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STORIES FROM HANS ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Illustrated by Agnes Richardson.
Stock no. 1814112
Published by Geographia Ltd..
1923.
Very good condition.
Dark green spine with light green covers with pictorial onlay to front. 7 Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 80 pages. Cloth spine fading, glue to rear of cloth spine becoming dried out. Light uneven fading of cloth. Pictorial onlay clean. Light page browning. All plates present.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
THE SCAPEGRACE OF ST. JIMS
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406919
Published by Spring Books.
1st
1951.
Very good condition in a slightly better than good 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. Bumping to spine and corners. Spine a little faded. Page browning. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some tears. Rear panel is marked. Wrapper is grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
THE SHOPPING BASKET
Written by John Burningham.
Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1208667
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1982.
Very good condition.
A simple story with plenty of bright colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Yellow end papers. Unpaginated. Large format. ISBN: 0224018647. Faint browning to covers and edge of prelims. Two pages have small patch of surface loss, not affecting text or illustrations, else contents near fine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- EARLY READERS
YESTERDAY'S GOLCONDAS
Written by R.H. Bird.
Stock no. 1609360
Published by Moorland Publishing.
1st
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Notable British metal mines. Mottled yellow / orange boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0903485370. Spine and corners bumped. A little foxing. Wrapper spine faded.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- MINING
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
ELLEN AND THE QUEEN
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1507389
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1971.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Ellen felt convinced that she would be the first person to catch sight of Queen Victoria but she was banished from the school party. But she would see her by some means or another. Antelope Book. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 84 pages. Slight wear to lower edges of covers, light browning to top edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with light browning to top of spine and front panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF GROUND-WATER MONITORING
Written by David M. Nielsen.
Stock no. 1814049
Published by Lewis Publishers.
1991.
Very good condition.
A comprehensive reference on the topic of ground-water monitoring. Glazed boards. x and 717 pages including index. ISBN: 0873711246. 2nd printing. Spine sunned. Corners and lower front edge bumped. Spine faded. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- WATER
CHALLENGE TO ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1507348
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited.
1st
1942.
Slightly better than good condition.
A story of the Locketts family. Red cloth. B/w illustrations. Covers grubby and spine faded. A little bumping to spine and corners. 7 in pen to front pastedown. Ink name and writing to verso of front endpaper. Foxing, mainly to text block. Many of the illustrations have been neatly coloured in.
PROBLEM PARTY
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1507346
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head.
1st
1945.
Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
A story of the Lockett family. Peach cloth, green title to spine. B/w illustrations. 214 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to some cover edges. Name in pen to half-title page otherwise contents clean. Pages a bit wrinkled (binding error), Top 1" and bottom half of dustwrapper spine missing, edge worn with some small pieces of loss. Panels and spine browned. Name in pen to top of front flap.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
ELLEN'S BIRTHDAY
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1507345
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1971.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Passionately angry that villagers were no longer allowed to gather firewood from the Earl's wood Ellen decided to take matters into her own hands. Pictorial covers. B/w illustrations. 86 pages. ISBN: 0241020891. Base of spine bumped. Front and rear endpapers MISSING. Erasure mark to top corner of half-title page. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slight loss from top of spine. Laminate lifting in places.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
THE NEST OF THE SCARECROW
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1406791
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited.
1st
1944.
Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.
An exiting adventure involving a remote and lonely bungalow and a cruel sea. Dark red cloth, black titles to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations. 214 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Boards damp stained and a little bowed. Some pink staining to bottom of front pastedown where colour has seeped through from cloth. Name and date to front endpaper. Rear endpapers browned. A little foxing mainly to page edges. Pages are wrinkled. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some tears and small area of loss to top and bottom of spine. Spine and top of rear panel browned. Rear panel is grubby.
THE CIRCUS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton.
Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1406787
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1952.
Almost very good condition.
The seventh book of Enid Blyton's popular "Adventure" series. Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 316 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing to spine and boards. Slight paper damage plus small piece of clear tape to front pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. A few margin mark otherwise contents generally clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ENID BLYTON
- BLYTON ADVENTURE SERIES
- ADVENTURE
- CIRCUS
THUNDER IN THE HEAVENS CLASSIC AMERICAN AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II
Written by Martin Bowman.
Stock no. 2123298
Published by Salamander Books Ltd.
1st
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large square format. Photographs by Patrick Bunce. ISBN: 086101751X. Wrapper is edge-creased.