1.
Miriam's Ambition
by
Evelyn Everett-Green
with illustrations by
Norman Sutcliffe
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1930
Red clothcovers, black lettering with white linear border. Prize label on front endpaper. Three black and white plates. Pictorial dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
Miriam
by
Iris Rosofsky
1st Thus edition,
published by Fontana Lions in 1990
ISBN: 0006734340.
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
3.
A. L. C. O. H. O. L.
by
Iris Webb
1st edition,
published by Hodder Wayland in 1991
ISBN: 1852106484.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Libary stamp on front endpapers.
Word 'alcohol' written neatly 3 times on front endpaper.
Part of the Points Of View series.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
4.
The Snow Bear
by
Miriam Moss
with illustrations by
Maggie Kneen
1st edition,
published by Ted Smart in 2000
Coloured illustrations on eage double page are embossed into thin card, to give a bas-relief effect.
Dustwrapper duplicates cover illustration.
Fine condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
5.
My Kid Sister
by
E. W. Hildick
with illustrations by
Iris Schweitzer
3rd Thus edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1984
ISBN: 0340169427.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Some wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
6.
7.
The Mystery Room
by
Iris Kaye
Reprint,
published by Victory Press in 1975
ISBN: 0854760350.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
9.
10.
Country Tales to tell
by
Elizabeth Clark
with illustrations by
Cara Lockhart Smith
1st Thus edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1978
ISBN: 0340225122.
Green boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Black and white illustrations.
Some wear to dustwrapper.
Clear sticker on back cover.
Label on front pastedown.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Some marks to reverse of half-title.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
11.
Afterthought House
by
Evelyn Everett-Green
with illustrations by
W. H. Overend
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge circa 1900
Blue pictorial boards with gilt lettering.
Patterned endpapers.
Slight wear to edges of covers.
Some spotting to prelims.
Prize label on front pastedown.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
12.
Sir Aylmer's Heir
by
Evelyn Everett-Green
Reprint,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1928
Green boards, decorated with black. Four black and white plates. Prize label on inside cover (half removed). A little spotting on a few pages.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
13.
Little Sunbeams
Published circa 1896
Octavo.
Grey pictorial glazed boards.
Red cloth spine.
White lettering on covers.
31 pages.
An equal number of short stories and poems suitable for toddlers, illustrated with black and white engravings.
Very pretty pictorial front cover.
Back cover has full page advert for Fry's cocoa.
Three pages of adverts at front of book, three more at the back.
Black and white frontispiece.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Contents detached from binding.
Title page appears to be missing.
Gift dedication dated 1896 on half title.
Otherwise in very good condition.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
14.
The Heroes (The Argonauts and Theseus)
by
Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by
A. A. Dixon
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1935
Stories Old and New series.
Duodecimo.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
157 pages.
Four colour plates.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and has 1 to 3cm loss along top edge of pack panel.
Covers clean and undamaged.
Book plate on front paste down.
Prize dedication dated 1948 on front endpaper (book itself mid-1930s).
Pages slightly tanned.
Plates clean and undamaged.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
15.
Heartache
by
Miriam Hodgson
1st edition,
published by Methuen in 1990
ISBN: 0416150322.
Paperback.
117 pages.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
16.
Tales out of Time
by
Barbara Ireson
1st edition,
published by Faber and Faber in 1979
ISBN: 0571114105.
Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Dustwrapper bound into covers.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Some scribble on back endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
17.
The Last Bus and Other Stories
by
Stephen Southwold
with illustrations by
Anne Anderson
Published by Collins circa 1931
'The Stephen Southwold Tales'.
Dark green boards with gilt lettering and decorations.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations in text.
Slight wear to edges of covers.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Some foxing to prelims, and a few fingermarks to contents.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
18.
Well-Loved Tales from Shakespeare
by
Bernard Miles
with illustrations by
Victor Ambrus
Published by Hamlyn in 1986
ISBN: 9780600308898.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Some wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Neat gift dedication on label attatched to front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
19.
Uncle Bob
by
Meredith Fletcher
with illustrations by
S.B. Pearse
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1915
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
12cm x 18cm.
112 pages.
Colour frontispiece by H.M.Brock.
12 black and white drawings by S.B.Pearce.
Covers and contents clean and unmarked.
Endpapers tanned.
Some light foxing to edges of page block.
Gift label on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
20.
The Story of Phyllis
by
Mary Charlotte Malim
with illustrations by
W.S. Stacey
Reprint,
published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge circa 1902
Octavo.
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Yellow lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
247 pages.
Bevilled boards.
Beige patterned endpapers.
Illustrated with two black and white plates.
8 pages of adverts at rear of book.
Light wear on back board, where cloth has rubbed.
Prize label on front paste down.
Some spotting on fore edge.
Occasional foxing in text.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
21.
22.
Nelson's Jolly Book for Girls
Published by Nelson in 1934
Edited by Edwin Chisholm.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cloth spine.
Six colour plates.
Many black and white drawings.
Authors include: Sibyl Owsley, Bernard Rutley, and others.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and slightly soiled.
Prize label on front paste down.
Spotting to edges of page block.
Contents clean.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
23.
Animal Stories from Rudyard Kipling
by
Rudyard Kipling
with illustrations by
Stuart Tresilian
Published by Macmillan in 1932
Quarto.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Mug mark on front cover.
Some staining to back cover.
Gift dedication and bookplate on front endpaper.
Light foxing to prelims and fore-edge, and intermittenly to page edges.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
24.
St. Benedict's Goes Back
by
Hylton Cleaver
Published by Frederick Warne circa 1950
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and price-clipped.
Light wear to covers.
Some soiling and spotting to edges of page block.
Dated from prize label on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
25.
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)