1.
Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey
by
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1950
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on spine.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Covers lightly worn and unevenly faded.
Spine faded.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Contents good.
Reading condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
2.
Ellen Grae and Lady Ellen Grae
by
Vera Cleaver and Bill Cleaver
Published by Hamilton in 1973
ISBN: 0241023068.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Some faint spotting to fore-edge.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
3.
Ellen Grae and Lady Ellen Grae
by
Vera Cleaver and Bill Cleaver
1st thus edition,
published by Hamilton in 1973
ISBN: 0241023068.
Green cloth-coverd boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price clipped.
Labels removed from prelims.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
4.
The Wild Pigs - A Story for Little People
by
Gerald Young
with illustrations by
W. Parkinson
Published by Swan Sonnenschein in 1892
Bevilled dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
131 pages.
Black endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Gilt lettering and decoration slightly faded.
Name on front pastedown.
Binding sound.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
5.
Kinsman and Namesake
by
Richard Stead
with illustrations by
W. B. Handforth
Published by Blackie in 1910
Colour frontispiece and four black and white plates.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Front cover and spine illusrated in orange, black and green with gilt blocking.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Grey endpapers.
Writing on front endpaper.
Foxing to prelims, and intermittent spotting to contents.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
6.
The Rib of the Green Umbrella
by
Naomi Mitchison
with illustrations by
Edward Ardizzone
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1960
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black spine.
Silver lettering on spine.
Silver decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper slightly faded on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Old tape marks on front and back pastedowns where a library protetor was formerly attached.
Front endpaper removed.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
7.
The Hobbit
by
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
with illustrations by
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
4th edition,
published by George Allen and Unwin in 1982
ISBN: 0048231479.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering and decoration on spine.
15cm x 22cm.
256 pages.
Pictorial endpapers (Middle Earth maps).
Top edge dark green.
Third printing (1982) of the 1978 fourth edition.
Dustwrapper price-clipped but otherwise undamaged, and enclosed in a protective sleeve.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Attractive school prize-label pasted to blank leaf between front endpaper and half-title.
Pages very faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
The Gold Thread and Martin the Cobbler
by
Norman McLeod and Leo Tolstoy
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1920
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Green patterned endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, price-clipped and slightly soiled.
Book itself close to VG.
Faint foxing to fore edge.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
9.
Mopsa the Fairy
by
Jean Ingelow
with illustrations by
F. Harrison
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1935
Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Grey patterned endpapers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and worn at edges, with several chips.
Minor wear to covers.
Some faint foxing to prelims.
Dated from prize label on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
10.
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: medium)
11.
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: medium)
12.
The Adventures of Hadrian Hedgehog
by
Candida Lycett Green
with illustrations by
Christopher Thynne
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1968
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Brown endpapers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine slightly faded.
A little foxing to lower 3cm of fore edge.
Generally VG in other respect.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
A Pair of Knight-Errants
by
Muriel D. C. Lucas
Published by Religious Tract Society circa 1920
Octavo.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers and spine.
Black decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
157 pages.
Undated.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Faint foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Prize label dated 1924 on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
14.
Heidi grows up
by
Charles Tritten
with illustrations by
Pelagie Doane
Published by Collins in 1955
Green cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and worn at edges, with 2cm chip at top of spine.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
15.
Farmer Boy
by
Laura Ingalls Wilder
with illustrations by
Garth Williams
Published by Harper & Row in 1953
Red cloth-covered boards.
Light green spine.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Minor wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
16.
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)
17.
The Kate Greenaway Treasury
by
Kate Greenaway
with illustrations by
Kate Greenaway
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1968
Edited by Edward Ernest.
Quarto.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper spine and top edge slightly sunned.
A small amount of faint foxing to prelims and endpapers.
Contents not affected.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
18.
Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey
by
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1950
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
256 pages.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
The Swiss Family Robinson
by
Johann David Wyss
with illustrations by
Jack Matthew
Published by Collins circa 1950
Edited by Roger Manvell.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on spine.
Green decoration on covers.
Green pictorial endpapers.
Boards slightly bowed.
Corners bumped.
Foxing to fore-edge and page edges.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
20.
The Fairy Green
by
Rose Fyleman
16th edition,
published by Methuen in 1937
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
White decoration on covers.
11cm x 17cm.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with a little loss at spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages faintly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
21.
The Adventures of Hadrian Hedgehog
by
Candida Lycett Green
with illustrations by
Christopher Thynne
1st edition,
published by Collins in 1968
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, price-clipped and soiled.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Binding sound.
Contents generally VG, but slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
22.
Greenwood Tales
by
Dorothy King
Reprint,
published by Blackie circa 1920
Stories Old and New series.
Duodecimo.
Light green cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover and spine.
128 pages.
Four colour plates, artist not identified.
Art Deco style decoration on covers, endpapers and title page.
Wear at spine ends and corners.
Spotting on fore edge and throughout the book; heaviest on beginning pages.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
23.
Biggles in Spain
by
W. E. Johns
with illustrations by
J. Abbey
Published by Oxford University Press in 1953
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Some faint foxing to fore edge.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
24.
Somebody go and bang a drum
by
Rebecca Caudill
with illustrations by
Jack Hearne
Published by E. P. Dutton in 1974
ISBN: 052539575X.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on spine.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn, and a little faded, with several repairs to reverse.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Foxing to edge of page block.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
25.
Animal Land - The Creatures of Children's Fiction
by
Margaret Blount
1st edition,
published by Hutchinson in 1974
ISBN: 009118410X.
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Minor wear to dustwrapper and edges of covers.
Foxing to edges of page block.
Bookplate on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)