1.
Good Morning
by
Lucinda Jacob
Published by Poolbeg Press in 1997
ISBN: 1853717525.
Paperback.
Bi-lingual text, English and Irish.
Translated into Irish by Finian O Drisceoil.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
The Wishing Table
by
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
with illustrations by
Erhard Amadeus-Dier
Published by Polytint Limited in 1954
1st book in Polytint Fairy Tales series.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Pink and white striped endpapers.
Story retold by Joan Cherry.
Covers worn and unevenly faded.
Hinges strained.
Binding rather loose.
Address on front endpaper.
Small nick to edge of covers and page-block, about 10cm up from base.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
3.
Ambari!
by
Reginald Forbes-Watson
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
Published by Oxford University Press in 1961
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Top edge spotted.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
4.
Juggling and Feats of Dexterity
by
Paul Barnett
Published by Letts in 1993
ISBN: 9781852383619.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
14cm x 11cm.
Damp mark on reverse of dustwrapper.
First few pages crinkled.
Good in other respects.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
5.
Helping Horse
by
Joan Phipson
1st edition,
published by Macmillan in 1974
ISBN: 0333173147.
Four school children help a new immigrant find his feet.
Label removed from front pastedown.
Dustwrapper close to Very Good.
Light wear to covers, contents Very Good.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
6.
7.
A Toast to the King
by
Elizabeth Coatsworth
with illustrations by
Forrest Orr
1st edition,
published by Coward McCann in 1940
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers a little worn at edges and corners.
Signed by the author on front endpaper: "For Mrs Bridge with the warm good wishes of the authr, Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston, October 12, 1940".
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
Peacock Pie
by
Walter de la Mare
with illustrations by
F. Rowland Emett
3rd Thus edition,
published by Faber & Faber in 1944
Beige boards with green lettering on front cover and spine.
Dustwrapper has four centimetres missing from top of spine, but is otherwise in good repair.
Name neatly written on front endpaper.
Small hole on half title.
Contents clean and white.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
The Blackbird Story Book
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Inner hingers cracked.
Some marks and soiling to front endpaper.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of title page.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
10.
The Princess of the School
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
Frank Wiles
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1921
Octavo.
Beige pictorial cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
288 pages.
Six black and white plates, all in good condition.
Front and back covers are very good.
Lettering and decoration has faded from the spine.
Gift dedication on front paste down.
Small piece of white paper has been pasted to the top of the front endpaper with a name on it.
Contents tight and clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
11.
The Georgie-Porgie Book
by
Jacqueline Clayton
with illustrations by
Margaret Clayton
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1915
Cream cloth-covered boards with light brown lettering.
Picture onlay to front cover.
18cm x 23.5cm.
A story in verse about mice, with a poem facing a picture on every page.
Covers are soiled, and bumped at corners and spine ends.
Contents have pulled away from binding at both front and back.
Gift inscription on front endpaper, some largely erased pencil scribble.
Frontispiece and one other plate slightly damaged, last plate creased, remaining nine plates in very good condition.
One page of text has been torn through and roughly mended with paper tape.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
12.
A Tide Flowing
by
Joan Phipson
Published by Methuen in 1981
Dustwrapper and covers Very Good.
Library marks on front paste down only.
Contents clean and white.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
King Grisly-Beard
by
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
with illustrations by
Maurice Sendak
Reprint,
published by Bodley Head in 1978
ISBN: 037002026X.
Green pictorial laminated boards.
Library reinforced binding.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
14.
The Book of Pets
by
Elizabeth S. Tucker
with illustrations by
Maud Humphrey
1st edition,
published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York in 1893
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
23cm x 28cm.
52 pages.
Colour illustrations on every page, some accompanied by short text or poems.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Boards soiled.
Edges and corners heavily bumped.
Spine worn and a little faded.
Inner hinges cracked.
Pastedowns and endpapers foxed.
Contents in good condition, but light fingermarking to edges of pages throughout.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
15.
Robinson Crusoe
by
Daniel Defoe
with illustrations by
J. Ayton Symington
Reprint,
published by J. M. Dent in 1953
Edited by F. C. Tilney.
Duodecimo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
128 pages.
Eight colour plates.
Four black and white illustrations.
Covers soiled.
Gilt faded, particularly on spine.
Front endpaper creased.
Half title spotted.
Contents in good condition.
Black and white illustrations neatly coloured in.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
16.
Our Darlings
Published by John F. Shaw circa 1917
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
12 tipped-in colour plates, one by Louis Wain.
Covers heavily worn at edges, and rather scuffed.
Name on front endpaper.
Contents good, but pages slightly tanned, with a small amount of intermittent foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
17.
The Bessie Marchant Omnibus Book
by
Bessie Marchant
Published by Blackie and Son Limited in 1932
Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Three books issued as one:
"The Gold-marked Charm",
"Sally Makes Good", and
"Three Girls in Mexico".
Covers worn and faded.
Dent at outer edge of back cover.
Old damp mark at top edge of prelims.
Front inner hinge cracked.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
18.
The Big Noddy Book
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
Beek
Published by Purnell in 1961
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Scuff on lower centre of front cover.
Name erased from Belongs To box.
Several pages painted-over, or coloured-in, in water-colour paint by a child.
Contents would otherwise be good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
Good Comrades: A Story of a Little German Boy and his Dog
by
M. S. S.
with illustrations by
A. A. Dixon
Published by Blackie and Son Limited in 1909
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on spine.
Covers worn at edges and scuffed.
Corners bumped.
Endpapers removed.
Pages slightly tanned, and a little fingermarked at edges but otherwise good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
20.
21.
Blackie's Popular Nursery Stories
with illustrations by
John Hassall
Published by Blackie circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Light yellow lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white.
Boards worn and edge-chipped.
Spine strip in good condition.
Name and date on front paste down.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
22.
Good Afternoon, Children
with illustrations by
Morton-Sale
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1932
Edited by Columbus.
Quarto.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
267 pages.
'Wireless stories and plays from The Children's Hour'.
Illustrated with four colour plates, plus numerous black and white drawings, many in text and margins.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, and slightly soiled.
Covers firm.
Corners bumped.
Fore edges clean.
Corners bumped.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
23.
Boys' School Story Omnibus
by
Walter Rhoades and Michael Poole
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1940
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Contains three novels:
"The Whip Hand",
"Jimmy Cranston's Crony", and
"The Captain of Stannards".
Covers worn at edges.
Spine faded and soiled.
A little foxing to fore edge.
Front endpaper removed.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
24.
Lob Lie-by-the-fire or, The Luck of Lingborough
by
Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing
with illustrations by
H. M. Brock
Published by J. M. Dent and Sons in 1964
Light green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
Endpapers repeat cover design.
Three colour plates by Brock, line drawings in the text by Randolph Caldecott.
Dustwrapper worn and creased, and has old vinyl lamiante applied.
Light wear to covers.
School library marks on prelims.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
25.