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CARRIER AIR POWER
Written by Norman Friedman.
Illustrated by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1830066
Published by Conway Maritime Press.
1st
1981.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The history of ship-based aircraft and their employment. A penetrating analysis of the very special requirements of carrier design and the operational roles both of the ships and of their aircraft. Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 192 pages. ISBN: 0851772161. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- MILITARY VEHICLES
- AIRCRAFT CARRIER
- MARITIME
- AVIATION
THE RED BOOK OF HEROES
Written by Mrs. Lang; Andrew Lang.
Illustrated by A. Wallis Mills.
Stock no. 1830064
Published by Longmans, Green & Co..
1st
1909.
Slightly better than good condition.
Edited by Andrew Lang. Red covers with extensive gilt decorations. Containing 8 colour plates and numerous illustrations. 368 pages. All edges gilt. Light rubbing to board corners. Some fading and a few marks to boards. Large personal ink stamp to front endpaper. Small name in ink to front pastedown. Joints are cracked, hinges pulled but binding is tight. Pencil underlining to contents in places (minimal). Some light marks to contents, mainly to margins.
THE UGLY DUCKLING
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Adrian Mitchell.
Illustrated by Jonathan Heale.
Stock no. 1329947
Published by Dorling Kindersley.
1st
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Maroon cloth spine with gilt title, cream boards. Green endpapers, delightful colour woodcuts. ISBN: 0751370185. Slight rubbing to corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges and very slightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
ALLIGATOR PIE
Written by Dennis Lee.
Illustrated by Frank Newfeld.
Stock no. 1329945
Published by Macmillan Of Canada.
1st
1974.
Very good condition.
Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Poems for children. ISBN: 0771595913. Minimal bumping to spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
THE DAISY CHAIN
Written by A.L.O.E.; et al.
Stock no. 1329944
Published by T. Nelson & Sons.
1880.
Good condition.
A picture story book for children by A.L.O.E. (C.M. Tucker) and other favourite writers. Black spine. Pictorial front board showing three children fishing. 6 chromolithographs. B/w chapter headings and tailpieces. 72 pages. Backstrip and Frontis are both MISSING from this copy. Covers are marked and scuffed, corners are worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. A few foxspots and some light fingermarks to page margins. A couple of corner tips creased. Contents generally bright and clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ILLUSTRATED
- ANTHOLOGY - STORY
- ANTHOLOGY - POETRY
ELOISE
Written by Kay Thompson.
Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Stock no. 1329943
Published by Max Reinhardt.
1957.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A book for precocious grown-ups about a little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel. Red boards, black titles. Illus endpapers. Amusing 3-tone illus to text throughout. 65 pages. 11" x 8". Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine very slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and light finger creases to page margins. Grubby dustwrapper is edge worn and foxed, some tears with slight loss and small tape repairs on verso. Wrapper is price-cut.
UNCLE REMUS STORIES
Written by Joel Chandler Harris; Jane Shaw.
Illustrated by William Backhouse.
Stock no. 1329942
Published by Collins.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Large format, cream boards with red title and vignette. Delightful colour illustrations. Retold by Jane Shaw. 13 stories. 61 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Slight foxing, musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears to top edge and some loss to top of spine and rear panel (small tape repairs on verso).
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- RABBITS (CHILDRENS)
- FOXES
- WOLVES
- BEAR
LA CORONA AND THE TIN FROG
Written by Russell Hoban.
Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1329941
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1979.
Very good condition.
Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224013971. Minimal fading to top edge of rear cover (beside spine). Contents clean.
THE APRIL BABY'S BOOK OF TUNES
Written by Mary Russell.
Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1329940
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd..
1903.
Good condition.
Tan cloth, red titles and small vignette of girl to front cover. Colour plates throughout. 74 pages, all edges red. 7.5 x 7.75". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers rubbed and marked with damp stain to base of spine/cover edges. Damp stains to endpapers, prelims and last few pages. Some fingermarks to page margins. Tissue-guard for frontis has been removed.
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MR. PAPINGAY'S FLYING SHOP
Written by Marion St. John Webb.
Illustrated by Franke Rogers.
Stock no. 1329938
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press.
Good condition.
Blue cloth, pink title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers grubby. Endpapers browned. Old tape marks to front pastedown. Some neat ink writing to front free-endpaper (Francis Holland School Juniors Fiction Library E.47). Some grubby marks to contents. Unfortunately the colour frontis is MISSING from this copy.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
A SECOND BOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald.
Illustrated by Allen W. Seaby.
Stock no. 1329937
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd..
1st
1954.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Ladybird Series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some browning to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Fingering to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is edge rubbed/worn and a little marked to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- LADYBIRD
- LADYBIRD 536 NATURE
- NATURE (CHILDRENS)
- ORNITHOLOGY
NATURE BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Christine H. Rolland.
Illustrated by Nina Scott Langley.
Stock no. 1329936
Published by Collins.
Circa
1964.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Windsor Birthday Books series. Green boards, silver title to spine and title/vignettes to front cover. 3 little verses or sayings for each day of the year. Illustrations at the top of each page. A sweet little book. 5.5 x 4.25". Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Contnets UNUSED. Dustwrapper is foxed, light browned to spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
- BIRTHDAY BOOK