Slim stapled booklet format, limp covers. Very scarce title. Similar in style to a ladybird book but shorter; fewer pages. Educational series for very young children. This book features a picture of a toy on each page with the name underneath printed in clear lowercase text. Printed on-sided to prevent distraction, so when you turn the page you only see one image. 11 toys are featured - tricycle, roundabout, golliwog, Noah's ark, doll's house, pedal car, wigwam, doll and tea-set, jig-saw puzzle, cooking set, puppets. In very good, clean condition. No names or inscriptions. 17.5 x 15cm. View More...
Hardback, no dust jacket. First edition. Signed on the title page by the illustrator, Nicola Bayley - no inscription / dedication. Glazed pictorial boards are slightly faded at the spine and very slightly bruised at the base of the spine. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A tiny mark on page 10. The binding is firm. pp. 31. 25.2cm tall. View More...
Pictorial soft back, stapled binding. First thus, paperback edition, 1971. Covers are rubbed and creased - good condition; contents are in very good condition, though pages have sightly darkened /discoloured. Foxing inside the covers / prelims. Previous owner's name written neatly in ballpoint at the top edge of the half-title page. pp.30. 23.8cm tall. ISBN: 0216882708. View More...
Pictorial soft back, stapled binding. First published in 1960; this edition is 1970. The covers have a little creasing, light rubs to edges and a pencil mark on the front cover. Contents in very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. pp. 30. 23.9cm tall. View More...
Hardback, pictorial boards. No dust jacket. First published in 1962; this edition is 1970. The binding is firm; a very small pull to the sewn binding at the head of the spine. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages in clean condition. Slim and unpaginated. Boards are rubbed at the spine ends and corners, with short nick at the head of the spine. 24.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback. Glazed pictorial boards. A very nice clean copy of this scarce Camberwick Green book. Pages all clean, though browned at the edges. The sewn binding is in really good condition. The only two flaws are that Paddy Murphy's eyes on the front pastedown illustration have been coloured in and the rear pastedown illustration has been torn, with about an inch missing from the bottom of the picture. The binding often becomes weak on these picture books but the binding is firm. Published around the same time as Chigley was first aired on TV (Camberwick Green was first shown in 1966). Unpaginat... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Original black boards. A small rubbed patch towards the top of the spine. In otherwise very good, clean condition throughout. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Printed on thick gloss paper. Numerous colour plates. 159pp. 28cm tall. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. View More...
Hardback. Date of publication not stated but is c. 1938. With four colour illustrated double page pop-up scenes, colour frontispiece and vignette title page, two-tone endpapers and some line drawn illustrations by Elizabeth Merwin Wickham. Some further line illustrations by other artists. Design by Giraud. There were 17 numbered Bookano stories published between c. 1933/4 - 1950, and this additional un-numbered volume. Publisher's colour illustrated paper-covered boards. The pop-ups are in very good condition: there are four of them and the last two are in crisp, perfect condition; the first p... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. In excellent, clean and tight, very near fine condition. In this, the first title of the beloved Little Tim series, a small boy wants to be a sailor, but his parents say he is much too young. Tim grabs the chance to stow away on a steamer, but little does he expect the hard work, stormy sea and sinking ship to come! Slim unpaginated picture book. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. (Photographed without the film sleeve, to mi... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition thus - first printing of this revised and redrawn edition (Lucy Brown and Mr Grimes was first published by the OUP in 1937). An excellent, very near fine condition copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Tiniest amount of foxing to the top edge of the underside of the dust jacket and a few very pale (difficult to see) spots to the dust jacket covers. There are two slight black ink printing smears to pages - one on p.43, the other on p. 46. In otherwise excellent condition throughout. Clean, tight and unmarked. No names or inscriptions. The front flap of t... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition. The penultimate Little Tim story from renowned author and illustrator Edward Ardizzone. There is some quite significant foxing to the endpapers and pastedowns and lighter foxing to the dust jacket flaps and to the underside of the dust jacket. There is a very small residual tape mark to the rear endpaper, transferred from a previous dust jacket cover. Otherwise in overall very good, clean condition. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket has very light rubs to the spine ends and corners; no tears. Front flap not... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Very good condition. First UK edition; was first published in the USA in 1944. Publisher's original red boards. Foxing to the closed textblock page edges and to the edges and back cover of the dust jacket. Some very light rubs to the dust jacket edges. The binding is nice and firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A very good copy of this delightful, scarce little children's book. Front flap of the dust jacket has been price clipped. pp. 31. 19cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. The Evergreen Library edition, 1971; the book was first published in 1961. The binding is firm. Publisher's original green boards. Top edge tinted green. Previous owner's name and address written in ballpoint pen on the front endpaper. Marks to the edges of the dust jacket flaps, pastedowns and endpapers from old sellotape strips holding on an old dust jacket protector (all now removed). Dust jacket design by Mark Peppe; in text illustrations by John Verney. Apart from the old tape marks the dust jacket is bright and clean. Front flap has been price clipped. pp. 256.... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Publication date not stated but c. 1950s edition. In the Nelson New Era Series. Blue cloth boards, faded at the spine ends. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Colour frontispiece illustration. The binding is firm. Some discolouration and very light foxing spots to outer closed textblock edges. The dust jacket is worn and torn, with some rubs, chips and tears to the edges, with loss at the spine ends, corners and a little to the top edge. Dust jacket price clipped. pp. 292. 19.2cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition [1940]. Original blue cloth boards with black outline penguin design and titles on the front / upper board. There is a very, very slight curvature to the boards. Heavy foxing to the top and bottom closed textblock edges. Significant foxing to the endpapers, pastedowns and to the dust jacket. The dust jacket is worn at the edges, with tears, chips, some loss at the spine ends and corners and loss (max 5cm x 4.5cm) to the top edge of the back cover. Some further pale brown staining to the front cover of the dust jacket. Front flap not price clipped. There... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First impression, 1973. Publisher's original brown boards. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some foxing to endpapers and to closed textblock page edges. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed at the edges, with a few tiny nicks, and significant foxing to the flap. Front flap price clipped. pp. 156. 20.4cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good condition overall. Pictorial boards and matching dust jacket. First edition. The binding is firm and pages clean and bright. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. The boards and dust jacket both have a short tear of approx. 0.5cm at the base of the spine. The dust jacket is otherwise just a little bruised at the top edge and the white sections are slightly discoloured. Front flap not price clipped. Slim and unpaginated illustrated children's picture book. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose pro... View More...
