1.
Days with Sir Roger de Coverley
with illustrations by
Hugh Thomson
1st edition,
published by Macmillan in 1886
Blue cloth-coverd boards.
Embossed gilt lettering and decoration.
All edges gilt.
Black endpapers.
Reprinted from The Spectator magazine in 1886.
Illustrated with line drawings.
Covers worn and bumped at edges.
Scuff on back cover, possibly where label removed.
Neat gift dedication on title page.
Contents close to VG, but final two leaves appear to have detached and been neatly re-glued.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
The Chalet Book for Girls
by
Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
1st Thus edition,
published by Girls Gone By in 2025
ISBN: 9781847453525.
Paperback.
Quarto.
"The Chalet Book for Girls" contains a complete long story, "Mystery at the Chalet School", together with four short stories, and four articles on subjects such as Beauty for the "Teen-agers" and Cookin in Olden Days. It is illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by various artists, and a colour frontispiece.
Mint condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
3.
The Chalet Book for Girls
by
Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
1st Thus edition,
published by Girls Gone By in 2025
ISBN: 9781847453525.
Paperback.
Quarto.
"The Chalet Book for Girls" contains a complete long story, "Mystery at the Chalet School", together with four short stories, and four articles on subjects such as Beauty for the "Teen-agers" and Cookin in Olden Days. It is illustrated throughout with black and white illustrations by various artists, and a colour frontispiece.
Mint condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
4.
5.
Bygone Days
by
Leonard de Vries
1st edition,
published by Hamlyn in 1984
ISBN: 0600389278.
Stories and poems from days gone by.
Quarto.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Various illustrators.
Book itself VG.
Dustwrapper a little worn.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
6.
Later Days
by
W. H. Davies
Reprint,
published by Cape in 1936
Blue boards with silver lettering and decoration on spine.
Some wear to edges of covers.
Names on front pastedown and front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
7.
Nine Days' Wonder
by
Frederick Grice
with illustrations by
Paul Ritchie
1st edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1976
ISBN: 0192713949.
Set against the background of the General Strike of 1926.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Gold lettering on spine.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
8.
In the Days of Drake
by
Eric Wood
Published by Newnes circa 1937
Red boards with black lettering.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
10.
11.
Nine Days' Wonder
by
Frederick Grice
with illustrations by
Paul Ritchie
1st edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1976
ISBN: 0192713949.
Octavo.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
12.
Jolly Days for Girls
Published by Oxford University Press in 1939
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Twelve short stories by different authors.
Colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations in text.
Dustwrapper complete, light creasing at top edge.
No sign of wear on covers, colours bright.
Short gift dedication on front paste down.
Contents lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
Days of Danger
by
Fritz Habeck
1st English edition,
published by Collins in 1968
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
14.
All sorts of Days
by
Doris Rust
with illustrations by
Shirley Hughes
1st edition,
published by Faber in 1955
Red boards with blue lettering and decoration.
Some spotting to back of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
15.
The Days of Bruce
by
Alice F. Jackson
Published by London circa 1910
Brown cloth-covered boards with black lettering and decoration.
Picture onlay to front cover.
191 pages.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
Book itself generally VG, but neat dedication on front endpaper and some faint spotting to fore edge.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
16.
In olden days
by
Alfred Pearse
with illustrations by
Alfred Pearse
Published by John F. Shaw circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Dark grey endpapers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication on front pastedown.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
17.
Dream Days
by
Kenneth Grahame
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1920
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
286 pages.
Covers a little discoloured and worn, top and bottom of spine strip frayed.
Book not dated.
Name on front endpaper.
Contents white and unmarked, binding tight.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
18.
A Saint George of King Charles' Days
by
Dorothea Townshend
with illustrations by
W. S. Stacey
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge circa 1906
Grey pictorial covers, brown lettering.
Grey patterned endpapers.
Covers owrn and scuffed.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Inner hinge cracked and repaired with tape.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
The Eight Days' Feud
by
G. H. Tempany
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1955
Red covers, black lettering.
Dustwrapper price clipped.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
20.
The Christmas Story Book
1st Thus edition,
published by Grandreams in 1997
ISBN: 185830136X.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
22cm x 29cm.
A collection of nineteen Christmas themed stories, including:
"A Christmas Carol",
"The Twelve Days of Christmas",
"The Night Before Christmas",
"The Nutcracker" and
"The Little Fir Tree".
Copiously illustrated in colour throughout.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
21.
The Boy Crusaders: A story of the days of Louis IX
by
J. G. Edgar
Reprint,
published by Gall and Inglis circa 1890
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
283 pages.
Stylised decorative pattern on covers, around a depiction of a Crusader in battle.
Four black and white illustrations by Dudley.
Illustrator not credited.
Not dated, appears to be a reprint from around 1900.
Light wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
22.
23.
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)
24.
It's Raining, it's Pouring
by
Sarah Pooley
with illustrations by
Sarah Pooley
1st edition,
published by Methuen in 1993
ISBN: 0416187110.
A book for rainy days.
Rhymes, stories and things to make and do.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
25.
Kingfisher Christmas Book
1st edition,
published by Kingfisher in 1985
ISBN: 0862721539.
A collection of stories, poems and carols for the twelve days of Christmas.
Dedication to previous owner on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)