1.
Angel Pig
By
Marjorie C. Barnard
Reprint, circa 1938, Nelson.
Octavo.
Orange pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
224 pages.
Black and white frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Pages clean and white.
Very good condition.
2.
Big and Small
By
Ted Wragg
Illustrator
Val Biro.
1st edition, 1994, Nelson.
ISBN: 0174010591.
4th book in Flying Boot series.
Paperback.
18cm x 21cm.
Covers and contents clean.
Only minor wear.
Very good condition.
3.
Margie at the Harbour Light
By
Edward A. Rand
Reprint, circa 1924, Nelson.
Octavo.
Beige pictorial cloth-covered boards.
240 pages.
Four colour plates, unattributed.
Spine strip darkened, lettering faded.
Light foxing on prelims.
Contents mostly clear.
Written gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Good condition.
4.
Molly
By
Margaret Bertha Synge
Reprint, circa 1910, Nelson.
Octavo.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
192 pages.
Covers decorated with roses surrounding a girl's portrait.
Colour frontispiece and one other colour plate.
Small piece missing from spine strip below title.
Covers otherwise in good to very good condition.
Binding a little loose.
Prize label on front paste down.
Pages clean and white.
Good condition.
5.
Nelson's Jolly Book for Girls
1934, Nelson.
Edited by Edwin Chisholm.
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cloth spine.
Six colour plates.
Many black and white drawings.
Authors include: Sibyl Owsley, Bernard Rutley, and others.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and slightly soiled.
Prize label on front paste down.
Spotting to edges of page block.
Contents clean.
Very good condition.
6.
Pete and the Prairie People
By
Rex Dixon
1st edition, 1954, Nelson.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Some faint foxing to fore edge.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
7.
Prester John
By
John Buchan
Reprint, circa 1935, Nelson.
54th book in The Teaching of English Series series.
Sextodecimo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
255 pages.
Nine page appendix containing notes and questions on the text.
Light wear to covers, lettering faded.
Some spotting to fore edge.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition.
8.
The Best Teddy Bear Ever
By
Mrs. Henry Cowper Cradock
Illustrator
Honor C. Appleton.
Circa 1948, Nelson.
Children's Own series.
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
96 pages.
Black and white illustrations throughout.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Foxing on fore edge and prelims.
Some foxing to edges of pages.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
9.
The Robbers' Cave
By
A.L.O.E.
Reprint, circa 1920, Nelson.
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light blue decoration on covers.
200 pages.
Four colour plates.
Covers clean.
Some foxing on prelims and rear pages.
Contents mostly clear.
Very good condition.
10.