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1. The Mystery of the Missing Book
The Mystery of the Missing Book
by Trevor Burgess
Published by Hutchinson circa 1960
Red paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
A small amount of scribble on dustwrapper front panel.
Covers a little worn at edges.
Names on front pastedown.
Pages heavily tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#109461   £5.00   
2. The Mystery of the Missing Book
The Mystery of the Missing Book
by Trevor Burgess
Reprint, published by Hutchinson circa 1960
A Monks Court story.
Red boards with black lettering on spine.
Worm holes at lower corner of pages.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#75618   £5.00   
3. 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: medium)
#108364   £30.00   
4. The Girl from India
The Girl from India
by Doris Taylor
Reprint, published by Pickering in 1968
ISBN: 0720820243.
Green boards with black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper slightly worn at top edge.
Front endpaper missing.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#29295   £5.00   
5. Blackie's Popular Nursery Stories
Blackie's Popular Nursery Stories
with illustrations by John Hassall
Published by Blackie circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Light yellow lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white.
Boards worn and edge-chipped.
Spine strip in good condition.
Name and date on front paste down.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#101523   £10.50   
6. Challenge to Lassie
Challenge to Lassie
Published by Ward Lock circa 1949
Pictorial glazed boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
19cm x 25cm.
80 pages.
Dustwrapper worn and a little chipped.
Some wear to edges of boards.
Front endpaper missing.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#82496   £7.50   
7. Black Bartlemy's Treasure
Black Bartlemy's Treasure
by Jeffery Farnol
Published by Sampson Low circa 1955
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with lower half of spine missing (rebacked with plain paper).
Child's gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119497   £2.50   
8. The Secret of the Silver Bottle
The Secret of the Silver Bottle
by Caleb Hawker
Reprint, published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1960
Blue covers with red lettering.
Thistle desgin on covers.
Frontispiece by Betty Ladler.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
Pages tanned.
Front endpaper missing.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#79451   £2.50   
9. The Mysterious Mr Fairweather
The Mysterious Mr Fairweather
by Jessie Leckie Herbertson
Reprint, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1956
Peerless series.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
94 pages.
Dustwrapper a little chipped at upper edge and spine ends.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#94004   £4.00   
10. The Wagoner's Hall Mystery
The Wagoner's Hall Mystery
by Michael Poole
with illustrations by R. G. Campbell
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1958
Dustwrapper edge-chipped.
Endpapers missing.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#61324   £6.50   
11. The Mystery of Worton Keep
The Mystery of Worton Keep
by Tom Bevan
Reprint, published by Collins circa 1930
Blue boards with silver lettering.
Frontispiece by H. M. Brock.
Covers somewhat worn.
Front endpaper missing.
Spine damged.
Contents generally good.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#81513   £2.50   
12. 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: medium)
#119975   £5.00   
13. 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: medium)
#106330   £10.00   
14. Commonwealth and Empire Annual
Commonwealth and Empire Annual
by Raymond Fawcett
Published by Gawthorn Press in 1953
Quarto.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on front cover and spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with loss to upper and lower edge of back panel and spine; re-backed onto plain paper.
Book itself close to VG.
Minor wear to edges.
Covers unevenly faded where dustwrapper damaged.
Neat name on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#64360   £7.50   
15. The man who caught the wind
The man who caught the wind
by Margaret Gibbs
with illustrations by May Smith
1st edition, published by Chapman and Hall in 1936
Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
136 pages.
Stories from Children's Hour.
Small bump to the bottom right hand corner.
Slight damage to the top of the spine.
Dustwrapper has three centimetres missing from spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on the front endpaper, plus partially erased name written in a childish script.
All of the fourteen black and white illustrations have been very carefully painted.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#85882   £25.00   
16. The Mystery Plane
The Mystery Plane
by Elspeth Procter
1st Thus edition, published by Lutterworth Press in 1949
Crown Library series.
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
120 pages.
Colour frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Dustwrapper price clipped and a little worn at edges.
Name on front endpaper.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#102148   £5.00   
17. Robin Hood and his Merry Men
Robin Hood and his Merry Men
by Howard Pyle
with illustrations by Paul Busch
Published by Peveril Books in 1957
Cloth-covered boards.
Cream spine.
Blue and yellow decoration on covers.
Blue decoration on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper missing 5cm strip at top of rear panel and chipped at top edge of spine.
Book itself generally VG.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#118164   £5.00   
18. The Coral Island
The Coral Island
by Robert Michael Ballantyne
Published by Reward Classics circa 1940
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn, with lower third of front missing.
Light wear to covers.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#94492   £3.50   
19. A Job for the Jays
A Job for the Jays
by Elisabeth Smedley
1st Thus edition, published by Lutterworth Press in 1951
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards with black lettering on spine.
127 pages.
Colour frontispiece, but no other illustrations.
Crown Library edition.
Dustwrapper edge chipped, but no loss.
Front endpaper missing.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#86106   £6.50   
20. Bumper Story Book
Bumper Story Book
Published by Collins circa 1960
Contributors include Violet Needham, Jane Shaw, Monica Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations in text.
Edwards and Kathleen Fidler.
Dustwrapper worn with piece missing from lower front corner.
Damage to spine ends and edges with some loss at base.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#72301   £10.50   
21. Under French's Command
Under French's Command
by Frederick Sadlier Brereton
with illustrations by Archibald Webb
Reprint, published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Green covers, blue lettering on front cover and spine.
Pictorial dustwrapper badly creased, closed tear across front, piece missing from top edge, and from base of spine.
Small crease at bottom corner of front endpaper.
Fore edge spotteed.
Four black and white illustrations.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#77028   £15.00   
22. The Speckledy Hen
The Speckledy Hen
by Alison Uttley
with illustrations by Margaret Tempest
Published by Collins in 1953
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, with lower third of back pannel missing.
Book itself internally VG, but spine ends worn and corners bumped.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#116881   £5.00   
23. 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: medium)
#104303   £25.00   
24. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by Alice Ross
Published by W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell circa 1922
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
12cm x 16cm.
Undated; gift dedication on front endpaper dated Christmas 1923.
Covers faded and heavily worn.
Corners bumped.
Lower half of spine-strip missing.
Binding a little strained.
Fontispiece and three of four colour plates present (plate at p34 missing).
Pages heavily tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#115268   £20.00   
25. Masterman Ready
Masterman Ready
by Captain Marryat
Reprint, published by Peal Press circa 1965
12th book in Classic Library series.
Octavo.
Light green paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
256 pages.
Dustwrapper and covers VG.
Front endpaper missing.
Prize label on half title
Contents clean but tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#103379   £3.50   
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