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THE MERRY MINSTREL
Written by Haydn Perry.
Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop; Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1827903
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
1958.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An Anthology of Verse for Children. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. Two-tone illustrations to text throughout. 376 pages, top edge blue. Reprint. Corners bumped, top & tail of spine shelf worn. Text block browned, blue top edge has faded. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily foxed, browned to spine and worn at corners. A musty odour present.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
THE SIEGE OF MONTSEGUR
Written by Inge Ott.
Stock no. 1827902
Published by Floris Books.
1st UK
1982.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The historical story of the besieged Pyrenean castle of Monsegur in 1244. Originally published in German under the title Geier uber dem Montsegur. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0903540630. Small nick to cloth at lower edges. Light black mark tlo rear board. Page browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and just a little scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- HISTORICAL STORY
SKIPPER AND THE HEADLAND FOUR
Written by Judith M. Berrisford.
Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1827901
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd..
1st
1957.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The Appleby family may have to sell their farm! That is the catastrophe which the four children are determined to avert. How they suceed - helped by their white Alsation, Skipper - is an exciting story. Green cloth boards, yellow title block and decoration to spine with black title. B/w illustrations. Boards unevenly faded, small white stain to top front edge. Foxing mainly to endpapers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, has a large closed tear to front panel and smaller tear to base of spine (no loss and repaired to verso with clear tape), rear panel grubby.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- DOGS (CHILDRENS)
- ALSATIAN
- FARMS (CHILDRENS)
HELEN, BALLET STUDENT
Written by Linda Graeme.
Stock no. 1827900
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.
Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A Junior Novel. Helen's sixteenth birthday present is an audition at the Lincoln School of Ballet. Readers will be enchanted with this story and its true atmosphere of a real ballet school. Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Third impression (undated). Boards a little mottled and marked. Spine is a little cocked. Name in pencil to top edge of front endpaper (erasure has been attempted unsuccessfully). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss, repaired to verso with clear tape, rear panel is a little grubby.
TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed.
Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
Stock no. 1827899
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st thus
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Oxford Illustrated Classics series. Dark red boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 281 pages. Wonderful double-spread colour illustrations. Borad corners lightly bumped. Cloth to top edge of rear board is discoloured. Foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and rubbed to top of spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- ARABIAN NIGHTS
- OXFORD ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS
BIGGLES GOES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1827898
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1960.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title to spine. Black vignette on front cover - Biggles in a parachute. Colour frontis, b/w chapter headers. 160 pages. Sunlight on title to dustwrapper spine has imprinted title on to spine of book (faint). Neat name in ink to front endpaper, Some minor rust marks to front flap of dustwrapper and endapers. Text block lightly browned and foxed. Damp staining to edge of prelims and rear endpaper (light). Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, rubbed at corners, repaired with clear tape to verso, damp stain to verso (not visible to front). Sounds worse than it is.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
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THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed.
Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 1827896
Published by Folio Society.
2000.
Very good condition.
Tales from the Thousand and One Nights. White cloth, gilt titles and decoration. Colour plates. Third printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is badly worn/rubbed to one open edge and is scuffed (G), hence lower price.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- ARABIAN NIGHTS
- ILLUSTRATED
A ROOM WITH A VIEW
Written by E.M. Forster.
Illustrated by Glynn Boyd Harte.
Stock no. 1827894
Published by Folio Society.
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Maroon cloth spine and rear cover; gilt title to spine. Photographic front cover. Lithographs by Harte. Second printing. Small mark to base of spine and also to front edge of spine. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little scuffed (VG+).
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
- LITHOGRAPHS
BALLET SHOES: A STORY OF THREE CHILDREN ON THE STAGE
Written by Noel Streatfeild; Jacqueline Wilson.
Illustrated by Inga Moore.
Stock no. 1827893
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2009.
Nearly fine condition.
Introduction by Jacqueline Wilson. Pictorial paper board to front, purple cloth spine and rear cover with gilt vignette of ballet shoes and gilt title to spine. Colour plates. 206 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some minor scuffing (NR F).
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- CHILDRENS
- BALLET
THE TOWERS OF TREBIZOND
Written by Rose Macaulay; Joanna Trollope.
Illustrated by Natacha Ledwidge.
Stock no. 1827891
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Blue pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Printed on Caxton wove paper, at The Bath Press. With an introduction by Joanna Trollope. Title to spine is lightly rubbed, last page has crease to lower corner, else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is just a bit scuffed (VG+).
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE
Written by James M. Cain; Steve Erickson.
Illustrated by Patrick Leger.
Stock no. 1827890
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2012.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Introduced by Steve Erickson. Grey pictorial cloth boards. 7 full page colour illustrations including frontis. Front joint pulled between front endpaper and half-title page (relatively minor) else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed (VG).
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- LITERATURE
EASY & NOT-SO-EASY PIECES
Written by Richard Feynman; Roger Penrose.
Stock no. 1827889
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2008.
Nearly fine condition.
Red cloth boards with gilt & white decorations, gilt title to spine. Gold endpapers. Introduced by Roger Penrose. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase (NR F).
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY