1.
2.
Rainbow End
Published by Birn Brothers Limited circa 1952
Quarto.
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
92 pages.
Book dated from gift inscription.
Pictorial endpapers.
Colour frontispiece.
Monochrome illustrations in text.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
3.
4.
Hills End
by
Ivan Southall
with illustrations by
Jim Phillips
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1965
Paperback.
Minor wear to covers.
Neat gift dedication inside front cover.
Pages tanned at edges.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
5.
The Rainbow Trail
by
Kathleen Gooding
1st edition,
published by Faber in 1983
ISBN: 0571119581.
Green covers.
Gold lettering on spine.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
6.
Hills End
by
Ivan Southall
with illustrations by
Jim Phillips
Reprint,
published by Puffin in 1968
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
Travellers by Night
by
Vivien Alcock
Reprint,
published by Methuen in 1984
ISBN: 0416448305.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Label removed from front end-paper.
Library stamp on title page.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
Twinkleface the Merry Elf
by
Margaret Peterson
with illustrations by
Bridget R. Peterson
Published by Hutchinson circa 1925
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
160 pages.
Illustrated with 2 colour plates, plus line drawings.
Covers have darkened with age.
Spine strip neatly repaired.
Both endpapers have been replaced.
Heavy foxing on title page.
Foxing persists more faintly to chapter end.
Remainder of book mostly clear.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
10.
11.
Prehistory
by
Neil Morris
1st edition,
published by McRae Publishing in 2011
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
48 pages.
The first book in a series of 24 called 'The History of the World'.
A simple account of the origins of life through to early humans.
Copiously illustrated in colour.
Glossary and index at end of book.
Minor wear only to covers and dustwrapper.
Contents fine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
12.
Sent away
by
Jonathan Croall
1st edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1992
The story of two children, sent to Australia at the end of the Second World War.
Dustwrapper chipped at spine ends.
Corners very slightly bumped.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
The Great Cranberry Quarrel
by
J. Owens
Reprint,
published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge circa 1880
Duodecimo.
Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering and red and yellow deocration.
122 pages.
Illustrated with engravings, also head and tailpieces at beginning and end of chapters.
Covers worn, and soiled in places.
Front endpaper missing, both inner hinges cracked, have been strengthened with tape.
Occasional fingermarking, but in general contents are clean and tight.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
14.
The Moated Manor
by
Nora M. Whittle
with illustrations by
Ray Bailey
1st edition,
published by Arnold in 1965
Prize label on front end paper. Top of dustwrapper spine very slightly chipped. A story of the Civil War. Tabard series.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
15.
Standing Lions
by
Mary Ray
with illustrations by
Janet Duchesne
1st Thus edition,
published by Faber Fanfares in 1978
ISBN: 0571112676.
Paperback.
Octavo.
Pictorial covers.
169 pages.
Name on front end paper.
Light wear to covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
16.
The Ornaments Discovered
by
Mrs Mary Robson Hughes
1st edition,
published by William Darton Junior in 1815
A story in two parts, by the author of Aunt Mary's Tales.
Black leather spine, gilt bands and titling.
Red and beige marbled boards.
Steel engraved frontispiece.
Lengthy publisher's catalogue at end of book.
9cm x 14cm.
Boards worn, corners bumped.
Binding sound.
Pages foxed and spotted.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
17.
18.
19.
The Hostages
by
Michael Smith
1st edition,
published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1987
ISBN: 0340413212.
Water mark at top end of spine.
Pages tanned.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
20.
The End
by
Richard Stanley
with illustrations by
Mahood
Published by Puffin in 1981
ISBN: 0140313834.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
21.
The Beano Book 1990
1st edition,
published by D. C. Thomson in 1989
ISBN: 0851164382.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Covers worn.
Corners bumped.
10cm loss at each end of spine strip.
Contents VG.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
22.
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
by
Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by
Margaret W. Tarrant
Published by Ward Lock circa 1948
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
16 colour plates.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat name on front endpaper.
Some faint foxing to prelims.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
23.
Edward the Blue Engine
by
Rev Wilbert Awdry
with illustrations by
C. Reginald Dalby
4th edition,
published by Edmund Ward in 1965
Blue covers.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Stiching pulled.
Several "W"s and small picture stamped onto front pastedown.
Some marks at hinge end of pages.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
24.
Rainbow Cake
by
Alan Spooner
with illustrations by
David Parkins
Reprint,
published by Kestrel in 1983
ISBN: 0722656750.
Front endpaper missing; VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
25.
Dead End in Norvelt
by
Jack Gantos
Published by Square Fish in 2013
ISBN: 9781250010230.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)