ADVENTURE
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LOST LAGOON
Written by Armstrong Sperry.
Illustrated by ARMSTRONG SPERRY.
Stock no. 1323358
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited.
1st UK
1943.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Pacific Adventure. Green cloth, blue title to spine. 160 pages. B/w text illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Small, neat inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.
SAUCERS OVER THE MOOR
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1323205
Published by George Newnes Ltd..
1st
1955.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A gripping and fast-moving adventure story about the Lone Pine Club set on Dartmoor. Cream boards, red titles. Endpapers show sketch of the Moor. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Neat colouring to the map on the front endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and chipped with very slight loss. Blurb to front flap has I assume a correction pasted to the middle of the blurb (see photo).
SPADES AND FEATHERS
Written by Tyler Whittle.
Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard; Tyler Whittle.
Stock no. 1323186
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1955.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Searching for the lost plate of a ruined Norfolk monastery is the main theme of this story. Peach boards with black title to spine and small avocet vignette to front cover. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers are maps of Crome's Broad. Some slightly bumped. Some very slightly browning to lower cover edges. Small patch of white paper transfer to base of spine (from dustwrapper). Contents are foxed and browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed on verso with damp stains to edges and tape repairs on verso.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- ADVENTURE
- NORFOLK
JACQUELINE RIDES FOR A FALL
Written by Pat Smythe.
Illustrated by J.E. McConnell.
Stock no. 1323171
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd.
1st
1957.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The first story featuring the Three Jays. Green boards, gilt title and small vignette to spine. 5 b/w illustrations. 179 pages. Slight bumping to spine with some fading at top of spine. Endpapers are browned, textblock is foxed. Neat name and address in ink to front free-endpaper, green felt-tip price (50p) to same page. Dustwrapper is foxed, edge worn with some tears, a little grubby and has a pink mark to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- HORSE AND PONY STORY
- ADVENTURE
THE CHANGELING
Written by William Mayne.
Illustrated by Victor Ambrus.
Stock no. 2140268
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards with silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Bumping to base of spine. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.
THE NAMELESS BOAT
Written by M. Pardoe.
Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1322970
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1957.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Mary Gray and the Barnard boys are off for a caravanning holiday on the west coast of Scotland - and to another adventure! Green boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal chipping at top and tail of spine and some rubbing of surface paper too.
BUNKLE AND BELINDA
Written by M. Pardoe.
Illustrated by Julie Neild.
Stock no. 1322968
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. Tiny black spot to centre of front cover. Endpapers browned. Light damp stain to lower corner of textblock and light foxing to textblock. Lower corner tips creased on some pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby.
MIRANGO THE MAN-EATER: A TALE OF CENTRAL AFRICA
Written by C. Dudley Lampen.
Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 2137439
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
1st
1899.
Almost very good condition.
The Narrative of George Pryce, Traveller and Exile, First Writ Down Anno Domini 1706, and Now Retold. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine and red title to front cover. B/w frontis. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; wrinkling to cloth on front cover. Chipping to top and tail of spine. Award plate to front pastedown; browning to endpapers. Frontis has damp marking to margins. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
- CHILDRENS (ANTIQUARIAN)
ERIK THE RED
Written by Donald Ridler.
Stock no. 1322315
Published by William Kimber.
1st
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Atlantic alone in a home-made boat. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 071830392X. Spine bumped. Light browning to endpapers and some foxing to textblock. White dustwrapper is grubby, browned to spine and edge rubbed.
ROBINSON CRUSOE RETOLD FOR LITTLE FOLK
Written by Edith Robarts.
Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 2135788
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1909.
Fair condition.
Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations. Heavy staining to top corner of cover, which goes through to prelims. Smaller stain to bottom. Bookplate to front endpaper. Foxing. Margin marks - couple of pages are starting to come loose, where hinges are cracked. This is a reading copy ONLY!!
THE WORLD OF ICE
Written by R.M. Ballantyne.
Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 2134975
Published by P.R. Gawthorn Ltd..
Circa
1949.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Youth Classics Series. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis. Spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with creasing, chips and tears; some grubby marks.
ADVENTURES OF DICK ONSLOW AMONG THE RED INDIANS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston.
Illustrated by George Soper.
Stock no. 2134724
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press.
Circa
1910.
Good condition.
Red cloth with gilt title/decoration block to spine. Black title and blind decorations to front cover. B/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Damp/splash marks and other marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges, with some to page margins. A few pages have corner creases, including plates.
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- CHILDRENS
- NATIVE AMERICAN
- ADVENTURE