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1. Lynx, Spyflyer
Lynx, Spyflyer
by Vigilant
Published by John Hamilton circa 1939
"Ace" series.
Blue covers.
Black lettering on spine.
12cm x 19cm.
223 pages.
Sundial logo at base of spine.
Dustwrapper creased and heavily worn, with some loss at spine ends.
Covers clean and unmarked.
Some wear to spine strip.
Binding sound.
Faint foxing to prelims, and intermittently to page edges.
Neat gift dedication, dated 1939, on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#111030   £40.00   
2. Lynx VC
Lynx VC
by Vigilant
Published by John Hamilton circa 1936
"Ace" series.
Octavo.
Blue covers.
Black lettering on spine.
12cm x 19cm.
219 pages.
Sundial logo at base of spine.
Minor wear to covers.
Spine strip slightly darkened.
Small ding at base of spine front edge.
Binding sound.
Endpapers bright white, and may have been renewed.
Some very faint foxing on prelims.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#111029   £100.00   
3. Enid Blyton's Sixth Brer Rabbit Book
Enid Blyton's Sixth Brer Rabbit Book
by Enid Blyton
with illustrations by Grace Lodge
1st edition, published by Latimer House in 1955
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some loss at base of spine (patched with plain paper).
Light wear to edges of covers.
Small discoloured patch at base of spine, where cloth has darkened where there was loss to the dustwrapper.
"By Joel Chandler Harris" written at upper corner of front endpaper.
Neat gift dedication on half-title.
Some light foxing to endpapers and prelims.
Pages faintly tanned, but contents otherwise VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#119479   £45.00   
4. Just William - The Story of the Film
Just William - The Story of the Film
by Richmal Crompton
1st edition, published by Newnes in 1939
Green cloth-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Spine strip faded edges and darkened to brown.
Edges of page block soiled.
Binding sound.
Some foxing to prelims and endpapers, and intermittently to page edges.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#111710   £25.00   
5. Old Peter's Russian Tales
Old Peter's Russian Tales
by Arthur Ransome
with illustrations by Dmitri Mitrokhin
Reprint, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1938
Dark green paper-covered boards.
Cream cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Top edge olivine.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Spine worn at edges and a little soiled.
A little faint foxing to fore edge.
Binding sound.
Contents generally clean, but some intermittent, very faint foxing.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#111634   £30.00   
6. Ludmilla - A Legend of Liechtenstein
Ludmilla - A Legend of Liechtenstein
by Paul Gallico
with illustrations by Franz Deak
1st edition, published by Michael Joseph in 1955
Dark green paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Gilt lettering on spine.
White decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped with several repairs and 2cm loss at upper corner of back panel.
Book itself good.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Faint foxing to fore edge.
Small pen mark on front endpaper.
Contents clean and bright.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#119975   £5.00   
7. Pets Limited
Pets Limited
by Vernon Stokes and Cynthia Harnett
with illustrations by Vernon Stokes and Cynthia Harnett
1st edition, published by Collins in 1950
Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Nine colour plates.
Thirty-five black and white drawings in the text.
Two full page black and white line drawings.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with loss along spine strip a large piece missing from the back panel, and two smaller pieces missing from lower edge.
Dustwrapper repaired with tape and some paper backing.
Book itself generally VG.
Covers clean and undamaged, with some minor wear at spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#108364   £30.00   
8. Guy Mannering; or the Astrologer
Guy Mannering; or the Astrologer
by Sir Walter Scott
Reprint, published by Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell circa 1919
Edited by Waddell, Rev. P. Hately.
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Brown spine.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Top edge gilt.
336 pages.
'The Waverley Novels'.
Endpapers are missing, red stains on edges of prelims.
Gift dedication on first free page.
Contents and binding tight.
Pages generally clean and bright.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#94895   £3.00   
9. Castaway Camp
Castaway Camp
by Mary Evelyn Atkinson
with illustrations by Charlotte Hough
1st edition, published by Bodley Head in 1951
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering and decoration.
Pictorial endpapers.
Colour frontispiece.
Other illustrations black and white.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine strip darkened and slightly soiled.
A small amount of faint foxing to prelims and fore edge.
Contents clean and unmarked, but slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#70098   £25.00   
10. In quest of Hatasu
In quest of Hatasu
by Irene Strickland Taylor
Published by Religious Tract Society circa 1920
Octavo.
Dark brown pictorial cloth-covered boards.
288 pages.
Undated.
Light wear to covers.
Gilt on spine faded.
Binding sound.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Gift dedication dated 1922 on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#105476   £15.00   
11. Blackie's Boys Annual 1924
Blackie's Boys Annual 1924
Published by Blackie and Son Limited in 1923
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Stain at base of back cover.
Some slight soiling to edges of page block.
Binding sound.
Faint gift dedication on front pastedown.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#111699   £6.00   
12. Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers
Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers
by Walter Crane
with illustrations by Walter Crane
Published by Cassell and Company in 1895
Light green pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark green cloth spine.
Brown lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
19cm x 25cm.
40 pages.
8 pages of adverts at rear.
Brown patterned endpapers.
One colour illustration per page, beneath one or two lines of poetry.
Covers a little worn and scuffed at edges, and slightly soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
A little faint spotting to fore edge and reverse of front endpaper, contents not affected.
