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1. Ellen Grae and Lady Ellen Grae
Ellen Grae and Lady Ellen Grae
by Vera Cleaver and Bill Cleaver
Published by Hamilton in 1973
ISBN: 0241023068.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Some faint spotting to fore-edge.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#28573   £4.00   
2. In the Grip of the Hawk: A Story of the Maori Wars
In the Grip of the Hawk: A Story of the Maori Wars
by Reginald Horsley
with illustrations by W. Herbert Holloway
Published by T. C. & E. C. Jack in 1910
Octavo.
Light grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Covers VG.
Some foxing on endpapers, prelims and fore edge.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#106106   £5.00   
3. The Boat Seekers
The Boat Seekers
by Margot Pardoe
with illustrations by B. Kay
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1953
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
191 pages.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped at edges, some loss.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Some spotting on top edge and fore edge.
Contents VG.
Pages clean and white, with no writing or marks.
A rare title.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#105715   £50.00   
4. Enid Blyton's Robin Hood Book
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: medium, Confidence: high)
#120058   £12.50   
5. The Outsider
The Outsider
by Monica Edwards
with illustrations by Geoffrey Whittam
1st edition, published by Collins in 1961
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly worn at edges.
Some spotting to fore edge and endpapers.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#118551   £25.00   
6. Kim
Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
with illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling
Published by Macmillan and Co in 1927
Maroon embossed leather boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers and spine.
Top edge gilt.
11cm x 17cm.
413 pages.
Dustwrapper worn, with 4cm loss at lower edge of front panel.
Dustwrapper repaired and neatly re-backed onto plain paper.
Book itself VG.
Light wear to edges of covers.
A little faint spotting to fore edge.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#118754   £25.00   
7. Cherry in Charge
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: medium, Confidence: high)
#115989   £15.00   
8. The Girl Guide Omnibus
The Girl Guide Omnibus
by Dorothea Moore
Reprint, published by Nisbet circa 1935
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
836 pages.
Contains three complete Guide stories:
"Terry the Girl Guide",
"Guide Gilly: Adventurer" (written by Christine Chaundler), and
"Bunty of the Blackbirds".
Dustwrapper worn at edges and a little soiled.
Dustwrapper spine faded.
Light wear to bottom edge of covers.
Some spotting on fore edge.
Contents clean.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#100923   £12.50   
9. The Long Traverse
The Long Traverse
by John Buchan
with illustrations by J. Morton Sale
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1941
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped at edges.
Light wear and a little white spotting to covers.
Fore edge foxed.
Name and date on front endpaper.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#116002   £12.50   
10. Romany, Muriel and Doris by Raq
Romany, Muriel and Doris by Raq
by G.K. Evens
with illustrations by Reg Gammon
7th edition, published by University Of London Press in 1947
Octavo.
Light green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
172 pages.
Dustwrapper edge chipped, with small amount of loss at spine ends.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Cloth covers appear faded on spine.
Light spotting on fore edge.
Frontispiece a little wrinkled at inner edge.
Crease at lower corner which extends from title page to page 8.
Contents otherwise unblemished.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#94903   £7.50   
11. Billy-Bob Tales
Billy-Bob Tales
by Enid Blyton
with illustrations by May Smith
Reprint, published by Methuen in 1950
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Some faint spotting on fore edge and prelims.
Neat gift dedication on front pastedown.
1cm chip from edge of front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#108060   £5.00   
12. William's Treasure Trove
William's Treasure Trove
by Richmal Crompton
with illustrations by Thomas Henry
1st Thus edition, published by Children's Book Club in 1962
Red covers, black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper slightly edge chipped.
Some spotting on prelims and fore edge, contents mostly clear.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#81219   £20.00   
13. Monkey
Monkey
by Wu Ch'eng-en
Published by George Allen and Unwin in 1953
Translated from the Chinese by Arthur Waley.
Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
305 pages.
6th impression, 1953.
Title page and dustwrapper illustrated by David Grant.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper slightly worn and chipped at edges, with neat repairs and reinforcement to reverse.
Two faded patches on rear board.
Edges of covers slightly worn.
Covers otherwise clean and unmarked.
Binding sound.
Some fly-spotting at centre of fore-edge.
