1.
Long, Long Ago - Stories from the Classics
by Blanche Wilder
with illustrations by Harry G. Theaker
Published by Ward, Lock and Co. circa 1940
by Blanche Wilder
with illustrations by Harry G. Theaker
Published by Ward, Lock and Co. circa 1940
Sunshine series.
Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Red cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper intact, but worn at edges and corners, with some creasing.
Name and address written neatly at top corner of front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Red cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper intact, but worn at edges and corners, with some creasing.
Name and address written neatly at top corner of front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#119009 £20.00
2.
The Chalet Book for Girls
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
1st Thus edition, published by Girls Gone By in 2025
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)
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)
#119955 £15.00
3.
The Chalet Book for Girls
by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
1st Thus edition, published by Girls Gone By in 2025
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)
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)
#119956 £15.00
4.
Take the Long Path
by Joan de Hamel
with illustrations by Gareth Floyd
1st edition, published by Lutterworth in 1978
by Joan de Hamel
with illustrations by Gareth Floyd
1st edition, published by Lutterworth in 1978
ISBN: 0718823680.
Label removed from endpaper.
Blue covers, gilt lettering on spine.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Label removed from endpaper.
Blue covers, gilt lettering on spine.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#65098 £4.00
5.
Take the Long Path
by Joan de Hamel
with illustrations by Gareth Floyd
1st edition, published by Lutterworth in 1978
by Joan de Hamel
with illustrations by Gareth Floyd
1st edition, published by Lutterworth in 1978
ISBN: 0718823680.
Light wear to dustwrapper and edges of covers.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Light wear to dustwrapper and edges of covers.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#68872 £4.00
6.
Tales of Long Ago
1st edition, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1947
1st edition, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1947
Blue boards with white lettering.
Illustrated with black and white line drawings.
No 7 in the Thrilling Tales series.
Dustwrapper worn and price-clipped.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Illustrated with black and white line drawings.
No 7 in the Thrilling Tales series.
Dustwrapper worn and price-clipped.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#77662 £4.50
7.
The Cornerstone
by Ruth Maris
with illustrations by Elisa Trimby
1st edition, published by Heinemann in 1976
by Ruth Maris
with illustrations by Elisa Trimby
1st edition, published by Heinemann in 1976
ISBN: 0434950351.
Dustwrapper bound into covers.
Long Ago Children Books.
Labels on prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Dustwrapper bound into covers.
Long Ago Children Books.
Labels on prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#76048 £3.00
8.
Long Ago
Published by MacDonald Educational in 1974
Published by MacDonald Educational in 1974
ISBN: 0356044513.
Pictorial laminated boards.
28 pages.
Slight wear to covers.
Dedication and book-plate on front pastedown.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial laminated boards.
28 pages.
Slight wear to covers.
Dedication and book-plate on front pastedown.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#85153 £3.50
9.
Carrot Tops
by Joan Wyatt
with illustrations by Sally Long
1st edition, published by Heinemann in 1976
by Joan Wyatt
with illustrations by Sally Long
1st edition, published by Heinemann in 1976
Labels removed from prelims.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#61151 £5.50
10.
Joan of Arc
by Catherine Storr
with illustrations by Robert Taylor
1st edition, published by Methuen in 1985
by Catherine Storr
with illustrations by Robert Taylor
1st edition, published by Methuen in 1985
ISBN: 0416496008.
Great Tales from Long Ago series.
Paperback.
Octavo.
A short version of the life of Joan of Arc.
Vivid illustrations in colour on every page.
Light wear to covers.
Contents clean and undamaged.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Great Tales from Long Ago series.
Paperback.
Octavo.
A short version of the life of Joan of Arc.
Vivid illustrations in colour on every page.
Light wear to covers.
Contents clean and undamaged.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#106164 £3.50
11.
Tales of Long Ago
by Enid Blyton
with illustrations by Janet Grahame Johnstone and Anne Grahame Johnstone
Published by Dean in 1965
by Enid Blyton
with illustrations by Janet Grahame Johnstone and Anne Grahame Johnstone
Published by Dean in 1965
Red covers.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Some foxing to inside of dustwrapper.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Some foxing to inside of dustwrapper.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#115645 £7.50
12.
Tales of Long Ago
by Enid Blyton
with illustrations by Janet Grahame Johnstone and Anne Grahame Johnstone
Reprint, published by Dean in 1965
by Enid Blyton
with illustrations by Janet Grahame Johnstone and Anne Grahame Johnstone
Reprint, published by Dean in 1965
ISBN: 0603032613.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial laminated boards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#115476 £4.00
13.
Androcles and the Lion
by Catherine Storr
with illustrations by Philip Hood
1st Thus edition, published by Methuen, Belitha Press in 1986
by Catherine Storr
with illustrations by Philip Hood
1st Thus edition, published by Methuen, Belitha Press in 1986
ISBN: 0416961207.
Great Tales from Long Ago series.
Paperback..
Short clear text, with copious illustrations.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Contents close to Fine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Great Tales from Long Ago series.
Paperback..
Short clear text, with copious illustrations.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Contents close to Fine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#106492 £3.50
14.
Long Ago
by Susan Baker and Nora Stein
1st edition, published by MacDonald Educational in 1976
by Susan Baker and Nora Stein
1st edition, published by MacDonald Educational in 1976
ISBN: 035605487X.
Paperback.
'Macdonald Quiz Books'.
Covers a little worn.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
'Macdonald Quiz Books'.
Covers a little worn.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#77444 £2.00
15.
