701.
Friends of Van
by
Brenda E. Spender
with illustrations by
Stanley Lloyd
1st edition,
published by Country Life in 1949
Black cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
Light wear to dustwrapper and 1cm loss at base of spine.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Some foxing to fore edge.
Name on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
702.
Musical Ride
by
Peggie Cannam
1st edition,
published by Lutterworth Press in 1958
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
703.
The Wishing Chair Again
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
Hilda McGavin
Published by Newnes in 1959
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Corners slightly bumped.
Some foxing to endpapers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
704.
Rosemary at St Anne's
by
Joy Francis
with illustrations by
Comerford Watson
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1949
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper preice-clipped, and heavily worn and creased, with some chipping and loss at edges.
Light wear to covers and a little spotting on spine strip.
Dated from prize-label on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
705.
Breton Adventure
by
Jane Shaw
Published by Children's Press circa 1960
Green cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Silver decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and a little worn at edges.
Name sticker on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
706.
Between Two Terms
by
Ethel Talbot
with illustrations by
J. Dewar Mills
Published by Ward Lock circa 1930
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn and price-clipped, with 1cm loss at top of spine.
Light wear to covers.
Large pale stain on back cover.
Name and address on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
707.
Robin the Rebel
by
Rita Coatts
Published by Rylee Rewards circa 1960
Pictorial laminated boards.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine ends bumped.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
708.
Molly's Heroine
by
Fleur de Lys
with illustrations by
Simon Harman Kedder
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1910
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on spine.
308 pages.
10 pages of adverts at rear.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Some faint foxing to fore edge.
Prize label inside front cover.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
709.
Astronomy
by
Rachel Firth
Published by Usborne in 2008
ISBN: 9780746099087.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
710.
Space
by
Ben Denne and Eileen O'Brien
Published by Usborne in 2008
ISBN: 9780746096420.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
711.
Ask an Astronaut
by
Tim Peake
1st edition,
published by Century in 2017
ISBN: 9781780898179.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gold lettering on spine.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
712.
The Abbey Girls Again
by
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
1st Thus edition,
published by Children's Press in 1966
Green cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Silver decoration on covers.
Adhesive vinyl laminate has been applied to the dustwrapper, and has since darkened slightly.
Dustwrapper spine faded.
Covers and contents clean and undamaged, but pages have tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
713.
The Taming of Patricia
by
Rita Coatts
1st edition,
published by Wells Gardner Darton & Co in 1949
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
White decoration on covers.
192 pages.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Minor wear to covers.
Light foxing to fore edge.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
714.
Brenda of Beech House
by
Dorothea Moore
Published by Collins circa 1950
Green cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Silver decoration on covers.
Monochrome frontispiece, no other illustrations.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
A little faint foxing to endpapers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
715.
Jill Makes Good
by
Elizabeth Tugwell
with illustrations by
Sally Craven
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1940
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
228 pages.
Dustwrapper worn and a little faded, with 2cm loss at top of spine.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
716.
Felicity's Fortune
by
Bessie Marchant
with illustrations by
Francis C. Hiley
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black and yellow decoration on covers.
255 pages.
Four monochrome plates.
Front endpaper removed.
Faint foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
717.
Three Terms at Uplands
by
Angela Brazil
Published by Blackie circa 1950
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
223 pages.
Monochrome frontispiece.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
718.
Jean, S.R.N.
by
Doreen Swinburne
with illustrations by
Alice Bush
1st Thus edition,
published by Collins in 1964
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and rather worn.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
719.
The Hawthorn Patrol
by
Diana Pares
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1950
Summit Library series.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
96 pages.
Monochrome frontispiece.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Upper edge of front endpaper clipped.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
720.
The Gauntlet
by
Ronald Welch
with illustrations by
Terence Reginald Freeman
Published by Oxford University Press in 1972
ISBN: 019277011X.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers clean and undamaged.
Stamp on front endpaper reads "Shelf Copy".
Close to VG in other respects, except for a repaired tear on p89/90.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
721.
Molly's Chance
by
J. H. Byron Lewis
with illustrations by
J. Ainslie
1st edition,
published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1925
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown and red decoration on covers.
191 pages.
Illustrated with line-drawn pictures in the text.
Dated from Sunday School prize label on front endpaper, and from a date of '25' adjacent to the artist's signature on the frontispiece.
Dustwrapper edge worn and a little soiled, with 5cm loss at lower corner of front panel.
Minor wear to covers.
A little faint foxing to fore edge and prelims.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
722.
Clover Cottage
by
Frances Cowen
1st edition,
published by Blackie and Son Limited in 1958
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Illustrated with three green, line-drawn plates.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and slightly worn at edges.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Large scuff (but not excessively prominent) on front pastedown, possibly where a prize label or similar has been removed.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
723.
724.
Molly: The Story of a Wayward Girl
by
Harriet E. Colvile
with illustrations by
H. L. Bacon
Published by S. W. Partridge circa 1918
Red pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Black and white decoration on covers.
332 pages.
32 pages of adverts at rear.
6 monochrome plates.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
725.
The Doctor's Daughter
by
Evelyn Everett-Green
Published by Collins circa 1930
Pictorial glazed boards.
Colour frontispiece.
Dated from prize label on front endpaper.
Covers and spine worn at edges.
Spine slightly faded.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)