1.
Chatterbox Newsbox
Circa 1920, Wells Gardner, Darton.
Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Light brown cloth spine.
Red lettering on covers.
96 pages.
3 pages of adverts at front and rear.
Colour frontispiece, 16 small b/w drawings.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Back board stained.
Pages uniformly tanned.
Good condition.
2.
Geoff and Jim
By
Ismay Thorn
8th edition, 1908, Wells Gardner, Darton.
Octavo.
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
188 pages.
Covers decorated with floral spray above picture of two boys fighting off a dog.
Illustrated with black and white plates, not attributed.
Rather shabby covers, with some soiling, light creasing and bumped corners.
Endpapers are deeply tanned.
Text is mostly clear, but there is intermittent foxing.
Good condition.
3.
Pat
By
Stella Austin
Reprint, 1953, Wells Gardner, Darton.
Blue boards.
Dustwrapper very chipped.
Dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
4.
Pat
By
Stella Austin
8th edition, 1909, Wells Gardner, Darton.
Octavo.
Blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
259 pages.
Four black and white plates, not attributed.
Illustrated chapter headings.
Six pages of publisher's adverts at rear.
Covers a little worn and faded.
Gift dedication on front paste down.
Fore edges darkened and spotted.
Contents mostly clean, but some foxing.
Good condition.
5.