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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR SCOUTS 2ND YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; John Martin; W. Percival Westell; Harold Avery; et al.
Illustrated by Savile Lumley; N. Sotheby Pitcher; H.M. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1324762
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
Circa
1920.
Very good condition.
Green pictorial front board shows a boy scout in shorts with a union jack flag and a castle in the background. First story is "Hogmanay Camp" by Martin. 4 colour plates. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Some wear to cover edges. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Name in ink in belongs to box. Endpapers are browned. Heavy foxing to textblock and some page margins.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- ANNUALS (BOYS)
- SCOUTS
- BOYS
THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF LMS STANDARD COACHING STOCK I
Written by David Jenkinson; Bob Essery.
Stock no. 1825050
Published by Haynes Publishing Group.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Volume I: General Introduction and Non-Passenger Vehicles. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0860934500. Light wear to board corners. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- LMS (RAILWAYS)
- ROLLING STOCK
A PASSION FOR STEAM
Written by Marc Horovitz.
Stock no. 1825047
Published by Atlantic Publishers.
1st
2008.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Small scale steam locomotives and how they work. Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781902827186. Corners very lightly rubbed. Tiny closed tear to top of half-title page. Rear endpaper creased on the diagonal to top corner, imprinting a light diagonal mark across top of index page. Otherwise contents fine. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine and a little scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- STEAM ENGINES
- LOCOMOTIVES
- MODEL RAILWAYS
THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Thora Stowell; Jessie Pope; et al.
Illustrated by E.E. Brier; A.H. Watson; May Smith; et al..
Stock no. 1324758
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
Very good condition.
Pictorial boards and spine. Front board shows two children on a swing "ever so high!". First story is "Six and Twenty Fairy Cows". Colour frontis. B/w and two-tone illustrations to text. Spine slightly bumped. Mark to top edge of front cover. Light foxing to textblock. Some hinges cracked and pulled but binding still tight.
THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Jocelyn Oliver; M.A. Peart; Natalie Joan; et al.
Illustrated by E.E. Brier; M.D. Johnston; A.H. Watson; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324757
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
Circa
1935.
Very good condition.
Pictorial boards, front shows children in sailing boat "happy days". Colour frontis. B/w and 3-tone text illustrations. First story is "One Last Ride". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Some hinges pulled and cracked but binding still tight.
THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Margaret Baker; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; et al.
Illustrated by Grace Lodge; H.R. Millar; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324756
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1929.
Very good condition.
Pictorial boards and spine. Front board showing "Our Ship". Colour frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations. First story is The Fairy Tree. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine slightly browned. Some hinges pulled. A little foxing to contents, mainly at page edges.
THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; et al.
Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1324755
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1926.
Almost very good condition.
Pictorial boards and spine. Front board showing "The Swing". Colour frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations. First story: The Mill Wheel. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Covers are grubby. Inscription in pencil to verso of frontis. Hinges pulled but binding still tight. Foxing to contents.
THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Illustrated by Florence Harrison; M.A. Peart; May Smith; et al..
Stock no. 1324754
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1928.
Good condition.
Pictorial paper boards entitled 'Fairy Lights' shows children with Chinese lanterns. Colour frontis by Florence Harrison plus b/w and two-tone illustrations (one or two by F.Harrison). Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned. Rear cover is grubby. Browning and foxing to contents. Some pencil colouring to endpapers, especially rear endpapers. One b/w illustration has been coloured in with watercolours. Hinges pulled but binding still tight. Name in heavy pencil to rear free-endpaper.
THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; K. Wallis Coales; M.I.K. Carruthers; Jocelyn Oliver; et al.
Illustrated by K.W. Coales; Mary S. Reeve; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324753
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
Very good condition.
Pictorial boards and spine. Scene shows a girl on a white horse "in the paddock". Colour frontis, b/w and 3-tone text illustrations. First story is "The Little Girl Who Put Her Tongue Out". Spine bumped. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Some light marks to covers. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Cracke between frontis and title-page else contents clean.
YARROW AND COMPANY LIMITED: THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS
Written by Alastair Borthwick.
Stock no. 1825041
Published by Yarrow And Company.
1st
1965.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of the shipbuilding company 1865-1965. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt titles and crest to front. B/w photos and illustrations. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is a little grubby and edge-worn.
- Categorised in:
- MARITIME
- COMPANY HISTORY
- SCOTLAND
THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey; Anne Anderson; Alan Wright; et al..
Stock no. 1324752
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1925.
Good condition.
Pictorial boards and spine. Scene shows two children with kites "on the hilltop". Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. First story is "Lennie the Woodman". Spine is bumped and browned with damage at top (split and slight loss of surface paper). Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight. Some foxing to contents.
NARRATIVE OF THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND
Written by H.W. Fawcett; G.W.W. Hooper.
Stock no. 1825034
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office.
1st
1924.
Good condition.
A collection of personal narratives largely based on notes made during the action, compiled by Lieutenants H.W. Fawcett and G.W.W. Hooper. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front. 45 diagrams, some folding. A few minor marks to boards, edges of boards lightly rubbed. Text block browned. Endpapers browned and crinkled. Some hinges pulled. All diagrams present - diagram 22 bound in upside down. Some foxing to contents.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- MARITIME
- NAVY