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Hannibal goes to School by Howe, Raymond
Very good condition. ISBN: 0721404367. Series 497.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £4.00
Through Merrie England by Stevens, F. L.
Very good condition. A fanciful account of life in the Middle Ages. Pictorial endpapers. Twelve colour plates.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £15.00
Miss Jemima by de la Mare, Walter
Very good condition. Jolly Books No. 1. Patterned unglazed paper-covered boards. Colour frontispiece. Three black and white illustrations. 36 pages. Some faint spotting to one or two pages.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £10.50
The Iron Woman by Hughes, Ted
Fine condition. ISBN: 0803717962.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £15.00
Widdy-Widdy-Wurkey by Fyleman, Rose
Good condition. Nursery rhymes from many lands. Illustrated with black and white line drawings throughout. Front endpaper and half-title removed.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £7.50
Sea Magic by Robins, Patricia
Good condition. Red cloth-covered boards. Sliver lettering. Printed on art paper. Six colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations. Covers unevenly faded. Some discolouration to endpapers.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £12.50
Tales from the Marble Mountain by Gardner, Hugh
Very good condition. Light blue boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Slight wear to dustwrapper.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £7.50
Dimsie moves up again by Bruce, Dorita Fairlie
Good condition. ISBN: 0903445719. Abridged edition. Correction fluid on inside front cover; otherwise VG.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £15.00
Lucy Jane at the Ballet by Hampshire, Susan
Very good condition. ISBN: 0001844164. Red cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Name on front endpaper; otherwise VG.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £7.50
Tales of the British People by Picard, Barbara Leonie
Good condition. Examples of folk tales from the different British peoples. Dustwrapper slightly worn and chipped at spine ends and corners. Faint marks to boards. Contents VG.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £15.00
A Watch Dog of the North Sea by Westerman, Percy Francis
Very good condition. Grey pictorial cloth-covered boards. Eight colour plates (not attributed). 375 pages. Spine strip a little darkened with age.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £20.00
French Legends, Tales and Fairy Stories by Picard, Barbara Leonie
Very good condition. Oxford Myths and Legends series.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £15.00
Scottish Folk Tales and Legends by Wilson, Barbara Ker
Good condition. Dustwrapper worn and marked. Name on front endpaper.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £12.50
Killer Dog by Edwards, Monica
Very good condition. Dark blue boards. Silver lettering on spine. A Monica Edwards story that does not figure in either the Punchbowl Farm or the Romney Marsh series.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £45.00
Folk and Fairy Tales by Hallett, Martin and Hallett, Karasek
Very good condition. ISBN: 0921149611. Paperback. A study of folk and fairy tales, comparing and contrasting differing versions of the same tales.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £10.50
Wanderlust goes South by Boyd, Edward
Good condition. "Collins Junior Mystery Series." Slight wear to dustwrapper and name on front endpaper, VG in other respects.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £7.50
The Sword in the Stone by White, Terence Hanbury
Very good condition. Evergreen Library edition. Some chips and wear to dustwrapper, book itself VG.
Added on 07 November 2008 Price: £7.50
Dear Busybody by Helme, Eleanor E.
Good condition. Twelve black and white line drawings. Dustwrapper a little edgeworn. Name on front endpaper.
Added on 06 November 2008 Price: £15.00
Ben and Me by Laswon, Robert
Very good condition. "An astonishing life of Benjamin Faranklin by his good mouse Amos." Brown cloth-covered boards, brown lettering and decoration. Black and white illustrations. Dustwrapper worn at edges and has mug-ring on front.
Added on 06 November 2008 Price: £7.50
All along down along by Clark, Leonard
Good condition. ISBN: 0582150299. Unglazed pictorial paper-covered boards. A book of stories in verse. Illustrated in colour and in black and white. Dustwrapper price-clipped and slightly faded at spine. Front endpaper glued down. VG in other respects.
Added on 06 November 2008 Price: £9.50
The Children's Summer by Kaye-Smith, Sheila
Good condition. First illustrated edition. Green cloth-covered boards. Gilt vignette on front cover. Gilt lettering on spine. Four colour plates, plus line drawings. Lettering on spine faded. Spine ends slightly worn. Back inside hinge cracked.
Added on 06 November 2008 Price: £15.00
A Jungle Picnic by Webb, Clifford
Very good condition. Pictorial boards and endpapers. 53 pages. Colour illustrations on every page.
Added on 06 November 2008 Price: £15.00
Action Rhymes by Taylor, Dorothy
Good condition. ISBN: 0721404391. Series 702. Several library stamps to prelims.
Added on 06 November 2008 Price: £3.00
Countryside Notebook by Whitehead, Pamela K.
Very good condition. ISBN: 0721406653. Series 563. Original price 75p.
Added on 06 November 2008 Price: £3.50
Dracula by Stoker, Bram
Good condition. ISBN: 0721408125. Ladybird Horror Classics. Original price 70p. Wear to binding.
Added on 06 November 2008 Price: £3.00