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FIVE GO OFF IN A CARAVAN
Written by Enid Blyton.
Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1330237
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1946.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth. Green and white pictoral endpapers. Colour frontis. Two-colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and some slight rubbing to cover edges. Foxing to textblock, prelims and endpapers. Contents clean. Contained in a PHOTOCOPY of a good dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ENID BLYTON
- FAMOUS FIVE
WHILE THE BELLS RING
Written by William Mayne.
Illustrated by Janet Rawlins.
Stock no. 1330233
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1979.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Navy blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w drawings. A story about people and the Yorkshire Dales. 96 pages. ISBN: 024189932X. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly browned (as is usual with this wrapper).
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THE INCLINE
Written by William Mayne.
Stock no. 1330232
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1972.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, gilt title to spine. A powerfully direct statement about adolescent emotions and human relationships. 191 pages. ISBN: 0241021383. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine slightly bumped. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at spine ends.
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A WHIFF OF BURNT BOATS
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 1330231
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1st
1971.
Very good condition.
An early autobiography. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. A few b/w photos. 191 pages. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Evidence of a small label removed from front free-endpaper and a larger label removed from pastedown.
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
Written by Lewis Carroll.
Illustrated by Tove Jansson.
Stock no. 1330229
Published by Tate Publishing.
1st thus
2011.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Alice comes to new life in Tove Jansson's drawings. Her wit and imagination are a perfect match for the humour and enchantment of the world at the end of the rabbit hole. Pale blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Wonderful colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781854379573. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased with a small tear to lower edge of rear panel.
CHRISTMAS AT NETTLEFORD
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1330228
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.
Dark blue boards, pale title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, light fading to cover edges. Small dent to top edges of covers. Name and address in ink to half title-page. Pages are browned throughout but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss, large section of loss to lower front corner. Rear panel of wrapper is slightly grubby.
JANE'S COUNTRY YEAR
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Bernard Bowerman.
Stock no. 1330227
Published by George Newnes Limited.
3rd
1953.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Third (Crown Octavo) Edition. Pale blue cloth, dark titles. Endpapers are A Plan of MoorEnd Farm drawn by Richard Herrick. B/w illustrations. Jane spends a whole year in the country on a farm. Month by month as the seasons unfold, Jane discovers the fascination of country lore, the ways of animals and birds, the beauty of trees and wild flowers, and the satisfying rhythm of seed-time and harvest. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Endpapers partly and lightly browned. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- COUNTRYSIDE
- NATURE (CHILDRENS)
DRAWN FROM MEMORY
Written by E.H. Shepard.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330226
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd..
1st
1957.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A charming autobiography of Shepard's childhood. Green cloth, gilt titles. Top edge red. B/w text illustrations throughout. 190 pages. 8.5" x 6.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Evidence of erased pencil marks to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners and a little grubby to rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIOGRAPHY
- ILLUSTRATED
FIVE ON A SECRET TRAIL
Written by Enid Blyton.
Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1330217
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1960.
Good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The 15th Famous Five adventure which all began because of Timmy's wounded ear and the collar he had to wear... Red boards, black lettering. Pictorial blue and black endpapers. Two-tone & b/w illustrations throughout. 182 pages. 2nd impression. Spine and corners bumped. Wear to base of spine and to lower rear corner. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock, prelims and page margins. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Dustwrapper is browned on spine and on verso, slight damp staining to top and tail of spine, dustwrapper is edge worn with split to rear edge of spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- ENID BLYTON
- FAMOUS FIVE
THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR
Written by Josephine Tey; Antonia Fraser.
Illustrated by Paul Hogarth.
Stock no. 1830360
Published by Folio Society.
2001.
Very good condition.
Introduction by Antonia Fraser. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 254 pages. Second printing in the same year as the first printing. A few marks to boards. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks and scuffs.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
THE CREAM OF NOEL COWARD
Written by Noel Coward; Michael Cox.
Illustrated by Helen Smithson.
Stock no. 1830358
Published by Folio Society.
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Selected by Michael Cox. Gold pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Second printing. Couple of minor knocks to gutter edge of spine. Else a fine copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has just a couple of minor marks.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- HUMOUR
- PERFORMING ARTS
- PLAYS
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE
Written by Thomas Hardy.
Illustrated by Peter Reddick.
Stock no. 1830357
Published by Folio Society.
1990.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A Wessex Novel. Green cloth boards, corn dolly motif to front board. Top edge green. B/w wood-engravings. 413 pages. Reprint. Grubby mark to top of spine, above the title label. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with no discernible faults.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS