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ISBN: 0721404049.
Ladybird Leaders series.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 0721403743.
Ladybird Leaders series.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges and soiled.
Corners bumped.
Contents good.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Light brown paper-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Corners bumped.
VG in other respects.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Yellow cloth-covered boards.
Brown lettering on covers.
Brown decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper heavily worn, and repaired on the reverse.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Some faint foxing to fore edge and endpapers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Sunshine series.
Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Red cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Dustwrapper intact, but worn at edges and corners, with some creasing.
Name and address written neatly at top corner of front endpaper.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

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

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

165th book in The Seal of Artisitc Excellence series.
Brown paper-covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
22cm x 18cm.
24 pages.
An unusual edition, with an abridged text and numerous full-page colour illustrations and line illustrations within the text throughought.
Light wear to covers.
A little finger marking and wear to page edges.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
15cm x 21cm.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine darkened and gilt on spine dulled and a little rubbed.
Binding delicate.
19 of 24 plates present (of which several are present but detached).
Pages edgeworn, and some foxing at edges of pages.
Reading condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Blue paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Dark blue lettering on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
22cm x 28cm.
Dated from gift dedication on front endpaper.
Covers worn and scuffed and a little faded.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Endpapers foxed and worn at edges.
Intermittent finger-marking and wear to edges of pages.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Quarto.
Blue pictorial laminated boards.
Red cloth spine.
Red lettering on covers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Light wear to covers.
Corners and spine ends bumped.
Spine faded.
Binding a little strained.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 0600200159.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Light green covers.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
A collection of 13 stories.
Some traditional tales, others written in the style of folk tales.
All copiously illustrated by Heath Robinson's line drawings.
Minor wear to edges.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Orange pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Yellow cloth-covered boards.
14cm x 22cm.
Light wear to covers.
Spine faded.
Name on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

The Oxford Books for Children series.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
14cm x 18cm.
Signed by the author inside front cover.
Inscription reads: "To Vivien, who knows what he really thinks (and buys) from Jocelyn Oliver. 1931 September 25th".
Covers worn at edges.
Corners slightly bumped.
Spine strip replaced with pale blue thin card.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 0723221081.
Quarto.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper and covers.
Prize label on reverse of front endpaper covered over with plain label and the text "The property of ......."
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 0006907504.
Paperback.
Covers worn at edges.
Binding becoming brittle.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 0140311378.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Light brown pictorial paper-covered boards.
Maroon lettering on covers.
Maroon decoration on covers.
Light wear to covers, and some faint soiling.
Presentation label dated 1956 on front endpaper (scribbled-upon).
A little faint erased scribble on a few pages (not too obtrusive).
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Minor wear to covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Label removed from inside front cover.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 9780003300871.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Light wear to edges.
Corners bumped.
School library marks inside front cover.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 9780062318428.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Fine condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 9780141328010.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Lower edge of pages crinkled.
Old postal label stuck to back cover.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 9780327263326.
Pictorial laminated boards.
16cm x 20cm.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)

ISBN: 0006717039.
Paperback.
102 pages.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)