SCHOOL STORIES
You are viewing stock in the "SCHOOL STORIES" category. We currently have 612 books in this category in stock.
612 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.
THE HEAD OF KAY'S
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Illustrated by T.M.R. Whitwell.
Stock no. 1504928
Published by Adam & Charles Black.
1st
1905.
Almost very good condition.
Red pictorial cloth with white titles to front cover, gilt to spine. 8 b/w plates. 280 pages plus 8 page publication list. Spine bumped and worn with a couple of tiny splits to cloth, also faded. A little bumping and wear to corners and tiny bump to bottom edge of front cover. Both covers are marked, light stain to front cover below title. Small neat ink name and address to top corner of front endpaper. Repaired tear to inside margin of contents page. A couple of hinges cracked. All plates present but two partially detached and crease to corner of plate opposite page 210. Some browning, mainly to half-title page and last page in publication list. Some foxing throughout.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
- SCHOOL STORIES
BILLY BUNTER'S WEMBLEY PARTY
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1504818
Published by Howard Baker Press.
1st thus
1983.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. The Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 88. Issues 856, 857, 861, 870, 871, 872, 878. Includes: Drummed Out of Greyfriars, The Schoolboy Domestics, True Blue, Billy Bunter's Wembley Party, Sir Hilton's Nephew, The Mystery Wreck, The Schoolboy Financier. ISBN: 0703002511. Top of spine bumped. A couple of white marks to covers. A few fox spots to text bock and light page browning. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a faded spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BILLY BUNTER
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
THE HOWARD BAKER EASTER OMNIBUS 1978
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1504812
Published by Howard Baker.
1978.
Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Annual Volume No. 9. Featuring Billy Bunter, Harry Wharton, Tom Merry etc. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001388. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. A couple of indentations to rear cover and white marks to top corner area. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby to top and bottom edges.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- ANNUALS (BOYS)
- BILLY BUNTER
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
- BOYS
WILLIAM-THE BOLD
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2117594
Published by George Newnes Ltd..
1952.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Number 27 in the 'William' series. Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette to front cover. 248pp. B/w illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some dark browning to page edges. Wrapper is very browned to spine, with some fading and scuffing to other panels; creased with edge-tears; repairs with sticky tape to verso.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
BILLY BUNTER IN BRAZIL
Written by Frank Richards.
Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 2117519
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd..
1st
1949.
Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
A trip to Brazil was an unexpected pleasure in the summer holidays. However when they got there they discovered that their host, Brian Mauleverer had disappeared. Peach boards. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is badly torn with chipping and some loss; messy tape repairs to spine and edges.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BILLY BUNTER
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
WILLIAM THE FOURTH
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1404228
Published by George Newnes Limited.
1st
1924.
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth with black titles to front and spine. 250 pages and 2 pages of adverts to rear. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Spine is browned and has a small hole on front joint. Covers are marked. Foxing to prelims and page edges. Some joints are cracked.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
CHILTERN SCHOOL
Written by Mabel Esther Allan.
Stock no. 1404200
Published by The Bemrose Press Limited.
1st
1990.
Very good condition.
Grey cardwraps with b/w illustration and black titles to front cover. 177 pages. SIGNED with inscription to inside of front cover. Corners a little bumped. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- SCHOOL STORIES
ELIZABETH THE GALLANT
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1404171
Published by Thornton Butterworth.
1st
1935.
Almost very good condition.
Elizabeth Felthwaite longs to take part in the struggle against the Roundheads. She is sent to take despatches to the King at Oxford and then onto London where she is caught and imprisoned. Pale green boards with black titles to spine. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned. Uneven fading to covers. Couple of small marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Small erasure mark to top of front endpaper. Pages browned. Foxing mostly to endpapers and page edges, otherwise contents are generally clean. Contained in a photocopy dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
NANCY CALLS THE TUNE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1404139
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1944.
Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Beige cloth, purple title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped. Front joint beginning to crack. Pages are lightly browned. Light foxing mainly to page edges. Dustwrapper is in two halves with the split being at the rear of the spine. The front flap is partially detached and the rear flap has tears along the join. The rear panel is grubby and torn piece of white paper to verso to strengthen it. Loss to top of spine and and front panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
NANCY AT ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1404138
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1933.
Slightly better than good condition.
Cream cloth with black border lines and green swan design to front cover, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cloth at the top of the spine is beginning to split. Board edges lightly rubbed. Spine browned and covers grubby. Both joints are cracked. Endpapers are browned. Foxing throughout which is especially heavy to prelims and last few pages.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE CONQUEST OF CHRISTINA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Illustrated by G.B. Foyster.
Stock no. 1404020
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press.
1st
1909.
Almost very good condition.
Green cloth with pictorial onlays to spine and front cover; decoration borders. Gilt titles to spine. Black titles in gilt title block. Colour frontis and half-title page. B/w illustrations. 343 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Mark to pictorial onlay on front and gilt a little rubbed. Pictorial only on spine is very rubbed as is author's name. Light marks to rear board. Front joint and a few hinges are cracked. Name in ink to top of half title page. Foxing mostly to prelims and page edges. Top edge of text block is a bit grubby. Some fingering otherwise contents generally clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE SCAPEGRACE OF ST. JIMS
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2116566
Published by Spring Books.
1st
1951.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
A very undesirable character can bring disgrace to one of the members of St. Jim's, and a vital cricket match hangs in the balance. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 188 pages. A few marks to covers. Page browning. Wrapper has large creased tear with chips of loss to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- SCHOOL STORIES