1.
Captain Polly
by
Sophie Swett
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1900
Blue boards with red lettering and decoration and gilt lettering on spine.
Oval picture only front cover.
Spine strip a little soiled.
Title page and one plate loose.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
2.
3.
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: high)
4.
Sister, Missing
by
Sophie McKenzie
Published by Simon and Schuster in 2012
ISBN: 9780857072894.
Paperback.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
5.
The Girl from India
by
Doris Taylor
Reprint,
published by Pickering in 1968
ISBN: 0720820243.
Green boards with black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper slightly worn at top edge.
Front endpaper missing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
6.
Pets Limited
by
Vernon Stokes and Cynthia Harnett
with illustrations by
Vernon Stokes and Cynthia Harnett
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1950
Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Nine colour plates.
Thirty-five black and white drawings in the text.
Two full page black and white line drawings.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with loss along spine strip a large piece missing from the back panel, and two smaller pieces missing from lower edge.
Dustwrapper repaired with tape and some paper backing.
Book itself generally VG.
Covers clean and undamaged, with some minor wear at spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
7.
Masterman Ready
by
Captain Marryat
Reprint,
published by Peal Press circa 1965
12th book in Classic Library series.
Octavo.
Light green paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
256 pages.
Dustwrapper and covers VG.
Front endpaper missing.
Prize label on half title
Contents clean but tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
8.
Voyage into Danger
by
Roderic Jeffries
Published by Knight Books circa 1981
ISBN: 0340264276.
Blue covers, gilt lettering on spine.
Front endpaper and title page missing.
Label removed from prelims.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
9.
Peacock Pie
by
Walter de la Mare
with illustrations by
F. Rowland Emett
3rd Thus edition,
published by Faber & Faber in 1944
Beige boards with green lettering on front cover and spine.
Dustwrapper has four centimetres missing from top of spine, but is otherwise in good repair.
Name neatly written on front endpaper.
Small hole on half title.
Contents clean and white.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
10.
Ruffles
by
Ernest William Hornung
Reprint,
published by The Reader's Library circa 1935
Red covers.
Covers worn and a little soiled.
Spine faded.
Front endpaper missing.
Half-title pasted down.
Title page frayed and dogeared, likewise contents page.
Finger marking throughout book.
Back endpaper missing.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
11.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by
Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by
Alice Ross
Published by W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell circa 1922
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
12cm x 16cm.
Undated; gift dedication on front endpaper dated Christmas 1923.
Covers faded and heavily worn.
Corners bumped.
Lower half of spine-strip missing.
Binding a little strained.
Fontispiece and three of four colour plates present (plate at p34 missing).
Pages heavily tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
12.
The Coral Island
by
Robert Michael Ballantyne
Published by Reward Classics circa 1940
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn, with lower third of front missing.
Light wear to covers.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
13.
British Weather
by
Stephen Bone
Published by Collins in 1946
Grey paper-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
White decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and has lower half of spine strip missing (rebacked with plain paper).
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat repair at base of spine.
Library label on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
14.
The Queen of the Pirate Isle
by
Bret Harte
with illustrations by
Kate Greenaway
1st Thus edition,
published by Frederick Warne and Co in 1955
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
64 pages.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Front endpaper removed.
Neat gift-dedication on half-title.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
15.
Challenge to Lassie
Published by Ward Lock circa 1949
Pictorial glazed boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
19cm x 25cm.
80 pages.
Dustwrapper worn and a little chipped.
Some wear to edges of boards.
Front endpaper missing.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
16.
The Stolen Lake
by
Joan Aiken
with illustrations by
Pat Marriott
1st edition,
published by Cape in 1981
ISBN: 0224019244.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Tape marks on front endpaper and edge of front cover, where library protector removed.
Front endpaper removed.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
17.
Robin Hood and his Merry Men
by
Howard Pyle
with illustrations by
Paul Busch
Published by Peveril Books in 1957
Cloth-covered boards.
Cream spine.
Blue and yellow decoration on covers.
Blue decoration on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper missing 5cm strip at top of rear panel and chipped at top edge of spine.
Book itself generally VG.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
18.
19.
The Guinness Book of Art Facts and Feats
by
John Fitz Maurice Mills
1st edition,
published by Guinness Superlatives Ltd in 1978
ISBN: 0900424443.
Blue cloth-covered boards with silver lettering on spine.
Large octavo.
255 pages.
Dustwrapper price clipped.
Front endpaper missing.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
20.
Growing up in Roman Britain
by
Frances Wilkins
1st edition,
published by B. T. Batsford Ltd in 1979
ISBN: 0713407735.
Purple cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine.
72 pages.
Front endpaper missing.
Label removed from title page.
Dustwrapper price clipped and unevenly faded.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
21.
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: high)
22.
Little Trouble-the-House
by
L. T. Meade
New edition,
published by J. F. Shaw circa 1895
Quarto.
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
144 pages.
Leaf pattern on front cover and spine.
4 pages adverts at rear of book for other publisher's titles.
Both boards stained.
Front endpaper and half title missing.
Contents mostly clean, but some finger-marking.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
23.
Biggles and the Missing Millionaire
by
W. E. Johns
with illustrations by
Leslie Stead
1st Thus edition,
published by Children's Book Club in 1961
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper and edges of covers.
A little foxing to fore edge.
School library stamp on front endpaper.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
24.
Redcar Lee
by
Mrs Walter Searle
with illustrations by
J. Allanson Cull
4th edition,
published by Jarrold circa 1905
Brown blind-embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering and decoration on covers.
Black and gilt decoration on spine.
Top edge gilt.
375 pages.
All edges of spine worn, all lettering faded.
Front endpaper missing, name on half title.
Two black and white plates, chapter headings and tail pieces.
Nine pages of adverts at rear of book.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
25.