The Children's Book Club
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CHANGE AT MAYTHORN
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1326209
Published by The Children's Book Club.
1963.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Little Maythorn is a quiet country railway station and for Mike and his family it is a case of 'All Change' when his father becomes the station master there. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 215 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby to rear panel (small drink stain to rear panel).
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
WORLDS OF WONDER
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326197
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1962.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The inhabitants of the planet Krona are saved from unscrupulous space invaders from without and another deadly peril from within. Green boards. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped, small dent to lower edge of front cover. Textblock is foxed and slightly grubby. Old price in pencil has been erased from front free-endpaper (but still visible). Dustwrapper is worn, rear panel is grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- JOHNS SPACE SERIES
- SCIENCE FICTION
WHERE THE GOLDEN EAGLE SOARS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Colin Gibson.
Stock no. 1326196
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1960.
Good condition.
A story of lovers of nature about wildlife in the Highlands of Scotland. Beige boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Felt-tip '177' and ink school stamp to front pastedown, ink stamp also to rear pastedown. Foxing to textblock.
WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326164
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations to text. 248 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly darkened at edges and slightly spotted. Child's name in pencil to front pastedown. Light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is well worn and creased with large amount of loss to top of rear panel. Loss also to top of spine and across top front panel. Price has been torn from front flap.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
BIGGLES TAKES IT ROUGH
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326145
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1963.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. Front endpapers are maps of the island of Tola. No other illustrations despite accreditation to Leslie Stead. 184 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, tiny nick to centre of spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
THE LONG PASSAGE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 1826857
Published by The Children's Book Club.
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Buckingham story. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Text block a little grubby with some minor foxing. Light browning to free endpapers. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby to rear panel, browned to spine, lightly worn at corners.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
BIGGLES AND THE PLANE THAT DISAPPEARED
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1326091
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1963.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 159 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Book plate to front free-endpaper. Small, black mark to lower corner of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel.
BIGGLES AND THE LOST SOVEREIGNS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326030
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1964.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 184 pages. Spine and corners bumped, some fading to top and tail of spine. Some erased pencil writing to front free-endpaper, red felt-tip '70' to top corner of same page. Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss to spine, rear panel is slightly grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
WORLDS OF WONDER
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326027
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1962.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The inhabitants of the planet Krona are saved from unscrupulous space invaders from without and another deadly peril from within. Green boards. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Old tape marks to endpapers and to flaps of dustwrapper. Erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper (old pricing). Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- JOHNS SPACE SERIES
- SCIENCE FICTION
THE MAN WHO VANISHED INTO SPACE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326026
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1963.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Another adventure of the spacecraft Tavona in the Great Unknown. Light blue boards, black title to spine. No illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at edgeds, white rear panel is a bit grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- JOHNS SPACE SERIES
- SCIENCE FICTION
BIGGLES AND THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326024
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Biggles & Co. are on a trail of a yacht that sailed away and never came back. Blue boards, black titles. Not illustrated. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel with biro doodle mark to edge.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326017
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Circa
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Pale blue boards. Dark titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light fingermarks else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and slightly grubby on white rear panel.