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THE HONEY SIEGE
Written by Gil Buhet; Geoffrey Sainsbury.
Stock no. 1328718
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1953.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The book society's fiction choice. Blue boards, red title to spine. 253 pages. Translated from the French by Sainsbury. Spine very slightly bumped. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine, grubby to rear panel and foxed on verso.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- BEE KEEPING
THE LITTLEST ONE: HIS BOOK
Written by Marion St. John Webb.
Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 1328717
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1947.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A new edition of The Littlest One and The Littlest One Again with additional poems. Blue cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. 160 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped with slight fading at top and tail. Endpapers partially browned. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and verso of wrapper is browned.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
BEST FRIENDS
Written by Mary Bard.
Illustrated by Hellmuth Weissenborn.
Stock no. 1328716
Published by Hammond, Hammond & Company Ltd..
1st
1955.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
From the moment Suzie and Co Co became best friends life became exciting. Green boards, black title to spine. 191 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some tiny loss to top edge of front panel and slight fading to spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
THE MAGIC SEA-SHELL
Written by Margaret J. Baker.
Illustrated by Marjorie-Ann Watts.
Stock no. 1328715
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Flying Foal Books. Blue boards, black title to spine and mermaid vignette to front cover. 95 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped, some slight discolouration to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Hampshire Education Committee ink stamp to front free-endpaper ('staffroom copy' written in ink below). Foxing to textblock. One page incorrectly cut during binding process resulting in a crease to the lower corner tip and also the page is a little larger than the rest. Price-cut wrapper is worn and torn with some pieces of loss, rear panel is a bit grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
INTO THE CASTLE
Written by Margaret J. Baker.
Illustrated by Terry Freeman.
Stock no. 1328714
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd..
1st
1962.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, green title inside a cream title-box on spine. 120 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel and has a red biro price to front flap (printed price crossed out).
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
THE ITALIAN SPRING
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328713
Published by Collins.
1st
1964.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Maria Henniker-Hadden's (the delightful heroine of The Warden's Niece) adventures in Italy spring of 1877. Blue mottle boards, silver title to spine. 256 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name, date and old price in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel.
JAMES WITHOUT THOMAS
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328712
Published by Collins.
1st
1959.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Without the influence of his eldest brother, Thomas, James comes into his own as the hero of the Christmas holidays. Purple cloth, silver title to spine. 255 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Light mark to front cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby to rear panel and has tears to rear spine edge and to top corner of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- OXFORDSHIRE
TO TAME A SISTER
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328711
Published by D. Van Nostrand Company.
1st USA
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
In summer 1875 Margaret had the chance to escape to her cousins in the country, she hardly knew whether to be delighted at the prospect of mingling with artists and poets or to be apprehensive of the inevitable misdeeds of her brothers. Yellow boards, blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Name and date in pencil to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is just a little edge rubbed/chipped and slightly browned to top edge of rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
THE ELEPHANT WAR
Written by Gillian Avery.
Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328710
Published by Collins.
1st
1960.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
The fourth story of the Smith family, beginning with a misunderstanding (like many wars before and since). Red boards, silver title to spine. 256 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light tape mark to front cover. Name in ink and also evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped with slight loss, a bit grubby to rear panel and has a large tear across front panel which has been tape repaired on verso and is not very noticeable to front.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LIBRARIES OF THE WORLD
Written by Jacques Bosser.
Illustrated by Guillaume De Laubier.
Stock no. 1829006
Published by Thames and Hudson.
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Internationally renowned photographer, Guillaume de Laubier, takes the reader on a journey to more than twenty of the most historical of these magical places called libraries. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. 248 pages. ISBN: 0500511551. Reprint. Top of spine bumped. Lower edges of boards have a slight knock. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, lightly creased to lower edge, lightly scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- HISTORY
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AN AGE OF SUPERHEROES (A TIME BEFORE TRACTION CONTROL)
Written by Mat Oxley.
Stock no. 1829005
Published by Haynes Publishing.
1st
2010.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
This book explores what many race fans beleive to be the golden age of motorcycle grand prix racing. The era was characterised by scary two-stroke 500 GP bikes, renowned for ejecting riders at terrifying speeds. It took a special breed of bike racer to take these ground-attack missiles to the limit and byond - that's why these five men were road racing's superheroes:Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Rainey, Eddie Lawson, Mick Doohan and Wayne Gardner. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 239 pages. ISBN: 9781844255832. Narrow margin of uneven fading to top of front board. Small knock to top edge of boards. A few marks to contents (imprinting of ink from facing page) else contents bright. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MOTOR CYCLES
- MOTOR CYCLE RACING
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RAILS TO KENILWORTH AND MILVERTON
Written by Robin D. Leach.
Stock no. 1829004
Published by Odibourne Press.
1st
1999.
Very good condition.
Red pictorial cardwraps. B/w drawings and photos. 88 pages. ISBN: 0953360717. SIGNED by the author (name only, no dedication) to title page. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Scuff marks to spine edge of rear cover. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- WARWICKSHIRE
- WEST MIDLANDS
- HISTORY