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THE WANDERERS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston.
Stock no. 1324685
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons.
1897.
Very good condition.
The Kingston Library For Boys. Dark red pictorial cloth with gilt to spine and front cover. Colour frontis and title page plus b/w plates. 392 pages. Green floral decorated endpapers. Spine bumped, corners slightly rubbed. Some light scuffing to cloth. Small ink name stamp and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Heavy foxing to textblock, some foxing to prelims.
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- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- PICTORIAL BINDING
STRANGERS IN THE LAND
Written by Ethel F. Heddle.
Illustrated by Harold Copping.
Stock no. 1324682
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1904.
Very good condition.
Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 8 b/w plates. 383 pages. Top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped. Some light scuffing to covers. Prize-plate to front pastedown has been mostly removed (leaving evidence of glue residue). A few foxspots to page margins else contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
A LIVELY BIT OF THE FRONT
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1324679
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Very good condition.
Blue pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. A tale of the New Zealand Rifles on the Western Front. Spine and corners bumped. Some light scuffing and a light mark to rear cover. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to textblock.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- WAR STORIES
FLIGHT TWO: CANADA
Written by David Scott Daniell.
Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1324673
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd..
1st
1959.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Ladybird Series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. A super copy in bright wrapper which is just a little rubbed at top edges and very faintly foxed.
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- CHILDRENS
- LADYBIRD
- LADYBIRD 587 TRAVEL
- CANADA
KING OF THE SKY
Written by Nicola Davies.
Illustrated by Laura Carlin.
Stock no. 1824964
Published by Walker Books Ltd.
1st
2017.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Starting a new life in a new country, a young boy feels lost and along - till he meets an old man who keeps racing pigeons. Together they pin their dreams on a race across Euorpe and the special bird they hope can win it: King of the Sky. A moving story about the meaning of home. Large oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781406348613. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly grubby.
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- CHILDRENS
- PIGEON-RACING
- PIGEONS
KENNY & THE DRAGON
Written by Tony Diterlizzi.
Illustrated by Tony Diterlizzi.
Stock no. 1824953
Published by Simon & Schuster.
1st
2008.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Kenny is a little rabbit with a very big problem... Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 151 pages. B/w text illustrations throughtout. ISBN: 9781847384072. Text block foxed else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top & tail of spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- DRAGONS
- RABBITS (CHILDRENS)
A TREASURY OF KATE GREENAWAY
Written by Kate Greenaway.
Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1824950
Published by Robert Frederick Ltd..
1st thus
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A collection of extracts from favourites by Greenaway (including Apple Pie, Mother Goose, Under the Window etc). Large format. Title to boards is A Treasury of Kate Greenaway Stories. White pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 265 pages, printed on yellow paper. ISBN: 0907789137. Two or three pages has a tiny closed tear to lower margin. Else a fine copy.
THE MICE AND THE FLYING BASKET
Written by Rodney Peppe.
Illustrated by Rodney Peppe.
Stock no. 1824949
Published by Viking Kestrel.
1st
1985.
Very good condition.
The mice who live in a shoe are in trouble. The earn their living making baskets for D. Rat the junk merchant but it is very hard work and they are paid so little. So they try to think of other ways to make money and decide to build a flying basket and learn to fly! Slim format. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations and little text. ISBN: 0670801909. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. A few minor marks to front board. Contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- MICE
- PICTURE BOOK
KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
Written by Anthony Mockler.
Illustrated by Nick Harris.
Stock no. 1824946
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1984.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Oxford illustrated classics. Blue boards, gilt titles. Full page colour and B/W illustrations. 294 pages. ISBN: 019274531X. Lower corners and base of spine lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- OXFORD ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS
- HISTORICAL STORY
THE SWORD OF FREEDOM
Written by Charles Gilson.
Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324666
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1912.
Almost very good condition.
A tale of the English Revolution. Brown pictorial coth with gilt titles. 6 colour plates. xi + 420 pages. Spine bumped. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked showing webbing beneath. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.
THE CHANCELLOR'S SPY
Written by Tom Bevan.
Illustrated by Richard Tod.
Stock no. 1324665
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons.
Circa
1920.
Almost very good condition.
A vivid picture of life in the reign of Henry the eighth. Green pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 2 colour plates. 263 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing and page browning. Some hinges pulled.
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- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
- PICTORIAL BINDING
UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 1324664
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Fair condition.
Blue pictorial cloth. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. A Naval story of the Great War. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few light marks to covers. Name plate to front pastedown, name and address in pencil to front free-endpaper. Hinges pulled and joints cracked causing contents to be a little loose. Frontis has been re-inserted with tape which has now browned with age. Unfortunately 2 of the b/w plates are MISSING.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- WAR STORIES