1.
Tales from Chaucer
by
Chaucer
with illustrations by
Marjorie Walters
1st Thus edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1959
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Gilt on spine a little dull.
Pages faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
2.
Tales from Chaucer
by
Chaucer
with illustrations by
W. Russell Flint
Published by The Medici Society in 1930
Octavo.
Red, blind-embossed boards with gilt lettering on spine.
12 colour plates.
'Belongs To' sticker on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
3.
The Gateway to Chaucer
1st edition,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1913
Octavo.
Bevilled red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
18cm x 13cm.
269 pages.
Some wear to covers.
Gilt dulled.
Spine slightly faded.
Endpapers tanned.
Contents clean and unmarked, but slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
4.
Pat's New Life
by
Dorothy Marsh
Reprint,
published by Lutterworth Press in 1958
5th book in Gateway series.
Octavo.
Green paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
126 pages.
Black and white frontispiece.
The Gateway Series aims to provide Sunday School Reward Books.
Light wear to covers.
Spine faded.
A few marks on f.e.p. and paste down.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
5.
Stories from Chaucer
by
Janet Harvey Kelman
with illustrations by
W. Heath Robinson
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1950
Edited by Louey Chisholm.
Told to the Children series.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
11cm x 16cm.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and soiled.
A little faint foxing to fore edge.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
6.
The Great Writers: Geoffrey Chaucer
Published by Marshall Cavendish in 1988
Paperback.
Part 48 Volume 4.
Covers a little worn.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
Peter Joins in
by
L. V. Davidson
2nd edition,
published by Lutterworth press in 1960
Red covers, black lettering.
No 24 in the Gateway series.
Dustwrapper worn and repaired with tape.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
by
Grace James
with illustrations by
Warwick Goble
Published by Macmillan and Co in 1923
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
15cm x 22cm.
16 colour plates.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine slightly faded.
Name at top corner of front endpaper.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
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: low)
10.
11.
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: low)
12.
The Gateway of Literature - Five Centuries of Great Tales of Youth
Published by Daily Express in 1934
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
1022 pages.
Introduction by Hugh Walpole.
Selected and arranged by Hugh Walpole and Wilfred Partington.
Covers worn at edges.
Lower edge of front and back boards damp marked; contents not affected.
Hinges a little strained.
Pages slightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
13.
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: low, Confidence: low)
14.
Old Christmas
by
Washington Irving
with illustrations by
Randolph Caldecott
1st Thus edition,
published by Macmillan and Co in 1903
Pocket Classics series.
Dark red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
10cm x 18cm.
Light wear to covers.
Gilt on spine a littl dull.
Corners slightly bumped.
Light foxing to endpapers and prelims.
Pages faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
15.
The New Illustrated Encyclopedia
Published by Collins circa 1957
Edited by John R. Crossland
Quarto.
Red blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
467 pages.
8 colour plates.
Numerous black and white drawings.
All plates present.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Lettering on spine has faded.
Dated from a school prize label on f.e.p.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
16.
The Hobbit
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: low)
17.
Ups and Downs of School Life
by
Constance Harvey
Reprint,
published by Shaw circa 1934
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
184 pages.
Colour frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Light wear to covers.
Some marks on top edge and fore edge.
Prize label on front endpaper, and name stamped at top.
Light foxing on prelims and early pages.
A few small marks on contents, but in general close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
18.
William the Bold
by
Richmal Crompton
with illustrations by
Thomas Henry
1st edition,
published by Newnes in 1950
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
248 pages.
Top 1.5cm chip at top of dustwrapper spine.
Some wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper not price-clipped.
Light spotting on both endpapers.
Covers clean and undamaged.
Gilt lettering and decoration bright.
Binding tight.
Contents clean and undamaged.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
19.
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: low)
20.
The Wild Pigs - A Story for Little People
by
Gerald Young
with illustrations by
W. Parkinson
Published by Swan Sonnenschein in 1892
Bevilled dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
131 pages.
Black endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Gilt lettering and decoration slightly faded.
Name on front pastedown.
Binding sound.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
21.
Roving East and Roving West
by
E. V. Lucas
3rd edition,
published by Methuen in 1921
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and a little faded.
Dustwrapper spine scuffed and soiled.
Covers clean and undamaged.
Gilt lettering and decoration bright.
Some light foxing to edges of page block.
Endpapers and prelims slightly tanned.
Contents generally clear.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
22.
Countryside Folk
by
Constance Wickham
with illustrations by
A. E. Kennedy
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1938
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
22.5cm x 29.5cm.
Light brown and white pictorial endpapers.
Eight colour plates.
Numerous black and white illustrations.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and spine ends.
Gilt lettering slightly dimmed.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
23.
Fairy Gold
by
Ruth Ainsworth
with illustrations by
Barbara Hope Steinberg
Published by Heinemann in 1975
ISBN: 0434925853.
Twenty-eight retellings of favourite tales, illustrated with black and white drawings.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
24.
Three Jays over the Border
by
Pat Smythe
1st edition,
published by Cassell in 1960
5th book in Three Jays series.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Some faint foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
25.
Golden Pavements
by
Pamela Brown
with illustrations by
Newton Whittaker
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1958
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Top edge olivine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with 3cm loss at top of spine.
Minor wear to covers.
Gilt on spine slightly faded.
Fore edge spotted.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)