1.
Days with Sir Roger de Coverley
with illustrations by
Hugh Thomson
1st edition,
published by Macmillan in 1886
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: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
Ambari!
by
Reginald Forbes-Watson
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
Published by Oxford University Press in 1961
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Top edge spotted.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
3.
The Adventures of Carlo
by
Katharine Tynan
with illustrations by
E. A. Cubitt
Published by Blackie circa 1915
Olive green boards with brown lettering and picture onlay front cover.
Frontis by H M Brock.
Undated, but gift dedication on front endpaper dated 1915.
Covers worn and a little scraped.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
4.
Hermit in the Hills
by
David Severn
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
1st edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1945
Orange boards with black lettering and decoration.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and badly chipped. Loss at both ends of spine strip, upper corner of front panel, and upper edge of back panel.
Contents unmarked except for neat gift inscription on reverse of f.e.p.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
5.
Goldenrod
by
Jim Slater
with illustrations by
Christopher Chamberlain
1st edition,
published by Cape in 1978
ISBN: 0224016296.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
6.
Oswald Bastable and Others
by
Edith Nesbit
with illustrations by
C. E. Brock
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co in 1905
Maroon embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Covers heavily worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Gilt on front cover faded.
Gilt on spine has darkened to black.
Neat gift dedication inside front cover.
School library stamp on front endpaper.
Contents generally good.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
7.
The Would-be-goods
by
Edith Nesbit
1st edition,
published by Fisher Unwin in 1901
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
Covers heavily worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip darkened.
Inner hinges cracked, and contents shaken.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
8.
The Blackbird Story Book
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Inner hingers cracked.
Some marks and soiling to front endpaper.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of title page.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
9.
A Child's Garden of Verses
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
with illustrations by
Joan Hassall
Reprint,
published by Blackie in 1961
Octavo.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper a little worn at edges, with 4cm loss at base of spine and price-clipped.
Book itself close to VG.
Name in childish hand on front endpaper.
Neat gift dedication between front endpaper and half-title.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
10.
Marjorie in Command
by
Carolyn Wells
with illustrations by
J. C. Pratt
Published by Grosset Dunlap in 1910
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Covers worn and soiled.
Inner hinges cracked.
Foxing on prelims.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
11.
Hermit in the Hills
by
David Severn
with illustrations by
Joan Kiddell-Monroe
1st edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1945
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Black decoration on covers.
Some wear to dustwrapper.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Gift dedication blocked-out on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
12.
The Black Peril - A Biggles Story
by
W. E. Johns
with illustrations by
J. E. McConnell
Published by Thames circa 1950
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light green cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and edges bumped.
Name and address partially erased from front cover.
Foxing to prelims and endpapers.
Front endpaper removed.
Gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece.
Contents generally good.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
13.
Numbers of Things
by
Helen Oxenbury
with illustrations by
Helen Oxenbury
1st edition,
published by Heinemann in 1967
Pictorial cloth-covered boards.
15cm x 27cm.
Light wear to edges of covers.
A few faint marks to front cover.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
14.
Billy Bunter among the Cannibals
by
Frank Richards
with illustrations by
R. J. MacDonald
2nd edition,
published by Cassell in 1953
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Minor wear to covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Label removed from inside front cover.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
15.
The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Rhyme Book
by
Brian Alderson
with illustrations by
Helen Oxenbury
1st Thus edition,
published by Heinemann in 1986
ISBN: 9780434956043.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Gift inscription neatly blocked-out on front endpaper.
Near-fine in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
16.
Just so Stories
by
Rudyard Kipling
with illustrations by
Rudyard Kipling
Published by Macmillan and Co in 1922
Maroon embossed leather boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers and spine.
Top edge gilt.
11cm x 17cm.
219 pages.
Dustwrapper worn, and a little soiled, with 2cm loss at base of spine and rear panel, and 1cm loss at top of spine.
Dustwrapper neatly repaired and reinforced on reverse.
Book itself generally VG.
Light wear to edges of covers.
A little spotting to fore edge.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
17.
Cherry in Charge
by
Agnes M. Miall
1st edition,
published by George Newnes in 1950
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and a little soiled, with some foxing to rear.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Covers worn at edges.
Foxing to endpapers and fore edge.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
18.
The Wonder Book
by
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1st Thus edition,
published by Watergate in 1947
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper chipped at corners and spine ends.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
19.
A Child's Day through the Ages
by
Dorothy Margaret Stuart
with illustrations by
T. H. Robinson
Published by Harrap in 1941
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn and soiled, and price-clipped.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Small, neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean, but very slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
20.
Cricket: A Tale of Humble Life
by
Silas K. Hocking
Published by Frederick Warne and Co circa 1897
Bevilled dark blue embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
Brown patterned endpapers.
Covers worn at edges.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents slightly shaken.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
21.
According to Jennings
by
Anthony Buckeridge
Reprint,
published by Collins in 1957
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Some faint foxing to prelims.
Contents clear.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
22.
A Book of Delights - An Anthology of Words and Pictures
by
John Hadfield
Reprint,
published by Hulton Press in 1957
Dark blue paper-covered boards.
White cloth spine.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and a little worn at edges.
Book itself generally VG.
Neat gift dedication on title page.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
23.
The Children's Heroes: Baden-Powell
by
E. K. Wade
1st edition,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1943
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
12cm x 19cm.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and slightly soiled.
Covers clean and undamaged.
Some foxing to foredge and prelims.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
24.
New Treasure Seekers
by
Edith Nesbit
with illustrations by
C. Walter Hodges
Published by Ernest Benn in 1949
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and a little worn, a couple of neatly repaired tears.
Book itself VG.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
25.
Verses for Children
by
Harry Golding
with illustrations by
Margaret W. Tarrant
6th edition,
published by Ward Lock circa 1935
Light brown cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
All plates present.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Damage to to 3cm of spine strip.
Hinges slightly strained.
Neat gift dedication on prelims
Foxing to fore-edge and intermittently to page edges.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)