Hardback. Glazed pictorial boards. Sewn binding, which is slightly weakened at the base of the spine. No names or inscriptions. The front pastedown has a small grubby mark and a biro line mark, about one inch long. The book has a musty odour. Children's picture book. Unpaginated. 26.3cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First printing of this reissued hardback edition. An excellent, fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket - very slight rubs to the corners only. The book is clean, tight, unmarked and appears unread. A super copy. pp. 170. 20.5cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, 1957. In very good condition. Publisher's original blue boards. Some foxing to the dust jacket and a very little foxing to page edges. Top edge tinted blue. The binding is firm, inner hinges very good. A school prize label pasted on the front endpaper, dated 1957. pp. 192. 20cm tall. White parts of the dust jacket discoloured / greyed. A couple of short tears, tiny chips and some rubs to dust jacket edges. Front flap not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book o... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 2nd impression. Red boards. In very good clean condition. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Dust jacket is a little rubbed at the edges. Not price clipped. pp. 121. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. (Photographed without the film sleeve, to minimise reflection). View More...
Hardback. Pictorial boards show some rubs to the surface, particularly around the edges and spine. Rub to the front endpaper where it looks like a previous price mark has been erased. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. A few pale grubby marks to page margins. Unpaginated. Slim picture book. 25.6cm tall. View More...
Hardback, with dust jacket. First impression. Original grey boards. The book itself is in very good condition - light bruising to the spine ends and minor bumps to the bottom corners. The binding is firm and pages are bright and clean, except for a small faint mark to the edge of the rear endpaper. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Binding is tight. The dust jacket unfortunately has a water-type stain to the top of the back cover, affecting approx. 11cm x 3cm max at the top edge. There are a few other very light marks to the dust jacket and minor rubs to the edges and bru... View More...
Slim stapled picture book. Penguin / Puffin Picture Puffins edition; 1986 reprint; the first Picture Puffins edition was in 1972. In just about very good condition overall. Some foxing inside both front and back covers. Puffin editorial file stamp just inside the front cover. In otherwise nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions. pp. 32. 23cm tall. View More...
Slim stapled picture book. Penguin / Puffin Picture Puffins edition; 1985 reprint; the first Picture Puffins edition was in 1970. A very little, very light foxing inside both front and back covers. Editorial copy file stamp just inside the front cover and there is a faint score mark scratched along the width of the front cover. In otherwise very good, clean condition. No names or inscriptions. pp. 32. 23cm tall. View More...
Slim stapled picture book. Penguin / Puffin Picture Puffins edition; a late 1980s to early 1990s reprint, estimated 1990; the first Picture Puffins edition was in 1970. There is a small dent to the top of the spine and a tiny dent to the top edge of the front cover. Very slight rubs to the corners of the covers. In otherwise very good, clean condition throughout. No names or inscriptions. pp. 32. 23cm tall. View More...
Complete uniform set of 1988 printings published by Armada paperbacks; all 6 original titles in the Malory Towers series. The books are in very good condition - grey marks from page turning to the closed textblock foredges (see photos) and there is a thumb-sized grubby mark in the margin of page 117/8 of the first book. However, the covers are crisp and bindings tight - no creases to the spines, no previous owner's names or inscriptions. An uncommonly good set of these 1980s paperbacks. 17.8cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. The ninth Famous Five adventure. Both the book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Publisher's original red boards. A brief and neat gift inscription written in ink at the top edge of the front endpaper. Ninth impression, 1962; this adventure was first published in 1950. There is a slight lean to the spine. Foxing to the top closed textblock page edge and a few foxing spots to the long textblock foredge. A couple of small spots to page margins; pages are otherwise nice and clean throughout. The dust jacket is rubbed at the edges, with some small nicks and cre... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First published in September 1952; this is the 4th impression, 1956. Publisher's original red boards, slightly faded at the spine ends. Foxing to the outer closed textblock page edges. The binding is firm. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Some light brown grubby marks to the edges of a few pages (not many). The dust jacket is worn at the edges, with rubs, short tears, chips, and some small loss to the edges. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 192. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. 1954 reprint; was first published in 1941. Publisher's original light blue boards, with pictorial dust jacket. In fair condition only: although pages are clean, most pages have creasing and many pages have a short tear to the bottom margin - these look like they are from handling / reading as creases and tears aren't uniform. Just a few foxing spots to the closed textblock foredge. Boards have small bumps to the upper corners and are slightly discoloured at the edges. A forwards lean to the spine. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner'... View More...
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