76.
Growing up in Roman Britain
by
Frances Wilkins
1st edition,
published by B. T. Batsford Ltd in 1979
ISBN: 0713407735.
Purple cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine.
72 pages.
Front endpaper missing.
Label removed from title page.
Dustwrapper price clipped and unevenly faded.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
77.
78.
The Black Symbol
by
Annabel Johnson and Edgar Johnson
with illustrations by
Brian Saunders
1st Thus edition,
published by Cedric Chivers Ltd in 1973
ISBN: 0855948728.
Octavo.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
186 pages.
Dustwrapper and covers VG.
Neat library markings on front endpaper and title page.
Text clean and white.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
79.
The Mouldy
by
William Mayne
with illustrations by
Nicola Bayley
1st edition,
published by Jonathan Cape in 1983
ISBN: 0224020927.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Spine slightly faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
80.
High way Home
by
Nicholas Fisk
1st edition,
published by Hamilton in 1973
Ex-library, labels removed from f.e.p., stamps on reverse of title page.
Survival story, three novice teenage sailors and one hired hand are shipwrecked on uninhabited island, and have to sail to safety.
Book close to VG., no other faults.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
81.
The Jungle Book
by
Rudyard Kipling
Published by MDS Books in 2003
"The Children's Golden Library".
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
82.
See how they run
by
Joan Tate
1st edition,
published by Pelham Books in 1978
ISBN: 0720711207.
Blue covers with silver lettering on spine.
Labels on front endpaper and front pastedown, access number on title page.
VG in other respects, with no other library marks.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
83.
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: low)
84.
The Jays
by
Elisabeth Smedley
1st Thus edition,
published by Lutterworth in 1951
Crown Library series.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
128 pages.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, with a few marks on rear.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
No other marks.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
85.
Fifteen Minute Tales - Nineteen Stories for Children
by
Enid Blyton
10th edition,
published by Methuen in 1948
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners a little bumped.
Spine faded.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
86.
Long will, a Romance
by
Florence Converse
2nd edition,
published by Dent in 1908
Everyman's library edition.
Covers and spine worn.
Front edge of spine split, has been reglued.
The story of Piers Plowman, set in Malvern, Herefordshire.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
87.
The Daughter of Don Saturnino
by
Scott O'Dell
1st English edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1979
Front endpaper messy, where label has been removed.
Small school library stamp on prelims.
No other library markings.
Contents otherwise completely unblemished.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
88.
St Catherine's College
by
Angela Brazil
with illustrations by
Frank Wiles
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Library re-bound copy of an early edition.
Covers worn, and a little scuffed at edges and corners.
Some faint foxing to fore edge.
Various library marks and labels on prelims.
All six black and white plates present.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
89.
The Children's Second English Fairy Book
by
Adair Forrester
with illustrations by
Honor C. Appleton
Reprint,
published by Harrap in 1942
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards with blue lettering and decoration.
62 pages.
Colour frontispiece, black and white drawings in the text, a number of them coloured in.
Covers a little soiled.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Prelims somewhat discoloured.
There has been some childish scribble, erased, but with the indentations still showing.
The text is reasonably clean and firm.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
90.
High Jinks
by
J. H. Macnair
with illustrations by
A. E. Kennedy
Published by Dean and Son, Limited circa 1935
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: low, Confidence: low)
91.
The Classic Mother Goose
with illustrations by
Blanche Fisher Wright
1st Thus edition,
published by Kibworth Books in 1995
ISBN: 0723901171.
Quarto.
Laminated pictorial boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
122 pages.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper and covers.
Dustwrapper spine faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
92.
The Armourer's House
by
Rosemary Sutcliff
with illustrations by
C. Walter Hodges
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1957
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners slightly bumped.
Name and address on half-title.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
93.
We of the Never-Never
by
Aeneas Mrs Gunn
Reprint,
published by Hutchinson circa 1969
ISBN: 0904709310.
Octavo.
Brown paper-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
256 pages.
Dustwrapper has been plasticised, which suggests an ex-library copy, but the book itself shows no other signs of being ex-library.
Dustwrapper worn and marked.
Covers VG.
Some very faint spotting on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
94.
Sir Walter Raleigh
by
L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by
John T. Kenney
1st edition,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1957
Light brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
School library stamp on reverse of front endpaper.
Otherwise generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
95.
The Hobbit
by
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
with illustrations by
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
4th edition,
published by George Allen and Unwin in 1982
ISBN: 0048231479.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering and decoration on spine.
15cm x 22cm.
256 pages.
Pictorial endpapers (Middle Earth maps).
Top edge dark green.
Third printing (1982) of the 1978 fourth edition.
Dustwrapper price-clipped but otherwise undamaged, and enclosed in a protective sleeve.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Attractive school prize-label pasted to blank leaf between front endpaper and half-title.
Pages very faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
96.
King Alfred the Great
by
L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by
John T. Kenney
Published by Ladybird Books circa 1955
Light brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Undated edition.
Pictorial endpapers showing a map of southern England.
Square open-wing Ladybird logo in black above "Series 561" facing title page.
Original price of 2'6 shown on dustwrapper front flap.
Dustwrapper intact, but a little worn, with some neat tape reinforcement at corners.
"116" written in pencil on front panel of dustwrapper.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Name at top of title page.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
97.
Kipper Skips
by
Marjorie Darke
with illustrations by
Thelma Lambert
1st edition,
published by Blackie in 1979
ISBN: 0216907233.
No library stamps; access number only.
Faint mark where label removed from front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
98.
David and Carol as Cooks
by
Joan Charnock
with illustrations by
Hilary Abrahams
1st edition,
published by Cape in 1964
Octavo.
Dark grey cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
128 pages.
A children's cookery book disguised as a story.
Dustwrapper worn and a little soiled.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
99.
100.
The Nursery Rhyme Omnibus
Published by Amalgamated Press circa 1936
Edited by Charles Ray.
Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Name and address in child's hand on front pastedown.
Covers detached at both front and rear hinge.
Contents clean, but slightly tanned at page edges.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)