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ON YOUR TOES, SUSIE!
Written by Lee Wyndham.
Illustrated by Gwyneth Mamlok.
Stock no. 1826291
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.
1st
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
After four years of hard training Susie is to dance on her points. A book for all ballet lovers; for little girls who see themselves as great ballerinas but who do not quite understand how hard they must work. Green boards, blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. Minor foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block. Name in ink to front endpaper. One or two margin marks to contents. Pink pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased with a few small closed tears and is a little grubby.
SANDI, THE KING-MAKER
Written by Edgar Wallace.
Stock no. 1826289
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
No. 26 in the Target Series. "Sanders of the River," who with a handful of Houssas, and a steam launch, kept order in a Central African territory larger than Great Britain. As soon as native Chiefs realised that "Sandi" had gone the fat was in the fire. This story stells of his recall and how he restored peace to the land. Red cloth boards, black title to spine. Endpapers and text block browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine, lightly edge-worn and is scuffed and grubby to rear panel.
THE ARMOURER'S HOUSE
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff.
Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1826287
Published by Oxford University Press.
1975.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Oxford Children's Library series. Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. A story of Tudor London. ISBN: 0192770276. Reprint. Pale horizontal glue mark to lower end of boards (caused by the glue on the dustwrapper laminate). Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is clean but creased to rear panel where the publisher's laminate has been attached.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- OXFORD CHILDRENS LIBRARY
'IN THE BEGINNING,' SAID GREAT-AUNT JANE
Written by Helen Bradley.
Illustrated by Helen Bradley.
Stock no. 1826264
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1975.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt titles to front and spine. Large, oblong format. Yellow endpapers. Colour paintings throughout. ISBN: 0224011499. Some foxing present, mainly to text block and rear pastedown. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine and lower edges.
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THE LEADER OF THE LOWER SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil.
Illustrated by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1826261
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1927.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green pictorial cloth, cream titles. Colour frontis plate, 4 b/w plates. 7 x 5". 256 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small split to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning; some foxing. Wrapper spine is very browned with foxing and couple of small pieces of loss to base; grubby marks also to wrapper; some edge-creasing.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
HOW TOM BEAT CAPTAIN NAJORK AND HIS HIRED SPORTSMEN
Written by Russell Hoban.
Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1826257
Published by Walker Books.
1st thus
2013.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Large format. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781406343830. Boars lightly browned and lightly shelf worn at top & tail of spine. Contents clean.
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LAVENDER LEIGH AT THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1325802
Published by Armada.
1st thus
1988.
Very good condition.
Number 19 - Pictorial card wraps, White spine. ISBN: 000692946X. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Spine faded. Contents clean.
THE FIREWORK-MAKER'S DAUGHTER
Written by Philip Pullman.
Illustrated by Nick Harris.
Stock no. 1325794
Published by Doubleday.
1st
1995.
Very good condition.
Lila wants to be a Firework-Maker - she must make the journey to face the terrifying Fire-Fiend! B/w illustrations. Blue glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0385405278. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Pale page edge browning else contents clean.
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THE CHALET SCHOOL AND ROSALIE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1325793
Published by Armada.
1st thus
1987.
Very good condition.
Pictorial card wraps, White spine. ISBN: 0006928498. Slight rubbing to corners. No. 23 written to top of spine.
NO REST FOR BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1325770
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1956.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Large foxspots to endpapers and prelims, smaller foxspots to page edges. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some slight loss to top of spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby and there are large foxspots to verso of wrapper.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
THE HOME-MADE DRAGON AND OTHER INCREDIBLE STORIES
Written by Norman Hunter.
Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 1325768
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1971.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Contains 12 stories set in Incrediblania! Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370012283. A few tiny indentations to cover edges. Light foxing and browning to endpapers and top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at edges.
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- CHILDRENS
- DRAGONS
- ANTHOLOGY - STORY
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
Written by Jonathan Swift.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325766
Published by The Temple Press.
1st thus
1937.
Almost very good condition.
Blue cloth, dark titles to spine and front cover. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 291 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Spine slightly darkened. Foxing to contents.
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