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1. A Lost Opportunity, or the Artist's Mistake
A Lost Opportunity, or the Artist's Mistake
by F. W. I.
Reprint, published by Gall and Inglis circa 1904
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering and decoration on covers.
106 pages.
Black and white illustrations, artists not attributed.
Minor wear and soiling to covers.
Spine faded.
Prize label on front paste down.
Pages white and clean.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#91819   £7.50   
2. The Chalet Book for Girls
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: low, Confidence: high)
#119956   £15.00   
3. The Chalet Book for Girls
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: low, Confidence: high)
#119955   £15.00   
4. Whither Bound? A Story of Two Lost Boys
Whither Bound? A Story of Two Lost Boys
by Owen Landor
with illustrations by William Rainey
Published by Patridge
Purple boards with white lettering and decoration.
Covers a little worn and faded.
Prelims discoloured.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#46759   £6.00   
5. Lost in the Jungle: A Story of the Indian Mutiny
Lost in the Jungle: A Story of the Indian Mutiny
by Augusta Marryat
with illustrations by David Henry Friston
Published by Griffith
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#25797   £5.00   
6. Great Artists Book 3
Great Artists Book 3
by Dorothy Aitchison
with illustrations by Martin Aitchison
Published by Wills & Hepworth in 1971
ISBN: 0721402801.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Spine a little faded.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#118794   £4.00   
7. Great Artists Book 2
Great Artists Book 2
by Dorothy Aitchison
with illustrations by Martin Aitchison
Published by Wills & Hepworth in 1970
ISBN: 0721402631.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Minor wear to covers.
Library marks on prelims.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#113621   £3.00   
8. Great Artists Book 2
Great Artists Book 2
by Dorothy Aitchison
with illustrations by Martin Aitchison
Published by Wills & Hepworth in 1970
ISBN: 0721402631.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#118898   £3.50   
9. Great Artists Book 3
Great Artists Book 3
by Dorothy Aitchison
with illustrations by Martin Aitchison
Published by Wills & Hepworth in 1971
ISBN: 0721402801.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Scuffs on front and back covers.
Library marks on prelims.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#113620   £2.50   
10. Great Artists Book 1
Great Artists Book 1
by Dorothy Aitchison
with illustrations by Martin Aitchison
Published by Wills & Hepworth in 1970
ISBN: 0721402542.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Vinyl laminate applied to covers.
Various school library labels and stamps.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#112216   £3.00   
11. Twice Lost
Twice Lost
by W. H. G. Kingston
Reprint, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1913
Kingston Library series.
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
396 pages.
Five colour plates, illustrators not attributed.
Spine strip worn, and gilt blocking is almost erased.
Covers, front and back, are otherwise close to very good.
Prize label on front paste down.
Contents white and clean.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#93310   £5.00   
12. Lost on Venus
Lost on Venus
by M. E. Patchett
1st edition, published by Lutterworth Press in 1954
Octavo.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
192 pages.
Colour frontispiece, no other illustrations.
'The thrilling story of two boys who land on the planet and explore a fantastic world.'
Light wear to covers, VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#92867   £10.00   
13. The Lost Boy
The Lost Boy
by Paula Fox
1st edition, published by Dent in 1987
Fine condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#46119   £7.00   
14. Lost Muriel - The Story of a Little Girl's Influence
Lost Muriel - The Story of a Little Girl's Influence
by Charles James August Oppermann
Published by Partridge
Red pictorial boards.
Not dated.
Covers worn at edges.
Front endpaper missing.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#53315   £5.75   
15. Rupert and the Lost Railway
Rupert and the Lost Railway
Published by The London Express Newspaper Ltd in 1954
21st book in Adventure series.
Paperback.
18cm x 25cm.
Staple-bound, magazine format.
Minor wear to edges.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119068   £20.00   
16. Lost, Stolen or Strayed: Adventures of an Aberdeen Terrier
Lost, Stolen or Strayed: Adventures of an Aberdeen Terrier
by Marion Ashmore
with illustrations by Cecil Aldin
Published by Eyre Spottiswoode in 1931
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
2nd printing of the 1st edition.
Dustwrapper worn and creased, but intact.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Some faint foxing to fore edge.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117626   £25.00   
17. The Secret of Lost Lake
The Secret of Lost Lake
by Carolyn Keene
Published by Sparrow Books in 1983
ISBN: 0099313006.
11th book in Dana Girls series.
Paperback.
By the author of the Nancy Drew series.
Light wear to edges.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#112493   £4.00   
18. The Lost World of Colorado
The Lost World of Colorado
by Jack Heming
Published by Frederick Warne and Co circa 1940
Red covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#112970   £4.00   
19. Lost cities brought to light
Lost cities brought to light
by Elizabeth Kirby
Published by Religious Tract Society circa 1886
Octavo.
Light brown pictorial embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
12cm x 18cm.
127 pages.
Undated.
Light wear to covers.
Boards slightly soiled.
Prize label on front pastedown dated 1887.
Contents generally clean.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#105484   £20.00   
20. Ann Rankin and the Lost Valley
Ann Rankin and the Lost Valley
by Paul Buddee
1st edition, published by Frederick Muller in 1973
ISBN: 0584969856.
Octavo.
173 pages.
Library rebind, dustwrapper bound into covers.
Original endpapers replaced with heavy paper.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Some wear to covers and contents.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#102026   £2.50   
21. Jemima, Grandma and the Great Lost Zone
Jemima, Grandma and the Great Lost Zone
by Andrew Gibson
with illustrations by Chris Riddell
1st Thus edition, published by Faber & Faber in 1992
ISBN: 0571167373.
Paperback.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#90666   £1.50   
22. The Lost Words - A Spell Book
The Lost Words - A Spell Book
by Robert MacFarlane
with illustrations by Jackie Morris
Published by Hamish Hamilton in 2017
ISBN: 9780241253588.
Folio.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
27cm x 38cm.
Copiously illustrated throughout with full-page colour illustrations.
Minor wear to covers, otherwise near-fine.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#119047   £15.00   
23. Lost John
Lost John
by Barbara Leonie Picard
with illustrations by Charles Keeping
1st edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1962
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dustwrapper worn, and bound into covers.
Labels removed from prelims.
Some spotting to fore edge.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#117307   £10.00   
24. The Hide and Seek Story Book
The Hide and Seek Story Book
1st edition, published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1931
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey spine.
Picture on upper board by Caroline Hall.
Colour frontispiece by Mabel Spurrier.
Eight other full page colour illustrations.
Black and white drawings in the text.
These and the stories and poems are all by different artists and authors.
Covers close to Fine.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#104422   £20.00   
25. The Lost Campers
The Lost Campers
by Paul Hutchens
Reprint, published by Moody Publishers in 1997
ISBN: 0802470084.
4th book in Sugar Creek Gang series.
Paperback.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#111099   £2.50   
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