ADVENTURE
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THE THREE ADMIRALS
Written by W.H.G. Kingston.
Illustrated by Archibald Webb.
Stock no. 1324245
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1918.
Almost very good condition.
Brown pictorial cloth. 6 colour plates. 410 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight scuffing to covers. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- PICTORIAL BINDING
BIGGLES IN MEXICO
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1324108
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd..
1st
1959.
Very good condition.
Blue boards, red title to spine. 6 colour plates. 184 pages. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners, slightly browned to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- ADVENTURE
- BIGGLES
- BOYS ADVENTURE
PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1323551
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1964.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine and blind title to front board. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 431 pages. ISBN: 0224606336. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at spine and corners, browned to spine and grubby to rear panel.
THE LUCK OF SALLOWBY
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Tilden Reeves.
Stock no. 1323372
Published by White Lion Publishers Limited.
1st thus
1976.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and maps to endpapers. 221 pages. ISBN: 0856861790. Frontis has been removed. Corner crease (with a few light foxspots to one page) else contents clean. White dustwrapper is unusually bright and clean.
LOST LAGOON
Written by Armstrong Sperry.
Illustrated by ARMSTRONG SPERRY.
Stock no. 1323358
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited.
1st UK
1943.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Pacific Adventure. Green cloth, blue title to spine. 160 pages. B/w text illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Small, neat inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.
SPADES AND FEATHERS
Written by Tyler Whittle.
Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard; Tyler Whittle.
Stock no. 1323186
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1955.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Searching for the lost plate of a ruined Norfolk monastery is the main theme of this story. Peach boards with black title to spine and small avocet vignette to front cover. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers are maps of Crome's Broad. Some slightly bumped. Some very slightly browning to lower cover edges. Small patch of white paper transfer to base of spine (from dustwrapper). Contents are foxed and browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed on verso with damp stains to edges and tape repairs on verso.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- ADVENTURE
- NORFOLK
THE CHANGELING
Written by William Mayne.
Illustrated by Victor Ambrus.
Stock no. 2140268
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards with silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Bumping to base of spine. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.
THE NAMELESS BOAT
Written by M. Pardoe.
Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1322970
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1957.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Mary Gray and the Barnard boys are off for a caravanning holiday on the west coast of Scotland - and to another adventure! Green boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal chipping at top and tail of spine and some rubbing of surface paper too.
BUNKLE AND BELINDA
Written by M. Pardoe.
Illustrated by Julie Neild.
Stock no. 1322968
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. Tiny black spot to centre of front cover. Endpapers browned. Light damp stain to lower corner of textblock and light foxing to textblock. Lower corner tips creased on some pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby.
MIRANGO THE MAN-EATER: A TALE OF CENTRAL AFRICA
Written by C. Dudley Lampen.
Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 2137439
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
1st
1899.
Almost very good condition.
The Narrative of George Pryce, Traveller and Exile, First Writ Down Anno Domini 1706, and Now Retold. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine and red title to front cover. B/w frontis. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; wrinkling to cloth on front cover. Chipping to top and tail of spine. Award plate to front pastedown; browning to endpapers. Frontis has damp marking to margins. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- CHILDRENS (VICTORIAN)
- CHILDRENS (ANTIQUARIAN)
ERIK THE RED
Written by Donald Ridler.
Stock no. 1322315
Published by William Kimber.
1st
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Atlantic alone in a home-made boat. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 208 pages. ISBN: 071830392X. Spine bumped. Light browning to endpapers and some foxing to textblock. White dustwrapper is grubby, browned to spine and edge rubbed.
THE WORLD OF ICE
Written by R.M. Ballantyne.
Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 2134975
Published by P.R. Gawthorn Ltd..
Circa
1949.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Youth Classics Series. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis. Spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with creasing, chips and tears; some grubby marks.