ADVENTURE
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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.
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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.
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- 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.