish Hamilton in 1937
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Red lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
18cm x 21cm.
1st UK edition.
Yellow pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with 5cm loss at top corner of back panel, and 4cm los at base of spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication, dated Christmas 1938, inside front cover.
A little faint, intermittent foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
18.
Cherry in Charge
by
Agnes M. Miall
1st edition,
published by George Newnes in 1950
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and a little soiled, with some foxing to rear.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Covers worn at edges.
Foxing to endpapers and fore edge.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
19.
The Dutch Chees and Other Stories
by
Walter de la Mare
with illustrations by
Irene Hawkins
1st Thus edition,
published by Faber and Faber in 1946
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Gilt faded.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
20.
The Would-be-goods
by
Edith Nesbit
1st edition,
published by Fisher Unwin in 1901
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
Covers heavily worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip darkened.
Inner hinges cracked, and contents shaken.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
21.
Peter Trawl or The Adventures of a Whaler
by
W. H. G. Kingston
1st edition,
published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1881
Octavo.
Dark green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Silver decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
350 pages.
Six (of eight) black and white plates present.
Covers heavily worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip worn at edges and ends, and somewhat darkened.
Gift dedication dated 1883 on reverse of front endpaper.
Endpapers and prelims foxed and tanned.
Contents shaken, and some pages coming loose.
Occasional foxing to page edges.
Some foxing in gutter, where staples in the binding have rusted.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
22.
Two Peniless Princesses
by
Charlotte Yonge
2nd edition,
published by Macmillan in 1893
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers and spine.
Textured boards with blind-embossed horizontal lining.
Light wear and some slight soiling to covers.
Prize label inside front cover.
Contents generally clean, but very slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
23.
Redcar Lee
by
Mrs Walter Searle
with illustrations by
J. Allanson Cull
4th edition,
published by Jarrold circa 1905
Brown blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering and decoration on covers.
Black and gilt decoration on spine.
Top edge gilt.
375 pages.
All edges of spine worn, all lettering faded.
Front endpaper missing, name on half title.
Two black and white plates, chapter headings and tail pieces.
Nine pages of adverts at rear of book.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
24.
Still William
by
Richmal Crompton
with illustrations by
Thomas Henry
Reprint,
published by Newnes in 1939
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Some light foxing to fore edge and prelims, and intermittently to page edges..
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
25.
Pip and Squeak Annual 1933
Published by Daily Mirror in 1932
Quarto.
Yellow pictorial paper-covered boards.
Brown cloth spine.
Four colour plates.
Front endpaper missing.
Covers worn at edges.
Inner hinges cracked.
Foxing to prelims, endpapers and fore edge.
Contents generally VG.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)