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1. Tell me about colours
Tell me about colours
1st edition, published by World International Limited in 1992
ISBN: 0749806958.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#77607   £3.00   
2. For the School Colours
For the School Colours
by Angela Brazil
with illustrations by Balliol Salmon
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1925
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Covers scuffed and heavily worn.
Binding delicate.
Endpapers soiled.
Pages fingermarked at edges.
Reading condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#116534   £5.00   
3. Jolly Days for Girls
Jolly Days for Girls
Published by Oxford University Press in 1939
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Twelve short stories by different authors.
Colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations in text.
Dustwrapper complete, light creasing at top edge.
No sign of wear on covers, colours bright.
Short gift dedication on front paste down.
Contents lightly tanned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#105237   £12.50   
4. Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers
Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers
by Walter Crane
with illustrations by Walter Crane
Published by Cassell and Company in 1895
Light green pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark green cloth spine.
Brown lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
19cm x 25cm.
40 pages.
8 pages of adverts at rear.
Brown patterned endpapers.
One colour illustration per page, beneath one or two lines of poetry.
Covers a little worn and scuffed at edges, and slightly soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
A little faint spotting to fore edge and reverse of front endpaper, contents not affected.
School prize label, dated 1896, on front pastedown.
Contents clean, with bright colours.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#118542   £100.00   
5. Animal Colours and Patterns
Animal Colours and Patterns
by Marie-Pierre Klut
with illustrations by Pierre de Hugo
1st English edition, published by Moonlight Publishing Ltd in 1988
ISBN: 1851030433.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Spine repaired with clear tape.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#107618   £1.00   
6. 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: low, Confidence: medium)
#118929   £75.00   
7. Hans Andersen's Fairy Stories
Hans Andersen's Fairy Stories
by Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by Anne Anderson
Published by The Children's Press circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Green cloth spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Undated, probably 1930s.
Dustwrapper worn, with some loss at edges repaired with plain paper.
Light wear to covers.
Pages evenly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#116980   £15.00   
8. 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: medium)
#118771   £75.00   
9. 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: medium)
#104425   £20.00   
10. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
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: medium)
#116420   £20.00   
11. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by Margaret W. Tarrant
Published by Ward Lock circa 1930
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Green cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
24 plates, 16 in colour plus 8 black and white.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Some light spotting to fore edge.
Pages faintly tanned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118464   £25.00   
12. The Princess of the School
The Princess of the School
by Angela Brazil
with illustrations by Frank Wiles
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1921
Octavo.
Beige pictorial cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
288 pages.
Six black and white plates, all in good condition.
Front and back covers are very good.
Lettering and decoration has faded from the spine.
Gift dedication on front paste down.
Small piece of white paper has been pasted to the top of the front endpaper with a name on it.
Contents tight and clean.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#85961   £10.00   
13. 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   
14. The Fairy Caravan
The Fairy Caravan
by Beatrix Potter
with illustrations by Beatrix Potter
Published by Warne in 1953
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some loss at lower right corner of front panel and a diagonal tear at the upper left.
Also some loss at base of dustwrapper spine and at upper edge of back panel.
Minor wear to covers, but unevenly faded at edges, and spine faded.
Pages slightly tanned, but contents otherwise VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#117491   £20.00   
15. Our Little Neighbours
Our Little Neighbours
by Charles John Kaberry
with illustrations by Edward Julius Detmold
Published by Oxford University Press in 1938
A collection of descriptions of animals of the farmyard and woodland.
Large quarto.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering and decoration on front cover and spine.
Eleven plates, each inside a grey-green border.
One plate to illustrate each animal described.
First plate ("The Cat") doubles as frontispiece.
Large print text.
Light wear to covers and spine.
Small scrape at base of spine.
Spine strip sunned.
Boards unevenly faded at edges.
Faint pencilled dedication ('With love to Jennifer from Nan') at top corner of front pastedown.
