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1. The Golden Book of the Year
The Golden Book of the Year
Published circa 1955
Edited by Dorothy M. Prescott.
Pictorial paper-covered boards with red cloth spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
163 pages.
Authors include Enid Blyton, Richmal Crompton and Alison Uttley, plus a story about Arthur Ransome.
Slight wear to covers.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#84177   £10.00   
2. The Golden Age
The Golden Age
by Kenneth Grahame
with illustrations by Ernest Howard Shepard
Published by Bodley Head in 1945
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Light wear to dustwrapper and to edges of covers.
Some faint spotting to fore edge.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#119898   £15.00   
3. The Golden Age
The Golden Age
by Kenneth Grahame
with illustrations by Ernest Howard Shepard
Published by Bodley Head in 1945
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and foxed.
Minor wear to covers.
Fore edge foxed.
Name erased on front endpaper with correction fluid.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#119474   £5.00   
4. The Golden Age
The Golden Age
by Kenneth Grahame
with illustrations by Ernest Howard Shepard
1st Thus edition, published by Bodley Head in 1928
Octavo.
Cream pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
166 pages.
Book plate on front paste down.
Name and address written neatly at top of front endpaper, together with gift dedication.
Spine very slightly darkened, otherwise a very nice copy.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#83193   £50.00   
5. Stories for Seven-year-olds
Stories for Seven-year-olds
by Sara and Stephen Corrin
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Published by Faber in 1972
ISBN: 057105823X.
Green cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapepr worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Book itself generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#118524   £7.50   
6. Stories for Six-Year-Olds
Stories for Six-Year-Olds
by Sara Corrin and Stephen Corrin
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Published by Faber and Faber in 1968
ISBN: 0571081142.
Dark red cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on spine.
White decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners slightly bumped.
Name on front endpaper.
Several entries on the contents page have been neatly highlighted in yellow.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119549   £3.00   
7. The Golden Age
The Golden Age
by Kenneth Grahame
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1938
Octavo.
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
288 pages.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Repairs with clear tape to cracked spine edges.
Partially erased name on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#98471   £4.00   
8. The Golden Age
The Golden Age
by Kenneth Grahame
Published by Bodley Head in 1907
Octavo.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering and decoration on covers.
196 pages.
Design on front cover and spine by Charles Robinson.
Covers worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip darkened.
Top edge of covers darkened.
Name on front endpaper.
Small amount of spotting on prelims.
Contents clean.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#36330   £7.50   
9. The Golden Age
The Golden Age
by Kenneth Grahame
with illustrations by Lois Lenski
Published by Bodley Head in 1921
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
200 pages.
Covers worn at edges and heavily scuffed.
Corners bumped.
Edges of page block rough-cut.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119470   £12.50   
10. More Stories for Seven-year-olds
More Stories for Seven-year-olds
by Sara and Stephen Corrin
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
Reprint, published by Puffin in 1984
Paperback.
Includes several legends and stories told by Joan Aiken, Hans Christian Andersen and others.
Pages 65-82 loose, but all present.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#61712   £2.50   
11. The Golden Story Book in Colour
The Golden Story Book in Colour
with illustrations by Felicitas Kuhn
Published by Collins in 1969
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Some wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Light foxing to edges of page block.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119835   £15.00   
12. 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: low, Confidence: medium)
#118542   £100.00   
13. The Golden Picture Story Book - Stories and Pictures for Little Folk
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: medium)
#97432   £10.00   
14. The Winning of the Golden Spurs
The Winning of the Golden Spurs
by Percy F. Westerman
1st edition, published by Nisbet in 1911
Octavo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover and spine.
312 pages.
Covers worn.
Gilt on spine faded.
Front endpaper missing.
Front inner hinge cracked, and has old tape marks from a former repair attempt.
Contents shaken, but clean.
Light spotting on a few pages.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#104639   £5.00   
15. The King of the Golden River
The King of the Golden River
by John Ruskin
1st Thus edition, published by Collins in 1953
75th book in Silver Torch series.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
10cm x 15.5cm.
96 pages.
Illustrated in black and white, artist not noted.
Re-written from the story by John Ruskin.
Also included in the book are 'Rumpelstiltskin' and 'The Golden Goose'.
Two small stamps from Llanigan Primary School.
Occasional small blemishes, but in general a clean tight copy.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#84714   £7.50   
16. The Golden Future
The Golden Future
by Thorsteinn Stefansson
with illustrations by Victor G. Ambrus
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1974
ISBN: 0192713639.
The story of a boy who wants to becom a writer.
Yellow boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Line-drawn illustrations.
Dustwrapper a little worn.
Partially erased name on front endpaper.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#75568   £5.00   
17. The Golden Sovereign
The Golden Sovereign
by Laurence Houseman
with illustrations by Ernest Howard Shepard
Published by Cape in 1937
A collection of plays about the Victorian era.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#57029   £12.50   
18. Tell me a Story
Tell me a Story
by Mrs Molesworth
with illustrations by Walter Crane
Reprint, published by Macmillan in 1917
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Light green decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little faded.
Spine faded.
Name, and library marks on front endpaper.
Contents slightly shaken.
Pages a little tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#115199   £7.50   
19. Dream Days
Dream Days
by Kenneth Grahame
with illustrations by Ernest Howard Shepard
Published by Bodley Head in 1945
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Light wear to dustwrapper and to edges of covers.
Some faint spotting to fore edge
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119897   £15.00   
20. Dream Days
Dream Days
by Kenneth Grahame
with illustrations by Ernest Howard Shepard
1st Thus edition, published by Bodley Head in 1930
Octavo.
Cream embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers and spine.
Black decoration on covers.
First thus edition containing the Shepard illustrations.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Endpapers darkened.
Pages clean but very slightly tanned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#109138   £35.00   
21. The Overland Launch
The Overland Launch
by C. Walter Hodges
with illustrations by C. Walter Hodges
1st edition, published by Bell in 1969
ISBN: 0713515465.
Black cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on spine.
White decoration on covers.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Minimal library marks.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#113118   £6.50   
22. The Namesake
The Namesake
by C. Walter Hodges
with illustrations by C. Walter Hodges
1st edition, published by G Bell & Sons in 1964
Dark red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper intact, but heavily worn and has been reinforced with vinyl laminate.
Minor wear to lower edge of covers.
Front endpaper messy where school library labels removed.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117392   £7.50   
23. Princess Viola
Princess Viola
Published by Instructive Arts Ltd
Golden Rose Picture Story Book series.
Paperback.
21cm x 20cm.
Light wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#96122   £5.00   
24. The Golden Treasury of Stories for Boys and Girls
The Golden Treasury of Stories for Boys and Girls
Published by Victor Gollancz in 1959
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
696 pages.
A collection of short stories.
Authors include: Sewell, Lear, Belloc, Thackery, Browning, Andersen, Grimm and Carroll.
Spine slightly faded.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#102665   £3.00   
25. Little Chimp
Little Chimp
Published by Instructive Arts Ltd
Golden Rose Picture Story Book series.
Paperback.
21cm x 20cm.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#96121   £5.00   
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