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2.
Why does my heart beat?
Published by Marshall Editions in 1988
ISBN: 056501076X.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
95 pages.
Dustwrapper worn with two closed tears.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
3.
Why does my heart beat?
1st edition,
published by Marshall Editions in 1988
ISBN: 056501076X.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
4.
5.
6.
In the Heart of the Rockies
by
George Alfred Henty
Abridged edition,
published by Foulsham circa 1955
Dark blue paper-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and worn at edges.
Book itself close to VG.
Address label and neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
Her Heart's Desire
by
Jeanie Ferry
Reprint,
published by Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union circa 1899
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
184 pages.
Attractive covers surmounted by a spray of flowers.
Patterned endpapers.
Black and white frontispiece, head and tailpieces and illustrated capitals, no other illustrations.
Small Sunday School Prize label on front paste down.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
8.
To Ravensrigg
by
Hester Burton
with illustrations by
Victor G. Ambrus
1st edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1976
ISBN: 0192713930.
Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Signed by the author on front endpaper.
Inscription reads: "For Felicity, Hester Burton".
Slight wear to dustwrapper.
School library stamp on front endpaper.
No other marks.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
9.
Superdog - The Heart of a Hero
by
Caralyn Buehner
with illustrations by
Mark Buehner
Reprint,
published by HarperCollins in 2004
ISBN: 9780066236209.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Printed on art paper.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Large bold illustrations.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
10.
The Beat of the Drum
by
Catherine Sefton
1st Thus edition,
published by Teens Mandarin in 1990
ISBN: 0749704020.
Paperback.
105 pages.
Label removed from prelims.
Pages beginning to tan.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
11.
12.
State of the Heart
by
P. E. Matthews
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin Plus in 1992
ISBN: 0140343512.
Paperback.
Pages lightly tanned.
Marks to back cover.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
13.
Dick Chester
by
G. I. Whitham
with illustrations by
Paul Hardy
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1905
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
208 pages.
Publisher's catalogue at rear of book.
Covers worn.
Back cover stained.
Prize label on front paste down.
One out of three illustrations remaining.
Text is clean and white.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
14.
Trouble on Thunder Mountain
by
Russell Hoban
with illustrations by
Quentin Blake
1st edition,
published by Faber and Faber in 1999
ISBN: 0571193595.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
3cm tear at top of dustwrapper spine.
Near-fine in other respects.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
15.
A Seal Upon my Heart
by
Pam Conrad
1st edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1988
ISBN: 0192715968.
Red boards with silver lettering on spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
16.
17.
Sir Walter Raleigh
by
L. Du Garde Peach
with illustrations by
John T. Kenney
Reprint,
published by Wills & Hepworth in 1957
Light brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Series 561, original price 2'6.
Blue ladybird pattern endpapers.
Ladybird logo on reverse of front endpaper is black open-wing version.
Titles list on dustwrapper back flap has ten entries, ending with David Livingstone.
Minor wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper spine faded.
Book itself near fine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
18.
The Iron Lily
by
Barbara Willard
Published by Kestrel in 1975
ISBN: 0722660405.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
A few tape marks on pastedowns and dustwrapper flaps.
Label removed from front pastedown.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
19.
In Times of Steel
by
W. P. Shervill
Reprint,
published by John F. Shaw circa 1928
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
319 pages.
Art deco style decoration on front cover and spine.
Light wear to covers.
Three colour plates by A. Pearse.
Light spotting on fore edges.
Pages clean and white.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
20.
A Seal Upon my Heart
by
Pam Conrad
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin Plus in 1990
ISBN: 0140343164.
Paperback.
Pages slightly tanned.
A 16yr. old searches for information about the father she has never known.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
21.
The Children of the New Forest
by
Captain Marryat
Reprint,
published by Collins circa 1950
Library of Classics series.
Sextodecimo.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
399 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Stitching loose.
Strip 1.5cm wide cut from top of front endpaper.
Contents shaken, but clean.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
22.
Through Three Campaigns
by
George Alfred Henty
with illustrations by
Walter Paget
Reprint,
published by Blackie in 1904
Octavo.
Bevilled red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
383 pages.
Grey endpapers.
8 black and white plates.
3 maps.
32 page catalogue at rear of book.
All edges olivine.
Spine strip darkened.
Some wear to spine ends.
Excellent condition for its age.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
23.
Our General - A Story for Girls
by
Elizabeth J. Lysaght
Published by Blackie circa 1900
Octavo.
Blue embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
159 pages.
16 pages of adverts at rear.
Yellow floral decoration on front cover and spine.
Covers worn at edges.
Some soiling and mug-rings to covers.
Gilt blocking a little rubbed.
Some marks to top edge and fore edge.
Prize label (1907) on front endpaper.
Prelims and first few pages foxed and fingermarked.
Remainder of contents clean, except for some occasional finger marks at page edges.
Hinges and binding tight.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
24.
The Children of the New Forest
by
Captain Marryat
with illustrations by
Val Biro
Published by Heirloom in 1956
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Pictorial endpapers.
Light wear to covers.
Spine sunned.
Prelims and edges of page block heavily foxed.
Reading condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
25.
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: low)