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1. R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2
R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2
by Randolph Caldecott
with illustrations by Randolph Caldecott
Published by George Routledge and Sons circa 1880
Light grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Red and black decoration on covers.
21cm x 23cm.
128 pages.
All edges red.
Back cover repeats front cover illustration.
Undated edition, dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contains:
"The Three Jovial Huntsmen",
"Sing a Song for Sixpence",
"The Queen of Hearts", and
"The Farmer's Boy".
Each story is individually paginated, and 32 pages long.
Covers darkened, and a little worn and soiled.
Endpapers and pastedowns tanned.
Internally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#118929   £75.00   
2. The Story of Ferdinand
The Story of Ferdinand
by Munro Leaf
with illustrations by Robert Lawson
1st edition, published by Hamish Hamilton in 1937
Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Red lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
18cm x 21cm.
1st UK edition.
Yellow pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with 5cm loss at top corner of back panel, and 4cm los at base of spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication, dated Christmas 1938, inside front cover.
A little faint, intermittent foxing.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#118771   £75.00   
3. Lavender at the High School
Lavender at the High School
by E. C. Matthews
with illustrations by Stanley Lloyd
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1963
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
Red thistle pattern decoration on covers.
224 pages.
Dated from prize label.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and slightly chipped.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#100916   £5.00   
4. The Ingoldsby Legends
The Ingoldsby Legends
by R. H. Barham
Published by Cassell circa 1891
Cassell's Red Library edition.
Red bevilled boards with black linear decoration.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Grey patterned endpapers.
Spine slightly sunned.
Name and date written neatly on front endpaper.
Front hinge broken, has been repaired with tape.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#81470   £10.50   
5. Uncle Jack from America
Uncle Jack from America
by Richard Gilbert Soans
Published by Simpkin
Red boards with gilt lettering.
Covers a little faded and worn.
Front inside hinge cracked.
Tear on page 15/16 repaired.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#26291   £5.00   
6. Enid Blyton's Robin Hood Book
Enid Blyton's Robin Hood Book
by Enid Blyton
with illustrations by Joyce Johnson
Published by Latimer House in 1957
Red cloth-covered boards.
Blue lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some neat tape repairs to edges and corners.
Light wear to corners of covers.
Foxing to fore edge.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#120058   £12.50   
7. Pangers Pup
Pangers Pup
by Lorna Wood
with illustrations by Albert Richard Whitear
1st edition, published by Dent in 1972
ISBN: 0460058428.
Orange boards with gilt decoration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine.
Book VG, dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly worn.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#70578   £5.50   
8. The Fearless Treasure: A Story of England
The Fearless Treasure: A Story of England
by Noel Streatfeild
with illustrations by Dorothea Braby
1st edition, published by Michael Joseph in 1953
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Red decoration on covers.
Maroon pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges, and slightly faded.
Spine faded.
Corners bumped.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#117461   £15.00   
9. Honeybun, Others and us
Honeybun, Others and us
by Irene H. Barnes
Published by Church Missionary Society in 1917
Red boards with black lettering and decoration.
Illustrated woth line drawings by the author and other and with coloured black and white photographs.
Covers worn.
Some small chips to edge of spine.
Front inside hinge cracked.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#32911   £6.00   
10. The Would-be-goods
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: low, Confidence: high)
#117741   £15.00   
11. Three Chums
Three Chums
by A. Harcourt Burrage
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. circa 1930
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip faded and stained.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Contents good, but slightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#119469   £3.00   
12. Elements of Danger
Elements of Danger
by Eve Pownall
1st edition, published by Collins in 1976
|ISBN: 0001950274.
Grey covers, red lettering on spine.
True accounts of natural disasters in Australia caused by the elements.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#28501   £4.50   
13. Pangers Pup
Pangers Pup
by Lorna Wood
with illustrations by Albert Richard Whitear
1st edition, published by Dent in 1972
ISBN: 0460058428.