Very good internally, with no marks and no foxing.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#47642   £35.00   
16. 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   
17. Commonwealth and Empire Annual
Commonwealth and Empire Annual
by Raymond Fawcett
Published by Gawthorn Press in 1953
Quarto.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on front cover and spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with loss to upper and lower edge of back panel and spine; re-backed onto plain paper.
Book itself close to VG.
Minor wear to edges.
Covers unevenly faded where dustwrapper damaged.
Neat name on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#64360   £7.50   
18. The Fairy-Tale Omnibus
The Fairy-Tale Omnibus
with illustrations by Anne Andersen
Published by Collins circa 1945
Quarto.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
Contains stories from Andersen and Grimm.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some loss at corners and spine ends, and reinforced at rear with plain paper.
Edges of covers worn and scuffed.
Upper corner of front endpaper clipped.
Contents faintly tanned, but otherwise generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#117748   £20.00   
19. The Bumper Book for Children
The Bumper Book for Children
Published by Collins circa 1958
Pictorial paper covered boards.
Yellow cloth spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations.
Contributors include Ivy Wallace, Rosalie Fry, and Cynthia Harnett.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped, and repaired on reverse with some loss at edges.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned, but contents otherwise generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#62299   £7.50   
20. Little Sunbeams
Little Sunbeams
Published circa 1896
Octavo.
Grey pictorial glazed boards.
Red cloth spine.
White lettering on covers.
31 pages.
An equal number of short stories and poems suitable for toddlers, illustrated with black and white engravings.
Very pretty pictorial front cover.
Back cover has full page advert for Fry's cocoa.
Three pages of adverts at front of book, three more at the back.
Black and white frontispiece.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Contents detached from binding.
Title page appears to be missing.
Gift dedication dated 1896 on half title.
Otherwise in very good condition.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#90859   £15.00   
21. Pets Limited
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: low)
#108364   £30.00   
22. Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
with illustrations by Gwynedd M. Hudson
Published by Hodder and Stoughton / Boots in 1932
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
20cm x 25cm.
180 pages.
Centenary Edition.
Rectangular picture onlay depicting Alice and Dinah on front panel of dustwrapper (duplicates frontispiece).
Black line drawn illustrations of the Mad Hatter and the March Hare on rear panel of dustwrapper.
The same illustrations of the Hatter and the Hare appear on the front and back endpapers and pastedowns, additionally with orange colouring to their coats.
12 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), all present.
Dustwrapper intact, with moderate wear, mainly at edges, and has been neatly reinforced at the corners on the reverse with small tabs of tape.
Some light wear to edges of covers.
Gilt lettering and decoration remains bright.
Binding sound.
Some foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Name written neatly in Belongs To box facing half-title.
Pages slightly tanned.
Includes a small number of newspaper clippings from the 1930s onward, on the subject of Lewis Carroll and Alice.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118455   £400.00   
23. Ludmilla - A Legend of Liechtenstein
Ludmilla - A Legend of Liechtenstein
by Paul Gallico
with illustrations by Franz Deak
1st edition, published by Michael Joseph in 1955
Dark green paper-covered boards.
Red cloth spine.
Gilt lettering on spine.
White decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped with several repairs and 2cm loss at upper corner of back panel.
Book itself good.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Faint foxing to fore edge.
Small pen mark on front endpaper.
Contents clean and bright.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#119975   £5.00   
24. A Popular Schoolgirl
A Popular Schoolgirl
by Angela Brazil
with illustrations by Balliol Salmon
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Blue decoration on covers.
Covers worn and somewhat soiled.
Corners bumped.
Light foxing to prelims.
Pages tanned, with some intermittent marking to page edges.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#117209   £7.50   
25. The Tale of Mr Tod
The Tale of Mr Tod
by Beatrix Potter
with illustrations by Beatrix Potter
Published by Warne in 1912
Light grey paper-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Covers worn.
2cm losst to top of spine strip.
Pink marks to front cover.
Numbers written on front endpaper.
Contents good.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#114814   £5.00   
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