1.
Divide and Rule
by
Jan Mark
1st edition,
published by Kestrel in 1979
ISBN: 0722656203.
Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Some faint white marks to front cover.
Several library stamps etc to front endpaper and title page.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
2.
Party Rhymes
by
Marc Brown
with illustrations by
Marc Brown
Published by Collins in 1989
Action rhymes and similar.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
3.
Justice and her Brothers
by
Virginia Hamilton
Published by Hamilton in 1979
ISBN: 0241101522.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gold lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper and covers.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
4.
Stories from Shakespeare
by
Jeanie Lang
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1950
Edited by Louey Chisholm.
Told to the Children series.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Light brown spine.
Brown lettering on covers.
10cm x 16cm.
Covers worn and soiled.
Spotting to fore edge.
Name and date on front endpaper.
Prelims a little soiled.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
5.
The Battle of Wednesday Week
by
Barbara Willard
with illustrations by
Douglas Hail
1st edition,
published by Longman in 1963
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Dark brown lettering on spine.
Dark brown decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
A little spotting to fore edge.
Library marks on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
6.
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: high)
7.
A Little Love
by
Virginia Hamilton
1st Thus edition,
published by Gollancz in 1985
ISBN: 0575036516.
Brown cloth-covred boards.
Gold lettering on spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
8.
The Secret Six
by
S. C. George
with illustrations by
Ernest Prater
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1940
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Dark brown lettering on covers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
A little faint spotting to fore edge.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
9.
The Ladybird Book of British Wild Animals
by
George Cansdale
with illustrations by
Roland Green
1st edition,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1958
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown decoration on covers.
Covers a little worn.
Name and address on front endpaper.
A few spots on prelims.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
10.
The Boy's Watchword or Syd and his Brothers
by
J Harrison
Reprint,
published by J. F. Shaw circa 1905
Red-brown cloth covered boards, front cover and spine illustrated in white, black and brown, with gilt lettering.
New edition.
Four black and white plates, not attributed.
Hinge cracked and pages somewhat tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
11.
Understudy
by
Pamela Brown
with illustrations by
Drake Brookshaw
1st edition,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1958
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Gilt faded.
Library label and marks on front endpaper.
Some spotting to fore edge.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
12.
Dancing Peel
by
Lorna Hill
with illustrations by
Esme Verity
1st edition,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1954
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and has triangular chip at upper right corner of front panel.
Light wear to covers.
Gilt on spine rubbed and dull.
Some faint soptting to fore edge.
Name at top edge of front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
13.
Flower Fairies of the Spring
by
Cicely Mary Barker
with illustrations by
Cicely Mary Barker
Published by Blackie circa 1930
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
11cm x 14cm.
Blue pictorial endpapers.
24 colour plates.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Some light foxing to prelims.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
14.
The River
by
Roy Brown
with illustrations by
James Hunt
Reprint,
published by Abelard in 1972
Blue covers, silver lettering.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and price clipped.
Light wear to covers.
Some spotting on fore edge.
Tape marks on pastedowns.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
15.
Nursery Rhymes
by
Robers Lacey and Ben Coppin
with illustrations by
Claude Lovat Fraser
1st Thus edition,
published by Paper Argosies in 2024
ISBN: 9781738559503.
White pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Originally published in 1919 by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
16.
The Dancing Bear
by
Peter Dickinson
with illustrations by
David Smee
1st edition,
published by Gollancz in 1972
ISBN: 0575014210.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper and covers.
Fore edge and top edge a little soiled.
Labels removed from prelims.
Top corner of front endpaper clipped.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
17.
I'm a lucky dog
by
Jill the Airedale and Elaine Hamilton
with illustrations by
Norman Keene
1st edition,
published by Ward Lock & Co in 1936
Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Dark brown lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Damp mark at lower corner of front and back boards.
Small address stamp on front endpaper.
Illustrations on p8/9 neatly coloured-in.
Pages lightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
18.
National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs
by
J.W. Elliott
with illustrations by
Dalziel
Reprint,
published by Novello, Ewer, and Co. circa 1877
Quarto.
Bevilled brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt and Black decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
110 pages.
Set to music by J.W.Elliott.
A list of illustrators provided.
Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Spine ends worn.
Inner hinges strengthened with paper strips.
Gift dedication on front endpaper, from which book dated.
Contents generally clean, with no foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
19.
Mother Goose's Book of Nursery Rhymes
by
J.W. Elliott
with illustrations by
Ernest Griset
Reprint,
published by McLoughlin Brothers, Inc. circa 1900
Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
111 pages.
Illustrated with engravings, many by Griset.
Set to music by J. W. Elliott.
Gilt on front cover faded.
Covers worn at edges.
Inner hinges strengthened with paper strips.
Pages clean, with no foxing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
20.
Creatures Great and Small
by
Aileen Henderson
with illustrations by
K. M. Mountain
3rd edition,
published by The Religious Education Press in 1945
Octavo.
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
96 pages.
A series of short stories about animals, illustrated with line drawings.
Two small stains on front cover, corners slightly bumped.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
21.
22.
Our Dick
by
Laura A. Barter Snow
Published by Religious Tract Society circa 1910
Brown pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Light brown lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Spine slightly darkened.
Foxing to fore edge.
Endpapers tanned.
Contents lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
23.
The Bull in the Forest
by
Peter Zachary Cohen
with illustrations by
Ruth Bornschlegel
1st edition,
published by Atheneum in 1969
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown decoration on covers.
86 pages.
Illustrated with charcoal drawings, many full-page.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Several scrapes on dustwrapper's spine.
Price-clipped, and short closed tear at top of front panel.
Covers and contents clean and undamaged.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
24.
Baden-Powell
by
E.E. Reynolds
3rd edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1943
Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
283 pages.
Eight leaves of photographs, line drawings by Baden-Powell.
Dustwrapper chipped and soiled.
1 cm. loss at dustwrapper spine ends, corners also affected.
Dustwraper heavily repaired, mostly on the reverse.
Covers firm and undamaged, but lightly worn at edges.
Name on front endpaper.
Light spotting on fore edge, has not bled through onto text.
Contents clean and white.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
25.
The Disappearance of Tom Merry
by
Frank Richards
Published by Spring Books circa 1960
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper a little worn, with 7cm loss at top corner of back panel.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)