ADVENTURE
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WIGWAM ISLAND
Written by Elinore Havers.
Illustrated by Phyllis Ladyman.
Stock no. 1319041
Published by Country Life.
1st
1951.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The adventures of the four Conways and two Westwood boys. Brown boards with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Slight fading to spine and cover edges. Front free-endpapers have been replaced. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is worn with loss to spine and corners and heavily foxed on verso (showing through on panels a little).
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THE SKY BANDITS
Written by George E. Rochester.
Stock no. 2132015
Published by The Ace Publishing Company.
Circa
1938.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Green cloth with black title to spine. 4 b/w plates, including frontis. It was towards the middle of the afternoon that two aeroplanes flying wing-tip to wing-tip, headed eastwards towards the bleak moors on which Bleakmoor Prison was situated. The two pilots had planned an amazing escape of one of the prisoners... Light bumping to spine and corners. Some browning to top and tail of spine and cover edges. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Page edge browning. Ink smudges to a couple of pages of prelims. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; loss to top of spine and a couple of corners; faded to spine. Wrapper also has some grubby marks.
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THE FLYING BEETLE
Written by George E. Rochester.
Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 2132014
Published by John Hamilton Ltd..
Circa
1935.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, black title to spine. 4 B/w plates, including frontis. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading/mottling to covers. Some foxing throughout; heaviest to prelims and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with some large tears and chips; loss to bottom corner of front panel, top and tail of spine; other smaller loss along edges.
BLACK WING
Written by George E. Rochester.
Illustrated by John Drever.
Stock no. 2131714
Published by The Epworth Press.
Circa
1951.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. B/w frontis. Spine is bumped with some fading. Page edge browning. A few margin marks. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; piece MISSING along bottom of front panel; a few other smaller bits of loss.
THREE JAYS LEND A HAND
Written by Pat Smythe.
Illustrated by Keith Money.
Stock no. 2131621
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd.
1st
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The seventh adventure of the Three Jays. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Bumps to top and tail of spine. Foxing to outer page edges and wrapper, which is also edge-creased with nicks to corners.
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- CHILDRENS
- HORSE AND PONY STORY
- ADVENTURE
ROBINSON CRUSOE CORAL ISLAND TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Daniel Defoe; R.M. Ballantyne; Robert Louis Stevenson.
Illustrated by John Harcourt Finnie; J.E. Sutcliffe; Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1318496
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press.
Almost very good condition.
Orange cloth, gilt title to spine. Three volumes in one. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Pencil writing (name and address) to front free-endpaper. Endpapers slightly browned, textblock slightly grubby.
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STRANGERS AT SNOWFELL
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Wynne.
Stock no. 1818430
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1st
1949.
Very good condition.
A Jilly Family story. The Jillies start for Scotland but decide to leave the train when it is snowbound at Shap in Westmorland. Grey cloth with silver titles to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 231 pages. SIGNED by the author to half-title page. Faint mottling to front board. Text block lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean.
THE TERROR OF THE SEAS
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Stock no. 2131012
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited.
1st
1927.
Almost very good condition.
Stone cloth with black title to spine, black and orange titles and decoration to front cover. B/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers and outer page edges.
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- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- BOYS ADVENTURE
THE ICE-KING'S DAUGHTER
Written by Sheila K. Mccullagh.
Illustrated by Mary Gernat.
Stock no. 1817675
Published by E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd..
1st
1964.
Good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Dragon Book D2. A reading book. Grey boards, white titles. B/w and colour illustrations. Corners bumped. Contents grubby, some pen marks. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is also grubby and marked, edge-worn with a few tears.
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
Written by Jules Verne.
Illustrated by Robert Ingpen.
Stock no. 2130835
Published by Pavilion.
1st thus
2000.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Superb colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1862054517.
SEVEN WHITE GATES
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 2130765
Published by George Newnes Limited.
1st
1944.
Good condition.
A Lone Pine Story. Red cloth, black titles. Full-page b/w illustrations plus b/w maps to the endpapers. 200 pages. Spine and cover edges are faded; couple of splits to cloth on spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Damp mark to top of some pages next to spine. Foxing and page edge browning.
PEG-LEG AND THE INVADERS
Written by Peter Dawlish.
Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 2130671
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1st
1940.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue/green cloth with black titles and decorations to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Browning to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; chipping and some creasing.