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THE EAGLE BOOK OF CUTAWAYS
Written by L. Ashwell Wood; Denis Gifford.
Stock no. 1830846
Published by Webb & Bower.
1st
1988.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The first book to bring together a selection of the best of the painstakingly accurate technical drawings that ran across the centre spreads of the Eagle comic for more than a decade. Oblong format. Red boards, black title to spine and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. 95 pages. ISBN: 0863502857. Light rubbing to lower board edges. Minor foxing and browning to top edge of text block. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is foxed to verso (not visible to front), has a 2" closed tear to lower edge of front panel repaired to verso with clear tape, lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- EAGLE ANNUAL AND RELATED
- TRANSPORT
COPS AND ROBBERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg.
Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330617
Published by William Heinemann.
1st
1978.
Very good condition.
On Christmas Eve while children sleep the scallyway robbers prowl and creep... Glazed pictorial boards. Lively colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434925012. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Indentation to top edge of rear cover. Some light/faint scoremarks to covers. Foxing throughout. A couple of hinges pulled but binding still tight.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
THE JENNINGS COMPANION
Written by Anthony Buckeridge; David Bathurst.
Stock no. 1330616
Published by Summersdale.
1st
1995.
Almost very good condition.
Red pictorial cardwraps. Fossilised fish hooks! Crystallised cheesecakes! This book is the definitive companion volume to the 25 Jennings titles that appeared between 1950 and 1995. ISBN: 1873475497. Covers are edge rubbed and lightly creased. Page edges are lightly browned and wrinkled (possibly affected by damp?). Textblock is well thumbed.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- REFERENCE
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
THE MIDNIGHT HORSE
Written by Monica Edwards.
Stock no. 1330615
Published by John Goodchild.
1st thus
1984.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Romney Marsh story. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 204 pages. Revised edition. ISBN: 0863910076. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Slight fading to base of spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and rubbed to head and tail.
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- CHILDRENS
- HORSE AND PONY STORY
- KENT
- SOUTH EAST UK
THE CORN DOLLY
Written by Margaret Elliot.
Illustrated by Colin Dunbar.
Stock no. 1330612
Published by Abelard-Schuman.
1st
1976.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Grasshopper Book. Susan and her brother Jack find a corn dolly which has powers for good, which are tested to the utmost when the enemy struck. An unusual adventure story based on folk lore of the English countryside. Bright green boards, gilt title to spine. 128 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0200723715. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Very pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge rubbed. Light fading to wrapper spine.
THE MYSTERY AT THE CHALET SCHOOL WITH ROBIN HEEDS THE CALL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Sheena Wilkinson; Susanne Brownlie.
Stock no. 1330611
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2014.
Very good condition.
Mystery At was originally published in "The Chalet Book For Girls" (1947) and Robin Heeds is a novella about when Robin realises she has to answer God's call to be a nun. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations to Mystery At. ISBN: 9781847451804. Minimal creasing to corners and light rubbing to edges. A couple of tiny marks to textblock. Some page corner tips lightly creased.
RUN AWAY HOME
Written by Elinor Lyon.
Illustrated by Elinor Lyon.
Stock no. 1330610
Published by Fidra Books.
1st thus
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Originally published in 1953 by Hodder & Stoughton. Cream cardwraps. 199 pages. ISBN: 9781906123048. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Tiny indentation to lower edge of textblock. A few page corner tips lightly creased. A super copy.
THE ELUSIVE GRASSHOPPER
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1330609
Published by George Newnes Limited.
1st
1951.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The 6th Lone Pine book, set against a real background of Romney Marsh. Cream cloth, red titles. Endpapers are maps of Romney Marsh. B/w illustrations. 248 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight browning to top and tail of spine. Very pale foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some slight loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.
SEVEN WHITE GATES
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1330607
Published by George Newnes Ltd..
7th
1950.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
The second book in the Lone Pine series. Beige cloth, gilt titles and Lone Pine vignette. Endpapers are maps. 248 pages. Spine and corners bumped with a little browning. Foxing to prelims and textblock. Child's name and address written to half title-page. Dustwrapper is well worn and torn with quite substantial loss to spine and some loss at edges. Old tape repairs to wrapper folds. Foxing and some grubbiness to wrapper.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- LONE PINE
- ADVENTURE
- SHROPSHIRE
LONE PINE FIVE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1330606
Published by George Newnes Limited.
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, black titles and pine tree vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss and neat repairs on verso. Rear panel is a bit grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- LONE PINE
- ADVENTURE
- SHROPSHIRE
FOUR-AND-TWENTY BLACKBIRDS
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Lilian Buchanan.
Stock no. 1330605
Published by George Newnes Limited.
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A delightful story with the Sussex Downs as background, in which the Grays move from the Midlands to open a cafe in a little town near to the sea. Orange boards, black title to spine. 159 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in red ink to front endpaper has been partially erased. Some page edge browning and foxing. Price-cut dustwrapper is just a little edge worn with a small brown mark to top edge of front flap.
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- CHILDRENS
TREASURE AT THE MILL
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Harry Pettit.
Stock no. 1330604
Published by George Newnes.
1st
1957.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
When John Adams discovered Sprig Valley Mill it was empty: he often went there to play in the deserted garden and take the boat across the pond to an island. Suddenly all changed. The Mill was sold and although the new owners became his friends eager to help him, someone else - an enemy - was also after the hidden treasure. Orange boards. B/w illustrations. 152 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Page browning and foxing throughout else contents clean. One page is detached but still present (61/2). Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, creased and torn with neat tape repairs on verso.