251.
The Abbey Girls play up
by
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
1st Thus edition,
published by Collins in 1947
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Covers worn and a little scuffed.
Spine faded.
Corners bumped.
Contents generally good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
252.
Every Girl's Handbook
by
Anthony F. Walker
Published by Paul Hamlyn in 1961
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
11cm x 17cm.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
253.
Stories for Willing Ears: A Book for Boys
by
T.S.E.
Published by T. Woolmer circa 1900
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
12cm x 16cm.
160 pages.
Covers lightly worn at edges and a little soiled.
Binding sound.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
254.
Brer Rabbit's a Rascal
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
Grace Lodge
Published by Dean and Son in 1965
Blue covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers worn and unevenly faded.
Corners and edges bumped.
Gift dedication on half-title.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
255.
The Enid Blyton Book of Fairies
by
Enid Blyton
Published by Dean in 1967
Green covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
256.
Enid Blyton's Circus Book
by
Enid Blyton
with illustrations by
R. Webster
1st edition,
published by Latimer House in 1949
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Second printing of the first edition.
Light wear to covers, and a little unevenly faded.
Bump at base of front board.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
257.
What Katy did
by
Susan Coolidge
Published by Thames Publishing Co circa 1955
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
258.
Les Soldats de la Grande Guerre 1914
by
Nike
with illustrations by
Nike
Published by Pierre Lafitte circa 1916
Red and white pictorial glazed boards.
Green cloth spine.
30cm x 21cm.
42 pages.
Line-drawn cartoons and full-page tri-tone illustrations on alternate double-page spreads.
A short, one-line text below each illustration in French and English.
The text and illustrations tell the story of the First World War from the perspective of the soldiers involved.
Covers worn at edges and a little soiled.
Corners bumped.
Outer half of back endpaper / final page torn away.
Contents otherwise good.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
259.
Mike and the Modelmakers
by
Miraslav Sasek
with illustrations by
Miraslav Sasek
1st edition,
published by Lesney Products & Co Ltd in 1970
Quarto.
Orange pictorial laminated boards.
Pictorial endpapers.
"The story of how Matchbox models are made".
Covers a little worn and bumped.
Contents VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
260.
Our Home
by
Carl Larsson
with illustrations by
Carl Larsson
Published by Methuen in 1979
ISBN: 0416850006.
Translated by Olive Jones.
White pictorial glazed boards.
Green cloth spine.
31cm x 24cm.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
261.
The Little Steamroller
by
Graham Greene
with illustrations by
Edward Ardizzone
1st Thus edition,
published by Bodley Head in 1974
ISBN: 0370020235.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers a little worn at edges.
Corners slightly bumped.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
262.
The Story of the Little Red Engine
by
Diana Ross
with illustrations by
Leslie Wood
Published by Faber & Faber circa 1945
Grey pictorial paper-covered boards.
24cm x 19cm.
Undated, assumed to be first edition.
Plain endpapers.
Light wear to covers.
Spine ends bumped and delicate.
Some faint foxing to prelims.
Close to VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
263.
The Little Red Engine gets a name
by
Diana Ross
with illustrations by
Lewitt-Him
Published by Faber and Faber in 1954
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Light wear to covers.
Spine ends bumped.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
264.
265.
266.
267.
The Little Train
by
Graham Greene
with illustrations by
Edward Ardizzone
1st Thus edition,
published by Picture Puffin in 1977
ISBN: 0140501940.
Paperback.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
268.
269.
The Little Train
by
Graham Greene
with illustrations by
Edward Ardizzone
Published by Picture Puffin in 1985
ISBN: 0140501940.
Paperback.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
270.
Biggles in the Kalahari
by
W. E. Johns
with illustrations by
Stig Stjyernvic
Published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1983
ISBN: 0340327499.
Paperback.
Quarto.
A Biggles story in graphic novel format.
Light wear and creasing to covers.
Front cover unevenly faded.
Spine appears to have been re-glued.
Endpapers a little worn.
Contents good, with light wear to page edges.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
271.
Japhet and Happy's Annual 1938
by
James Francis Horrabin
with illustrations by
James Francis Horrabin
Published by News Chronicle in 1937
Green pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers scuffed, and worn at edges.
Spine strip missing.
Binding weak and cracked.
Gift dedication inside front cover.
Contents tanned but generally good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
272.
Japhet and Happy's Annual 1937
by
James Francis Horrabin
with illustrations by
James Francis Horrabin
Published by News Chronicle in 1936
Orange and green pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Light wear to covers.
Spine strip faded, and delicate at edges.
Front edge of spine strip beginning to crack.
Gift dedication on front endpaper.
Intermittent light foxing.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
273.
The Japhet and Happy Annual 1935
by
James Francis Horrabin
with illustrations by
James Francis Horrabin
Published by News Chronicle in 1934
Green and yellow pictorial paper-covered boards.
Orange cloth spine.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Back edge of spine strip split.
Binding strained and stitching pulled.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents generally good.
Reading condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
274.
The Smeds and the Smoos
by
Julia Donaldson
with illustrations by
Axel Scheffler
1st edition,
published by Alison Green Books in 2019
ISBN: 9781407188898.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
29cm x 25cm.
By the author of "The Gruffalo".
First edition, first printing.
Signed by Julia Donaldson and by Axel Scheffler on a bookplate on the front endpaper.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
275.
The Giant Jumperee
by
Julia Donaldson
with illustrations by
Helen Oxenbury
1st edition,
published by Puffin in 2017
ISBN: 9780141363820.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
24cm x 29cm.
By the author of "The Gruffalo".
First edition, first printing.
Signed by Julia Donaldson and by Helen Oxenbury on a Puffin bookplate on the title page.
Fine condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)