1.
Illalong Children
by Paterson, Andrew Barton (Banjo)
with illustrations by Robert Lovett
Published by Lansdowne in 1985
by Paterson, Andrew Barton (Banjo)
with illustrations by Robert Lovett
Published by Lansdowne in 1985
ISBN: 0701818050.
The early years of A. B. Paterson, of "waltzing Matilda" fame.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
The early years of A. B. Paterson, of "waltzing Matilda" fame.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#47756 £7.50
2.
The Joy of the Snow - Her Autobiography
by Elizabeth Goudge
1st Thus edition, published by Girls Gone By in 2024
by Elizabeth Goudge
1st Thus edition, published by Girls Gone By in 2024
ISBN: 9781847453402.
Paperback.
"Complete and unabridged. Including letters from her, published for the first time, offering rare insights into her life"
Mint condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
"Complete and unabridged. Including letters from her, published for the first time, offering rare insights into her life"
Mint condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#117422 £15.00
3.
The Joy of the Snow - Her Autobiography
by Elizabeth Goudge
1st Thus edition, published by Girls Gone By in 2024
by Elizabeth Goudge
1st Thus edition, published by Girls Gone By in 2024
ISBN: 9781847453402.
Paperback.
"Complete and unabridged. Including letters from her, published for the first time, offering rare insights into her life"
Mint condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
"Complete and unabridged. Including letters from her, published for the first time, offering rare insights into her life"
Mint condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#117420 £15.00
4.
A Zoo in my Luggage - Encounters with Animals
by Gerald Durrell
with illustrations by Ralph Thompson
Published by Companion Book Club in 1961
by Gerald Durrell
with illustrations by Ralph Thompson
Published by Companion Book Club in 1961
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and slightly faded, with a little loss at top of spine.
Minor wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Silver lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and slightly faded, with a little loss at top of spine.
Minor wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#120311 £5.00
5.
Pipers Hill
by Oliver Holt
with illustrations by Oliver Holt
1st edition, published by Marston House in 1992
by Oliver Holt
with illustrations by Oliver Holt
1st edition, published by Marston House in 1992
ISBN: 0951770020.
Grey boards with gilt lettering.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
Grey boards with gilt lettering.
Very Good condition
(Search score: medium, Confidence: high)
#39234 £10.50
6.
A Whiff of Burnt Boats
by Geoffrey Trease
1st Thus edition, published by Girls Gone By in 2009
by Geoffrey Trease
1st Thus edition, published by Girls Gone By in 2009
ISBN: 9781847450715.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Mint condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
Quarto.
Mint condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#84595 £12.00
7.
A Whiff of Burnt Boats
by Geoffrey Trease
1st Thus edition, published by Girls Gone By in 2009
by Geoffrey Trease
1st Thus edition, published by Girls Gone By in 2009
ISBN: 9781847450715.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Mint condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
Paperback.
Quarto.
Mint condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#84594 £12.00
8.
The Enchanted Places
by Christopher Robin Milne
Published by Penguin in 1976
by Christopher Robin Milne
Published by Penguin in 1976
ISBN: 0140034498.
Paperback.
Minor wear to covers.
Name on flyleaf.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
Minor wear to covers.
Name on flyleaf.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#111798 £5.00
9.
Ginny - An Autobiography
by Virginia Holgate
1st edition, published by Stanley Paul in 1986
by Virginia Holgate
1st edition, published by Stanley Paul in 1986
ISBN: 0091638402.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#102068 £2.50
10.
Seven Houses - My Life with Books
by Bettina Hurlimann
1st edition, published by Bodley Head in 1976
by Bettina Hurlimann
1st edition, published by Bodley Head in 1976
ISBN: 0370103742.
Brown boards with gilt lettering.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Brown boards with gilt lettering.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#48027 £15.00
11.
Boy - Tales of Childhood
by Roald Dahl
with illustrations by Quentin Blake
Reprint, published by Puffin in 2010
by Roald Dahl
with illustrations by Quentin Blake
Reprint, published by Puffin in 2010
ISBN: 9780141326283.
