Publisher:
London: Allen Lane / Kestrel Books, 1982. 0713915137
Seller ID: 45765
ISBN-13: 9780713915136
First in this edition, published ten years after the original. Pp.478, owner's name to inside front board, a few spots to closed page edges not affecting pages internally. Dark green cloth. Dustwrapper (illustrated by Pauline Baynes) is price-clipped and has sunning to spine, creasing and small chip to top of spine and 2cm vertical tear to top rear corner at fold. Scarce in this edition. VG/G+. View More...
"A saga about a motley band of rabbits who desert their ancient warren, and set out on an epic search for a new home." Pp. 478. Pages toned. Paperback, slight sunning to spine, a few minor creases to covers. G. View More...
First English edition. Translated by M.R.James. "Marcia Brown's two-colour illustrations depict with sensitivity the delicate Elisa, her handsome swan-brothers amd the exotic landscapes that they inhabit." 25cms x 18cms x 1.3cms. Pp.80, pink and grey ink and wash illustrations throughout. Grey cloth with gilt illustration to front and gilt title to front and spine. Illustrated dustwrapper has creasing and small tears to top edges, tears to top of spine, old tape stain to top spine and board edge. Scarce. VG/G. View More...
A Fairy Tale in Seven Stories. 32cms x 24cms. Unpaginated. Illustrated in colour throughout by Pauline Hohly. Illustrated laminated boards, some edge wear, stain to lower front and rear corners, bump to lower rear corner. G+. View More...
"This selection of Andersen's fairy tales includes his best-known and most-loved stories". Pp 194. Some b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG. View More...
Publisher:
The Netherlands: Clifford Series, nd. (c.1960).
Seller ID: 48631
A children's story book. 15.5cms x 15cms. Unpaginated. Colour and black & white illustrations throughout, colour illustrated endpapers, pages toned. Illustrated laminated boards, wear to top and tail of spine. G+. View More...
First British edition. "Rude Ramsay has reached the end of his rope! Sick of dining on rock-hard rice, wrinkled ravioli and raw rhinoceros, Ramsay and Ralph the red-nosed rat resolve to leave their rectangular residence on a quest for a more refreshing repast." 24cms x 25cms. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout in colour by Serbian illustratorDuan Petricic. Illustrated laminated boards. VG. View More...
Publisher:
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, nd.(c.1908). 0
Seller ID: 38446
Boys school story about a football team. Pp.343, colour frontispiece + 3 further colour plates by E.Shepard, prze bookplate of Halstead Council School to inside front board, endpapers grubby. Green illustrated cloth with gilt title to front and illustration and gilt title to spine, edges rubbed. G+. View More...
1st Penguin edition. "What a prospect for Christmas! Miranda, Pinks and their brother Lincoln find themselves stranded in a strange house with no money, no food, and flood water rising all around them. Then Lincoln gets marooned on a tiny island and is rescued in the nick of time by his dog swimming across to him with a rope. This is an exciting, interesting story showing exactly how resourceful ordinary children can be when they are reallyup against it". Pp.140, occasional illustrations by Richard Kennedy, pages toned, gift message to inside front cover. Paperback, creasesing to spine and r... View More...
In which Pepito moves to London, and Madeline and the girls go to visit him. First Sphere edition. 22.5cms x 17cms. Pp.56, illustrated throughout, small corner losses affecting pp.5/6, 43/44 and 53/54. Paperback, crease to lower rear cover. Good. View More...
The first in the "Madeline" series. Sphere edition in association with Andre Deutch Ltd. 22.5cms x 17cms. Pp.48, illustrated throughout but with some blurring to the colour plates on pp. 10, 11,14 and 15, small chip to lower corner pp.13/14,23/24, and 29/30. Paperback, some creasing to covers. Good. View More...
The Cavalcade series. "The Brotherhood of the Gallows Tree, taking with them loot of fabulous value, treacherously left their fellow buccaneers. Then that reckless rascal, Captain Tim Kane, secretly buried the treasure. Desperate adventures both at sea and ashore followed the attempt to recover the vast fortune." Pp.284/3(ads for books), yellow and black frontispiece, clean throughout. Bright orange cloth with procession of silhouetted horse riders to lower front edge, minor uneven sunning to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper has minor edge wear and is now in a removable clear protective wrap. ... View More...
!st English ed. Children's story about a flood in France cutting off a school. Pp. 165/Biography. 24 b/w line drawings. Toning to pages. P/b. Illustd. cover. G. View More...
1st Puffin / Penguin edition. "Herbert Best, during a dozen years spent in one of the Colonial services, became familiar with the African hills where Garram and his tribe lived and hunted." Garram, is the son of a tribal chief in the Nigerian hills. When danger threatens, he is advised by the rainmaker to leave for the good of the tribe. With his faithful hunting dog, he travels to Yelwa, where he saves the life of the Emir and becomes Captain of the Guard. Pp.141, occasional illustrations by Erick Berry, .occasional minor foxing mainly affecting endpapers. Paperback, some spotting to front,... View More...
Publisher:
The Little Folks Library, nd. (c.1900).
Seller ID: 45943
Children's book of folklore/proverbs about the seasons, weather, etc. 17cms x 10.5cms x 1cm. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout by Percy Billinghurst in blue and in green, green patterned endpapers. Green cloth with white and black illustration to front board of a naked toddler sat next to a rabbit, spine faded and a little rubbed. Scarce. G+. View More...
"Stanley has created a grown-up version of himself - and his wildest, most dangerous dream is about to come true". Pp 233, slight toning to pages. P/b. Illustrated cover. G+. View More...
3rd imp. Stories for 5 - 8 year olds. Pp.159,b/w frontis. + other b/w illustrations by Eileen Soper, occasional minor spotting. Blue cloth, illustrated dustwrapper torn in several places with losses. G+/Poor View More...
3rd impression. The first in the 'Famous Five' adventures series, where Julian, Dick and Anne meet their cousin Georgina(who is a tomboy and prefers to be called George) and her dog Timmy, and the adventures they have on Kirrin Island. Pp.191, 32 full page drawings by Eileen A.Soper, several pages have losses to the lower margins of the pages (not affecting text) and there is a 4.5cm closed tear to the bottom of pp.81/82. Light blue cloth slightly soiled, spine faded, edges rubbed. G-. View More...
1st edition. Hoping for a quiet holiday for once, the children, Kiki, Mrs. Mannering and Bill go to a mountain farm in Wales for some wandering. But on the search for the Vale of Butterflies, the children get lost and find themselves near a mysterious mountain. Ominous rumblings from the ground, a pack of wolves roaming the area, a black fugitive, and Philip's disappearance are but a few of the mysteries the children have to unravel about the mountain. Pp.327, black & white frontispiece and further illustrations by Stuart Tresilian, tear to spine edge of frontispiece and final page, cracking t... View More...
Rep. The First Adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog, centres on the mystery of who could have set fire to Mr Hicks cottage. The five children, Larry and Daisy Daykin, Pip and Bets Hilton, and newcomer Frederick Algernon Trotteville (later nicknamed Fatty from his initials), meet at the scene of the fire and end up solving the mystery together. Pp.164, frontispiece + 8 further illustrations by J.Abbey. Bright green cloth. VG. View More...
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