MOORE, DOROTHEA.

Captain Nancy. A Story of the 'Forty-five.

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, nd. nd. Children's fiction. Pp. 6/280, frontis. uneven toning to illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth with black decoration, illustrated d/w rubbed with edge tears. G+/G+.

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Book number: 29289

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Moore Captain Nancy Story Forty Five Childrens Fiction Haversack Library 27121 Childrens Fiction

MOORE, DOROTHEA.

Three Feet of Valour. A Story of Waterloo Year.

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd, [ nd. - 1923? ] . 0. nd. Childrens' fiction. Pp 214/2 (ads), frontis, illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth with black decoration, illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

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Book number: 29292

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Moore Three Feet Valour Story Waterloo Year Haversack Library Childrens Fiction 27128 Childrens Fiction

MOREY, SHEENA.

My Puppy Book. (Illustrated by Kippy).

London: Childhood Publications Limited, nd. (c.1940). "The unusual design of this book with a black background for the pictures attracts the attention and lives in the memory of the young child. Sheena Morey tells the story with a lilting rhyme and Kippy's illustrations of these events in the life of a busy young puppy." 24cms x 17cms. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughoutwith colour illustrations and text in white on a black background. Illustrated boards have minor edge wear. Matching dustwrapper is toned to inner flaps,plus wear to corners and tears to lower rear edge and top edge next to inner rear flap. VG/G+.

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Book number: 49775

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Sheena Morey My Puppy Book Illustrated Kippy Childrens 51265 Childrens Fiction

MORPURGO, MICHAEL.

The Kites are Flying! (Illustrated by Laura Carlin).

London: Walker Books, 2009. 9781406317985. 1st edition. "A television reporter's extraordinary experience in the West Bank reveals how children's hopes and dreams for peace can fly higher than any wall dividing communities and religions." 19cms x 16.5cms. Pp.80, colour illustrations by Laura Carlin, signed by Michael Morpurgo to half-title page, aferword by Jeremy Bowen Illustrated white boards, colour illustrated dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 51018

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Keywords: Michael Morpurgo Signed Kites Are Flying Illustrated Laura Carlin Palestinian West Bank Gaza Jeremy Bowen Israel Wall Conflict Friendship 52459 Childrens Fiction

NEALE, J.M.

Lent Legends. Stories for Children from Church History.

London; J.Masters & Co, 1884. 3rd edition. Contents: I. The Siege of Omura; II. The Wolf of the Spessart Wald; III. The Martyrs of Gorcum; IV. The Oak of Luxford's Lane; V. The Boulder of Val' de Passos; VI. The Caldron of Carcassone; VII. The Sacrifice of Onnontague; VIII. The Challenge of Lucius; IX. The Prophecy of S.Isaac; X. The Circus of Gaza; XI. The Supper of S.Spiridion; XII.The Battle of the Alleluia. "These stories are so arranged as to have a reference to some passage in the Epistle, Gospel, or Lesson for the Sundays in Lent; two being assigned to each." 14.5cms x 10cms. Pp.xii/211, ink notation to rear endpaper, cracking to inner front hinge which is just holding. Red cloth with gilt outlined title lozenge to front and gilt decorated title to spine. VG.

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Book number: 41369

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Neale Lent Legends Stories Children Church History Epistles Gospel Lent Ash Wednesday Passion Sunday Christianity 42330 Childrens Fiction

NEEDHAM, VIOLET.

The Boy in Red. (Illustrated by Joyce Bruce).

London: Collins, 1948. 0. Crown Library Edition. Pp.256, b/w frontis. + 29 further b/w illustrations by Joyce Bruce, marks(tea?) to upper and lower closed page edges. Yellow cloth, red title to spine, dustwrapper has small loss to top front corner and chipping to edges and slight sunning to spine. G+/G+.

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Book number: 33828

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Violet Needham Boy in Red Joyce Bruce Childrens Fiction Historical Novel 34809 Childrens Fiction

NEEDHAM, VIOLET.

Pandora of Parrham Royal. (Illustrated by Joyce Bruce).

London: Collins, 1951. 1st edition. "When Pandora comes to Parrham Royal she finds many problems and a strange mystery facing her. During the war years she and her mother had lived and worked with a band of guerrillas in Greece. After her mother's tragic death she comes to England to live with her father, whom she barely remembers, and her cousins, whom she does not know at all..S-he has to solve the riddle of the ancient temple on the hill and the treasure which may be hidden there." Pp.286, black & white frontispiece + 21 further illustrations by Joyce Bruce, spotting to closed page edges occasional touching internal margins. Pink cloth, some fading to spine, wear to top and tail of spine and bumps to corner tips. Dustwrapper (illustrated by Joyce Bruce) has edge wear and losses including to top and tail of spine, small hole to spine, fading to spine. Scarce. Good/Fair.

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Book number: 48534

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Keywords: Violet Needham Pandora Parrham Royal Children Fiction Mystery Story Illustrated Joyce Bruce Greek Dionysus 49967 Childrens Fiction

NEILL, ASHTON.

Melissa's Victory.

