1.
Plots and Players
by
Pamela Melnikoff
1st edition,
published by Blackie in 1988
ISBN: 0216923891.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
2.
Aztec Gold
by
Peter Dawlish
with illustrations by
Patrick A. Jobson
Reprint,
published by Oxford University Press in 1975
Oxford Children's Library.
Elizabethan adventure at sea.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
3.
Adam of Pendle Grange
by
David Bingley
with illustrations by
Colin Twinn
1st edition,
published by Galliard in 1979
ISBN: 0852494750.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper a little worn.
Some faint foxing to prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
4.
Aztec Gold
by
Peter Dawlish
with illustrations by
Patrick A. Jobson
Published by Oxford University Press in 1958
Oxford Children's Library edition.
Covers worn and slightly stained at edges.
Some soiling to fore edge.
Name on front endpaper.
Good in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: high)
5.
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)
6.
7.
Drummers Den
by
Frances Betty Clark
1st edition,
published by Heinemann in 1964
Dark blue boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Label removed from front pastedown.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
8.
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)
9.
10.
11.
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: medium)
12.
The Namesake
by
C. Walter Hodges
with illustrations by
C. Walter Hodges
1st edition,
published by G Bell & Sons in 1964
Dark red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper intact, but heavily worn and has been reinforced with vinyl laminate.
Minor wear to lower edge of covers.
Front endpaper messy where school library labels removed.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
13.
Historical Tales
by
Charles Morris
with illustrations by
M. Anno
Published by Gibbings in 1894
Beige cloth covers, gilt lettering and decorations.
Patterned endpapers.
The early history of Germany.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
14.
Mr Sheridan's Umbrella
by
Leonard Alfred George Strong
1st Thus edition,
published by Puffin in 1949
Paperback.
Early Puffin.
Set in Regency Brighton and London.
Slight wear to covers, pages lightly tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
15.
The Bright and Morning Star
by
Rosemary Harris
1st edition,
published by Faber in 1972
ISBN: 0571098940.
Octavo.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Contents VG. condition.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
16.
Sword at Sunset
by
Rosemary Sutcliff
1st Thus edition,
published by The Book Club in 1963
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper and edges of covers.
A little foxing to prelims and to edges of page block.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
17.
Queen Victoria
by
George Alfred Henty
Published by Blackie
Eulogy written on death of queen Victoria.
Not dated.
Small octavo.
Purple boards, spotted in places.
White lettering.
Gilt crest on front cover.
Some damage to both ends of spine.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
18.
The Chaplet of Pearls
by
Charlotte Mary Yonge
Reprint,
published by Macmillan in 1929
Blue boards with gilt lettering and black decoration.
Neat dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
19.
Dick Willoughby
by
C. Day Lewis
with illustrations by
H. R. Millar
3rd edition,
published by Basil Blackwell in 1946
Corners slightly scuffed.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
20.
Cargo for a King
by
J. S. Andrews
1st edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1972
ISBN: 0370012380.
Octavo.
Light orange cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
171 pages.
A tale of piracy in the Irish Sea.
J. S. Andrews is unusual in that his historical stories deal with the kingdom of Ulster, as it then was, rather than the better known provinces in the south of Ireland.
Dustwrapper complete, and not price-clipped, light wear to edges.
Covers and contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
21.
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: medium)
22.
Nine Days' Wonder
by
Frederick Grice
with illustrations by
Paul Ritchie
1st edition,
published by Oxford University Press in 1976
ISBN: 0192713949.
Set against the background of the General Strike of 1926.
Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Gold lettering on spine.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
23.
The Ring in the Rough Stuff
by
Antonia Barber
1st edition,
published by Cape in 1983
ISBN: 0224020765.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper spine sunned.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
24.
Black Jack
by
Leon Garfield
with illustrations by
Antony Maitland
1st edition,
published by Longmans Young Books in 1968
ISBN: 0582150922.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper intact, but heavily worn at edges.
Dustwrapper spine faded.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Label removed from front pastedown.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
25.