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#118007 £3.50
12.
Sunnylea - A 1920s Childhood Remembered
by Jean Metcalfe
with illustrations by Jean Metcalfe
1st Thus edition, published by Book Club Association in 1980
by Jean Metcalfe
with illustrations by Jean Metcalfe
1st Thus edition, published by Book Club Association in 1980
ISBN: 0718119231.
Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119441 £7.50
13.
Betty and Julia
by Spencer Martindale
1st edition, published by Neville Spearman in 1961
by Spencer Martindale
1st edition, published by Neville Spearman in 1961
Subtitled "A schoolboy's diary, the moving account of a boy's developing love for a girl he had known from early childhood".
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#59640 £7.50
14.
Going Solo
by Roald Dahl
1st Thus edition, published by Penguin in 1988
by Roald Dahl
1st Thus edition, published by Penguin in 1988
ISBN: 0140103066.
Paperback.
Minor wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
Minor wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#72650 £5.00
15.
Going Solo
by Roald Dahl
Published by Puffin in 2010
by Roald Dahl
Published by Puffin in 2010
ISBN: 9780141326320.
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#117986 £3.50
16.
Going Solo
by Roald Dahl
1st Thus edition, published by Penguin in 1986
by Roald Dahl
1st Thus edition, published by Penguin in 1986
ISBN: 0140103066.
Paperback.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Otherwise VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Name on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Otherwise VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#102693 (Sold)
17.
A Childhood
by Jona Oberski
1st Thus edition, published by Coronet Books in 1984
by Jona Oberski
1st Thus edition, published by Coronet Books in 1984
ISBN: 0340363738.
Paperback.
The memories of a child who survived Belsen.
Slight wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
The memories of a child who survived Belsen.
Slight wear to covers.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#73097 £3.00
18.
Seal Morning
by Rowena Farre
with illustrations by Raymond Sheppard
8th edition, published by Hutchinson in 1968
by Rowena Farre
with illustrations by Raymond Sheppard
8th edition, published by Hutchinson in 1968
The account of the authors childhood spent in a remote Scottish croft, where, among other wild animals, she up a seal pup. Hutchinson's Educational Books. Endpapers renewed and no stamps visible.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#63145 £5.00
19.
Chinese Cinderella and the Secret Dragon Society
by Adeline Yen Mah
Published by Puffin in 2004
by Adeline Yen Mah
Published by Puffin in 2004
ISBN: 0141314966.
Paperback.
Covers worn and creased.
Several labels and stamps on prelims.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Paperback.
Covers worn and creased.
Several labels and stamps on prelims.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#94411 £2.00
20.
A Life in Pictures
by Michael Foreman
with illustrations by Michael Foreman
1st edition, published by Pavilion Books in 2015
by Michael Foreman
with illustrations by Michael Foreman
1st edition, published by Pavilion Books in 2015
ISBN: 9781843652991.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Fine condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#119867 £10.00
21.
So Far from the Bamboo Grove
by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Published by Puffin in 1987
by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Published by Puffin in 1987
Paperback.
Fictionalised autobiography of a Japanese refugee at the end of World War II.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
Fictionalised autobiography of a Japanese refugee at the end of World War II.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#61751 £5.00
22.
The Wild Pigs - A Story for Little People
by Gerald Young
with illustrations by W. Parkinson
Published by Swan Sonnenschein in 1892
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: low)
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: low)
#111748 £15.00
23.
The Fairy Caravan
by Beatrix Potter
with illustrations by Beatrix Potter
Published by Warne in 1953
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)
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
24.
The Children's Friend 1881
Published by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday in 1881
Published by Seeley, Jackson and Halliday in 1881
Bevilled dark green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Minor wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Minor wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#111649 £20.00
25.
Ardizzone's Hans Andersen
by Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone
1st edition, published by Andre Deutsch in 1978
by Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone
1st edition, published by Andre Deutsch in 1978
ISBN: 0233969969.
Translated by Stephen Corrin.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Pink pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly worn.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
Translated by Stephen Corrin.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Pink pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly worn.
Book itself VG.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118932 £10.00