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1. Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble
Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble
by Phyllis Root
with illustrations by David Parkins
1st edition, published by Walker Books in 1996
ISBN: 074454002X.
Laminated pictorial boards.
Dustwrapper matches cover design.
Minor wear to edges of covers and dustwrapper.
Small charity dealer's stamp at top right of title page.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#48539   £7.50   
2. Bequest to Charity
Bequest to Charity
by Clynn Williamson
Published by Hutchinson
Undated.
Red covers, black lettering.
Dustwrapper worn and a little chipped.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#80585   £2.50   
3. Macbeth
Macbeth
by Hilary Burningham
with illustrations by Charity Lincoln
Published by Evans in 2003
ISBN: 9780237517854.
Graphic Shakespeare series.
Paperback.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#120331   £2.50   
4. Barnardo's
Barnardo's
by Diane Church
1st edition, published by Heinemann in 1997
ISBN: 0431027528.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Label removed from prelims.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
#77546   £3.00   
5. Daisy in the Field
Daisy in the Field
by E. Wetherall
Reprint, published by Ward Lock & Co circa 1939
Duodecimo.
Red paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
256 pages.
Black and white frontispiece.
No other illustrations.
Sequel to 'Daisy'.
Covers clean and undamaged.
A few light marks on fore edge.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
(book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#104427   £4.50   
6. Louis Wain's Little Soldiers
Louis Wain's Little Soldiers
by May Crommelin
with illustrations by Louis Wain
1st edition, published by Hutchinson circa 1916
Quarto.
Beige pictorial glazed boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
94 pages.
39 illustrations by Louis Wain (red, black and blue) both full page and in the text.
The Little Soldiers are cats, the hero of the story is Tommy Catkin, who rises through the ranks to captain, and marries the King's daughter.
Boards generally clean and firm, occasional spotting.
Closed tear in paper of upper board, 9 cm. from lower edge.
Spine has been professionally relaid.
New endpapers.
Half title foxed and slightly chipped at edges.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece.
Pages are white and clean, occasional wear at edges.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#98228   £225.00   
7. Her Heart's Desire
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)
#91835   £8.00   
8. Little Sunbeams
Little Sunbeams
Published circa 1896
Octavo.
Grey pictorial glazed boards.
Red cloth spine.
White lettering on covers.
31 pages.
An equal number of short stories and poems suitable for toddlers, illustrated with black and white engravings.
Very pretty pictorial front cover.
Back cover has full page advert for Fry's cocoa.
Three pages of adverts at front of book, three more at the back.
Black and white frontispiece.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Contents detached from binding.
Title page appears to be missing.
Gift dedication dated 1896 on half title.
Otherwise in very good condition.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#90859   £15.00   
9. The Story of Phyllis
The Story of Phyllis
by Mary Charlotte Malim
with illustrations by W.S. Stacey
Reprint, published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge circa 1902
Octavo.
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Yellow lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
247 pages.
Bevilled boards.
Beige patterned endpapers.
Illustrated with two black and white plates.
8 pages of adverts at rear of book.
Light wear on back board, where cloth has rubbed.
Prize label on front paste down.
Some spotting on fore edge.
Occasional foxing in text.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#103686   £10.00   
10. 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: low)
#61876   £7.50   
11. Little Captain Dick
Little Captain Dick
by C. A. Jones
1st edition, published by J. Masters & Co., in 1885
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards with black lettering and decoration.
195 pages.
Grey patterned endpapers.
Decorated chapter headings.
Covers worn and soiled.
Original dedication on front paste down, second later dedication on reverse of title page in a later hand.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#82366   £3.50   
12. Copper-Toed Boots
Copper-Toed Boots
by Marguerite de Angeli
with illustrations by Marguerite de Angeli
1st edition, published by Doubleday Doran & Co in 1938
Quarto.
Beige buckram covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Coloured pictorial endpapers.
Ten full page colour illustrations.
Small black and white and colour illustrations in text.
Light wear to covers.
Child's name mostly erased from title page.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#103352   £20.00   
13. Castaway Camp
Castaway Camp
by Mary Evelyn Atkinson
with illustrations by Charlotte Hough
1st edition, published by Bodley Head in 1951
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering and decoration.
Pictorial endpapers.
Colour frontispiece.
Other illustrations black and white.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine strip darkened and slightly soiled.
A small amount of faint foxing to prelims and fore edge.
Contents clean and unmarked, but slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#70098   £25.00   
14. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Reprint, published by A. & C. Black in 1952
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
276 pages.
Colour frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Covers lightly soiled.
Light wear to edges of covers and spine.
Corners a little bumped.
