551.
The Fairchild Family - Grandmother's Favourites
by
Mrs Sherwood
with illustrations by
Evelyn Beale
Published by T. C. & E. C. Jack circa 1920
Edited by Amy Steedman.
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
All edges gilt.
16cm x 20cm.
111 pages.
Re-told by Jeanie Lang.
Covers faded and a little worn.
Binding delicate.
Four of eight colour plates present.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
552.
Freda's Great Adventure
by
Alice Massie
with illustrations by
Wal Paget
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1930
Olive green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and a little soiled, with 1cm loss at base of spine.
Minor wear to covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
553.
554.
555.
Black Beauty
by
Anna Sewell
Published by Thames Publishing Co circa 1955
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper a little worn at edges.
Book itself VG.
Neat gift dedication in corner of front endpaper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
556.
Nicholas Nickleby
by
Charles Dickens
Published by Thames Publishing Co circa 1955
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
557.
A Tale of Two Cities
by
Charles Dickens
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1955
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper intact, but worn and creased.
Book itself generally VG.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
558.
Jo's Boys
by
Louisa May Alcott
Published by Thames Publishing Co circa 1955
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper a little worn at edges.
Neat gift dedication inside front cover.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
559.
Little Women
by
Louisa M. Alcott
Published by Dean circa 1960
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
560.
Little Women
by
Louisa May Alcott
Published by Thames Publishing Co circa 1955
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
561.
What Katy did next
by
Susan Coolidge
Published by Blackie circa 1960
Red and white cloth-covered boards.
Red lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
562.
What Katy did next
by
Susan Coolidge
Published by Thames Publishing Co circa 1965
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gold lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Otherwise close to VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
563.
What Katy Did
by
Susan Coolidge
Published by Ward Lock circa 1955
Green cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper illustration and colour frontispiece by Rene Cloke; no other illustrations.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
564.
The Islanders' Strange Holiday
by
Gaye Knowles
with illustrations by
Caney
Published by Brockhampton Press circa 1960
Blue and white cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped, and a little worn at edges.
Book itself generally VG.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
565.
Jerry of St Winifred's
by
Peggie C. Moody
1st Thus edition,
published by Lutterworth in 1958
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and price-clipped.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
566.
Jandy Mac comes back
by
Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
Published by Collins in 1959
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
567.
Nun's Castle
by
Jennie Melville
Published by The Romance Book Club in 1975
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gold lettering on spine.
Adult fiction (romance).
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Some faint foxing to endpapers.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
568.
The Ruses of Ruby-Anne
by
Douglas V. Duff
Published by The Thames Publishing Co circa 1960
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Very Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
569.
That Joyous Adventure
by
Edith Elise Cowper
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons circa 1955
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
12cm x 18cm.
95 pages.
Minor wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Pages tanned.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
570.
571.
572.
A Book of Ogres and Trolls
by
Ruth Manning-Sanders
with illustrations by
Robin Jacques
1st edition,
published by Methuen Children's Books in 1972
ISBN: 0416672302.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
127 pages.
Light wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Some slight shelf-wear to lower edge of boards.
"This book belongs to Kathleen" written in coloured pencil reasonably neatly by a child on the front endpaper.
VG in other respects.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
573.
Strangers at the Farm School
by
Josephine Elder
Published by Children's Press circa 1960
Green cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Silver decoration on covers.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Neat gift dedication in upper corner of front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
574.
Judy, Patrol Leader
by
Dorothea Moore
Published by The Children's Press circa 1960
Green cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Silver decoration on covers.
Minor wear to edges of dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition
(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
575.