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1. Favourite Fairy Tales told in Poland
Favourite Fairy Tales told in Poland
by Virginia Haviland
with illustrations by Felix Hoffmann
1st Thus edition, published by Bodley Head in 1966
Purple cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Covers scuffed at edges and unevenly faded.
Corners bumped.
Front endpaper pasted down.
Pages edgeworn and slightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#116873   £5.00   
2. Told to the boys
Told to the boys
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1929
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Includes two stories, "Room for one" and "Sea-legs", by Harold Avery.
Undated edition, dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Light wear to covers.
Scrape at right edge of front cover.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#107236   £7.50   
3. Boys will be Boys
Boys will be Boys
by Ernest Sackville Turner
Revised edition, published by Michael Joseph in 1957
Red boards with gilt lettering and decoration.
Spine strip slightly faded.
Faint spotting to prelims.
VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: medium, Confidence: medium)
#72216   £7.50   
4. The First Boys' Paper Omnibus
The First Boys' Paper Omnibus
Collectors edition, published by Howard Baker in 1981
ISBN: 070300221X.
Greyfriars Book Club, Vol 41.
No. 309 of 400 in a signed limited edition.
Green leatherette boards with gilt letterint and decoration.
Top edge gilt.
In red slip case.
Fine condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#41297   £25.00   
5. Fairy Gold
Fairy Gold
by Ruth Ainsworth
with illustrations by Barbara Hope Steinberg
Published by Heinemann in 1975
ISBN: 0434925853.
Twenty-eight retellings of favourite tales, illustrated with black and white drawings.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#63155   £4.00   
6. Boys will be Boys
Boys will be Boys
by Ernest Sackville Turner
1st edition, published by Michael Joseph in 1948
Red cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
3rd impression.
Light wear to edges of covers and dustwrapper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#113504   £5.00   
7. Held Fast for England: G. A. Henty - Imperialist Boys' Writer
Held Fast for England: G. A. Henty - Imperialist Boys' Writer
by Guy Arnold
1st edition, published by Hamilton in 1980
ISBN: 0241103738.
Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and a little faded on spine.
Fine in other respects.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#42907   £15.00   
8. The Empire Annual for Boys Volume Sixteen
The Empire Annual for Boys Volume Sixteen
Published by Religious Tract Society circa 1925
Quarto.
Red embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to covers.
Gilt still bright.
Foxing to edges of page block.
Contents good.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119945   £10.00   
9. Fairy Tales from Many Lands
Fairy Tales from Many Lands
with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Published by Heinemann in 1974
ISBN: 0434958549.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and a little faded.
Some foxing to top edge of page block (contents not affected).
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#115158   £10.00   
10. Michael Hague's Favourite Andersen Fairy Tales
Michael Hague's Favourite Andersen Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by Michael Hague
1st edition, published by Methuen in 1981
ISBN: 0416220800.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Covers a little faded at edges.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#55857   £12.50   
11. More Favourite Fairy Tales
More Favourite Fairy Tales
by Kathleen Lines
with illustrations by Margery Gill
1st Thus edition, published by Leopard in 1996
ISBN: 0752902121.
Octavo.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#88135   £5.00   
12. The Faber Book of Modern Fairy Tales
The Faber Book of Modern Fairy Tales
with illustrations by Ann Strugnnell
1st edition, published by Faber & Faber in 1981
ISBN: 0571117686.
Edited by Sara and Stephen Corrin.
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
312 pages.
Fifteen tales by recent authors, which have been accepted as fairy tales.
Authors include, Ted Hughes, Philippa Pearce, and E. Nesbit.
Minor wear to dustwrapper and covers.
Name at top of front endpaper.
Otherwise clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#100211   £5.00   
13. The Collector's Book of Boys' Stories
The Collector's Book of Boys' Stories
by Eric Quayle
1st edition, published by Studio Vista in 1973
ISBN: 028970412X.
Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
160 pages.
An overview of boys' adventure stories concerned mainly with books published in the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth.
Minor wear to covers and dustwrapper.
Contents clean and tight.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#106830   £10.00   
14. Fairy Gold
Fairy Gold
by Ruth Ainsworth
with illustrations by Barbara Hope Steinberg
1st edition, published by Heinemann in 1972
ISBN: 0434925853.
"Favorite fairy tales retold for the very young."
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Lalels removed from front endpaper.
Small stamp on reverse of title page.
Access number on title page.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#61876   £7.50   
15. Told Again
Told Again
by Walter de la Mare
with illustrations by A. H. Watson
Reprint, published by Basil Blackwell in 1935
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Yellow lettering on covers.
320 pages.
"Traditional tales told by Walter de la Mare".
Covers scuffed and heavily worn.
Damage at spine ends.
Two large scuffs on back cover.
Binding loose.
Contents shaken.
Some scribble on contents page.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#111046   £3.00   
16. The Great Book for Boys
The Great Book for Boys
Published by Oxford University Press in 1927
Edited by Herbert Strang.
Octavo.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Pictorial endpapers in green and white.
A selection of stories and articles.
Authors include Walter Rhoades, A. F. Jackson, Lawrence R. Bourne.
Covers and spine heavily worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Contents lightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#91210   £3.50   
17. Country Scrap Book for Boys and Girls
Country Scrap Book for Boys and Girls
by Malcolm Saville
Reprint, published by National Magazine Co. Ltd. circa 1944
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Neat dedication on front pastedown.
Some foxing to endpapers.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#95179   £3.50   
18. The Modern Wonder Book for Boys
The Modern Wonder Book for Boys
Published by Collins circa 1940
Quarto.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
384 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
"All the gems from Storyland".
Gilt on covers and spine rubbed and darkened.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Some white marks on back cover.
Fore-edge, prelims and early pages foxed.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119699   £7.50   
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: medium)
#118889   £50.00   
20. Blackie's Boys Annual 1924
Blackie's Boys Annual 1924
Published by Blackie and Son Limited in 1923
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Stain at base of back cover.
Some slight soiling to edges of page block.
Binding sound.
Faint gift dedication on front pastedown.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#111699   £6.00   
21. Fifty Famous Stories for Boys
Fifty Famous Stories for Boys
by Leonard Gribble
Published by Burke in 1958
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of covers and dustwrapper.
Name on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#119607   £2.50   
22. Roland Davies' Come On Steve Annual for Boys and Girls
Roland Davies' Come On Steve Annual for Boys and Girls
by Roland Davies
Published by Perry Colour Books circa 1947
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue spine.
19cm x 25cm.
128 pages.
Undated volume, date inferred from Christmas gift dedication inside front cover.
Light wear to covers.
Edges and corners slightly bumped.
A little foxing to fore-edge and endpapers, contents generally clear.
Brown mark at centre of fore edge; extends slightly into the edge of a few pages but does not affect the text.
Contents good, but slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118596   £130.00   
23. Olive Fairy Book
Olive Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang
with illustrations by Anne Vaughan
1st Thus edition, published by Longmans Green and Co in 1950
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Light wear to covers.
Gilt slightly rubbed.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#119888   £20.00   
24. The Great Book for Boys
The Great Book for Boys
Published by Oxford University Press circa 1930
Edited by Herbert Strang.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers edgeworn.
Some spottign to fore edge.
Hinges strained.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#84136   £4.00   
25. The Boys' Budget
The Boys' Budget
Published by Blackie circa 1935
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
160 pages.
Colour frontispiece and majority of line drawings by Ernest Prater.
Covers scraped at edges and soiled in places.
Fore edge stained.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#95423   £3.00   
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