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BIGGLES IN THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Pat Williams.
Stock no. 1326395
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd..
Good condition.
Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A Biggles Strip Book. Spine and corners bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper. Covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Browning and fingering to page margins.
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- CHILDRENS
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- BOYS
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BUNKLE WENT FOR SIX
Written by M. Pardoe.
Illustrated by Julie Neild.
Stock no. 1326346
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
1st
1950.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth, black title and vignette. 222 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few foxspots to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss, lightly foxed and slightly browned to spine
SUSAN, BILL AND THE IVY-CLAD OAK
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326155
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
1st
1954.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The story of Susan and Bill's Ivy-leaf Club. Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Front free-endpaper is missing. Two names in ink to half title-page. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with some slight loss, rear panel is grubby and there is a tear to the centre of the spine. A few old tape repairs on verso.
SUSAN, BILL AND THE GOLDEN CLOCK
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326154
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
1st
1955.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Part of the Susan & Bill series. A sinister stranger takes far too much interest in Mrs Fraser's golden clock.... Red boards with black lettering and small illustration to front. Colour frontis, and 6 b&w illustrations. 118 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Child's name and date in ink to top of front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned and foxed, textblock lightly foxed. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby to rear panel of wrapper.
SUSAN, BILL AND THE VANISHING BOY
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326153
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
1st
1955.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Susan and Bill on quite a 'different' holiday, that had been kept a surprise until the last moment. And, as though that wasn't enough, the story of a missing boy; mysterious signs and messages; a Fair... This is the third story about Susan and Bill and is one of their most exciting adventures. Red boards, black titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 120 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Cover edges slightly darkened and some fading to top and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is from a later edition (price on front flap is 6/- and "Saucy Kate" is listed on back flap). Old tape marks to edges of wrapper flaps. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and slightly faded to spine.
SUSAN, BILL AND THE WOLF-DOG
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326148
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
1954.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
The first book about Susan and Bill in which Susan finds herself moving to the country and living next-door to Bill - just the sort of friend she has always wanted. Red boards, black titles and vignette. 117 pages. Colour frontis and 6 b/w illustrations. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine bumped. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and grubby with quite a bit of loss to spine and edges.
SUSAN, BILL AND THE GOLDEN CLOCK
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326147
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Part of the Susan & Bill series. A sinister stranger takes far too much interest in Mrs Fraser's golden clock.... Red boards with black lettering and small illustration to front. Colour frontis, and 6 b&w illustrations. 118 pages. School library stamp to verso of half title-page but no other evidence of this being an ex-library copy. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price printed above.
GIMLET COMES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326096
Published by University of London Press Ltd..
1949.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Peach boards, black titles and stag vignette to front. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 186 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing else a clean copy. Dustwrapper is worn and torn, grubby to white spine and rear panel and large section missing to lower edge of rear panel. Small patch of surface paper damage to front panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIMLET
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- ADVENTURE
BUNKLE SCENTS A CLUE
Written by M. Pardoe.
Illustrated by Pamela Kemp.
Stock no. 1325858
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul.
1st
1953.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Blue boards, white title block to spine & vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly faded at top and tail. Endpapers lightly browned. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss, two large sections of loss to edges of rear panel. Printed price on front flap has been covered with a 'new' price sticker (showing 60p 12s).
BUNKLE AND BELINDA
Written by M. Pardoe.
Illustrated by Julie Neild.
Stock no. 1325857
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul.
1st
1948.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, black title label and author name to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink and a Xmas sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers partially browned. Very pale foxing to textblock. Covers and contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge chipped with minimal loss, has a couple of small biro marks to rear panel and a large tear to top edge of front panel (which has been repaired using a white label on verso).
WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1325458
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1998.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine and blind title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers, b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0224021230. Spine very slightly bumped. Rear panel of wrapper is slightly grubby, slight rubbing to wrapper edges.
MYSTERY MINE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Terry Freeman.
Stock no. 1325441
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2011.
Nearly fine condition.
The 12th Lone Pine story set in the Yorkshire moors. Cardwraps. 278 pages. Some b/w photos. ISBN: 9781847451200. Minimal rubbing to corners and a tiny mark to textblock else a fine copy.