Marks where labels have been removed from prelims.
Small stamp on front endpaper and title page.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#94894   £3.00   
15. Taking French Leave
Taking French Leave
by Lizzie Ellen Tiddeman
with illustrations by W. S. Stacey
Published by National Society's Depository circa 1921
Grey pictorial boards with blue and black lettering and decoration.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Black endpapers.
Two black and white plates.
Names on reverse of front endpaper and facing first page.
Frontispiece has been coloured in.
One or two chapter headings and tail-pieces have been coloured in.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#74073   £6.50   
16. Little Trouble-the-House
Little Trouble-the-House
by L. T. Meade
New edition, published by J. F. Shaw circa 1895
Quarto.
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
144 pages.
Leaf pattern on front cover and spine.
4 pages adverts at rear of book for other publisher's titles.
Both boards stained.
Front endpaper and half title missing.
Contents mostly clean, but some finger-marking.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#105450   £15.00   
17. The Giants and how to fight them
The Giants and how to fight them
by Rev. Robert Newton
Reprint, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1911
Octavo.
dark blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt blocked lettering on spine.
117 pages.
Colour frontispiece and title picture.
Body of book illustrated in black and white.
The giants of the title are sins which must be vanquished.
Covers clean, binding tight.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#103688   £5.00   
18. R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2
R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2
by Randolph Caldecott
with illustrations by Randolph Caldecott
Published by George Routledge and Sons circa 1880
Light grey pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Red and black decoration on covers.
21cm x 23cm.
128 pages.
All edges red.
Back cover repeats front cover illustration.
Undated edition, dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contains:
"The Three Jovial Huntsmen",
"Sing a Song for Sixpence",
"The Queen of Hearts", and
"The Farmer's Boy".
Each story is individually paginated, and 32 pages long.
Covers darkened, and a little worn and soiled.
Endpapers and pastedowns tanned.
Internally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118929   £75.00   
19. The Water Babies
The Water Babies
by Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by Harry G. Theaker
Published by Ward Lock & Co circa 1939
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
16cm x 22cm.
340 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
Four pages of adverts at rear.
48 colour plates (all present and undamaged).
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Covers and endpapers clean and unmarked.
Some faint foxing to fore-edge and top-edge, contents not affected.
Not dated, but gift dedication at top of half-title is dated 1939.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#118151   £45.00   
20. Little Miss Curlylocks
Little Miss Curlylocks
by Audrey Curtis
with illustrations by G. Demain Hammond
Reprint, published by National Society's Depository circa 1900
Octavo.
Bevilled light brown pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
166 pages.
Patterned endpapers.
Two black and white plates.
A small amount of gilt has rubbed away from the front cover.
The overall effect is still pleasing.
Name written neatly at top of title page.
Intermittent light foxing to pages.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#91822   £9.00   
21. Ruth Carey's Hundredfold
Ruth Carey's Hundredfold
by Alice Jane Home
Published by Pickering and Inglis circa 1926
Red covers, black lettering and sailboat motif.
Prize label on front paste down.
Black and white frontispiece has top corner cut away, with small loss of picture.
One or two fingermarks on early pages.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#76019   £7.50   
22. Five on Kirrin Island Again
Five on Kirrin Island Again
by Enid Blyton
with illustrations by Eileen A. Soper
5th edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1951
6th book in Famous Five series.
Octavo.
Red paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
192 pages.
Pictorial endpapers, dark blue and black.
Illustrations b/w and monochrome, no frontispiece.
Covers age-darkened and slightly soiled.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Name on prelims.
Some spotting on fore edges.
Contents generally clean and tight.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#104449   £7.50   
23. Five of them
Five of them
by Theodora Wilson Wilson
with illustrations by Gordon Browne
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1930
Red cloth covers, black lettering.
Some wear to top of spine.
Three black and white illustrations.
Minor spotting on title page.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#77094   £6.50   
24. That Exciting Holiday
That Exciting Holiday
by Nigel Strong
Reprint, published by C S S M circa 1947
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
255 pages.
War economy logo on back of title page.
Four black and white illustrations.
(CSSM is the old name for The Scripture Union.)
Covers clean and unmarked.
Marks and shadows on endpapers and pastedowns, where an old paper-wrapper has been removed.
Neat name on front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#102138   £2.50   
25. The Silver Rifle
The Silver Rifle
by Clara Florida Guernsey
Reprint, published by Gall and Inglis circa 1891
Octavo.
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
208 pages.
A scarce title.
Floral pattern on covers, with inset of landscape in gilt.
Four black and white illustrations.
Covers a little worn, particularly at corners and spine ends.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents clean and tight.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#91863   £15.00   
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