ADVENTURE
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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.
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THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1804578
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1943.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
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". Pale grease stain to lower edge of spine & boards. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Pale grease type stain to lower gutter edge of pages at rear half of contents. Pictorial wrapper is lightly worn at corners with slight loss, browned at spine and rear panel.
OUTLAWS IN BLUE VALLEY
Written by Dorothy Burdett.
Stock no. 1704288
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1949.
Almost very good condition.
Yellow cloth. Colour frontis. Spine faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.
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CASTAWAY CAMP
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Charlotte Hough.
Stock no. 1305435
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1951.
Almost very good condition.
Red boards. Black titles and vingettes. Illustrated end papers. B/w illustrations to text. Colour frontis. 208 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers and spine slightly discoloured. Contents clean.
WINNING THE PRIZE
Written by Amy Whipple.
Stock no. 1205484
Published by The Religious Tract Society.
Circa
1926.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Brown with black titles and large pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper torn and edge-chipped and repaired with tape.
TRIXY AND HER TRIO
Written by L.E. Tiddeman.
Illustrated by Bertram Gilbert.
Stock no. 1804553
Published by Jarrolds.
Circa
1924.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis. Covers faded, corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.
MAIDS OF THE MERMAID
Written by E.E. Cowper.
Illustrated by Dudley Tennant.
Stock no. 1804542
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1920.
Very good condition.
Beige pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. A story of adventure on the coast of England. Corners bumped. All plates present.
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THE THIN GREY MAN
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Desmond Knight.
Stock no. 1305037
Published by MacMillan.
1st
1966.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Crown Books Series. Grey/blue/black pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Light browning to half title-page and last text page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some small tears and some slight loss, mainly top and tail of spine, there is a vertical crease to front flap.
CHALLENGE TO ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1204205
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head.
1st
1942.
Very good condition.
A story of the Locketts family. Red cloth. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded. Light crease to rear cover.
AUGUST ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1204166
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1936.
Very good condition.
Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Five children in a caravan, and a horse between its shafts, in pursuit of an absent-minded aunt whose address they didn't exactly know! A story of the Lockett family. Edges are worn. Corners are bumped. Some foxing.
THE BUCKINGHAMS AT RAVENSWYKE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 1303035
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. Spine and corners bumped, a few marks to covers. Small dent to edge of front cover. A small brown spot to edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly edge worn, faded to spine.
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THE ENCHANTED UNCLE
Written by Christian Tunstall.
Illustrated by Doris Pailthorpe.
Stock no. 1701554
Published by Silas Birch Limited.
1924.
Very good condition.
Green cloth with dark titles and image of armoured hero surrounded by children. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author with personal dedication to front endpaper. Some foxing.