1.
2.
The Practical Encyclopedia for Children
Reprint,
published by Odhams circa 1938
Red blind-embossed leatherette boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Light wear to covers.
Contents good.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
3.
4.
5.
The Children of Primrose Lane
by
Noel Streatfeild
Published by Collins in 1969
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and has a little wear to edges.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
6.
Children's Children
by
Gertrude Bone
with illustrations by
Muirhead Bone
1st edition,
published by Duckworth in 1908
Brown cloth binding, bevelled boards, gilt lettering.
Top edge gilt.
A country story.
Covers slightly worn.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
Written for Children
by
John Rowe Townsend
1st edition,
published by Pelican in 1965
Octavo.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
160 pages.
A brief history of children's literature, from earliest times to circa 1965.
No significant faults.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
Children's Verse
with illustrations by
Margaret W. Tarrant
1st Thus edition,
published by Tiger Books in 1986
ISBN: 1870461525.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
64 pages.
A mixture of nursery rhymes and poems written for very young children.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
Children of the Turnpike
by
Geraldine Kaye
with illustrations by
Gareth Floyd
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1976
ISBN: 0340195444.
Blue covers, gilt lettering.
Label removed from front endpaper
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
10.
The Children's Pictorial Atlas
1st edition,
published by Purnell in 1980
Edited by Trevor Marchington.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
78 pages.
Gives a clear account of basic geography for young children.
Copiously illustrated.
Index at rear.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
11.
Good Afternoon, Children
with illustrations by
Morton-Sale
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1932
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: low, Confidence: medium)
12.
People of Importance
by
Brenda E. Spender
with illustrations by
James H. Dowd
Reprint,
published by Country Life in 1943
Quarto.
Grey cloth-covered boards with blue lettering and decoration.
Consists of pages of pencil drawings interleaved with short anecdotes of children.
Short gift dedication on front endpaper.
One or two small marks of the front cover.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
The Merry-go-Round and Other Verses for Children
by
Robina Singer
with illustrations by
H. A. Powell
Published by Knights Press circa 1930
Paperback.
A collection of rhymes and verses for children.
Illustrated with line drawings.
Covers somewhat worn at edges, with some marking.
Contents generally clean, but with a few fingermarks.
Illustration on p17 neatly coloured in.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
14.
Modern Verse for Little Children
by
Michal Williams
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1955
Poems for children aged fron five to eight-years-old.
Covers slightly worn.
One stamp on front endpaper, no other library marks.
Contents bright and clean.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
15.
Children's Atlas
by
Brian Williams
1st edition,
published by Igloo Books Ltd. in 2014
ISBN: 9781783432950.
Paperback.
Quarto.
32 pages.
Primary Explorers series.
Page of stickers at rear of book is complete.
Unsuitable for children under 3 years.
Crease on upper corner of back cover, but VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
16.
The Children of Tonacatecutli
by
Kaj Himmelstrup
1st English edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1969
Children in conflict with the authorities over a play-area.
Originally written as a play for Danish television.
Dustwrapper has minor chips to spine ends.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
17.
18.
Children's Literature - An Illustrated History
by
Peter Hunt
1st edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1995
ISBN: 0192123203.
Quarto.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Book itself almost pristine.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
The Canal Children
by
Brian Wright
1st edition,
published by Heinemann in 1976
ISBN: 0434972851.
Red covers, gilt lettering.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
20.
Stories from Chaucer
by
Janet Harvey Kelman
with illustrations by
W. Heath Robinson
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1950
Edited by Louey Chisholm.
Told to the Children series.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
11cm x 16cm.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and soiled.
A little faint foxing to fore edge.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
21.
The Children's Friend 1881
Published by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday in 1881
Bevilled dark green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Minor wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
22.
23.
The Children's Tales from Dickens
by
F. H. Lee
with illustrations by
Honor C. Appleton
Reprint,
published by Harrap in 1954
22nd book in Children's Bookshelf series.
Paperback.
Duodecimo.
Light blue covers.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
64 pages.
Colour frontispiece by G. Demain Hammond.
Black and white line drawings by Honor Appleton.
Linen backed thin card covers.
Spine stip slightly faded.
Name written neatly on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
24.
Mr Rutherford's Children - Second Series
by
Miss Wetherell
Published by Frederick Warne
Octavo.
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Spine slightly darkened.
Name and address on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
25.
Back Home
by
Michelle Magorian
1st edition,
published by Viking Kestrel in 1985
ISBN: 0670806706.
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
387 pages.
The difficulties facing British children returning from the U.S.A. to the austerity of post-war Britain.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Spine cocked.
VG in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)