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HECTOR PROTECTOR AND AS I WENT OVER THE WATER
Written by Maurice Sendak.
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1318026
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st UK
1967.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Two nonsense nursery rhymes wonderfully illustrated by full-page colour pictures. 7.5 x 8.5". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0370007743. Spine bumped. Light page browning throughout. There is a small damp mark to textblock (but it doens't affect the actual pages). Dustwrapper is lightly browned and is grubby and edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- RHYME
- PICTURE BOOK
THE MYSTERY OF THE WOODEN LEGS
Written by Griselda Gifford.
Illustrated by Barry Wilkinson.
Stock no. 2130664
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1964.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
All Sue could see from the basement flat were the legs and feet of the people walking past. One morning Sue saw something very odd. Two sticks were walking along the pavement followed by four furry paws, the wheels of a tricycle, two small feet in dirty sandals and a rope which twitched. Blue boards with gilt titles to spine and acorn vignette to front. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. Foxing to outer page edges. Light wear to wrapper edges.
JONADAB AND RITA
Written by Shirley Hughes.
Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 2128540
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
2008.
Fine condition.
Toy donkey Jonadab is longing for adventure... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780370329284. This copy would make a wonderful gift.
TIM'S LAST VOYAGE
Written by Edward Ardizzone.
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2128454
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Water-colour and b/w line drawings, many double spread. Pink and green pictorial boards. ISBN: 0370020030. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to prelims. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and nicks.
THE LITTLE STEAMROLLER
Written by Graham Greene.
Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1317584
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1974.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Oblong format, pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0370020235. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Small split to centre of spine (2.5cm). Inscripiton in ink to front free-endpaper. Pale page browning to endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with tear to centre of spine and a few light grubby marks to front panel.
- Categorised in:
- ARDIZZONE
- CHILDRENS
- STEAM ROLLERS
FLUTES AND CYMBALS
Written by Leonard Clark.
Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 2127665
Published by The Bodley Head.
1973.
Very good condition.
Poetry for the young. Large format. Orange pictorial boards. 103 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0370010906. Bumping to a couple of corners and cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
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PUGWASH ALOFT
Written by John Ryan.
Illustrated by John Ryan.
Stock no. 2127232
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1958.
Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Colour pictorial boards. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Some fade marks to spine, which also has 1" loss to top and smaller chips and nicks to base. Joints have been strengthened with white paper tape. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few grubby marks to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges. Binding/stitching is starting to come loose, so that binding is now weak. Wrapper is very torn and chipped with loss, but picture to front panel is still complete.
GOING GANGSTER
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 2125707
Published by John Lane; The Bodley Head.
1st
1940.
Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.
What are they - Kidnappers or Rescuers - the Lockett family find themselves launched upon a most unusual enterprise... Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Decorated endpapers, b/w illustrations, 267 pages. Spine is browned. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn in two pieces down spine, with pieces of loss to spine and edges and corners. Wrapper is also foxed and browned.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
OUTSIDE OVER THERE
Written by Maurice Sendak.
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1815523
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1981.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Ida's baby sister is snatched away by the goblins... Red cloth, gilt titles. Oblong format. Large colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0370304039. A few minor marks to dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
LISTEN TO THIS
Written by Laura Cecil; et al.
Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1814590
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1987.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A collection of 13 stories selected for reading aloud to young children. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370311000. Uneven browning to dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- ANTHOLOGY - STORY
COUNT BAKWERDZ ON THE CARPET
Written by Norman Hunter.
Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 2123587
Published by The Bodley Head.
1st
1979.
Slightly better than very good condition.
And other incredible stories. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations to text. 125 pages. 8 x 5.5". ISBN: 0370301617. Foxing to outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
KING GRISLY-BEARD
Written by Brothers Grimm.
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1507591
Published by The Bodley Head.
1991.
Very good condition.
A Tale From the Brothers Grimm, translated by Edgar Taylor. Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 037002026X. Fading to spine and some cover edges.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES