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1. Streets Ahead - Tales of City Life
Streets Ahead - Tales of City Life
by Valerie Bierman
1st edition, published by Methuen in 1989
ISBN: 0749702974.
Edited by Valerie Bierman.
Paperback.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#83714   £1.00   
2. Streets Ahead - Tales of City Life
Streets Ahead - Tales of City Life
by Valerie Bierman
1st edition, published by Methuen in 1989
ISBN: 0416127525.
Urban setting.
Contributors include: Gene Kemp, Anne Fine and Berlie Doherty.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#61176   £6.50   
3. Streets Ahead - Tales of City Life
Streets Ahead - Tales of City Life
by Valerie Bierman
Reprint, published by Methuen in 1995
ISBN: 0749702974.
Paperback.
Slight wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#83715   £1.00   
4. Snake on the Bus
Snake on the Bus
by Valerie Bierman
with illustrations by Nick Sharratt
1st edition, published by Methuen in 1994
ISBN: 0416189571.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Black and white line drawings.
Spine faded.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: medium)
#64989   £3.00   
5. Jane-Anne's Story Book
Jane-Anne's Story Book
by Cecile Woodford
with illustrations by Cora E. M. Paterson
1st edition, published by Arthur H. Stockwell in 1966
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
110 pages.
Twenty four short stories intended as bedtime stories for younger children.
Dustwrapper a little edge-worn.
Front endpaper has been removed.
Inscription by author (signed 'from the Author') and a signature on the title page.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#92520   £5.00   
6. Tales of Long Ago
Tales of Long Ago
1st edition, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1947
Blue boards with white lettering.
Illustrated with black and white line drawings.
No 7 in the Thrilling Tales series.
Dustwrapper worn and price-clipped.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#77662   £4.50   
7. The Last Bus and Other Stories
The Last Bus and Other Stories
by Stephen Southwold
with illustrations by Anne Anderson
Published by Collins circa 1931
'The Stephen Southwold Tales'.
Dark green boards with gilt lettering and decorations.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations in text.
Slight wear to edges of covers.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Some foxing to prelims, and a few fingermarks to contents.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#73771   £10.50   
8. Canvas City
Canvas City
by Jenny Seed
with illustrations by Lynette Hemmant
Published by Hamilton in 1978
ISBN: 0241899796.
Front endpaper slightly messy.
Name on paste down.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#28121   £4.00   
9. Real-life stories
Real-life stories
by Betsy Byars
with illustrations by Robert Geary
1st Thus edition, published by Kingfisher in 1995
ISBN: 1856972046.
Paperback.
A collection of short stories.
Authors include: Betsy Byars, Judy Blume, Roald Dahl, Graham Greene, L. M. Montgomery, Phillipa Pearce and Sue Townsend.
Some creasing to front cover.
Name and address on prelims.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#84986   £1.00   
10. The Old Lion and Other Stories
The Old Lion and Other Stories
by Walter de la Mare
with illustrations by Irene Hawkins
1st edition, published by Faber and Faber in 1943
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Red decoration on cover.
Red lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges, and slightly faded.
Spine faded.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#68873   £7.50   
11. Fortress in the West: Tales of Welsh Adventure
Fortress in the West: Tales of Welsh Adventure
by Arthur James Roderick
with illustrations by Ron Stenberg
1st edition, published by Black in 1966
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
Book close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#27345   £5.00   
12. City Stories
City Stories
by David Self
Reprint, published by Ward Lock in 1984
ISBN: 0706237749.
Paperback.
109 pages.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#87935   £2.00   
13. Another six and twenty tales
Another six and twenty tales
by Peggy Stack
with illustrations by Peggy Stack
1st edition, published by Faber and Faber in 1963
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
127 pages.
Decorated with black and white line drawings by the author.
Upper edge of dustwrapper chipped.
Name written at lower edge of front paste down.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#93878   £5.00   
14. Blackie's Omnibus of Brownie Stories
Blackie's Omnibus of Brownie Stories
by Sybil Owsley
Published by Blackie circa 1960
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
640 pages.
Dustwrapper complete, but worn at edges.
Neat gift dedication on front pastedown.
VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#110500   £5.00   
15. Skylark Short Stories
Skylark Short Stories
by Jill Bennett
with illustrations by Julek Heller
1st edition, published by Book Club Association in 1979
A collection of modern and traditional stories.
Dark brown boards with gold lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Book itself VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#61211   £4.00   
16. Country Tales to tell
Country Tales to tell
by Elizabeth Clark
with illustrations by Cara Lockhart Smith
1st Thus edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1978
A collection of eight stories published originally in the 20s and 30s.
Dustwrapper chipped at bottom edge.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#61178   £7.50   
17. Skylark Short Stories
Skylark Short Stories
by Jill Bennett
with illustrations by Julek Heller
1st edition, published by Book Club Association in 1979
Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Book itself close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#88118   £4.00   
18. Fairy Tales from the Garden
Fairy Tales from the Garden
by Vratislav Stovicek
with illustrations by Zdenka Krejcova
Published by Sunburst Books in 1993
ISBN: 9781857780277.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Light wear to edges of covers and dustwrapper.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#120111   £7.50   
19. The Pathfinder Book of Scout Stories
The Pathfinder Book of Scout Stories
with illustrations by Phil Gascoine
Published by Purnell in 1969
ISBN: 0361011369.
Edited by Robert Moss.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
157 pages.
Name on front paste down.
Some felt tip scribble on back endpaper.
Covers and contents otherwise close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#97633   £4.00   
20. The Weathercock and Other Stories
The Weathercock and Other Stories
by Margaret Baker
with illustrations by Mary Baker
Reprint, published by University Of London in 1946
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper a little worn at edges, chipped at spine ends.
Neat dedication on front pastedown.
Pages slightly tanned.
A series of small (2cm x 2cm) photographs of a cricketer bowling, have been stuck to the top corners of some pages to form a 'flick' book.
Condition would otherwise have been VG.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#95971   £12.50   
21. Cosy Corner Stories
Cosy Corner Stories
by Meg Daniels
1st edition, published by Geddes & Grosset in 1996
ISBN: 1855341816.
Laminated pictorial covers.
Large print.
"Tales from Brierybank".
Pages slightly tanned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#63149   £2.50   
22. The Girl Guide Omnibus
The Girl Guide Omnibus
by Dorothea Moore
Reprint, published by Nisbet circa 1935
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
836 pages.
Contains three complete Guide stories:
"Terry the Girl Guide",
"Guide Gilly: Adventurer" (written by Christine Chaundler), and
"Bunty of the Blackbirds".
Dustwrapper worn at edges and a little soiled.
Dustwrapper spine faded.
Light wear to bottom edge of covers.
Some spotting on fore edge.
Contents clean.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#100923   £12.50   
23. More Bedtime Tales
More Bedtime Tales
Published by Cavendish House in 1984
ISBN: 0863072569.
Octavo.
Blue laminated boards.
91 pages.
Twelve stories, six traditional tales.
Also includes two Old Testament stories, two tales taken from the Northern myths, and a story from Hiawatha.
12 colour illustrations and a number of black and white drawings in the text.
Illustrator not attributed.
Very Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#107483   £2.50   
24. Two on an Island and Other Stories
Two on an Island and Other Stories
by Ethel Talbot
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1930
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
White and black decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, with chipping and loss at edges.
Minor wear to covers.
A little foxing to edges of page block.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#117280   £5.00   
25. Canvas City
Canvas City
by Jenny Seed
with illustrations by Lynette Hemmant
1st Thus edition, published by Hamilton in 1978
ISBN: 0241899796.
Label removed from front endpaper.
Good condition

(Search score: low, Confidence: low)
#39749   £4.00   
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