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WHEN BEATTY KEPT THE SEAS
Written by Frank H. Shaw.
Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1323785
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd..
1917.
Almost very good condition.
Blue pictorial cloth. 4 colour plates. 312 pages. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Child's heavy pencil inscription to front pastedown. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Foxing. One plate is loose but all still present.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- MILITARY
- MARITIME
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- HISTORICAL STORY
THE WHITE TRAIL
Written by Alexander MacDonald.
Illustrated by William Rainey.
Stock no. 1323783
Published by Blackie And Son Limited.
Circa
1925.
Good condition.
A story of the early days of Klondike. Green pictorial cloth. 8 b/w plates plus a b/w map of the Klondike Goldfields. 392 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn with small split to base of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Page 303 is detatached but still present with slightly ragged edges and a grubby margin at top.
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- CHILDRENS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- CANADA
- HISTORICAL STORY
THE STREAM IN THE WILD WOOD
Written by Dorothy Clewes.
Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1323776
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd..
1st
1946.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Tan cloth, blue titles and large vignette to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 52 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Spine and corners very sightly bumped and some faint spotting to covers. Foxing, mainly to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little grubby, edge chipped and creased and foxed on verso.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
THE VICARAGE CHILDREN IN SKYE
Written by Lorna Hill.
Illustrated by Elizabeth Grant.
Stock no. 1323775
Published by Evans Brothers Limited.
1st
1966.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The third story about the lively King family. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 160 pages. Spine is bumped. A few tiny spots to front cover. Light foxing to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and slightly edge worn.
BABY ANIMALS ON THE FARM AND HOW TO DRAW THEM
Written by Vere Temple.
Illustrated by Vere Temple.
Stock no. 1323773
Published by The Studio.
1st
1941.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A Studio How To Do It Book. Red cloth. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby and edge worn.
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- CHILDRENS
- ART
- ANIMALS (CHILDRENS)
MATTERS OF FACT
Written by Margery Fisher.
Stock no. 1323772
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd..
1st
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Aspects of Non-fiction for Children. Dark brown boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0340035773. Spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little browned at edges.
LOST, STOLEN OR STRAYED
Written by Marion Ashmore.
Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1323771
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode.
1931.
Good condition.
The adventures of an Aberdeen Terrier. Orange cloth, black titles and vignette of Scottie dog to front. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 97 pages. Corners are bumped. Covers are grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing throughout.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- DOGS
- DOGS - TERRIERS
- DOGS (CHILDRENS)
DANCER'S LUCK
Written by Lorna Hill.
Illustrated by Esme Verity.
Stock no. 1323768
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
1st
1955.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The story of a ballet company on a tour which began in London and ended at the Skye Gathering Ball in far-away Portree. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis plate, b/w illustrations. Endpapers are maps of the Island of Skye. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss, evidence of old tape reinforcements to verso. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- DANCING
- SCHOOL STORIES
- BALLET
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
RUPERT ANNUAL 1969
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323764
Published by Daily Express.
1969.
Very good condition.
Colour laminated boards - Rupert sitting on rock looking into stream. 1st story Rupert & the Whistlefish. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped. Light crease to top corner of front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and light page browning else contnets clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- RUPERT ANNUAL
- RUPERT ANNUAL PRE1970
- RUPERT
BILLY BUNTER THE HIKER
Written by Frank Richards.
Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1323763
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd..
1st
1958.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, white titles. Colour frontis plus full-page b/w drawings. 215 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Old sellotape stains to endpapers and dustwrapper flaps. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners with slight loss.
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- CHILDRENS
- BILLY BUNTER
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
RUPERT ANNUAL 1958
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323734
Published by Daily Express.
1958.
Very good condition.
This is the first Rupert annual to be dated on the inside title page. Colour illustrated boards showing Rupert leap-frogging over Bill Badger. First story 'Rupert and the Water-Lily'. 107 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Splits at top and tail of spine. 'B' written in belongs to box, price NOT cut. Colouring contest messily completed. Stamp puzzle unused. Some small margin tears and some fingermarks to margins.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- RUPERT ANNUAL PRE1970
- RUPERT
- RUPERT ANNUAL
FLORA
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Illustrated by Pamela Bianco.
Stock no. 1323730
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company; William Heinemann.
1st
1919.
Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
"This volume grew out of an exhibition of the picture of Pamela Bianco (aged 12) which was held in 1919, they are accompanied by exquisite poems that De La Mare was inspired by them to write". Beautiful colour and b/w pictures. Large format. White boards with grey titles and illustration to front cover. This edition has the small image to page 43. 45 pages. Spine and corners bumped, small dents to lower edges. Some browning to cover edges. Heavy foxing and some browning to contents. Some top edges remain untrimmed from the binding process. Dustwrapper is very worn (as usual) with some loss. Spine is browned and torn with white sticky paper reinforcements to verso.
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- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- ART