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THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF EMMA
Written by Dorothy Ann Lovell.
Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1502365
Published by Faber & Faber Limited.
4th
1944.
Slightly better than good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Emma is a royal doll. She tires of life in a museum and tries to escape. Yellow cloth, black picture and titles. B/w illustrations. 163 pages. Bumping to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers are grubby with some stains. Marks/grubby fingermarks to endpapers and contents. Pages are lightly browned and there are a few fox spots. Book leans to one side a little. Dustwrapper has a large area of loss from the front panel and loss from the top of spine area. Grubby and edge chipped..
BETTY'S LAMB
Written by Lawson Wood.
Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1402428
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd..
Very good condition.
Pictorial cardwraps. Small format. Top of book is shaped like the lamb's head and back. Full colour illustration to middle pages. Two tone illustrations. Unpaginated A little wear to cove edges. Small split to top of spine. New staples. Small piece of tape stuck to inner margin of a couple of pages. A little foxing to page edges, otherwise contents are generally clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- LAMBS (CHILDRENS)
- SHAPED BOOKS
THE GIPSY CHILDREN
Written by Christine Pullein-Thompson.
Illustrated by Janet Duchesne.
Stock no. 1402424
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1962.
Slightly better than good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The story of Ana and Georgie, gipsy children and their adventures after they crept away from their family one moonlit night on an errand of mercy. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. A Reindeer book. 112 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Board edges a little browned. Front endpaper creased. Library stamp to rear endpaper. Some hinges are cracked. A few small tears to bottom of pages. Foxing and some grubby marks to cntents. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn and chipped. Spine is faded. A little browning to edges and verso. A couple of grubby marks.
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DAMIEN, THE LEPERS' FRIEND
Written by John R. Milsome.
Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1402418
Published by Burns & Oates.
1st
1965.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The story of Father Damien, whom Robert Louis Stevenson was to call 'one of the world's heroes and exemplars'. Pale grey boards with man riding a pony in red. Red titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 125 pages. Spine and corners bumoed. A little foxing / browning to board edges and spine. Foxing to top of text block otherwise contents are clean. Dust wrapper is edgeworn with a couple of small nicks. Spine is darkened and wrapper is grubby.
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- CHILDRENS
NO MAGIC CARPET
Written by Phyllis Matthewman.
Stock no. 1402415
Published by E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd..
1966.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Merrill - Merry to her friends - is hoping to go abroad with her school but for financial reasons it looks as if she won't be going. Merry is determined to raise the money herself. Light blue boards with white titles to spine and front board. B/w illustrations. 156 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small bumps to bottom of boards. Name in pencil to top of front pastedown. A little browning to endpapers otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and rubbed with loss to top of spine. Rear panel and spine are browned.
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- CHILDRENS
THREE LITTLE VAGRANTS
Written by F. Spenser.
Stock no. 1402414
Published by Robert Culley.
1st
1901.
Very good condition.
The story of three children who runaway from home to try and find a better life. Blue pictorial cloth. Gilt titles to front and gilt title block to spine. B/w frontis and text illustrations. All edges gilt. 128 pages with 16 page illustrated book catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Presentation plate to front pastedown. A few marks otherwise contents generally clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- PICTORIAL BINDING
THE WIND
Written by Nicky Young.
Illustrated by Kate Gartner.
Stock no. 1312315
Published by Vantage Press.
1st USA
1987.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The charming story of Philip and Elizabeth, a little prince and princess who find their way to the enchanted world of Fairyland on the mystical wind. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 31 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0533071151. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Pink dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with a few small, light marks.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
JOLLY DAYS
Written by Olive Chandler; Eleanor Farjeon; et al.
Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1312301
Published by The Children's Press.
circa
1930.
Good condition.
Pictorial boards, cloth spine. Contains numerous short stories, b/w illustrations throughout, 4 colour plates. Spine rebacked with blue cloth (not very professionally as it is coming away from the front board). Covers are edge worn and there is a damp stain to the edge of the rear cover. Inscription in ink to half-title. Front joint has been neatly repaired.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANTHOLOGY - STORY
RUPERT ANNUAL 1963
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1312297
Published by Daily Express.
1963.
Almost very good condition.
Laminated pictorial boards showing Rupert sitting on a rock having just caught a Merchild in his fishing net. 1st story Rupert and the Birthday Present. 115 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Price cut. Name and address in biro in belongs to box. Some page corners and corner tips lightly creased. Centre pages of magic paintings (pages 65-68) are missing, the rest of the magic paintings have been neatly completed.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- RUPERT ANNUAL PRE1970
- RUPERT
- RUPERT ANNUAL
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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling.
Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312289
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Large format, 9.75 x 7.5". Blue cloth, gilt titles and green decorations. 16 tipped-in colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some hinges cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Some foxspots else contents clean. All plates present and in fine condition. Dustwrapper has slight loss to top and tail of spine (and a slightly larger section of loss to top of front panel beside spine edge. Very scarce in dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
THE ADVENTURES OF SQUIRREL FLUFFYTALE
Written by Dolores McKenna.
Stock no. 1402406
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited.
1951.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The story of Brownie Squirrel's journey to a party. Green boards with gilt title. Black & white pictorial endpapers. 6 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 37 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped. Browning to endpapers. Pencil erased from top of verso of front endpaper. Colour plates all present but not in right order. They may have been reinserted into book. One plate has ragged edges and is a little detached from the book and has a couple of shiny marks (?glue).Pictorial dustwrapper is edgeworn and torn with a little loss. Front panel is creased. Wrapper is grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- SQUIRRELS
BONZO'S ANNUAL 1949
Written by G.E. Studdy; Paddy Smith.
Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1312287
Published by Dean & Son Ltd..
1949.
Good condition.
Red cloth spine. Pictorial paperboards, front cover shows Bonzo with peashooter. 124 pages. Colour frontis, two-tone illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn, light spot to rear cover. Inscription in blue biro to front pastedown. Foxing throughout, pages 52 and 53 lightly marked some fingermarks to page margins but generally clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- DOGS
- DOGS (CHILDRENS)