School prize label, dated 1896, on front pastedown.
Contents clean, with bright colours.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118542   £100.00   
13. The Story of Ferdinand
The Story of Ferdinand
by Munro Leaf
with illustrations by Robert Lawson
1st edition, published by Hamish Hamilton in 1937
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Red lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
18cm x 21cm.
1st UK edition.
Yellow pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with 5cm loss at top corner of back panel, and 4cm los at base of spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication, dated Christmas 1938, inside front cover.
A little faint, intermittent foxing.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118771   £75.00   
14. Malkin's Mountain
Malkin's Mountain
by Ursula Moray Williams
with illustrations by Shirley Hughes
1st edition, published by George G. Harrap in 1948
Green cloth-covered boards.
Maroon lettering on spine.
Maroon decoration on covers.
Covers spotted and unevenly faded.
Spine strip faded.
Edges of covers worn
Corners bumped.
Binding sound.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean, but lightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#119518   £10.00   
15. The World Chief Guide
The World Chief Guide
by Eileen K. Wade
1st edition, published by Hutchinson of London in 1957
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and creased, with some loss at corners of front panel and base of spine.
Dustwrapper neatly repaired and strengthened with pale-blue paper.
Small patches of fading on covers, where dustwrapper chipped.
Neat prize dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#106330   £10.00   
16. Juniors will be Juniors
Juniors will be Juniors
by Nancy Breary
1st edition, published by Newnes in 1947
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
238 pages.
The scarcest book in 'Drusilla Cathcart' series.
Slight discolouration of spine strip.
Covers otherwise crisp and bright.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents tight, with no foxing.
A few light spots on fore edge.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#101836   £60.00   
17. Now we are six
Now we are six
by A. A. Milne
with illustrations by Ernest Howard Shepard
3rd edition, published by Methuen in 1927
Maroon embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
13cm x 19cm.
103 pages.
Pink endpapers decorated with blue line illustrations.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners a little bumped.
Gilt on covers and spine bright and undimmed.
A small patch of foxing on front pastedown adjacent to the hinge, no other foxing apparent.
Half-title and reverse of final page tanned.
Contents otherwise clean and bright.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#108041   £75.00   
18. Trudy takes charge
Trudy takes charge
by Mary Alice Faid
3rd edition, published by Pickering Inglis in 1961
Octavo.
Yellow paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
159 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Dustwrapper edge chipped, closed tear upper front.
A few brown marks on spine strip.
Covers otherwise clean and tight.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages lightly tanned.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#100912   £5.00   
19. Secret Water
Secret Water
by Arthur Ransome
with illustrations by Arthur Ransome
8th edition, published by Cape in 1943
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Blind embossed lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
380 pages.
Dustwrapper in poor condition:
Much of back the panel, spine strip, and bottom of front panel missing.
Remainder has been pasted onto brown paper base.
Covers have light wear at spine ends.
Name stamped on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#104303   £25.00   
20. The Golden Age
The Golden Age
by Kenneth Grahame
Published by Bodley Head in 1907
Octavo.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering and decoration on covers.
196 pages.
Design on front cover and spine by Charles Robinson.
Covers worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip darkened.
Top edge of covers darkened.
Name on front endpaper.
Small amount of spotting on prelims.
Contents clean.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#36330   £7.50   
21. According to Jennings
According to Jennings
by Anthony Buckeridge
Published by Collins in 1967
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with 8cm loss at base of spine.
Book itself good:
Minor wear to covers.
A little faint foxing to endpapers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118661   £7.50   
22. The Strange New Girl
The Strange New Girl
by Helen S. Humphries
1st edition, published by Pickering & Inglis in 1964
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
128 pages.
Covers clean.
Spine slightly faded.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Uneven tanning on title page.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#100913   £6.50   
23. Peter Trawl or The Adventures of a Whaler
Peter Trawl or The Adventures of a Whaler
by W. H. G. Kingston
1st edition, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1881
Octavo.
Dark green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Silver decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
350 pages.
Six (of eight) black and white plates present.
Covers heavily worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip worn at edges and ends, and somewhat darkened.
Gift dedication dated 1883 on reverse of front endpaper.
Endpapers and prelims foxed and tanned.
Contents shaken, and some pages coming loose.
Occasional foxing to page edges.
Some foxing in gutter, where staples in the binding have rusted.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#111402   £15.00   
24. The Willoughby Captains
The Willoughby Captains
by Talbot Baines Reed
1st Thus edition, published by Latimer House in 1948
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
311 pages.
Dustwrapper chipped, with small amount of loss at spine ends.
Damp stain at rear, which is mostly confined to the wrapper, though there are faint marks on the cover underneath.
Covers lightly worn and soiled.
Some foxing on front endpaper, but remainder of contents are clean and white.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#88466   £10.00   
25. Overheard in Fairyland
Overheard in Fairyland
by Madge A. Bigham
with illustrations by Ruth Sypherd Clements
Published by London circa 1910
Octavo.
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Light grey lettering on spine.
13cm x 19cm.
206 pages.
Not dated, possibly 1st edition.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Name written small and neatly at top edge of front pastedown.
Near-fine in other respects.
Binding sound.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#109063   £60.00   
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