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ALL SUMMER THROUGH
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1330608
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1952.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Green boards, black title to spine and vignette to front cover. Endpapers are maps of Nettleford. B/w text illustrations. 2nd impression. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers partially browned. Some light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is well worn and torn with loss and tape repairs on verso. Large damp stain to rear spine edge and to rear panel.
SEVEN WHITE GATES
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1330607
Published by George Newnes Ltd..
7th
1950.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
The second book in the Lone Pine series. Beige cloth, gilt titles and Lone Pine vignette. Endpapers are maps. 248 pages. Spine and corners bumped with a little browning. Foxing to prelims and textblock. Child's name and address written to half title-page. Dustwrapper is well worn and torn with quite substantial loss to spine and some loss at edges. Old tape repairs to wrapper folds. Foxing and some grubbiness to wrapper.
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- CHILDRENS
- LONE PINE
- ADVENTURE
- SHROPSHIRE
LONE PINE FIVE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1330606
Published by George Newnes Limited.
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, black titles and pine tree vignette. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss and neat repairs on verso. Rear panel is a bit grubby.
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- CHILDRENS
- LONE PINE
- ADVENTURE
- SHROPSHIRE
SUSAN, BILL AND THE IVY-CLAD OAK
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330603
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
1st
1954.
Very good condition in a fair 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 slightly bumped. Pale page browning to endpapers and a few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased and has a large section of loss to front panel and slight loss to top of spine.
REDSHANK'S WARNING
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1330602
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1st
1948.
Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
The first in the Jillies series. Blue cloth, silver title to spine and silver signature to front board. Endpapers are maps of the great adventure. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 206 pages. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges rubbed. Foxing and a few small fingermarks else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and foxed with 2" loss to base of spine, slight loss to top of spine and corners and slight surface paper damage to front panel.
TWO FAIR PLAITS
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1330601
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1950.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
2nd in the 'Jilly family' series. Pale grey cloth, silver titles to spine. Pictorial endpapers are maps. Colour frontis, b/w pictures. 192 pages. 2nd impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock, light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss, small hole to spine edge of front panel and rear panel slightly grubby.
SUSAN, BILL AND THE WOLF-DOG
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330597
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. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss and tape repairs (to front and on verso).
THE FLYING FISH ADVENTURE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1330591
Published by John Murray.
1st
1950.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Michael and Mary are sent to the Cornish coast to recover from whooping cough; there they meet John and their adventures begin... A thrilling mystery story. Light blue cloth, red titles. B/w drawings. 174 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly browned. Tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Page edges are lightly browned and spotted. Price-cut wrapper is well worn and torn with repairs on verso. Rear panel is grubby.
THE MASTER OF MARYKNOLL
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1330588
Published by Collins.
1st thus
1971.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
As Charles, Juliet and Simon play hide-and-seek with danger in the shadow of the hills encircling Ludlow, the story builds up to a terrific climax. A 'Buckingham' story, this is the new edition of the first story about Juliet and Simon Buckingham. Originally published in 1950 by Evans, this is the new revised edition. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. 160 pages. ISBN: 0001606018. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Light browning to endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is browned and edge worn, spine and front panel are also slightly sunned.
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- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- SHROPSHIRE
- HEREFORDSHIRE
THE VOYAGE OF THE ARCTIC TERN
Written by Hugh Montgomery.
Illustrated by Nick Poullis.
Stock no. 1330514
Published by Walker Books.
1st
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A classic tale of treason, treachery and treasure that sweeps across many centuries and different lands. Mottled green boards with browne spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744592518. Minimal bumping/rubbing to spine and corners. Some light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper has the remains of a small price label to rear panel and has a tiny mark to top edge of front panel on verso (not visible to front of wrapper). Wrapper is very slightly edge creased. The wrapper sounds awful but it is still very nice!
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- CHILDRENS
- SAILING STORY
- ADVENTURE
AUGUST ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1330409
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1936.
Very good condition.
Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Five children in a caravan, and a horse between its shafts, in pursuit of an absent-minded aunt whose address they didn't exactly know! A story of the Lockett family. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some foxing to textblock and page margins else contents clean.
GREAT NORTHERN?
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1330362
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1947.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 351 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss to top of spine and 1" loss to base of spine. Spine of wrapper is llightly browned and has a small patch of surface paper damage (removal of a small label?).