STOWAWAYS IN THE ABBEY
Collins, 1958. 8vo. Original black lettered pink cloth, top edge pink (small surface tears at tail of spine, some light spotting), no dustwrapper. Pp. 256, illus with coloured frontispiece (no inscriptions). More
Children's Books
THE ABBEY GIRLS GO BACK TO SCHOOL
Collins, c. 1928. 8vo. Original blue pictorial cloth (VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. viii + 314 + publisher's catalogue, illus with coloured frontispiece and 2 b&w plates (1928 school prize plate on front paste-down; no inscriptions). More
STRANGERS AT THE ABBEY
Collins, 1951. 1st edn. 8vo. Original dark green lettered medium green cloth, top edge green (worn and faded at spine, fore and bottom edges spotted), dustwrapper (lossesat head and tail of spine - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 256, illus with coloured frontispiece (no inscriptions). More
BETWEEN TWO OPINIONS
Religious Tract Society, c.1906. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered decorative blue cloth (edges lightly scuffed - otherwise VG). Pp. 191, illus with b&w frontispiece (1906 school prize inscription on front free-endpaper; inner hinges a little loosened). More
BLIND JEM AND HIS FIDDLE
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge SPCK, c. 1897. 1st edn. 8vo. Original decorative green cloth (VG). Pp. 80, illus with b&w frontispiece (1897 school prize plate on front paste-down; inner hinges loosened). More
UNDER THE BLUE FLAG
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge SPCK, c. 1895. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered decorative green cloth (VG). Pp. 224, illus with b&w frontispiece with tissue-guard and b&w plates (1895 school prize plate on front paste-down and previous owner's neat inscription on verso of front free endpaper; prelims and fore-edge..... More
WHAT THE NEIGHBOURS DID And Other Stories.
Longman Young Books, 1972. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (bumped at head and tail of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (lightly torn at head and tail of spine - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 120, illus with b&w drawings by Faith Jaques (no inscriptions). More
ROCKET TO THE MOON
Faber and Faber. 1946. 1st edn. 12mo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (casing withslight lean and some light wear at edges), dustwrapper (worn and tears at edges - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 220, illus with b&w pictures (previous owner's neat pencil gift inscription on front free end..... More
THE CHINESE TWINS
Jonathan Cape, 1936. 1st edn. 8vo. Original black lettered yellow cloth (spine and boards discoloured and light wear at corners), no dustwrapper. Pp. 191, illus with b&w drawings by the author (some faint spotting on endpapers; no inscriptions). More
TOMMY TREGENNIS.
Constable & Co., 1914. 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green pictorial cloth, top edge gilt (fore-edge and endpapers spotted; lightly bumped at corners - otherwise VG). Pp. 209, illus with pictorial title and 7 coloured plates by M.V. Wheelhouse (previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down; no inscriptions). More
LA POULE NOIRE Ou le monde sout?rrain.
Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1986. 1st edn. 4to. Original laminated pictorial boards (Fine). Pp. 53, illus with coloured and b&w drawings (no inscriptions). [French text]. More
THE POISONED PILOT David Wilshaw Investigates Again
Hutchinson, c. 1950. 1st edn. 8vo. Original yellow lettered green cloth (page edges spotted; extrems lightly scuffed), dustwrapper (extrems scuffed and chipped - in protective wrapper, not price clipped). Pp. 272, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings in text (front and rear endpapers and prelims spotted; pages foxed; no..... More
THE FAIRY CARAVAN.
Frederick Warne, 1980. 10th imp. 8vo. Original green lettered yellow cloth (light spotting on page edges - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small nicks at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover). Pp. 225, illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w drawings in text (previous owner's gift inscription on front endpaper). More
THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING
Frederick Warne and Co., 1908. 1st edn. 8vo (8 x 6? ins). Original gilt lettered bevelled-edged red cloth with coloured inlay on upper board (bright VG). Pp. 69, illus with coloured pictorial endpapers, 18 coloured plates and drawings in text (tear inner hinges loosened; front endpapers lightly marked; abrasion and..... More
THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER From the Original Manuscript.
Frederick Warne and Co., 1970. 0723210985. Tall 8vo. Original pictorial boards (edges lightly spotted, upper board lightly marked - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small closed tear on top edge of lower cover - otherwise VG in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. 64, illus with coloured plates (previous owners' bookplates on front..... More
STORIES FROM EVERYWHERE
Dobson Books, 1969. New edn. Tall 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (VG) dustwrapper (light wear at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 238, with coloured illus by Bernadette Watts (previous owner's gift inscription on verso of front endpaper). More
THE LITTLE YELLOW DUCKLING
Alf Cooke, c. 1907. Oblong 8vo. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards with illustrated endpapers (pages detached from boards; corners scuffed). Unpaginated, illus with b&w and coloured drawings (previous owner's 1911 ink gift inscription on half title). More
THAT BOY OF FRASER'S
Religious Tract Society, c. 1918. 1st edn. 8vo. Original pictorial boards (boards rather discoloured). Pp. 383 (previous owner's neat inscription on front free endpaper), illus with coloured frontispiece and b&w plates by Alfred Pearse. More
THE BOOK OF DUST Volume One La Belle Sauvage.
Penguin Random House Children's and David Fickling Books, 2017. 9780385604413. 1st edn 4th printing. 8vo. Original gilt decorated grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (near Fine in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 545, illus with b&w drawings by Chris Wormell (no inscriptions). More
GREAT NORTHERN?
Jonathan Cape, 2009. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (page edges a little toned - otherwise Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 351, illus with coloured endpapers and b&w drawings (no inscriptions). More
PETER DUCK.
Jonathan Cape, 2005. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 431, illus with pictorial endpapers and b&w drawings (no inscriptions). More
WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA
Jonathan Cape, 2005. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine, not price clipped). Pp. 351, illus with coloured endpapers and b&w illus (no inscriptions). More
SPIES AND TRAITORS Tales of the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1976. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered yellow cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine in protective cover, price clipped). Pp. 144, illus with b&w drawings by William Sauts Bock (no inscriptions). More
