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WALLY WANDEROON AND HIS STORYTELLING MACHINE
Written by Joel Chandler Harris.
Illustrated by Karl Moseley.
Stock no. 1504003
Published by Grant Richards.
1st
1904.
Almost very good condition.
Beige pictorial covers. A chunky book. 18 b/w plates plus frontis. 294 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine darkened, covers a bit grubby and scuffed. Ink name and tick to front endpaper. Some foxing and browning, mainly to endpapers and prelims.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
THE ADVENTURES OF MICHAEL AND THE PIRATES
Written by Terence Tiernan.
Stock no. 1503999
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1939.
Almost very good condition.
Peter, Michael and their mother's aeroplane trip ended when their plane landed out at sea. They were rescued by pirates who ordered them to walk the plank but Michael's piano playing saved them. Oblong format 8.75 x 6", white pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners, some loss of surface paper from base of spine, small split to top. Covers grubby. Front endpaper is MISSING. Rear endpaper is creased. A few marks to contents but most pages are clean.
THE BUCCANEERS - A TALE OF THE SPANISH MAIN
Written by A.E. Bonser.
Illustrated by J.R. Monsell.
Stock no. 1503997
Published by Duckworth & Co..
Slightly better than good condition.
Green pictorial cloth. 8 amusing colour plates plus numerous b/w text illustrations. 106 pages. Spine and corners bumped with wear. Stain to lower corner of front cover. Spine browned. Covers grubby and marked. Name in ink to front endpaper. One plate has scoring and one has pencil marks and small spots of surface paper damage. Contents foxed with some browning.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
THE VALLEYS CALL
Written by Paul H. Ballard; Erastus Jones.
Stock no. 1606480
Published by Ron Jones Publications.
1975.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A self-examination by people of the South Wales valleys during the 'year of the valleys 1974'. Dent and mark to front board. Foxing to textblock. Wrapper is edge creased.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- WALES
AROUND THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY THEN & NOW
Written by Laurence Waters.
Stock no. 1810643
Published by Heathfield Railway Publications.
1st thus
2009.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
An examination of the changing role of railways over the past half century. Large format. Glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781906974060.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- GWR (RAILWAYS)
- LOCOMOTIVES
FOURTH REPORT ON THE HETEROGENEITY OF STEEL INGOTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2115960
Published by The Iron And Steel Institute.
1932.
Good condition.
Being a report by a joint committee of the Iron and Steel Institute and The National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers to the Iron and Steel Industrial Research Council. Iron and Steel Institute - Special Report No. 2. Card wraps. Fold-out pages and diagrams. Top 2-3" of spine is split vertically, then horizontally; also splitting to base of spine. Browning to covers. Staples are rusty. Foxing to contents.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- ENGINEERING
STORIES OF SCOTLAND AND ITS ADJACENT ISLANDS
Written by Mrs. Thomas Geldart.
Stock no. 2115957
Published by Jarrold & Sons.
Circa
1872.
Almost very good condition.
3rd edition. Dark purple cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 3rd edition. Spine is browned, with a couple of nicks to top and tail; small amount of fraying to cloth. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning, with a bit of foxing.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SCOTLAND
- HISTORICAL STORY
PERKIN THE PEDLAR
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Illustrated by Clare Leighton.
Stock no. 1503988
Published by Faber & Faber Limited.
1st
1932.
Almost very good condition.
The story of the twenty six children of Zeal Monachorum who did not know their ABC, until one day Perkin the Pedlar came by. Pictorial cloth boards with blue titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 206 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Ink blot to lower edge of text block has seeped a little onto about 50 pages. Light foxing and an odd mark to contents.
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- CHILDRENS
REDSKIN AND COWBOY
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by Alfred Pearse.
Stock no. 1403483
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
circa
1899.
Almost very good condition.
Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 12 b/w plates. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. A Tale Of The Western Plains. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some rubbing to board edges. Spine darkened. Couple of marks to boards which are a little grubby. Name and date to verso of frontis. Some hinges pulled. A few light foxspots and some fingering to margins otherwise contents are generally clean.
A BOOK OF SAINTS
Written by J.M. Marsh.
Illustrated by J.M. Marsh.
Stock no. 1810633
Published by Student Christian Movement Press.
1st
1937.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Ten christian saints. Each saint has a full page silhouette by way of illustration. Yellow paper boards with black titles and silhouette to front. Spine and corners bumped, top of spine torn across, boards a little grubby. Some minor scattered foxing to contents. Hinges pulled but stitching firm. Dustwrapper is worn at corners and spine with loss and browned/grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- SAINTS
- CHRISTIANITY
- SILHOUETTES
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A HISTORY OF THE SHIP LETTERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES (3 VOLUMES)
Written by Alan W. Robertson.
Stock no. 2115920
Published by Pardy & Son Ltd..
Circa
1955.
Almost very good condition.
An edition on Art Paper Limited to 600 copies. Large format. Blue cloth 'folders'. One volume contains sections A-D, next volume contains Section E (the catalogue) and third volume contains Supplement No. 4 (Section E, Part 4). Many b/w photos. SIGNED by author to Volume containing sections A-D. This is copy no. 353. Ex-lib. with some old library stamp marks etc. Covers have some uneven fading and a few marks. Foxing to outer page edges; some page browning.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- POSTAL SERVICE
- ENCYCLOPEDIA
- LIMITED EDITION
WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT
Written by G.A. Henty.
Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1403481
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1st
1898.
Very good condition.
Red pictorial cloth, gilt. Edges olive green. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates plus 1 map and 7 battle-field plans. 384 pages + 32 pages booklist. Spine bumped and worn and browned. Picture is wearing off. Bottom front corner badly bumped. Other corners also bumped and all corners are rubbed. Marks to boards. Inscription in ink to half title page. Endpapers browned. Foxing mainly to prelims and a little to page edges otherwise contents are clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- HISTORICAL STORY
- PICTORIAL BINDING
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)