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1. The Stars are upside down
The Stars are upside down
by Gabriel Alington
1st Thus edition, published by Fontana Lions in 1982
ISBN: 0006719651.
Paperback.
Slight creasing at spine edges.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#69113   £5.00   
2. The Stars are Upside Down
The Stars are Upside Down
by Gabriel Alington
Published by Fontana Lions in 1982
ISBN: 0006719651.
Paperback.
Covers library laminated.
Stamps and writing on inside cover and half title.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#80261   £2.00   
3. The Stars are upside down
The Stars are upside down
by Gabriel Alington
1st Thus edition, published by Fontana Lions in 1982
Paperback.
Pioneering in the Australian Bush.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#61604   £5.00   
4. Rook
Rook
by Gabriel Alington
Reprint, published by Walker in 1990
Paperback.
Set in Herefordshire.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#61652   £5.00   
5. The Stars are upside down
The Stars are upside down
by Gabriel Alington
1st edition, published by Heinemann in 1980
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#44993   £5.75   
6. The Miracle Child - A Story from Ethiopia
The Miracle Child - A Story from Ethiopia
by Elizabeth Laird and Abba Aregawi Wolde Gabriel
Published by Collins in 1985
ISBN: 0001846523.
Paperback.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#115849   £3.00   
7. Cora the Rook
Cora the Rook
by Mirabel Cecil
with illustrations by Christina Gascoigne
1st edition, published by Methuen in 1980
ISBN: 0416891500.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Corners bumped.
Book plate on front endpaper.
One or two pages a little crinkled.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#75019   £4.00   
8. Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
with illustrations by J. Ayton Symington
Reprint, published by Daily Sketch Publications in 1954
Blue covers, slightly faded on spine.
Six black and white illustrations.
Stamp on both endpapers which reads, 'Do not take away from St. Gabriel's'.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#76351   £5.00   
9. Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
with illustrations by J. Ayton Symington
Reprint, published by J. M. Dent in 1953
Edited by F. C. Tilney.
Duodecimo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
128 pages.
Eight colour plates.
Four black and white illustrations.
Covers soiled.
Gilt faded, particularly on spine.
Front endpaper creased.
Half title spotted.
Contents in good condition.
Black and white illustrations neatly coloured in.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#96831   £4.00   
10. High Jinks
High Jinks
by J. H. Macnair
with illustrations by A. E. Kennedy
Published by Dean and Son, Limited circa 1935
1st book in Dean's Play Hour series.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Mixture of rhymes and very short stories.
Six colour plates.
Seven full page black and white drawings.
Numerous black and white drawings in the text.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Front cover clean but slightly scratched.
Back cover flecked.
Endpapers missing.
Contents clean and unmarked, and generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#104425   £20.00   
11. Blackie's Popular Nursery Stories
Blackie's Popular Nursery Stories
with illustrations by John Hassall
Published by Blackie circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Light yellow lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white.
Boards worn and edge-chipped.
Spine strip in good condition.
Name and date on front paste down.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#101523   £10.50   
12. The Child's Picture Grammar
The Child's Picture Grammar
by S. Rosamund Praeger
with illustrations by S. Rosamund Praeger
1st edition, published by George Allen in 1900
Quarto.
Beige paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on covers.
71 pages.
The book has been professionally restored, having a new spine and endpapers.
Illustrated with black and white line drawings.
Nine of the illustrations, the chapter headings, are coloured.
The front cover illustration is that used to illustrate 'Common Nouns'.
Boards bumped at the edges and corners.
Vertical crease to the front cover.
Some discolouration to covers.
The text block is tight.
Pages are clean and white.
Neat signature from a previous owner at the top of the front cover.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#96655   £85.00   
13. Nursery Rhymes
Nursery Rhymes
with illustrations by Charles Folkard
Published by Alexander Moring circa 1944
Blue boards.
Gilt lettering on front cover.
Three colour plates by Folkard.
Line drawings in text.
Spine strip rubbed through along edges.
White label affixed to inside front cover.
Dedication and some erased pencil marks on front endpaper.
A few fingermarks to contents.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#72214   £5.00   
14. The Old Nursery Rhymes
The Old Nursery Rhymes
with illustrations by Lawson Wood
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1920
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
23cm x 29cm.
