1.
The Shirley Hughes Collection
by Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Published by Ted Smart in 2000
by Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Published by Ted Smart in 2000
ISBN: 9780370326825.
Quarto.
Purple cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Quarto.
Purple cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#119436 £15.00
2.
Forty Poems
by John Lehmann
1st edition, published by Hogarth Press in 1942
by John Lehmann
1st edition, published by Hogarth Press in 1942
New Hogarth Library Vol IX.
Book slightly cocked.
Foxing on prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Book slightly cocked.
Foxing on prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#71013 £6.50
3.
King Creature, Come
by John Rowe Townsend
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1980
by John Rowe Townsend
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1980
ISBN: 0192714414.
Pale blue boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Pale blue boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#68858 £7.50
4.
The Hobbit
by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
with illustrations by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
4th edition, published by George Allen and Unwin in 1982
by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
with illustrations by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
4th edition, published by George Allen and Unwin in 1982
ISBN: 0048231479.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering and decoration on spine.
15cm x 22cm.
256 pages.
Pictorial endpapers (Middle Earth maps).
Top edge dark green.
Third printing (1982) of the 1978 fourth edition.
Dustwrapper price-clipped but otherwise undamaged, and enclosed in a protective sleeve.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Attractive school prize-label pasted to blank leaf between front endpaper and half-title.
Pages very faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering and decoration on spine.
15cm x 22cm.
256 pages.
Pictorial endpapers (Middle Earth maps).
Top edge dark green.
Third printing (1982) of the 1978 fourth edition.
Dustwrapper price-clipped but otherwise undamaged, and enclosed in a protective sleeve.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Attractive school prize-label pasted to blank leaf between front endpaper and half-title.
Pages very faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#119674 £100.00
5.
King Creature, Come
by John Rowe Townsend
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1980
by John Rowe Townsend
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1980
ISBN: 0192714414.
Cream covers, gilt lettering.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Cream covers, gilt lettering.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#80500 £3.50
6.
King Creature, come
by John Rowe Townsend
Published by Oxford University Press in 1980
by John Rowe Townsend
Published by Oxford University Press in 1980
ISBN: 0192714414.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#27391 £7.50
7.
The Summer People
by John Rowe Townsend
with illustrations by Robert Micklewright
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1972
by John Rowe Townsend
with illustrations by Robert Micklewright
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1972
ISBN: 0192713469.
Story set in 1939.
Prelims messy.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Story set in 1939.
Prelims messy.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#68874 £6.50
8.
Theodore - A rather curious cat
by Douglas Parker and Jon Raven
with illustrations by John Crane
1st edition, published by Broadside in 1983
by Douglas Parker and Jon Raven
with illustrations by John Crane
1st edition, published by Broadside in 1983
ISBN: 0946757011.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers a little scuffed at edges.
Corners bumped.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers a little scuffed at edges.
Corners bumped.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#120050 £5.00
9.
Skylark Stories
1st Thus edition, published by Book Club Association in 1978
1st Thus edition, published by Book Club Association in 1978
Quarto.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Contains three stories:
Top of the World, by John Rowe Townsend, illustrated by Nikki Jones,
The Demon Bike Rider, by Robert Leeson, illustrated by Jim Russell, and
A Year and a Day, by William Mayne, illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Segment torn from top front edge of dustwrapper.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Contains three stories:
Top of the World, by John Rowe Townsend, illustrated by Nikki Jones,
The Demon Bike Rider, by Robert Leeson, illustrated by Jim Russell, and
A Year and a Day, by William Mayne, illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Segment torn from top front edge of dustwrapper.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#88119 £4.00
10.
The Intruder
by John Rowe Townsend
with illustrations by Graham Humphreys
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1969
by John Rowe Townsend
with illustrations by Graham Humphreys
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1969
ISBN: 0192713043.
Covers badly affected by damp.
Dustwrapper wrinkled.
Blue dye from the covers has bled onto the front endpaper, otherwise the contents are good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Covers badly affected by damp.
Dustwrapper wrinkled.
Blue dye from the covers has bled onto the front endpaper, otherwise the contents are good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#80565 £2.50
11.
Here comes Charlie Moon
by Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
1st edition, published by Bodley Head in 1980
by Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
1st edition, published by Bodley Head in 1980
ISBN: 0370303350.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Name stamp on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Laminated pictorial covers.
Name stamp on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#59634 £4.00
12.
