ADVENTURE
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GIMLET COMES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326096
Published by University of London Press Ltd..
1949.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Peach boards, black titles and stag vignette to front. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 186 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing else a clean copy. Dustwrapper is worn and torn, grubby to white spine and rear panel and large section missing to lower edge of rear panel. Small patch of surface paper damage to front panel.
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- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
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THE SWALLOWS & AMAZONS ADVENTURES (6 VOLUME SET)
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome; Nancy Blackett.
Stock no. 1325977
Published by Jonathan Cape.
2005.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Boxed set of 6 of the 'Swallows & Amazons' titles: Swallows and Amazons; Swallowdale; Peter Duck; Pigeon Post; We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea; The Picts and the Martyrs. Spines of books and dustwrappers slightly bumped else a fine set. Contained in green slipcase which has some slight surface paper damage to lower edge.
BUNKLE SCENTS A CLUE
Written by M. Pardoe.
Illustrated by Pamela Kemp.
Stock no. 1325858
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul.
1st
1953.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Blue boards, white title block to spine & vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly faded at top and tail. Endpapers lightly browned. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss, two large sections of loss to edges of rear panel. Printed price on front flap has been covered with a 'new' price sticker (showing 60p 12s).
BUNKLE AND BELINDA
Written by M. Pardoe.
Illustrated by Julie Neild.
Stock no. 1325857
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul.
1st
1948.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, black title label and author name to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink and a Xmas sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers partially browned. Very pale foxing to textblock. Covers and contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge chipped with minimal loss, has a couple of small biro marks to rear panel and a large tear to top edge of front panel (which has been repaired using a white label on verso).
THE MYSTERY OF CONSOLE WOOD
Written by L.E.O. Charlton.
Stock no. 1325815
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1948.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Two boys in a helicopter fly their way through a thrilling and novel adventure. Green cloth, black titles with vignette to front cover. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. 6 b/w illustrations and two colour plates. 220 pages, top edge dyed brown. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing else clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss, grubby to rear panel and has some pencil prices written to front flap (printed price covered with green crayon).
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- ADVENTURE
- HELICOPTERS
THREE JAYS GO TO ROME
Written by Pat Smythe.
Illustrated by Keith Money.
Stock no. 1826286
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd.
1st
1960.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The sixth adventure of the Three Jays. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Boards clean and bright. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to text block. A little (very minor) grubbiness to prelims. Some top corner creases (where page has been turned over to mark position in book). Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at edges, has a few small stains, surface paper loss to spine andlower front panel, a little grubby to rear panel. Sounds much worse than it is.
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- HORSE AND PONY STORY
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WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1325458
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine and blind title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers, b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0224021230. Spine very slightly bumped. Rear panel of wrapper is slightly grubby, slight rubbing to wrapper edges.
MYSTERY MINE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Terry Freeman.
Stock no. 1325441
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2011.
Nearly fine condition.
The 12th Lone Pine story set in the Yorkshire moors. Cardwraps. 278 pages. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 9781847451200. Minimal rubbing to corners and a tiny mark to textblock else a fine copy.
DEERSLAYER OR, THE FIRST WAR-PATH
Written by James Fenimore Cooper.
Stock no. 1325266
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1899.
Very good condition.
Blue decorated cloth with gilt titles. 252 pages plus 8 page booklist. B/w frontis. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name plate and a small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.
THE SKY TRACKERS
Written by John E. Gurdon.
Illustrated by S. Drigin.
Stock no. 1325229
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1931.
Almost very good condition.
Warne's Adventure Library. Cream boards with blue titles and colour vignettes. 156 pages. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, spine very slightly grubby. Fore-edge of front cover is worn. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked. Some foxing to contents.
A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1325224
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1924.
Good condition.
Colour pictorial paper boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 160 Pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some grubby marks to endpapers. Textblock is foxed, also affecting page margins. Some hinges are pulled.
THE SILVER BLIMP
Written by Leo Walmsley.
Stock no. 1325218
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
Circa
1931.
Almost very good condition.
A Story of Adventure in the African Tropics. Orange cloth with black titles and illustration. B/w frontis. 320 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some childish writing in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock and page margins.