142 pages.
24 full-page colour plates plus numerous line illustrations in text.
Covers soiled.
Corners, edges and spine ends bumped and scuffed.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Frontispiece creased.
Some finger-marking to prelims, and intermittently to page edges.
Lower quarter of page 79/80 torn away and missing.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118631   £15.00   
15. 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: low)
#119008   £15.00   
16. The Winning of the Golden Spurs
The Winning of the Golden Spurs
by Percy F. Westerman
1st edition, published by Nisbet in 1911
Octavo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover and spine.
312 pages.
Covers worn.
Gilt on spine faded.
Front endpaper missing.
Front inner hinge cracked, and has old tape marks from a former repair attempt.
Contents shaken, but clean.
Light spotting on a few pages.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#104639   £5.00   
17. Who's Who in the Zoo
Who's Who in the Zoo
by J. B. Morton
with illustrations by Cecil Aldin
1st edition, published by Eyre and Spottiswoode in 1933
Quarto.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on spine.
174 pages.
A collection of humerous poems describing animals, with accompanying illustrations.
Four colour plates.
Numerous line drawn illustrations, both full-page and within the text.
Covers worn at edges and corners slightly bumped.
Spine strip faded and soiled.
Front cover discoloured.
Close to VG internally.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#119293   £15.00   
18. Popular Stories for Girls
Popular Stories for Girls
Published by Birn Brothers circa 1958
Quarto.
Blue pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations in the text.
One story by Winifred Norling.
Covers a little worn at edges, and corners slightly bumped.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#87282   £3.50   
19. Kinsman and Namesake
Kinsman and Namesake
by Richard Stead
with illustrations by W. B. Handforth
Published by Blackie in 1910
Colour frontispiece and four black and white plates.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Front cover and spine illusrated in orange, black and green with gilt blocking.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Grey endpapers.
Writing on front endpaper.
Foxing to prelims, and intermittent spotting to contents.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#66490   £8.50   
20. RIP
RIP
by E. W. Garrett
with illustrations by Anne Anderson
Published by Humphrey Milford in 1919
Octavo.
Light blue paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Dark blue decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
128 pages.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Sunday School prize label on front pastedown.
Prelims slightly foxed.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#113050   £7.50   
21. The Black Peril - A Biggles Story
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: low, Confidence: low)
#115466   £4.50   
22. Fortune for Tuppenny
Fortune for Tuppenny
by Madeline Nightingale
Published by Oxford: Basil Blackwell circa 1920
Grey paper covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Numerous line illustrations withn the text.
Illustrator not credited.
Covers worn and a little soiled.
Corners and edges bumped.
Spine strip missing.
Inner front hinge weak and cracked.
Fingermarking to page edges.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#76422   £5.00   
23. Little Pickles
Little Pickles
Published by John F. Shaw circa 1920
Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Dark blue cloth spine.
Black decoration on spine.
20cm x 28cm.
192 pages.
Illustrated with a mixture of black and white drawings and coloured line drawings.
Colour frontispiece.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Ends of spine bumped.
Spine strip split down front edge.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Some of the black and white drawings have been reasonably neatly coloured-in by a child.
Plate entitled 'The Visitor' has been neatly attached to the back pastedown using adhesive fabric tape.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#99031   £15.00   
24. The man who caught the wind
The man who caught the wind
by Margaret Gibbs
with illustrations by May Smith
1st edition, published by Chapman and Hall in 1936
Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
136 pages.
Stories from Children's Hour.
Small bump to the bottom right hand corner.
Slight damage to the top of the spine.
Dustwrapper has three centimetres missing from spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on the front endpaper, plus partially erased name written in a childish script.
All of the fourteen black and white illustrations have been very carefully painted.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#85882   £25.00   
25. Five on Kirrin Island Again
Five on Kirrin Island Again
by Enid Blyton
with illustrations by Eileen A. Soper
5th edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1951
6th book in Famous Five series.
Octavo.
Red paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
192 pages.
Pictorial endpapers, dark blue and black.
Illustrations b/w and monochrome, no frontispiece.
Covers age-darkened and slightly soiled.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Name on prelims.
Some spotting on fore edges.
Contents generally clean and tight.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#104449   £7.50   
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