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CELEBRATING THOMAS CHIPPENDALE: 250 YEARS OF INFLUENCE
Written by Rene Bilodeau; Anselm Fraser.
Stock no. 1830759
Published by The Learning Mill Press.
1st
2005.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book celebrates Thomas Chippendale's, The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director: A pattern book of household furnishings published in 1754. Chippendale's folio would become the most important and significant publication of its time, influencing furniture design and style up to this day. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0976212404. White mark to lower front board imprinted from the verso of the dustwrapper. Dustwrapper has been glued to the pastedowns via the flaps (will not be removed). A few minor marks to front endpaper. Some damp crinkling to contents but no staining, clean. A few minor marks to rear panel of dustwrapper and light fading to front edge of spine.
THE GREAT HOUSE OF ESTRAVILLE
Written by Violet Needham.
Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1330550
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2014.
Fine condition.
Complete and unabridged. First published by Collins in 1955, republished. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781847451798.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
HIGHLAND HOLIDAY
Written by Jane Shaw.
Stock no. 1330549
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2019.
Nearly fine condition.
Caroline and Sara are having to make the most of Scotland for a wartime holiday. Cardwraps. 208 pages. Some b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781847452580.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- WAR STORIES
- SCOTLAND
HILDA ANNERSLEY HEADMISTRESS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Lesley Green.
Stock no. 1330548
Published by Matador.
1st
2005.
Very good condition.
A carry on from Elinor Brent-Dyer's "Gay From China", what happened in the year after the road accident and before Miss Annersley's return to school? Pictorial cardwraps. 215 pages. ISBN: 1904744915. Book leans to one side a little (just from being held open to read). A couple of small, light marks to textblock.
THE SECRET OF THE WHITE PEACOCK
Written by Violet Needham.
Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1330546
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2008.
Nearly fine condition.
Originally published in 1956 by Collins. Cardwraps. 216 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 9781847450470. Minimal rubbing to cover edges.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
THE GATES OF BANNERDALE
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 1330545
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2007.
Nearly fine condition.
Pictorial cardwraps. One of the Bannerdale series. 223 pages. ISBN: 9781847450234. Very slight creasing to corner tips of cover, and also to first few page corner tips.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- CHILDRENS (YOUNG ADULTS)
NO BOATS ON BANNERMERE
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1330544
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Why were boats forbidden on Bannermere Lake?... ISBN: 1904417442. Light vertical crease to spine edge of front cover (just where book has been held open to read). Light mark to top edge of textblock else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
THE CRICKET TERM
Written by Antonia Forest.
Stock no. 1330542
Published by Puffin Books; Penguin Books Ltd.
1981.
Very good condition.
It is busy summer again at Kingscote School. Nicola Marlow is coaching her team with a steely determination to beat the senior girls in the inter-form cricket cup, and her twin sister Lawrie is just as determined to get the part she really wants in the school play. A Puffin paperback. Pictorial cardwraps. 255 pages. ISBN: 0140311378. Light creases to covers. Pale page browning else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE WHISTLING BOY
Written by Ruth M. Arthur.
Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 1330541
Published by Armada.
1st thus
1973.
Very good condition.
Originally published by Gollancz in 1969. Kirsty goes fruit-picking in East Anglia and meets Jake, they immediately become friends... Cardwraps. B/w text illustrations. 159 pages. ISBN: 0006907601. Some creasing, wear and fading to covers. Inscription in ink to inside front cover, name in ink to inside rear cover. Initials in ink to half title-page. Pale page browning throughout else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- EAST ANGLIA
A LAST YEAR AT VIVIANS
Written by Patricia K. Caldwell.
Stock no. 1330540
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2013.
Very good condition.
Originally privately printed/published in 2006. Cardwraps. 207 pages. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 9781847451552. Front joint is starting to crack. Some rubbing to cover edges. Textblock is slightly grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE CHALET SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Pat Willimott.
Stock no. 1330539
Published by Matador.
1st
2005.
Very good condition.
Set a year after Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's New Beginnings at the Chalet School, this story features a new library and swimming pool, built to commemorate the silver anniversary of the school. Pictorial cardwraps. 184 pages. ISBN: 1905237308. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Corners of front cover slightly creased. Book is leaning to one side a little (just where it has been opened to read).
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BLUE & ORANGE: THE HISTORY OF GULF IN MOTORSPORT
Written by Michael Cotton.
Stock no. 1330538
Published by Coterie Press Limited.
1st
2004.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Square format. Colour photos. Gulf Oil history of motor racing sponsorship that stretches from the 1930s to 2001. Witty and interesting quotes and recollections complement over 250 historic images. ISBN: 1902351207. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and is sunned to spine and front spine edge.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
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