ADVENTURE
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THE SKY BANDITS
Written by George E. Rochester.
Stock no. 2132015
Published by The Ace Publishing Company.
Circa
1938.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Green cloth with black title to spine. 4 b/w plates, including frontis. It was towards the middle of the afternoon that two aeroplanes flying wing-tip to wing-tip, headed eastwards towards the bleak moors on which Bleakmoor Prison was situated. The two pilots had planned an amazing escape of one of the prisoners... Light bumping to spine and corners. Some browning to top and tail of spine and cover edges. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Page edge browning. Ink smudges to a couple of pages of prelims. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and chips; loss to top of spine and a couple of corners; faded to spine. Wrapper also has some grubby marks.
BLACK WING
Written by George E. Rochester.
Illustrated by John Drever.
Stock no. 2131714
Published by The Epworth Press.
Circa
1951.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. B/w frontis. Spine is bumped with some fading. Page edge browning. A few margin marks. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; piece MISSING along bottom of front panel; a few other smaller bits of loss.
ROBINSON CRUSOE CORAL ISLAND TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Daniel Defoe; R.M. Ballantyne; Robert Louis Stevenson.
Illustrated by John Harcourt Finnie; J.E. Sutcliffe; Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1318496
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press.
Almost very good condition.
Orange cloth, gilt title to spine. Three volumes in one. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Pencil writing (name and address) to front free-endpaper. Endpapers slightly browned, textblock slightly grubby.
THE TERROR OF THE SEAS
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Stock no. 2131012
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited.
1st
1927.
Almost very good condition.
Stone cloth with black title to spine, black and orange titles and decoration to front cover. B/w plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers and outer page edges.
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- CHILDRENS
- ADVENTURE
- BOYS ADVENTURE
THE ICE-KING'S DAUGHTER
Written by Sheila K. Mccullagh.
Illustrated by Mary Gernat.
Stock no. 1817675
Published by E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd..
1st
1964.
Good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Dragon Book D2. A reading book. Grey boards, white titles. B/w and colour illustrations. Corners bumped. Contents grubby, some pen marks. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is also grubby and marked, edge-worn with a few tears.
PEG-LEG AND THE INVADERS
Written by Peter Dawlish.
Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 2130671
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford.
1st
1940.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue/green cloth with black titles and decorations to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Browning to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; chipping and some creasing.
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THE ENTICING STRANGER
Written by J.K. Stunt.
Stock no. 2130284
Published by Victory Press.
1st
1963.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black title to spine. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.
GALLOWAY GAMBLE
Written by John Newsom.
Illustrated by Leslie Wood.
Stock no. 2130042
Published by MacGibbon & Kee.
1st
1951.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Brown cloth with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Small damp mark to rear cover. Wrapper is torn and creased with chips and marks; some loss; damp mark to rear panel.
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THE CONDOR CRAGS ADVENTURE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2129551
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited.
1st
1954.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Godfrey Chudleigh paying one of his annual visits to the Argentine didn't expect that the family's possession of an Inca treasure would lead to his own kidnapping! Pale blue boards with dark blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 204 pages. Spotting to covers. Page browning and some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few closed tears and chips; a little loss to a couple of corners.
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- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- ADVENTURE
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
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THE SAINT BRIDE BLUE
Written by Sybil Burr.
Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 2129550
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.
1st
1956.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue covers. B/w illustrations. Marks to outer page edges. Cellophane has been put to cover the book - but has been stuck using sticky tape - so wrapper is stuck to book at pastedowns and edges. Some chipping at edges of cellophane.
GREEN TRAIL
Written by Shirley Faulkner-Horne.
Illustrated by Peter Biegel.
Stock no. 1816525
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd..
1st
1947.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green cloth with red title label and gilt title to spine. Full-page b/w illustrations. 189 pages. The exciting story of the Paisley children who set out to outwit a gang of crooks. A few marks to boards. Light browning to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is Rubbed at edges, slightly faded to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.
THE COMPASS POINTS NORTH
Written by M.E. Atkinson.
Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 2125706
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited.
1st
1938.
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. Scuffing and marks to covers. Bumping and wear to corners. Inscriptions in ink to prelims. Foxing. A couple of hinges are a bit pulled.