ADVENTURE
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SNAIL AND THE PENNITHORNES AND THE PRINCESS
Written by Barbara Willard.
Illustrated by Geoffrey S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1502292
Published by The Epworth Press.
1st
1960.
Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.
Dark pink boards, cream title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Endpapers partially lightly browned. Foxing, mainly to prelims and text block. Grubby mark to text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a few small tears. Unevenly browned and foxed, very foxed on verso.
THE NEST OF THE SCARECROW
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1311942
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited.
1st
1944.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
An exiting adventure involving a remote and lonely bungalow and a cruel sea. Dark red cloth, black titles to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations. 214 pages. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss to spine and front corners, slightly grubby to rear panel.
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THE GIRLS OF GWYNFA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1501811
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1924.
Almost very good condition.
Green cloth with embossed decoration and blind titles to front cover. Spine has gilt titles with author/publisher name in black and embossed decoration. Colour frontis. 310 pages. Spine is bumped at top and bottom with very small splits. Corners bumped and worn. Rear cover is stained with a few small marks. Ink inscription and small bookseller's sticker to front endpaper. Small patch of damage to top 1cm of rear joint. Couple of hinges cracked. Browned to endpapers. Heavy foxing, mostly to page edges. Odd margin mark. Contained in a photcopy dustwrapper.
MORE ADVENTURES OF ALISON
Written by Sheila Stuart.
Illustrated by Gervase.
Stock no. 1108761
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1948.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Brown cloth with dark brown titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 286 pages. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some marks and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has large edge-tears; a few to corners have small pieces of loss; creased.
THE BUCKINGHAMS AT RAVENSWYKE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 1108716
Published by Evans Brothers Limited.
1st
1952.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A thrilling story set in and around Whitby and the moors of North Yorkshire. Blue boards, gilt titles and author signature vignette to front. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 216 pages. Some uneven browning to spine and cover edges. Page edge browning and a few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine; with edge-tears and chips - some pieces of loss along edges; tape repair to base of spine.
DRAGON FARM
Written by Emmeline Garnett.
Illustrated by B. Kay.
Stock no. 1108684
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1952.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A New Adventure Story. Red boards with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped; some loss to top and tail of spine; creased.
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BEYOND THE SUNSET
Written by Arthur D. Howeden Smith.
Stock no. 1108637
Published by Brentano's Ltd.
1st
1923.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth with gilt titles. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby with some edge-tears and chips - a few small pieces of loss.
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MOONS IN GOLD
Written by C.S. Montanye.
Stock no. 2112042
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1st
1937.
Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Part of Harrap's Adventure Novel Library Series. Orange covers with black title block to spine. A scarce item! Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Front endpaper is MISSING. Foxing. Wrapper is faded to spine, with sticker residue; large tear with loss to rear panel; other smaller tears and chips to edges.
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MONTMORENCY
Written by Eleanor Updale.
Stock no. 1709252
Published by Scholastic Press.
1st
2003.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
The first Montmorency adventure. ISBN: 0439978157. SIGNED by author to title page.
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THE SECRET OF HOLLOW HILL
Written by Garry Hogg.
Illustrated by Drake Brookshaw.
Stock no. 1501692
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
1951.
Very good condition.
Green covers with gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 214 pages. Spine bumped and worn. Top corners worn, lower corners worn and frayed. A little foxing.
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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TUNNEL
Written by Carol Kendall.
Illustrated by Lilian Buchanan.
Stock no. 1309974
Published by The Bodley Head.
1973.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A Bodley Head Library Reprint. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0370009258. Minimal bumping to spine. Price-cut wrapper is lightly browned to spine and has a couple of tiny marks to panels.
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WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 2110017
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1933.
Almost very good condition.
Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 numbered pages. Uneven browning to covers. Corners and spine are bumped and worn, with some chipping; nick to side of spine. Front joint next to half-title page is cracked. Some foxing - mostly to outer page edges. Contents are still very good.