Orange boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt dog and rat vignette on front cover.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#31188   £5.50   
14. Animal Stories from Rudyard Kipling
Animal Stories from Rudyard Kipling
by Rudyard Kipling
with illustrations by Stuart Tresilian
Published by Macmillan in 1932
Quarto.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Mug mark on front cover.
Some staining to back cover.
Gift dedication and bookplate on front endpaper.
Light foxing to prelims and fore-edge, and intermittenly to page edges.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#114688   £5.00   
15. The Palace of Danger, a Story of la Pompadour
The Palace of Danger, a Story of la Pompadour
by Mabel Wagnalls
with illustrations by John Ward Dunsmore
1st British edition, published by John Long in 1909
Red boards.
Black lettering and gilt decorations on front cover.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Four black and white plates.
Covers marked in places.
Spine-strip edge-worn.
Light foxing on title page, remainder of contents clean.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#67287   £4.50   
16. Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
Published by Ernest Nister in 1895
Bevilled dark blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
18cm x 24cm.
328 pages.
Red edges.
6 colour plates, including frontispiece, "and upwards of eighty black-and-white drawings by J. Finnemore, G. H. Thompson and Archibald Webb".
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine strip faded, and appears to have been re-glued at edges.
Scuff where label removed from inside front cover.
Endpapers foxed.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#119008   £15.00   
17. The King's Pardon, or The boy who saved his father
The King's Pardon, or The boy who saved his father
by Robert Overton
with illustrations by W. H. Margetson
Published by Jarrold and Sons circa 1910
Octavo.
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Undated.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper, dated 1910.
Original Jarrold edition was 1895; this may be 1st or an early reprint.
Covers slightly soiled, with light wear at the edges.
Edges of page block soiled.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#109411   £25.00   
18. Study Thirteen at Westmore
Study Thirteen at Westmore
by Edward O. England
Published by Victory Press in 1956
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and heavily worn at edges.
Minor wear to covers.
Fore edge, endpapers and prelims heavily foxed.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Pages lightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#119499   £3.00   
19. Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
by Grace James
with illustrations by Warwick Goble
Published by Macmillan and Co in 1923
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
15cm x 22cm.
16 colour plates.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine slightly faded.
Name at top corner of front endpaper.
Contents clean.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#118889   £50.00   
20. Still William
Still William
by Richmal Crompton
with illustrations by Thomas Henry
Reprint, published by Newnes in 1939
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Some light foxing to fore edge and prelims, and intermittently to page edges..
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#112864   £15.00   
21. The Caravan Comes Home
The Caravan Comes Home
by Lucy M. Bellhouse
with illustrations by Jetta Vise
1st edition, published by George G. Harrap in 1951
Green cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
Red decoration on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Front endpaper removed.
Light foxing to prelims and fore edge.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#113569   £10.00   
22. Felicity Dances
Felicity Dances
by Arnold L. Haskell
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1938
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper intact, but worn and a little soiled.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Name and nest gift dedication on front endpaper and front pastedown.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#119900   £15.00   
23. The New Illustrated Encyclopedia
The New Illustrated Encyclopedia
Published by Collins circa 1957
Edited by John R. Crossland
Quarto.
Red blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
467 pages.
8 colour plates.
Numerous black and white drawings.
All plates present.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Lettering on spine has faded.
Dated from a school prize label on f.e.p.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#101815   £5.00   
24. Biggles takes a Holiday
Biggles takes a Holiday
by W. E. Johns
with illustrations by Leslie Stead
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1949
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Red decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn and creased, and faded on spine.
Covers soiled, unevenly faded, and worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
School library stickers on prelims.
Pages tanned, but contents otherwise generally good.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#118762   £12.50   
25. Who did it? or Holmwood Priory
Who did it? or Holmwood Priory
by Rev. H. C. Adams
with illustrations by A. W. Cooper
Reprint, published by Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh circa 1890
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black and Red decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
186 pages.
8 full page black and white illustrations.
Decorative headpieces.
Light wear to edges of covers and spine.
Corners slightly bumped.
Prize label on paste down, from which book dated.
Occasional spotting, but pages otherwise clean and white.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#106339   £15.00   
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