Gillian Avery
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THE ITALIAN SPRING
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328713
Published by Collins.
1st
1964.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Maria Henniker-Hadden's (the delightful heroine of The Warden's Niece) adventures in Italy spring of 1877. Blue mottle boards, silver title to spine. 256 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name, date and old price in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel.
JAMES WITHOUT THOMAS
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328712
Published by Collins.
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Without the influence of his eldest brother, Thomas, James comes into his own as the hero of the Christmas holidays. Purple cloth, silver title to spine. 255 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Light mark to front cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby to rear panel and has tears to rear spine edge and to top corner of rear panel.
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TO TAME A SISTER
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328711
Published by D. Van Nostrand Company.
1st USA
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
In summer 1875 Margaret had the chance to escape to her cousins in the country, she hardly knew whether to be delighted at the prospect of mingling with artists and poets or to be apprehensive of the inevitable misdeeds of her brothers. Yellow boards, blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Name and date in pencil to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is just a little edge rubbed/chipped and slightly browned to top edge of rear panel.
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THE ELEPHANT WAR
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328710
Published by Collins.
1st
1960.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
The fourth story of the Smith family, beginning with a misunderstanding (like many wars before and since). Red boards, silver title to spine. 256 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light tape mark to front cover. Name in ink and also evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped with slight loss, a bit grubby to rear panel and has a large tear across front panel which has been tape repaired on verso and is not very noticeable to front.
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ELLEN AND THE QUEEN
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1507389
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1971.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Ellen felt convinced that she would be the first person to catch sight of Queen Victoria but she was banished from the school party. But she would see her by some means or another. Antelope Book. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 84 pages. Slight wear to lower edges of covers, light browning to top edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with light browning to top of spine and front panel.
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ELLEN'S BIRTHDAY
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1507345
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1971.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Passionately angry that villagers were no longer allowed to gather firewood from the Earl's wood Ellen decided to take matters into her own hands. Pictorial covers. B/w illustrations. 86 pages. ISBN: 0241020891. Base of spine bumped. Front and rear endpapers MISSING. Erasure mark to top corner of half-title page. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slight loss from top of spine. Laminate lifting in places.
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THE ELEPHANT WAR
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1401947
Published by Collins.
1st
1960.
Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.
The fourth story of the Smith family, beginning with a misunderstanding (like many wars before and since). Red boards, silver title to spine. 256 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to bottom of boards. Bottom edge of text block marked (possibly damp) which also affects bottom corners of some pages. Endpapers browned. Foxing mostly to prelims and page edges. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears. Spine and edges are browned. Rear panel is grubby. Damp staining to bottom - more noticeable on verso which is heavily foxed.
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CHILD'S EYE
Written by Gillian Avery.
Stock no. 594498
Published by Channel 4.
1st
1989.
Very good condition.
A History of Children's Books Through Three Centuries. Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1851440889. A couple of light marks to covers. Corners are lightly creased.