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RAIDERS FROM THE BUSH
Written by Wilfrid Robertson.
Stock no. 1325421
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1st
1937.
Good condition.
Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Rear cover slightly grubby. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing throughout.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
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THE NUBA: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE HILL TRIBES IN KORDOFAN
Written by S.F. Nadel.
Stock no. 1825650
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1947.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
This book embraces both anthropological analyses proper - of the Nuba economic system, of kinship organization, of religious beliefs and tribal morality - and the discussion of 'practical' topics such as the policy of Nuba-Arab assimilation, the prospects of native administration in so primitive and heterogeneous a society, and the evolution of a Nuba law adapted to modern conflicts. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge red. Light browning and scuffing to endpapers. Text block browned and dusty. Contents clean. Orange dustwrapper is browned, edge-creased, worn at top of spine, tiny hole to rear edge of spine.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- AFRICA
- SUDAN
- ANTHROPOLOGY
- BLACK INTEREST
PEG-LEG AND THE FUR PIRATES
Written by Peter Dawlish.
Illustrated by Norman Hepple.
Stock no. 1325332
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1939.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Captain Peg-Leg takes his ship into the Arctic seas to find out why certain valuable cargoes of furs have never reached port. Blue cloth. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing. Price-cut wrapper is grubby and slightly worn at spine and corners.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- MYSTERY STORY
- SAILING STORY
DIMSIE MOVES UP
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1325246
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1st
1921.
Good condition.
Pictorial cloth covers. Gilt titles. 4 colour plates. 254 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped, split to top of spine. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to contents. One plate is part detached.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
A GIRL OF THE NORTHLAND
Written by Bessie Marchant.
Stock no. 1325245
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press.
1929.
Almost very good condition.
The New Ensign Series. Colour pictorial boards. 368 pages. Colour frontis. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock, affecting some pages.
THE UPPER FIFTH IN COMMAND
Written by Winifred Darch.
Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1325244
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1934.
Good condition.
The New Ensign Series. Lovely pictorial boards. Colour frontis plate. 256 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Spine has split at edges but is still attached. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock and some pages.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE SECRET OF THE FENS
Written by K. Wallis Coales.
Illustrated by K.W. Coales.
Stock no. 1325242
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1935.
Very good condition.
Pictorial boards. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing.
QUEENS FOR CHOICE
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Stock no. 1325234
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1934.
Good condition.
Colour pictorial boards - illustrated by E.E. Brier. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly browned and rear cover very slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown partially removed. Heavy foxing. Joint between frontis and title-page is cracked showing stitching/webbing beneath.
BETTY LENDS A HAND
Written by Margaret Baines Reed.
Stock no. 1325233
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1932.
Good condition.
Pictorial boards show people stood by car on front cover, black titles. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine is browned and worn, cover edges rubbed. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing throughout, mainly to textblock.
THE TREASURE OF GLENTHORPE PRIORY
Written by Ierne L. Plunket.
Illustrated by Edith Brier.
Stock no. 1325232
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1932.
Very good condition.
Pictorial paper boards. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby, spine is browned and rubbed. Heavy foxing.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
JUST PEGGY
Written by Margaret Stuart Lane.
Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1325228
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1925.
Almost very good condition.
Colour pictorial boards. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 159 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (name has been blotted out). Foxing to contents.
THE HEIR OF A HUNDRED KINGS
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 1325227
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1924.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Pictorial paper boards. Colour frontis and numerous b/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Some hinges cracked. Heavy foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is worn, torn and grubby and browned on verso.