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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.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ENID BLYTON
- BLYTON ADVENTURE SERIES
- ADVENTURE
- CIRCUS
THE HOUSE IN HIDING
Written by Elinor Lyon.
Illustrated by Elinor Lyon.
Stock no. 1507273
Published by Fidra Books.
1st thus
2006.
Fine condition.
Pictorial cardwraps. 4 colour plates and some b/w text illustrations. 268 pages. Includes a short autobiographical introduction by the author. ISBN: 0955191017. A new unread copy.
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.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- ADVENTURE
- AIRCRAFT (CHILDRENS)
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S EVE
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by Herbert J. Draper.
Stock no. 1406634
Published by Blackie & Son.
Very good condition.
Dark green pictorial boards. 12 b/w plates plus map of France. 384pp plus Blackie's Book List. A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. Early reprint. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing especially to endpapers and booklist pages. Ticks to illustration list. Plates all present and in very good condition.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- ADVENTURE
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- HISTORICAL STORY
STORIES OF ALPINE ADVENTURE AND BALLOON ADVENTURE
Written by Frank Mundell.
Illustrated by Frank Dadd; et al..
Stock no. 1506647
Published by The Sunday School Union.
Slightly better than good condition.
Two volumes in one book. Pale green cloth with tan titles and decorative vignette to front cover, gilt title block with black titles and decoration to spine. B/w plates and text illustrations. 158 pages for each volume. Spine bumped, worn and browned with two small splits to top edge. A little bumping and wear to corners. Covers grubby, small dark mark to front cover. Front joint badly cracked between title page and frontis, webbing showing. Hinges cracked causing binding to feel a little loose. Browning to endpapers and page edges. Foxing, mainly to endpapers.
POCOMOTO - BRONCO BUSTER
Written by Rex Dixon.
Illustrated by Jack Harman.
Stock no. 1506265
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
1st
1953.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Pocomoto and Elmer, an old-timer bronco buster, set off to recapture a stallion which has broken loose and taken over the leadership of a wild horse herd. Red boards, dark titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. 216 pages. Base of spine and top corners bumped. Small white mark to base of spine. Name, address and date in ink to front endpaper. Small bookseller's label to rear endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and text block, especially top edge of text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss from top of spine and folds, small tear to base of front panel and a grubby rear panel. A little wear to spine, light foxing/browning on verso.
THE CHESTERFIELD GOLD
Written by Roger Pilkington.
Illustrated by Piet Klaasse.
Stock no. 1506207
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1957.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The Branxome family and their boat, Dabchick, find themselves in foreign waters, and involved in an exciting adventure full of mystery and thrills. Orange cloth covers with blue titles and vignettes. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Spine a little bumped and very slightly browned. Lower corners bumped. Ink inscription to front pastedown, contents otherwise clean. A little light foxing to text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped and browned to edges and rear panel with some foxing.
THE ADVENTURES OF SAMUEL AND SELINA
Written by Jean C. Archer.
Illustrated by Jean C. Archer.
Stock no. 1316133
Published by Grant Richards.
1st
1902.
Very good condition.
Small format. The Dumpy Books For Children Series No. 13. Green cloth with dark green titles and borders. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners just a little bumped and rubbed. Some light browning to spine. Endpapers lightly browned. A couple of hinges are slightly pulled else contents are bright, clean and tight.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- DUMPY BOOK
- ADVENTURE
THE MASTER OF MARYKNOLL
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 1405710
Published by Evans Brothers Limited.
1st
1950.
Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.
An exciting story following the Buckingham's, set in Ludlow and Hereford. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A little surface paper damage to both pastedowns. Foxing to page edges. Light brown marks to pages 42 & 43. Dustwrapper has been stuck to brown paper. Edge worn and chipped. Mark to bottom of front flap.Wrapper is grubby.