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JOY BELLS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1322215
Almost very good condition.
Small, thin format. Pictorial cardwraps. 4 full-page colour illustrations, two with b/w illustrations opposite the same to be coloured in. 16 pages. Covers are slightly grubby. Staples are slightly rusty. Contents lightly browned.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
Written by Gian-Carlo Menotti; Frances Frost.
Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
Stock no. 1322213
Published by Andrew Dakers Limited.
1st
1953.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A narrative adaptation preserving the exact dialogue of the opera. A tender and beautiful Christmas story, warm and humorous about a crippled shepherd boy who entertains the Wise Men on their way to Bethlehem. Blue boards with black titles to spine and black vignettes to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. 86 pages. Slight wear to base of spine and light marks to cover edges. Light foxing to textblock and foxing to first few and last few pages too. Name in ink to half title-page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn and just a little grubby.
LIGHTNINGS LIVE ON!
Written by Hugh Trevor.
Stock no. 1823209
Published by Lightning Preservation Group.
1st
1996.
Very good condition.
Large format. Cardwraps. Supersonic fighter aircraft of the Cold War period. B/w photos. ISBN: 0952882906. This is copy 412. Spine and front spine edge is faded. Rear panel lightly scuffed. Previous bookseller's price label inside front cover. Contents clean.
ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 1322207
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd..
1st
1939.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A selection of stories and rhymes chosen, arranged and in some part rewritten by Mare. Red decorated cloth with gilt title and vignette to spine. B/w text illustrations. 420 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, browned to spine with some loss at top of spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
THE LOST SQUADRON
Written by David Hayes.
Stock no. 1823200
Published by Hyperion; Madison Press Books.
1st
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Colour photos. 223 pages including index. A fleet of warplanes locked in ice for 50 years... Can they be freed to fly again? A true story by David Hayes. ISBN: 0786860480. A few minor dints to lower edge of boards. Tiny patch of surface paper loss to lower gutter edge of front endpapers. Light browning to text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- WORLD WAR II
- AIRCRAFT
- HISTORY
STEEPLE MORDEN STRAFERS 1943-45
Written by Ken Wells.
Stock no. 1322194
Published by Egon Publishers.
1st
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A remarkable story of courage and dedicaton, with many individual combat reports, the stories of escape and evasion also show the courage of Resistance fighters who helped downed airmen. A fascinating social documentary on the impact of war on a handful of tiny rural viallages, their inhabitants and of a lifestyle which has now almost vanished. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. Fold out site plan of Steeple Morden at rear. ISBN: 0905858913. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at top and tail of wrapper.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- AIRCRAFT
- AIR FORCE
- WORLD WAR II
A VILLAGE AIRFIELD AT WAR
Written by Ken Wells.
Stock no. 1322188
Published by Egon Publishers.
1st
1993.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
RAF Steeple Morden 1939-1943. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout, fold-out map at rear pastedown. ISBN: 0905858875. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly creased and rubbed at spine and corners.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- MILITARY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE
JANE LEAVES THE WELLS
Written by Lorna Hill.
Illustrated by Eve Guthrie.
Stock no. 1322162
Published by Evans Brothers Limited.
1st
1953.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The fifth story in the Sadler's Wells ballet series. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers damp spotted. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss to top and tail of spine, rear panel is a bit grubby and browned.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- DANCING
- BALLET
- GIRLS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (GIRLS)
THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley.
Illustrated by Emil Weiss.
Stock no. 1322148
Published by P.R. Gawthorn Ltd..
Good condition.
Red cloth. Pretty colour plates and two-tone illustrations. Covers are stained. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name in ink to front pastedown. Slight foxing to endpapers and textblock. A couple of hinges have cracked.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
A SECOND BOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald.
Illustrated by Allen W. Seaby.
Stock no. 1322142
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd..
Circa
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Ladybird Series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Price cut wrapper is just a little edge rubbed, last title listed on rear flap is "What to Look For in Winter".
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- LADYBIRD
- LADYBIRD 536 NATURE
- NATURE (CHILDRENS)
- ORNITHOLOGY
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RAF WOODVALE: THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS
Written by Aldon P. Ferguson.
Stock no. 1823195
Published by Airfield Publications.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition.
1941-1991. RAF Woodvale was built as a Temporary Royal Air Force Station in 1941 for the defence of Merseyside during WWII. Large format. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0951111329. SIGNED by the author to title page (no dedication). Spine faded. Text block lightly browned, contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- RAF
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- NORTH WEST UK
THE BEAR WHO WENT BOO!
Written by David Walliams.
Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1322134
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books.
1st
2015.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A mischievous picture book packed with snow and surprises. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780008149536. Dustwrapper is a little rubbed/worn at spine and corners and has a tear to top rear corner.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BEAR
- ANIMAL STORY