ADVENTURE
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THE COCKPIT FLYING ADVENTURES FOR YOUNG PILOTS
Written by W.E. Johns; Arch Whitehouse; Rudolf Stark; et al.
Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw; Howard Leigh.
Stock no. 1308325
Published by John Hamilton Ltd..
Almost very good condition.
Flying Adventures For Young Pilots. Large format. Blue cloth with dark blue titles and vigette of a plane to front cover. Eight coloured plates by Bradshaw, other illustrations by Leigh. Johns story is "The Ace of Spades". Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded and foxed. Some light staining to covers. Front joint cracked. Contents browned but clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- BOYS
- ANTHOLOGY - STORY
THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 2106037
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1943.
Very good condition.
Green cloth, gilt title to spine, blind title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers depicting map for the book. B/w illustrations throughout. 303 pages. 8 x 5.5". Bumping to spine. Name in ink to half-title page. Foxing/brown markings to outer page edges.
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AVENTURES DE TROIS RUSSES ET DE TROIS ANGLAIS DANS L'AFRIQUE AUSTRALE
Written by Jules Verne.
Illustrated by Jules Ferat; Francois Pannemaker.
Stock no. 1306717
Published by J. Hetzel Et Cie.
Very good condition.
Possibly rebound? Green cloth with red title label and 7 gilt stripes to spine. 202 pages. 53 b/w illustrations engraved by Pannemaker. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A couple of tiny dents to lower edges of covers. Some slight rubbing to covers. Name plate to front pastedown. Rear joint is cracked. Light page browning throughout else contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- FRENCH
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
FIVE OF THEM
Written by Theodora Wilson Wilson.
Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1306410
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
circa
1912.
Very good condition.
Green pictorial cloth, gilt titles. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 247 pages plus catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Rear cover is a little grubby with a gilt London Council stamp to centre. Prize plate to front pastedown. Front joint (between endpaper and half-title) cracked. Foxing to contents else clean.
GENTLEMAN JACK AN ADVENTURER IN EAST AFRICA
Written by H.A. Hinkson.
Illustrated by Harold Piffard.
Stock no. 1106719
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Circa
1913.
Good condition.
Blue cloth with drawings to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. Covers are scuffed and worn, with bumping. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Home made 'library' pocket to front endpaper. Some foxing and grubby margin marks. Joints are cracked.
HAUNTED ISLAND
Written by Isabel M. Peacocke.
Stock no. 1106718
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd..
1st
1930.
Almost very good condition.
Beige decorated cloth. B/w plates. Covers are marked, with some wear. Some foxing. Tear, with a little loss to one page margin.
WATCH FOR DANGER
Written by Sheila Haigh.
Stock no. 1704665
Published by Methuen Children's Books.
1st
1983.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. A Pied Piper Book. At a school camp the children learn about danger, courage and themselves. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0416248500. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Corners worn.
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- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
DEMON ISLAND
Written by Cecil R. Baldock.
Illustrated by W. Bryce Hamilton.
Stock no. 2105286
Published by George Newnes Limited.
2nd
1948.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The Bannister twins know how to look after themselves and they need all their resourcefulness when they are kidnapped and taken to Demon Island . Light brown boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. Tower House Series. 128 pages. Corners are bumped. Some marks to covers. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Some foxing. Wrapper is price-cut, heavily foxed, with edge-tears and chips; a little loss and some creasing.
THE BUCKINGHAMS AT RAVENSWYKE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 2105012
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. Bumping to spine. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges and endpapers. Wrapper has some grubby marks and edge-tears/nicks to edges.
SMUGGLER'S WAY
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1804583
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd.
1928.
Almost very good condition.
Cassell's Popular Library for Boys and Girls series. Red boards with black titles and borders. B/w frontis. Popular edition. Edges worn and bumped. Covers unevenly faded.
THE BOWEN TWINS
Written by Deborah Tyndall.
Illustrated by T. Cuneo.
Stock no. 1206326
Published by A. & C. Black.
1st
1930.
Very good condition.
Pale green pictorial cloth, black title to spine. 8 colour plates. 247 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Scattered foxspots to prelims and last few pages. Corners bumped.
PRINCESS NATALIE'S ADVENTURE
Written by Ierne L. Plunket.
Stock no. 1206252
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1933.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Beige cloth, blue titles and decorations. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 175 pages. Free endpapers lightly browned. Wrapper a little grubby.