ADVENTURE
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THE ENTICING STRANGER
Written by J.K. Stunt.
Stock no. 2130284
Published by Victory Press.
1st
1963.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black title to spine. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.
GALLOWAY GAMBLE
Written by John Newsom.
Illustrated by Leslie Wood.
Stock no. 2130042
Published by MacGibbon & Kee.
1st
1951.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Brown cloth with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Small damp mark to rear cover. Wrapper is torn and creased with chips and marks; some loss; damp mark to rear panel.
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THE CONDOR CRAGS ADVENTURE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2129551
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited.
1st
1954.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Godfrey Chudleigh paying one of his annual visits to the Argentine didn't expect that the family's possession of an Inca treasure would lead to his own kidnapping! Pale blue boards with dark blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 204 pages. Spotting to covers. Page browning and some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few closed tears and chips; a little loss to a couple of corners.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- ADVENTURE
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
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THE SAINT BRIDE BLUE
Written by Sybil Burr.
Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 2129550
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
1st
1956.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue covers. B/w illustrations. Marks to outer page edges. Cellophane has been put to cover the book - but has been stuck using sticky tape - so wrapper is stuck to book at pastedowns and edges. Some chipping at edges of cellophane.
GREEN TRAIL
Written by Shirley Faulkner-Horne.
Illustrated by Peter Biegel.
Stock no. 1816525
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd..
1st
1947.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth with red title label and gilt title to spine. Full-page b/w illustrations. 189 pages. The exciting story of the Paisley children who set out to outwit a gang of crooks. A few marks to boards. Light browning to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is Rubbed at edges, slightly faded to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.
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. 2125672
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 is bumped and faded with browning. Front cover is a bit bowed, with fading to edges. Rear cover also has fading to edges. Page browning.
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- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- BOYS
- ANTHOLOGY - STORY
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE
Written by Daniel Defoe.
Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 1814790
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd..
Very good condition.
"The Sunshine Series". Pictorial boards, cloth spine. 16 colour plates. 128 pages. 10 x 7.25". Tape marks and surface paper damage to lower spine and gutter edgesx. Corners worn. Spine browned.
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- CHILDRENS
- SUNSHINE SERIES
- ADVENTURE
CHALLENGE TO ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1507348
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head.
1st
1942.
Slightly better than good condition.
A story of the Locketts family. Red cloth. B/w illustrations. Covers grubby and spine faded. A little bumping to spine and corners. 7 in pen to front pastedown. Ink name and writing to verso of front endpaper. Foxing, mainly to text block. Many of the illustrations have been neatly coloured in.
THE CIRCUS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton.
Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1406787
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1952.
Almost very good condition.
Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 316 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing to spine and boards. Slight paper damage plus small piece of clear tape to front pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. A few margin mark otherwise contents generally clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- ENID BLYTON
- BLYTON ADVENTURE SERIES
- ADVENTURE
- CIRCUS
MINE JUNE 1936
Written by Stephen King-Hall.
Stock no. 1609230
Published by Hazell Watson & Viney Ltd..
1936.
Very good condition.
Card wraps, orange titles. A monthly publication including air and sea adventure stories. Covers browned, edges rubbed and with some small tears. Book has tobacco smell.
WINGS OVER THE AMAZON
Written by David T. Lindsay.
Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 2123196
Published by John Hamilton Ltd..
Almost very good condition.
The Ace Series. Blue boards, black title to spine. 222 pages. 4 b/w plates. The Ace Series title list to two pages at rear. Spine is faded and marked. Uneven fading to cover edges. Corners are bumped. Some marks to endpapers. Foxing and browning to pages. Book affected by tobacco odour.
THE AIR CROOK AT ROOFONTEIN
Written by G. Gibbard Jackson.
Stock no. 2123130
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd..
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth with black titles and decorations. B/w frontis. An Air Adventure For Boys. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small nick to top of spine, which is also faded. Name partially rubbed out to front pastedown. Front endpaper is creased. Grubby marks to outer page edges. Book affected by tobacco odour.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- ADVENTURE
- AIRCRAFT (CHILDRENS)