London: Robert Culley, 1902. By the author of "Wild Lottie and Wee Winnie". Pp.248/16(publisher's ads), illustrations by W.Gunston, slight toning to pages, Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School prize bookplate to front free endpaper. Blue illustrated cloth showing a man and woman aboard a ship, boards rubbed. Good.

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Book number: 49671

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Ashton Neill Melissa's Victory Victorian Childrens Fiction Novel 50899 Childrens Fiction

NESBIT, E. AND CHESSON, HUGH.

The Merchant of Venice and Other Stories. (Illustrated by Frances Brundage and M.Bowley).

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, nd.(c.1914). 0. The Merchant of Venice, Timon of Athens, and The Comedy of Errors. Adaptation of the Shakespeare plays into story-form for children. Pp.64, colour frontispiece + numerous black and white illustrations by Frances Brundage and M.Bowley, owner's details to front free endpaper, light foxing to endpapers. Beige decorated boards with coloured roundel pasted to front board, 'The Gem Shakespeare Library' shield to rear board, darkening and small stain to rear board. G+.

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Book number: 34129

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Nesbit Chesson Merchant Venice Timon of Athens Comedy of Errors Shakespeare Childrens Stories Frances Brundage M Bowley Illustrated 34431 Childrens Fiction

NEWELL, PETER.

The Rocket Book.

Vermont:Charles E.Tuttle,1969. 1st in this edition. (Originally published 1912). Humourous story told in rhyme and pictures and with a hole through the centre of the pages following the journey of the rocket. Unpaginated,coloured illustrations facing verses with hole through centre,owners name to fep.Blue cloth, illustrated laminated front cover, corners rubbed. G+.

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Book number: 16555

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Keywords: Newell Rocket Book Hole Humour Illustrated Verse Juvenile Childrens Poetry A11395 Childrens Fiction

NORTON, MARY.

The Borrowers. (Illustrated by Diana Stanley).

London: J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1956. 4th edition. Children's fantasy novel. A family of tiny people live secretly in the walls and floors of an English house and "borrow" from the big people in order to survive. Pp.159, colour frontispiece + many vignette illustrations by Diana Stanley throughout, illustrated endpapers, chipped tear to edge of pp.57/58. Vlue cloth, spine slightly sunned. G+.

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Book number: 48696

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Mary Norton Borrowers Diana Stanley Childrens Fiction Novel Fantasy Pod Homily Arrietty 50128 Childrens Fiction

OGILVY, DAVID.

Escape From Jupiter.

London: BBC Children's Books, 1995. 0563404302. Originally published in Australia, where it was a Film Australia/NHK co-production in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. "When a volcanic eruption destroys the mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons, Michael, Kumiko, Gerard, Anna, Kingston and a small group of surviving adults are forced to flee their crumbling world. Seeking shelter on the derelict space station KL5 floating above Io, they convert it into a makeshift spacecraft and head off in a desperate attempt to reach Earth. But KL5 was never meant to cross the galaxy. It wans't built to withstand meteorite storms. And it's running out of fuel.." Pp.232. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 48328

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: David Ogilvy Escape from Jupiter Children Science Fiction Tv 49775 Childrens Fiction

OLDFIELD, AUDREY.

Baroola and Us. (Illustrated by Genevieve Melrose).

Richmond, Victoria: Hutchinson of Australia, 1973. 0091189802. 1st edition. "Baroola is no ordinary place, at least as far as the McKillops are concerned. Of course, if you took any family from Sydney and put them on a farm at Baroola they'd find it a bit strange at first.." Pp.128, occasional black & white illustrations by Genevieve Melrose, gift message to front free endpaper. Brown cloth, dustwrapper slightly sunned to spine. VG/VG.

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Book number: 43306

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Keywords: Audrey Oldfield Baroola and Us Genevieve Melrose Australia Childrens Fiction Novel 44574 Childrens Fiction

DE PAOLA, TOMIE (ILLUSTRATOR).

The Christmas Pageant.

London: Collins (Picture Lions), 1981. "The Christmas story re-told through the acting of a children's pageant. Full-colour illustrations by award-winning artist Tomie de Paola." P/b with illustrated cover. 15.5cms x 21cms. VG.

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Book number: 21774

Catalogue: Childrens Fiction

Keywords: De Paola Illustrator Christmas Pageant Juvenile A17335 Childrens Fiction

PARDOE, M.

Bunkle and Belinda. (Illustrated by Julie Neild).

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1948. 1st edition. Sixth in the 'Bunkle' book series set in the tin-mining district of Cornwall. Pp.215, line drawing frontispiece + head and tail pieces to each chapter by Julie Neild, toning to endpapers. Bright green cloth, dustwrapper(illustrated by Julie Neild) has edge tears with small losses but is now in a removable clear protective wrap. Scarce in the dustwrapper. VG/Good. **There are twelve books in the Bunkle series. Billy de Salis, known as Bunkle because according to his siblings he talks a lot of "bunk", is the youngest of three children of a British Secret Service Agent. The adventures of Bunkle, his brother Robin and his sister Jill include hunting down spies, smugglers, poachers and sinister scientists.

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Book number: 39855

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Keywords: Pardoe Bunkle Belinda Julie Neild Childrens Fiction Adventure Story Cornwall Cornish 39936 Childrens Fiction