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MERRY DAYS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh.
Illustrated by Chris G. Temple.
Stock no. 1505920
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd..
circa
1922.
Almost very good condition.
Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows three children sailing a toy boat, yellow titles. 10 x 7.5". Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby, mainly edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. One hinge cracked. Contents clean but with foxing and some browning.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
ROUND THE YEAR STORY BOOK
Written by Alan Hyder; Berta Lawrence; Vivien Batchelor; et al.
Illustrated by Rene Cloke; Lunt Roberts; Neave Parker; Eileen Soper; et al..
Stock no. 1505917
Published by P.R. Gawthorn Ltd..
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows children playing each with a month on them. First story is 'The Girl Who Liked Fairy Tales. Pretty colour plates and two-tone text illustrations. 163 pages. Base of spine bumped. Minimal wear to spine and corners. A couple of hinges starting to crack. Just a odd fox spot otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is badly torn around bottom half of spine and along rear fold and into rear panel, with creasing but very little loss. Small tears and creasing to top of spine. A few other chips and tears to edges.
THE JOLLY BOOK - ELEVENTH YEAR
Written by Harold Avery; Angela Brazil; Ethel Talbot; et al.
Illustrated by Lawson Wood; G.E. Studdy; Harold Earnshaw; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1505914
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons.
1920.
Almost very good condition.
For boys and girls. Pictorial boards showing a boy and girl skating on front and a boy and a girl on spine. Black titles to spine and orange titles to front board. Colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Brazil story is 'The Scallywag Boys'. First story is The Spoil Sport by Avery. 10.25" x 8". Spine bumped with some rubbing to vignette. Wear to corners and cover edges. A few marks and scratches to covers. Pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. Some browning to endpapers, prelims and last couple of pages. Evidence of something having been stuck to rear endpaper. Contents very good.
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LE ROI BABAR
Written by Jean De Brunhoff.
Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2121223
Published by Editions Du Jardin Des Modes.
Circa
1933.
Almost very good condition.
'Babar the King' in French language. Yellow pictorial boards, black cloth spine. 48 pages. Colour illustrations. 2" splits to top and tail of spine at both sides. This has led to some fraying and chipping of cloth. Grubby marks and some scuffing to covers. Binding is still nice and tight. Some foxing and a few grubby page margin marks. Illustrations are still lovely and bright.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
- ANIMAL STORY
- ELEPHANT
HOLIDAY FROLICS AT THE FARM
Written by Evelyn Everett-Green; Edric Vredenburg; Mary Boyle; et al.
Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; Mabel F. Taylor; et al..
Stock no. 1505913
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co..
circa
1910.
Very good condition.
Red pictorial boards with cloth spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Stories and verses. 88 pages plus book list. Spine bumped and worn. Wear to corners and cover edges. A few small marks to covers. Nick to edge of half-title page. Contents very good just some light browning and foxing.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 3RD YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; Clifton Bingham; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Alice Talwin Morris.
Illustrated by Charles Robinson; John Hassall.
Stock no. 1405424
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1907.
Slightly better than good condition.
Red cloth spine with black titles and vignette. Pictorial front board showing children round a brazier. Colour and b/w illustrations. First story is Bastable Cove by Strang. 192 pages Spine bumped, rubbed and darkened. Corners bumped and very worn. Board edges worn. Covers scuffed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some hinges cracked. Top corner of frontis missing. Colouring to one b/w illustration. Some foxing. Grubby marks to most page margins. A few small margin tears.
IT STILL BEATS WORKING! MY FORTY YEARS OF MOTOR RACING FUN
Written by Eoin S. Young.
Stock no. 1812306
Published by Transport Bookman Publications.
1st
2003.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The second volume of Eoin Young's autobiography crammed with all the Grand Prix-after-dinner tales and Barley Mow motor racing pub stories that he forgot to put in the first book! Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851840698. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- CARS
- MOTOR SPORT
- BIOGRAPHY
- NEWSPAPERS
- JOURNALISM
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ARBORICULTURISTS AND OTHERS IN NORTH GERMANY 1895
No author listed.
Stock no. 1812302
Published by McFarlane & Erskine.
Circa
1895.
Good condition.
Being a sketch by pen and pencil of their terrible sufferings at Sea, and their hair-breadth escapes by land. Large format. Red cloth boards with illustration to front and rear. No title to spine. B/w illustrations. 55 pages. All edges gilt. Boards mottled and damp stained. Top & tail of spine fraying. Endpapers browned. Small name in ink to front endpaper. A few grubby marks to contents mainly to margins.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- TREES
- FORESTRY
- HUMOUR
- VICTORIAN
RICHARD SUTCLIFFE: THE PIONEER OF UNDERGROUND BELT CONVEYING
Written by R.J. Sutcliffe; Edward D. Sutcliffe.
Stock no. 1812299
Published by R.W. Simpson & Co. Ltd..
2nd
1948.
Very good condition.
Second Edition. The life of the late Richard Sutcliffe, and of his stuggles, and triumphs, and setbacks. Red cloth boards, dark red titles to front, no title to spine. B/w plates. Spine & front vertical board edge faded. Edge of front cover is bumped. Marks to rear board. 'Copyright reserved' stamp to endpapers. Rear joint just starting to crack. Contents clean and tight.
WILTSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY: THE FIRST 150 YEARS
Written by James H. Thomas.
Stock no. 1812292
Published by W.A.N.H.S. Devizes.
1st
2003.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Volume of ten essays written to mark the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society's 150th anniversary in 2003. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0947723099. Green dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- NATURAL HISTORY
- WILTSHIRE
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QUALITY STREET
Written by J.M. Barrie.
Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1505881
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1913.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A Comedy in Four Acts. Large format. Elaborately decorated blue/lilac cloth covers, large gilt vignette and titles to front and spine. Illustrated endpapers. 22 beautiful tissue-guarded colour plates and b/w text illustrations.198 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Faint stain, only visible at certain angles, to spine edges of rear and front cover. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. Foxing and light browning to endpapers. Contents very good just an odd margin tear and fox spot. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with tears to ends of spine. Creasing to folds and sides of spine. Browning to spine and unevenly to rear panel. Browning and pink stains to verso corresponding with faint stains on covers.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- ILLUSTRATED
- PLAYS
ON KNOTS
Written by Louis H. Kauffman.
Stock no. 1608092
Published by Princeton University Press.
1st
1987.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Card wraps. Annals of Mathematics Studies Number 115. 480 pages. ISBN: 0691084351. Vertical crease to spine.
- Categorised in:
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- MATHS