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1. Treasures of English Verse
Treasures of English Verse
Reprint, published by Oxford University Press in 1939
Edited by Herbert Strang.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine ends worn.
Contents generally good.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#113398   £2.50   
2. More English Fairy Tales
More English Fairy Tales
by Joseph Jacobs
with illustrations by John D. Batten
1st Thus edition, published by Dover Publications in 1967
ISBN: 0486218252.
Paperback.
244 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#118523   £15.00   
3. English Fairy Tales
English Fairy Tales
by Joseph Jacobs
with illustrations by John D. Batten
1st Thus edition, published by Dover Publications in 1967
ISBN: 048621818X.
Paperback.
262 pages.
Covers scuffed and a little worn.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#118522   £12.50   
4. English Children's Books 1600-1900
English Children's Books 1600-1900
by Percy Muir
2nd edition, published by Batsford in 1969
ISBN: 0713407190.
Quarto.
Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#73043   £12.50   
5. The Wise Men of Gotham
The Wise Men of Gotham
by Malcolm Carrick
with illustrations by Malcolm Carrick
1st American edition, published by Viking Press in 1975
ISBN: 0670775207.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Detailed illustrations on every page.
Black and white, and colour on alternate pages.
American edition.
Dustwrapper chipped at top edge and corners.
Corners of covers and spine ends bumped.
Prelims and contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#105971   £5.00   
6. The Children's Second English Fairy Book
The Children's Second English Fairy Book
by Adair Forrester
with illustrations by Honor C. Appleton
Reprint, published by Harrap in 1942
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards with blue lettering and decoration.
62 pages.
Colour frontispiece, black and white drawings in the text, a number of them coloured in.
Covers a little soiled.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Prelims somewhat discoloured.
There has been some childish scribble, erased, but with the indentations still showing.
The text is reasonably clean and firm.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#82781   £10.00   
7. English Fairy Tales
English Fairy Tales
by Flora Annie Steel
with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
1st edition, published by Macmillan in 1918
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
17cm x 21cm.
Covers a little worn and faded.
Gilt on spine has dimmed.
Binding generally sound.
Some faint foxing to prelims and intermittently to page edges.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#114365   £50.00   
8. Prester John
Prester John
by John Buchan
Reprint, published by Nelson circa 1935
54th book in The Teaching of English Series series.
Sextodecimo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
255 pages.
Nine page appendix containing notes and questions on the text.
Light wear to covers, lettering faded.
Some spotting to fore edge.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#104324   £3.50   
9. The Georgie-Porgie Book
The Georgie-Porgie Book
by Jacqueline Clayton
with illustrations by Margaret Clayton
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1915
Cream cloth-covered boards with light brown lettering.
Picture onlay to front cover.
18cm x 23.5cm.
A story in verse about mice, with a poem facing a picture on every page.
Covers are soiled, and bumped at corners and spine ends.
Contents have pulled away from binding at both front and back.
Gift inscription on front endpaper, some largely erased pencil scribble.
Frontispiece and one other plate slightly damaged, last plate creased, remaining nine plates in very good condition.
One page of text has been torn through and roughly mended with paper tape.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#86573   £15.00   
10. Topo, A Tale about English Children in Italy
Topo, A Tale about English Children in Italy
by G. E. Brunefille
with illustrations by Kate Greenaway
Reprint, published by Marcus Ward in 1881
Pictorial green cloth, decorated in black, and gilt, gilt lettering faded.
Sixth thousand, first edition date was 1878.
Slight wear to corners and sides of spine.
Brown and white frontispiece, highlighted in gilt, forty four black and white pen and ink drawings.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#80084   £45.00   
11. Brave Geordie: The Story of an English Boy
Brave Geordie: The Story of an English Boy
by Grace Stebbing
with illustrations by H. W. Petherick
New edition, published by Shaw circa 1900
Attractive blue decorated covers with gilt lettering.
Pale green leaf patterned endpapers.