Contents clean and unmarked, but very slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#110194   £250.00   
14. Jennings and Darbishire
Jennings and Darbishire
by Anthony Buckeridge
Published by Collins in 1957
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with loss at spine ends.
Book itself good:
Light wear to edges of covers.
A little spotting to fore-edge and prelims.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#118660   £7.50   
15. The Dancing Bear
The Dancing Bear
by Peter Dickinson
with illustrations by David Smee
1st edition, published by Gollancz in 1972
ISBN: 0575014210.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper and covers.
Fore edge and top edge a little soiled.
Labels removed from prelims.
Top corner of front endpaper clipped.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#119987   £10.00   
16. Roland Davies' Come On Steve Annual for Boys and Girls
Roland Davies' Come On Steve Annual for Boys and Girls
by Roland Davies
Published by Perry Colour Books circa 1947
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue spine.
19cm x 25cm.
128 pages.
Undated volume, date inferred from Christmas gift dedication inside front cover.
Light wear to covers.
Edges and corners slightly bumped.
A little foxing to fore-edge and endpapers, contents generally clear.
Brown mark at centre of fore edge; extends slightly into the edge of a few pages but does not affect the text.
Contents good, but slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#118596   £130.00   
17. Just so Stories
Just so Stories
by Rudyard Kipling
with illustrations by Rudyard Kipling
Published by Macmillan and Co in 1922
Maroon embossed leather boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers and spine.
Top edge gilt.
11cm x 17cm.
219 pages.
Dustwrapper worn, and a little soiled, with 2cm loss at base of spine and rear panel, and 1cm loss at top of spine.
Dustwrapper neatly repaired and reinforced on reverse.
Book itself generally VG.
Light wear to edges of covers.
A little spotting to fore edge.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#118752   £25.00   
18. The Girls of the Rose Dormitory
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: medium, Confidence: high)
#117323   £4.00   
19. Biggles takes a Holiday
Biggles takes a Holiday
by W. E. Johns
with illustrations by Leslie Stead
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1949
Light blue covers.
Red lettering on covers.
Red decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and unevenly faded.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Top edge of covers faded.
Name on front endpaper.
Prelims and fore edge foxed.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#112843   £20.00   
20. Baden-Powell
Baden-Powell
by E.E. Reynolds
3rd edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1943
Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
283 pages.
Eight leaves of photographs, line drawings by Baden-Powell.
Dustwrapper chipped and soiled.
1 cm. loss at dustwrapper spine ends, corners also affected.
Dustwraper heavily repaired, mostly on the reverse.
Covers firm and undamaged, but lightly worn at edges.
Name on front endpaper.
Light spotting on fore edge, has not bled through onto text.
Contents clean and white.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#97529   £7.50   
21. Pepper's Crack Eleven
Pepper's Crack Eleven
by Rowland Walker
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1950
Red covers with gilt lettering.
Dustwrapper edge chipped with 2cm loss at lower edge of front panel.
A little spotting to fore edge.
Name on front endpaper.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#80538   £3.50   
22. Puck of Pook's Hill
Puck of Pook's Hill
by Rudyard Kipling
Published by Macmillan and Co in 1927
Maroon embossed leather boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers and spine.
Top edge gilt.
11cm x 17cm.
306 pages.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with one or two neat reapairs to reverse.
Book itself VG.
Some light spotting to fore edge.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#118750   £25.00   
23. Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides
Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides
by Rudyard Kipling
Published by Macmillan in 1927
Maroon embossed leather boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers and spine.
Top edge gilt.
11cm x 17cm.
282 pages.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and a little soiled.
Book itself VG.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Some faint spotting to fore edge.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#118749   £25.00   
24. Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers
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: medium, Confidence: high)
#118542   £100.00   
25. Castaway Camp
Castaway Camp
by Mary Evelyn Atkinson
with illustrations by Charlotte Hough
1st edition, published by Bodley Head in 1951
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering and decoration.
Pictorial endpapers.
Colour frontispiece.
Other illustrations black and white.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine strip darkened and slightly soiled.
A small amount of faint foxing to prelims and fore edge.
Contents clean and unmarked, but slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#70098   £25.00   
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