Laminated covers.
Top of spine strip damaged.
Life on isolated island threatened by newcomers.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
Covers heavily worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip darkened.
Inner hinges cracked, and contents shaken.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Front inner hinge cracked.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

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Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
13cm x 20cm.
223 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Some faint staining to front cover.
Spine slightly faded.
RSPCA prize label, dated 1933 on front endpaper.
Some light foxing on prelims and endpapers.
Contents generally clear.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

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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

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Dark green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Gilt lettering rubbed.
Binding cracked and delicate.
Dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition

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Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light green cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and edges bumped.
Name and address partially erased from front cover.
Foxing to prelims and endpapers.
Front endpaper removed.
Gift dedication on reverse of frontispiece.
Contents generally good.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

Octavo.
Dark green embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Silver decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
350 pages.
Six (of eight) black and white plates present.
Covers heavily worn at edges, and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip worn at edges and ends, and somewhat darkened.
Gift dedication dated 1883 on reverse of front endpaper.
Endpapers and prelims foxed and tanned.
Contents shaken, and some pages coming loose.
Occasional foxing to page edges.
Some foxing in gutter, where staples in the binding have rusted.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip faded and stained.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Contents good, but slightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

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: high)

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: high)

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

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Bevilled dark blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
18cm x 24cm.
328 pages.
Red edges.
6 colour plates, including frontispiece, "and upwards of eighty black-and-white drawings by J. Finnemore, G. H. Thompson and Archibald Webb".
Covers worn and scuffed.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine strip faded, and appears to have been re-glued at edges.
Scuff where label removed from inside front cover.
Endpapers foxed.
Contents VG.
Good condition

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Octavo.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Green and black decoration on covers.
251 pages.
Colour frontispiece.
Covers soiled.
Spine edges worn.
Prize label on front paste down.
Front hinge pulled.
Front endpaper soiled at outer edge.
Contents clean and generally unmarked.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

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: high)

Green cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and scuffed.
Endpapers foxed.
Label and library stamped on front endpaper.
Contents good.
Pages slightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip worn at edges, and faded.
Label removed from front pastedown.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 0241017955.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn and creased.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners bumped.
Front endpaper removed.
Various library marks on prelims.
Lower corner of a number of pages torn away (text not affected).
Pages slightly tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
Red thistle pattern decoration on covers.
224 pages.
Dated from prize label.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and slightly chipped.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

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: high)

Octavo.
Light blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover and spine.
312 pages.
Covers worn.
Gilt on spine faded.
Front endpaper missing.
Front inner hinge cracked, and has old tape marks from a former repair attempt.
Contents shaken, but clean.
Light spotting on a few pages.
Reading condition

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Green blind-embossed boards with gilt lettering.
Spine slightly faded.
Some foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Dated from prize label on front endpaper.
Rear inner hinge cracked.
Good condition

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Grey cloth-covered boards.
Covers worn and soiled.
Inner hinges cracked.
Foxing on prelims.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

Red pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Red lettering on spine.
Black decoration on covers.
18cm x 21cm.
1st UK edition.
Yellow pictorial endpapers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with 5cm loss at top corner of back panel, and 4cm los at base of spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Neat gift dedication, dated Christmas 1938, inside front cover.
A little faint, intermittent foxing.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)

Red boards with gilt lettering.
Covers a little faded and worn.
Front inside hinge cracked.
Tear on page 15/16 repaired.
Reading condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: high)