Six black and white plates, black and white tailpieces and chapter headings.
Pages are somewhat tanned and brittle.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#81707   £7.50   
12. Young Mohamed
Young Mohamed
by Gordon Savage
with illustrations by J. Abbey
1st edition, published by Royle in 1947
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
94 pages.
Dustwrapper chipped, about a third missing from back, five cm. missing from lower spine.
Contents close to VG.
A story about a boy brought up with his tribe on the banks of the Euphrates, who turns out to have an English father.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#84653   £7.50   
13. 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   
14. English Fashions
English Fashions
by Victor Ross and John Mortimer
1st edition, published by Puffin in 1947
76th book in Puffin Picture Book series.
Paperback.
22cm x 18cm.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
A little spotting to back cover.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#91158   £7.50   
15. The Story of An English Village
The Story of An English Village
by John S. Goodall
with illustrations by John S. Goodall
Published by Macmillan in 1978
ISBN: 9780333238356.
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
25cm x 19cm.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Marks on edges of covers where library protector removed.
Front endpaper and half-title removed.
Library stamp on title page.
Internally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117810   £3.00   
16. 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   
17. English Ballet
English Ballet
by John Leeper
Published by King Penguin in 1944
Pink pictorial paper-covered boards.
12cm x 18cm.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Spine strip missing.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#118390   £4.00   
18. English Fashions
English Fashions
by Victor Ross and John Mortimer
1st edition, published by Puffin in 1947
76th book in Puffin Picture Book series.
Paperback.
22cm x 18cm.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#91160   £7.50   
19. Tudor School Boy Life
Tudor School Boy Life
by Juan Luis Vives
1st edition, published by Dent in 1908
Translated from the Latin by Foster Watson.
Octavo.
Light green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
247 pages.
The Dialogues of Juan Luis Vives translated for the first time into English together with an introduction by Foster Watson M.A., Professor of Education in the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Quite heavy foxing on prelims. and back endpaper and paste down, rest of book not affected.
Book plate on front paste down, name and address on front endpaper.
Covers lightly soiled, and spine faded.
Some underlining and annotations in pencil, neatly written, mostly in the introduction.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117358   £40.00   
20. Nancy the Naughty
Nancy the Naughty
by John Lea
with illustrations by A. L. Bowley
Reprint, published by Partridge circa 1932
Brown paper-covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
12cm x 15cm.
Four colour plates and small line drawings in the text.
A moral tale in verse.
Spine strip worn.
Upper board marked.
Front endpaper may have been removed.
Gift dedication in pencil.
Some spotting on paste down, prelims and to contents.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#100894   £20.00   
21. Little Oxford English Dictionary and Thesaurus
Little Oxford English Dictionary and Thesaurus
2nd edition, published by Oxford University Press in 2008
ISBN: 9780199534814.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
10cm x 15cm.
Name on front endpaper.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#118473   £3.50   
22. Melissa Woodruff
Melissa Woodruff
by Celia Syred
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1981
ISBN: 0340267704.
Blue covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Label removed from front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#80460   £3.50   
23. A Second Book of Modern Poetry
A Second Book of Modern Poetry
by H. A. Treble
Reprint, published by Macmillan in 1938
English Literature Series No. 61.
Covers marked and worn.
Some fingermarking to contents.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#70995   £3.00   
24. There Far Beyond the River
There Far Beyond the River
by Juri Korinetz
1st Thus edition, published by Brockhampton Press in 1973
ISBN: 0340172088.
Based on the authorized German translation by Hans Baumann.
Translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
Black covers.
Gold lettering on spine.
Label removed from prelims.
Tear on title page repaired with tape.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#79683   £3.00   
25. Adam of Pendle Grange
Adam of Pendle Grange
by David Bingley
with illustrations by Colin Twinn
1st edition, published by Galliard in 1979
ISBN: 0852494750.
Marron cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#87510   £6.50   
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