ADVENTURE
You are viewing stock in the "ADVENTURE" category. We currently have 234 books in this category in stock.
234 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.
View more images
SEVEN WHITE GATES
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1711828
Published by George Newnes Limited.
1st
1944.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A Lone Pine Story. Red cloth, black titles. Full-page b/w illustrations plus b/w maps to the endpapers. 200 pages. Small splash mark to front cover. Spine faded at top and tail. Some slight bumping to cover edges. Wrapper is torn and creased with some loss, approx. 1/2" to top and tail of spine and similar across top of rear panel, plus some loss at corners.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- LONE PINE
- ADVENTURE
- SHROPSHIRE
View more images
BY CONDUCT AND COURAGE
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1313330
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1905.
Very good condition.
Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles, bevelled edges. Grey endpapers. 8 b/w plates. 384 pages and 16 page catalogue to rear. All edges olivine. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Uneven fading to rear cover. Title to front cover is slightly grubby. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Some light foxing and page browning otherwise contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
CONQUEROR'S GOLD
Written by Dan Corby.
Stock no. 1502904
Published by Max Parrish.
1st
1965.
Slightly better than good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Four boys and an old man are trapped in a cellar with no obvious escape route and water seeping in. Brown boards with gilt titles to spine. 128 pages. Ex-library with stamps and remains of label to prelims. Rear endpapers grubby. Text pages very good. A couple of small dents to text block. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with one small tear.
View more images
ADVENTURES AT WINDSOR CASTLE
Written by Violet Needham.
Illustrated by David Walsh.
Stock no. 1710990
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1st
1957.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A boy living in the shadow of Windsor Castle discovers its history by taking part in it. Blue boards, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Ink price to front endpaper. Wrapper damp marked with tape repaired closed tears and some chipping.
X-MEN THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Written by Peter Sanderson.
Stock no. 1710689
Published by Dorling Kindersley.
2014.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Large format. A Guide to the Marvel characters. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781409370529. Wrapper edge-creased.
THE SILVER CANON
Written by George Manville Fenn.
Illustrated by M.L.P..
Stock no. 2113605
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd..
Circa
1936.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A Tale of the Western Plains. Blue cloth with black titles and decorations. B/w frontis. Bumping to spine. Some light browning to a few cover edges. Presentation plate to front endpaper. A few grubby margin marks; some foxing. Wrapper is creased, with some edge-tears and chips; scuffing in places; only a little loss.
THE HAUNTED RANCH
Written by May Wynne.
Illustrated by John Harris.
Stock no. 2113598
Published by Dean & Son Ltd..
Circa
1936.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Orange cloth, black titles and border. Colour frontis. Dean's Reward Series. 247 pages. Heavy dent to top edge of front cover and some corresponding pages. Small split to top of spine. Corners are bumped. Browning to cover edges. Some foxing. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with piece of loss to rear cover; some to corners.
SNAIL AND THE PENNITHORNES AND THE PRINCESS
Written by Barbara Willard.
Illustrated by Geoffrey S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1502292
Published by The Epworth Press.
1st
1960.
Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.
Dark pink boards, cream title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Endpapers partially lightly browned. Foxing, mainly to prelims and text block. Grubby mark to text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a few small tears. Unevenly browned and foxed, very foxed on verso.
THE NEST OF THE SCARECROW
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1311942
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited.
1st
1944.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
An exiting adventure involving a remote and lonely bungalow and a cruel sea. Dark red cloth, black titles to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations. 214 pages. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss to spine and front corners, slightly grubby to rear panel.
View more images
THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1501811
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1924.
Almost very good condition.
Green cloth with embossed decoration and blind titles to front cover. Spine has gilt titles with author/publisher name in black and embossed decoration. Colour frontis. 310 pages. Spine is bumped at top and bottom with very small splits. Corners bumped and worn. Rear cover is stained with a few small marks. Ink inscription and small bookseller's sticker to front endpaper. Small patch of damage to top 1cm of rear joint. Couple of hinges cracked. Browned to endpapers. Heavy foxing, mostly to page edges. Odd margin mark. Contained in a photcopy dustwrapper.
MORE ADVENTURES OF ALISON
Written by Sheila Stuart.
Illustrated by Gervase.
Stock no. 1108761
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1948.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Brown cloth with dark brown titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 286 pages. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some marks and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has large edge-tears; a few to corners have small pieces of loss; creased.
THE BUCKINGHAMS AT RAVENSWYKE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 1108716
Published by Evans Brothers Limited.
1st
1952.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A thrilling story set in and around Whitby and the moors of North Yorkshire. Blue boards, gilt titles and author signature vignette to front. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 216 pages. Some uneven browning to spine and cover edges. Page edge browning and a few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine; with edge-tears and chips - some pieces of loss along edges; tape repair to base of spine.