Tales and Verses of Long Ago
with illustrations by E. Percy-Moran
1st edition, published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York in 1894
with illustrations by E. Percy-Moran
1st edition, published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York in 1894
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
6 full page colour plates, preceding six descriptions with decorative borders by Elizabeth S. Tucker.
Covers worn and soiled.
Paper has worn away at edges of covers.
Cloth of spine split in two places.
12cm. split in inner hinge.
Light spotting on prelims, frontispiece largely unaffected.
Occasional fingermarking.
Contents generally clean.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
6 full page colour plates, preceding six descriptions with decorative borders by Elizabeth S. Tucker.
Covers worn and soiled.
Paper has worn away at edges of covers.
Cloth of spine split in two places.
12cm. split in inner hinge.
Light spotting on prelims, frontispiece largely unaffected.
Occasional fingermarking.
Contents generally clean.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#102231 £45.00
16.
Take the Long Path
by Joan de Hamel
with illustrations by Gareth Floyd
Published by Puffin in 1987
by Joan de Hamel
with illustrations by Gareth Floyd
Published by Puffin in 1987
ISBN: 0140312579.
Paperback.
A boy of part Maori descent searches for his identity.
Light wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
A boy of part Maori descent searches for his identity.
Light wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#60881 £2.50
17.
A Long way to go
by Marjorie Darke
1st edition, published by Kestrel in 1978
by Marjorie Darke
1st edition, published by Kestrel in 1978
ISBN: 0722654855.
Blue covers, silver lettering.
Label removed from prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Blue covers, silver lettering.
Label removed from prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#78667 £4.50
18.
A Long way to go
by Marjorie Darke
1st edition, published by Kestrel in 1978
by Marjorie Darke
1st edition, published by Kestrel in 1978
ISBN: 0722654855.
Octavo.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Octavo.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#94138 £6.00
19.
Forgotten Tales of Long Ago
by E. V. Lucas
with illustrations by Francis D. Bedford
Published by Wells Gardner Darton & Co in 1906
by E. V. Lucas
with illustrations by Francis D. Bedford
Published by Wells Gardner Darton & Co in 1906
Cream pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
15cm x 21cm.
425 pages.
7 pages of adverts at rear.
Light wear to covers, and some slight soiling.
Corners slightly bumped.
Spine strip darkened.
Some foxing to fore-edge, endpapers and prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
15cm x 21cm.
425 pages.
7 pages of adverts at rear.
Light wear to covers, and some slight soiling.
Corners slightly bumped.
Spine strip darkened.
Some foxing to fore-edge, endpapers and prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117715 £25.00
20.
The Long Traverse
by John Buchan
with illustrations by J. Morton Sale
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1941
by John Buchan
with illustrations by J. Morton Sale
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1941
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped at edges.
Light wear and a little white spotting to covers.
Fore edge foxed.
Name and date on front endpaper.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped at edges.
Light wear and a little white spotting to covers.
Fore edge foxed.
Name and date on front endpaper.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#116002 £12.50
21.
The Long Passage
by Malcolm Saville
with illustrations by Alice Bush
1st edition, published by Evans Brothers Limited in 1954
by Malcolm Saville
with illustrations by Alice Bush
1st edition, published by Evans Brothers Limited in 1954
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Pictorial endpapers (maps in green).
Undated edition; publisher's note on p10 states book was written in 1953.
Presumed to be the first edition.
Dustwrapper intact, but somewhat worn at edges.
Minor wear to covers.
Contents clean, but faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Gilt lettering on covers.
Pictorial endpapers (maps in green).
Undated edition; publisher's note on p10 states book was written in 1953.
Presumed to be the first edition.
Dustwrapper intact, but somewhat worn at edges.
Minor wear to covers.
Contents clean, but faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119570 £30.00
22.
The best term ever
by Cecilia Falcon
with illustrations by Nat Long
Published by Thames circa 1950
by Cecilia Falcon
with illustrations by Nat Long
Published by Thames circa 1950
"The modern Library".
Glazed boards, cloth spine.
Five colour plates.
Dustwrapper chipped, with 4cm loss to top of spine.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Glazed boards, cloth spine.
Five colour plates.
Dustwrapper chipped, with 4cm loss to top of spine.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#60032 £7.50
23.
Long will, a Romance
by Florence Converse
2nd edition, published by Dent in 1908
by Florence Converse
2nd edition, published by Dent in 1908
Everyman's library edition.
Covers and spine worn.
Front edge of spine split, has been reglued.
The story of Piers Plowman, set in Malvern, Herefordshire.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Covers and spine worn.
Front edge of spine split, has been reglued.
The story of Piers Plowman, set in Malvern, Herefordshire.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#58446 £4.50
24.
Big and Little
by Hy Murdock
with illustrations by Sally Long
Published by Ladybird Books in 1980
by Hy Murdock
with illustrations by Sally Long
Published by Ladybird Books in 1980
ISBN: 0721406122.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117627 £2.50
25.
People of the Bible
by Bertha C. Krall
with illustrations by Rene Cloke
Published by Carwal Publications circa 1942
by Bertha C. Krall
with illustrations by Rene Cloke
Published by Carwal Publications circa 1942
Bible story and picture books No.3.
Pale blue covers, dark blue lettering and decoration.
Black and white drawings 72 pages.
Name on front endpapers.
Dustwrapper has long closed tear on front cover.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
Pale blue covers, dark blue lettering and decoration.
Black and white drawings 72 pages.
Name on front endpapers.
Dustwrapper has long closed tear on front cover.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#75956 £3.50