BLYTON Enid

Well Done, Noddy!. Pictures by [Harmsen van der] Beek [Noddy Book 5].

Sampson Low, Marston & Co.,, [1952]. Sm. 4to., First Edition, with 10 full-page coloured illustrations, very numerous smaller coloured illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; original pictorial boards, one short split in lower joint, one large scuff (two inches square) removing pictorial surface from lower outer corner of front board (just affecting central illustration) else a good, clean, firm copy. The ownership box is completed in pencil

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Book number: 6596

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: childrens, juvenilia, blyton, noddy, beek, enid blyton, children's, juvenilia, enid blyton, well, done, noddy

BLYTON Enid

You're a Good Friend Noddy!. [Illustrated by Robert Tyndall and Robert Lee. Noddy Book 16].

Sampson Low Marston & Co., and Richards Press,, 1958 [c.1964]. 8vo., with numerous coloured illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and pictorial endpapers, ownership box completed in a child's hand with neat address on same page; original pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at extremities. Noddy Book 16. Lovely copy of an early reissue

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Book number: 12344

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: childrens, juvenilia, blyton, noddy, robert tyndall, robert lee, enid blyton, children's, juvenilia, enid blyton, you're, good, friend, noddy

BONE Florence

The Sail of the Silver Barge. With a frontispiece by Victor Prout. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Religious Tract Society,, 1912. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, free endpapers lightly browned; pictorial blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, a remarrkably bright, clean copy. With 16pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 36497

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Keywords: children's, childrens, florence bone, victor prout, rts, religious tract society

BRAZIL Angela

A Fourth Form Friendship. A School Story. Illustrated by Frank E. Wiles. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Blackie & Son,, [c.1920]. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece and 4 plates in monochrome, top lightly dust-soiled, small signature on front paste-down; original green pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in cream and black, a very good, bright, clean copy. With prize bookplate (1920) on front free endpaper.

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Book number: 31848

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: childrens, juvenilia, angela brazil, school stories, frank wiles

BRAZIL Angela

The Leader of the Lower School. A Tale of School Life. Illustrated by John Campbell. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Blackie,, [1919]. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece and 4 plates in monochrome, free endpapers moderately browned, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; origina pictorial brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in blue, cream and black, top and fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1913. ALL EARLY ISSUES ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 29735

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Keywords: children's, childrens, juvenilia, angela brazil, school stories

BRAZIL Angela

The Leader of the Lower School. A Tale of School Life. [Illustrated by John Campbell]. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, FIRM COPY

Blackie,, [c.1928]. 8vo., with frontispiece and 3 plates; original pictorial blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in cream and black, a remarkably bright, fresh copy. First published in 1914. Last title listed is 'The Fortunes of Philippa' (1907). ALL EARLY ISSUES ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 33078

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Keywords: children's, childrens, juvenilia, angela brazil, john campbell, school stories

BRAZIL Angela

A Pair of Schoolgirls. A Story of School Days. [Illustrated by John Campbell]. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, FIRM COPY

Blackie,, [c.1928]. 8vo., with frontispiece and 3 plates, free endpapers and half-title lightly browned; original pictorial green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in cream and black, a remarkably bright, fresh copy. First published in 1912. Last title listed in 'Ruth of St. Ronan's' (1927). ALL EARLY ISSUES ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 33010

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: children's, childrens, juvenilia, angela brazil, john campbell, school stories

BRAZIL Angela

A Patriotic School Girl. Illustrated by Balliol Salmon. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, FIRM COPY

Blackie,, [c.1922]. 8vo., with frontispiece and 5 plates in monochrome, free endpapers lightly browned, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; origina pictorial brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, white and black, a very good, bright, clean copy. ALL EARLY ISSUES ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 29736

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Keywords: children's, childrens, juvenilia, angela brazil, balliol salmon, school stories

BRAZIL Angela

The School on the Moor. Illustrated by H. Coller.

Blackie & Son,, [1939]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 3 plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in darker brown, brown top, a very good, bright, clean copy. The first edition is scarce in this condition.

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Book number: 21363

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: childrens, juvenilia, angela brazil, school stories, angela brazil, children's, juvenilia, the, school, the, moor

BRERETON Captain F.S.

How Canada was Won. A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec. Illustrated by William Rainey. SPLENDID COPY IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH

Blackie,, [1916]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 8 plates, small signature on front free endpaper; original green pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in ivory, blue and black, a very good, bright, crisp copy. COPAC gives dates of 1910 and 1916; we have opted for the later date. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 38588

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: children's, childrens, juvenilia, brereton, captain brereton, rainey, william rainey, canada, wolfe, quebec

BRERETON Captain F.S.

In the King's Service. A Tale of Cromwell's Invasion of Ireland. Illustrated by Stanley L. Wood.

Blackie & Son,, n.d. [c.1918]. 8vo., with a frontispiece and 5 plates, free endpapers moderately browned, neat prize inscription dated 1922 on front free endpaper; original blue pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in yellow, green and black to a design of a Roundhead mounted cavalryman facing a fortress, top and fore-edges lightly dust-soiled else a very good, clean copy. With the trade ticket of W. Gamage of London on rear paste-down. Brereton's classic tale was first published in 1901 with eight plates by the same illustrator. Scarce in any edition.

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Book number: 13021

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Keywords: childrens, brereton, ireland, cromwell, juveniles, f.s. brereton, children's, juvenilia, the, king's, service

BRERETON Captain F.S.

With French at the Front. A Story of the Great European War down to the Battle of the Aisne. Illustrated by Arch. Webb. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Blackie,, [1914]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 6 plates, neat inscription on front free endpaper, contemporary inscription on frontispiece recto; original pictorial cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in green and brown, gilt back, dark green edges, dark grey endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 36006

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Keywords: children's, childrens, juvenilia, brereton, f.s. capt. brereton, archibald webb, ww1, wwi, great war

BRERETON Captain F.S.

With Joffre at Verdun. A Story of the Western Front. Illustrated by Arch. Webb. SPLENDID COPY IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH

Blackie,, [1916]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 7 plates and 2 full-page maps on japon, free endpapers lightly browned; original grey pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in blue and black, edges very lightly spotted else a near fine copy. Several plates and maps are misplaced as follows: that called for at p.75 faces p. 80; p.235 faces p.240; p.251 faces p.256; map at p.147 faces p.152; p.202 faces p.208. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 38145

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Keywords: children's, childrens, juvenilia, brereton, captain brereton, archibald webb, joffre, verdun, ww1, wwi, great war, western front

BRIGGS Julia

A Woman of Passion. The Life of E. Nesbit 1858-1924. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Hutchinson,, [1987]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 33766

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Keywords: children's, childrens, e nesbit, edith nesbit, railway children

BROGAN Hugh

The Life of Arthur Ransome. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Jonathan Cape,, [1984]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous plates; olive cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly sunned at backstrip. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 47282

Catalogue: Children's & Juvenilia0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, children's, childrens, ransome, arthur ransome, swallows and amazons, hugh brogan