King Creature, come
by John Rowe Townsend
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1980
by John Rowe Townsend
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1980
ISBN: 0192714414.
Clear vinyl cover applied to dustwrapper.
Sellotape marks on endpapers and pastedowns where dustwrapper previously taped down.
Stamps on prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Clear vinyl cover applied to dustwrapper.
Sellotape marks on endpapers and pastedowns where dustwrapper previously taped down.
Stamps on prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#70181 £5.00
13.
Dogger
by Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Published by Red Fox in 2009
by Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Published by Red Fox in 2009
ISBN: 9781862308053.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Name in top corner of title page.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
Quarto.
Name in top corner of title page.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119437 £4.00
14.
The Hobbit
by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
with illustrations by David Wyatt
Reprint, published by Harper Collins in 1998
by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
with illustrations by David Wyatt
Reprint, published by Harper Collins in 1998
ISBN: 9780006754022.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers and corners.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
Light wear to covers and corners.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117920 £4.00
15.
Alfie Gets in First
by Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Published by The Bodley Head in 1992
by Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Published by The Bodley Head in 1992
Pictorial laminated boards.
15cm x 15cm.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Front endpaper a little damaged.
Some wear to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
15cm x 15cm.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Front endpaper a little damaged.
Some wear to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#112436 £2.00
16.
John Burningham
by John Burningham
with illustrations by John Burningham
1st edition, published by Jonathan Cape in 2009
by John Burningham
with illustrations by John Burningham
1st edition, published by Jonathan Cape in 2009
ISBN: 9780224083669.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
24cm x 31cm.
224 pages.
Foreword by Maurice Sendak.
Introduction by Brian Alderson.
A collection of Burningham's illustrations, accomanied by his recollections and observations.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
24cm x 31cm.
224 pages.
Foreword by Maurice Sendak.
Introduction by Brian Alderson.
A collection of Burningham's illustrations, accomanied by his recollections and observations.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119711 £50.00
17.
Alfie Gives a Hand
by Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Published by The Bodley Head in 2011
by Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Published by The Bodley Head in 2011
ISBN: 9780091765712.
Pictorial laminated boards.
15cm x 15cm.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial laminated boards.
15cm x 15cm.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#113493 £3.00
18.
Alfie Gets in First
by Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Published by The Bodley Head in 2011
by Shirley Hughes
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Published by The Bodley Head in 2011
ISBN: 9780091765811.
Pictorial laminated boards.
15cm x 15cm.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial laminated boards.
15cm x 15cm.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#113494 £3.00
19.
Nature's World Records
by John R. Quinn
with illustrations by John R. Quinn
Published in 1977
by John R. Quinn
with illustrations by John R. Quinn
Published in 1977
ISBN: 0802762891.
Quarto.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper rather worn at edges.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Quarto.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper rather worn at edges.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#107272 £4.00
20.
Written for Children
by John Rowe Townsend
1st edition, published by Pelican in 1965
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)
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
21.
An Edwardian Summer
by John S. Goodall
with illustrations by John S. Goodall
Reprint, published by Macmillan in 1979
by John S. Goodall
with illustrations by John S. Goodall
Reprint, published by Macmillan in 1979
ISBN: 0333194276.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Front panel of dustwrapper slightly faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Front panel of dustwrapper slightly faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#114553 £10.00
22.
John Wesley, Founder of Methodism
by John Vickers
with illustrations by Ronald Jackson
Published by Ladybird Books in 1977
by John Vickers
with illustrations by Ronald Jackson
Published by Ladybird Books in 1977
ISBN: 0721404669.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial laminated boards.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#118356 £3.00
23.
The Invaders
by John Rowe Townsend
1st Thus edition, published by Red Fox in 1995
by John Rowe Townsend
1st Thus edition, published by Red Fox in 1995
Paperback.
Light tanning to contents.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Light tanning to contents.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#60817 £3.00
24.
More Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
1st Thus edition, published by Blackie in 1970
by Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
1st Thus edition, published by Blackie in 1970
ISBN: 0216884977.
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#88138 £5.50
25.
King John and Magna Carta
by L. du Garde Peach
with illustrations by John Kenny
Reprint, published by Ladybird Books in 1969
by L. du Garde Peach
with illustrations by John Kenny
Reprint, published by Ladybird Books in 1969
ISBN: 072140247X.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to covers.
Label on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to covers.
Label on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117848 £2.50