1.
The Great Book for Children
Published by Oxford University Press circa 1930
Edited by Mrs Herbert Strang.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn and a little scuffed.
Occasional foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
2.
3.
4.
Creatures Great and Small
by
Aileen Henderson
with illustrations by
K. M. Mountain
3rd edition,
published by The Religious Education Press in 1945
Octavo.
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
96 pages.
A series of short stories about animals, illustrated with line drawings.
Two small stains on front cover, corners slightly bumped.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
5.
6.
The Great Book for Boys
Published by Oxford University Press circa 1930
Edited by Herbert Strang.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers edgeworn.
Some spottign to fore edge.
Hinges strained.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
The Great Book for Boys
Published by Oxford University Press in 1927
Edited by Herbert Strang.
Octavo.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Pictorial endpapers in green and white.
A selection of stories and articles.
Authors include Walter Rhoades, A. F. Jackson, Lawrence R. Bourne.
Covers and spine heavily worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Contents lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
The Bumper Book for Children
Published by Collins circa 1958
Pictorial paper covered boards.
Yellow cloth spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations.
Contributors include Ivy Wallace, Rosalie Fry, and Cynthia Harnett.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, and repaired on reverse with some loss at edges.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned, but contents otherwise generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
Page or Prentice
by
Helen Elrington
1st edition,
published by Humphrey Milford in 1920
'The Children's Hour', edited by Herbert Strang.
Green pictorial paper covered boards with circular picture onlay.
Corners bumped.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
10.
The Children of Primrose Lane
by
Noel Streatfeild
Published by Collins in 1969
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and has a little wear to edges.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
11.
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)
12.
People of Importance
by
Brenda E. Spender
with illustrations by
James H. Dowd
Reprint,
published by Country Life in 1943
Quarto.
Grey cloth-covered boards with blue lettering and decoration.
Consists of pages of pencil drawings interleaved with short anecdotes of children.
Short gift dedication on front endpaper.
One or two small marks of the front cover.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
The Children's Treasury
by
Mrs Herbert Strang
Published by Humphrey Milford in 1919
Pink pictorial paper-covered boards.
White spine.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Belongs To box completed.
Prize dedication on front endpaper.
Some intermittent finger-marking to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
14.
Children's Children
by
Gertrude Bone
with illustrations by
Muirhead Bone
1st edition,
published by Duckworth in 1908
Brown cloth binding, bevelled boards, gilt lettering.
Top edge gilt.
A country story.
Covers slightly worn.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
15.
The Children's Pictorial Atlas
1st edition,
published by Purnell in 1980
Edited by Trevor Marchington.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
78 pages.
Gives a clear account of basic geography for young children.
Copiously illustrated.
Index at rear.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
16.
17.
Butterflies Shown to the Children
by
Janet Harvey Kelman
Published by T. C. & E. C. Jack circa 1925
Edited by Louey Chisholm.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Covers worn and soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine faded.
Endpapers darkened.
Contents slightly shaken.
Pages a little tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
18.
Verses for Children
with illustrations by
Margaret W. Tarrant
6th edition,
published by Ward Lock circa 1935
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
15cm x 21cm.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn at edges, with some chipping at corners.
Minor wear to covers.
Light foxing to fore-edge and prelims, and intermittently to contents.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
Children of the Turnpike
by
Geraldine Kaye
with illustrations by
Gareth Floyd
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1976
ISBN: 0340195444.
Blue covers, gilt lettering.
Label removed from front endpaper
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
20.
Verses for Children
by
Harry Golding
with illustrations by
Margaret W. Tarrant
6th edition,
published by Ward Lock circa 1935
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
All plates present.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Damage to to 3cm of spine strip.
Hinges slightly strained.
Neat gift dedication on prelims
Foxing to fore-edge and intermittently to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
21.
Children's Verse
with illustrations by
Margaret W. Tarrant
1st Thus edition,
published by Tiger Books in 1986
ISBN: 1870461525.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
64 pages.
A mixture of nursery rhymes and poems written for very young children.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
22.
Written for Children
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)
23.
Trees Shown to the Children
by
Janet Harvey Kelman
Published by T. C. & E. C. Jack circa 1925
Edited by Louey Chisholm.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Covers worn at edges.
Pages slightly tanned, with some occasional finger-marking to edges.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
24.
The Children's Golden Treasure Book for 1938
Published by Odhams in 1938
Quarto.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
352 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Fore edge and prelims foxed.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
25.
The Merry-go-Round and Other Verses for Children
by
Robina Singer
with illustrations by
H. A. Powell
Published by Knights Press circa 1930
Paperback.
A collection of rhymes and verses for children.
Illustrated with line drawings.
Covers somewhat worn at edges, with some marking.
Contents generally clean, but with a few fingermarks.
Illustration on p17 neatly coloured in.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)