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NO CASTANETS AT THE WELLS
Written by Lorna Hill.
Illustrated by Eve Guthrie.
Stock no. 1323906
Published by Evans Brothers Limited.
1st
1953.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Some marks to rear cover. Endpapers are browned. Some foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners, is a little grubby to rear panel and slightly browned to spine. There is browning to the verso of the wrapper.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- DANCING
- BALLET
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
MASQUERADE AT THE WELLS
Written by Lorna Hill.
Illustrated by Eve Guthrie.
Stock no. 1323905
Published by Evans Brothers Limited.
1st
1952.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Third book in the Sadlers Wells series. Jane wants to be a dancer but her parents want her to be a veterinary surgeon, whilst her cousin Mariella would rather be with animals than train to be a dancer like her mother. The two girsl decide that Jane should masquerade as Mariells at a forth coming audition for the Sadlers Wells company. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 190 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few small, light marks to covers. Endpapers are partly browned. Top edge of textblock is dusty. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with substantial loss on rear panel and some loss to top and tail of spine. Rear panel is also a bit grubby. Wrapper is browned on verso and to spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- DANCING
- BALLET
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
BILLY BUNTER AND THE BLUE MAURITIUS
Written by Frank Richards.
Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1323901
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd..
1st
1952.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Green covers, dark titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 238 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded and foxed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some foxing to textblock, prelims and endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and a little grubby to rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- BILLY BUNTER
- SCHOOL STORIES
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
BILLY BUNTER'S BENEFIT
Written by Frank Richards.
Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1323898
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd..
1st
1950.
Almost very good condition.
Blue cloth, dark blue titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 236 pages plus 4 page book list. Spine and corners bumped. Some spotting to front cover edges. Foxing else contents clean. Joints cracked.
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- CHILDRENS
- BILLY BUNTER
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
BEECHY OF THE HARBOUR SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1323858
Published by Oliphants Ltd..
1st
1955.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, black title to spine and embossed publisher vignette to front board. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name and address in biro to front pastedown. Prize plate and a few ink marks to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned but otherwise clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, torn and creased, large tear to front fold which has been tape repaired on verso. Title of book has been written in ink to front flap of wrapper.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE SCHOOL'S BEST MAN
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear.
Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1323804
Published by Jarrolds Publishers.
1st
1925.
Very good condition.
Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 320 pages. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper by means of a dedication. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name plate and name in ink to front pastedown. Heavy foxing else contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
- PICTORIAL BINDING
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.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- DANCING
- SCHOOL STORIES
- BALLET
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
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)
WILLIAM THE EXPLORER
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1323690
Published by George Newnes Limited.
1st
1960.
Almost very good condition.
Green boards, gilt titles and vignette of William to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Some margin marks and small piece missing from one margin.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
THE NEW HOUSE MISTRESS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1323298
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
1st
1928.
Very good condition.
The Captain Series. Pictorial boards and spine. B/w frontis. 94 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partly browned. Contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
A LEADER IN THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1323297
Published by Armada.
1st PB
1985.
Very good condition.
Pictorial card wraps, White spine. ISBN: 0006925065. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Name and address in belongs to box. Some pale page browning else contents clean.
THE DOWNFALL OF HARRY WHARTON
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2140956
Published by Howard Baker.
1st thus
1971.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 6, containing Magnet Nos 1255-1261 inclusive and No. 1269. Includes: The Complete Outsider, Down on his Luck, Harry Wharton's Downfall, Bounder and Captain, The Swot of the Remove, The Bounder's Folly, Harry Wharton's Enemy, Truants of the Remove. ISBN: 0703000004. Some light tape glue marks to endpapers. Page browning. Wrapper has some light edge-browning and creasing.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
- BILLY BUNTER