Blue cloth-coverd boards.
Embossed gilt lettering and decoration.
All edges gilt.
Black endpapers.
Reprinted from The Spectator magazine in 1886.
Illustrated with line drawings.
Covers worn and bumped at edges.
Scuff on back cover, possibly where label removed.
Neat gift dedication on title page.
Contents close to VG, but final two leaves appear to have detached and been neatly re-glued.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Grey boards with dark blue lettering.
Picture onlay front cover.
Illustrated with black and white line drawings, both full page and in text, plus four colour plates.
Covers soiled and a little worn.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Red boards with black lettering and decoration.
Illustrated woth line drawings by the author and other and with coloured black and white photographs.
Covers worn.
Some small chips to edge of spine.
Front inside hinge cracked.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Dark blue cloth spine.
Black decoration on spine.
20cm x 28cm.
192 pages.
Illustrated with a mixture of black and white drawings and coloured line drawings.
Colour frontispiece.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Ends of spine bumped.
Spine strip split down front edge.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Some of the black and white drawings have been reasonably neatly coloured-in by a child.
Plate entitled 'The Visitor' has been neatly attached to the back pastedown using adhesive fabric tape.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on covers.
288 pages.
Copiously illustrated with line drawings in the text, plus six full page sepia illustrations and four colour plates.
Covers worn at edges.
Some soiling to front cover
Marks on one or two pages.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

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)

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)

Edited by John R. Crossland
Quarto.
Red blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
467 pages.
8 colour plates.
Numerous black and white drawings.
All plates present.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Lettering on spine has faded.
Dated from a school prize label on f.e.p.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Beige paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on covers.
71 pages.
The book has been professionally restored, having a new spine and endpapers.
Illustrated with black and white line drawings.
Nine of the illustrations, the chapter headings, are coloured.
The front cover illustration is that used to illustrate 'Common Nouns'.
Boards bumped at the edges and corners.
Vertical crease to the front cover.
Some discolouration to covers.
The text block is tight.
Pages are clean and white.
Neat signature from a previous owner at the top of the front cover.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

Edited by Columbus.
Quarto.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
267 pages.
'Wireless stories and plays from The Children's Hour'.
Illustrated with four colour plates, plus numerous black and white drawings, many in text and margins.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, and slightly soiled.
Covers firm.
Corners bumped.
Fore edges clean.
Corners bumped.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)

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: medium, Confidence: medium)

Edited by John, R. Crossland.
Quarto.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
564 pages.
8 colour plates.
Numerous black and white illustrations.
All plates present.
Dustwrapper worn and price-clipped, with loss at top edge.
Corners of covers bumped.
Top 3cm of Back inner hinge damaged.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

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: medium, Confidence: medium)

ISBN: 0600200159.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Light green covers.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
A collection of 13 stories.
Some traditional tales, others written in the style of folk tales.
All copiously illustrated by Heath Robinson's line drawings.
Minor wear to edges.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

1st book in Dean's Play Hour series.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Mixture of rhymes and very short stories.
Six colour plates.
Seven full page black and white drawings.
Numerous black and white drawings in the text.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Front cover clean but slightly scratched.
Back cover flecked.
Endpapers missing.
Contents clean and unmarked, and generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Front cover shows glazed picture of children sledging.
Back cover is an advert for Cadbury's Cocoa.
Copiously illustrated in black and white (no colour illustrations).
Artists include W. C. Groome and Angusine MacGregor.
Three pages of adverts at front and rear of book.
Covers worn at edges.
Glazed paper on spine is chipped in places.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

ISBN: 0600200159.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Light green pictorial covers with dark green lettering and decoration.
95 pages.
Thirteen stories from various sources.
Illustrated in black and white.
A little wear to edges of covers.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

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: medium, Confidence: medium)

ISBN: 0437456102.
Octavo.
Brown paper-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
126 pages.
Illustrated with black and white line drawings
A number of the illustrations have been very carefully and neatly painted.
Book is VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

Red boards with black lettering, and moth motif on front cover.
Illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings.
Dustwrapper worn and tattered with loss to top edge of front cover.
Book itself VG.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

Octavo.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
316 pages.
Illustrated with lack and white line drawings.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and soiled.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Some foxing at edges of page block.
Contents mostly clean and unmarked.
A few pages spotted.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)

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: medium, Confidence: medium)

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)

Duodecimo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
96 pages.
Copiously illustrated with photographs and line drawings.
Name on front paste-down.
Covers and contents in very nice condition.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)

Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
80 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Illustrated with full-page colour pictures, and colour and black-and white chapter headings and in-text pictures.
Dustwrapper is rather worn and chipped with some loss at top, and with some neat repairs and reinforcement.
Covers have faded a little unevenly where dustwrapper is chipped, no other significant faults to the book itself.
Pages are clean and white and the binding is sound.
Overall a nice copy.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)