WRIGLEY DENIS

The wind that blew too much

Exeter, Wheaton. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, Landscape 12mo. Ill.: Denis Wrigley. (500 gram rate) unclipped dust jacket has tear at head of spine and light wear, chipped tail of spine, book clean 32pp. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 007054

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Illustrated Childrens Fiction Wheat Field Rats Fieldmice Denis Wrigley

WOLKSTEIN DIANE

The Cool Ride in the Sky

Kingswood, Worlds Work. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0437860205) Pictorial Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Paul Galdone. unclipped DW handling soiled with minor edge tears, chipped to spine ends, book clean with dust soiled closed top edge. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 009110

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Illustrated Childrens Fiction Paul Galdone Animals Black America Negro African American Literature 0437860205 Paul Galdone

UNCLE DICK

Pip And Squeak Annual 1926

London, The Daily Mirror. 1926, First Edition. Decorative Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: A B Payne. quarter cloth, pictorial boards rubbed to edges, back to boards at corners, 208pp + plates, very tidy clean copy, period adverts for Ovaltine, Gibb's Dentifrice, Green's Sponge mixture. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005492

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: British Childrens Annual Early Twentieth Century 1920s Twenties a B Payne Nina K Brisley Illustrated Comic Cartoon Vintage Retro Antiquarian Rare Collectable a B Payne

BRUNA DICK

The Sailor

London, Methuen. 1966, First Edition. Pictorial Boards, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. Ill.: Dick Bruna. (500 gram rate) papered boards rubbed through at corners leatherette spine chipped at ends and with split down 40mm from head, name to this book belongs line on paste down, some age browning of title, light offsetting form colour picture pages onto white text pages, binding glue perishing but still holding on cords, final text page list of titles has some blue pencil (?) circling, and rear fep facing paste down small pen scribble, reasonable copy of a title very hard to find in non ex-library condition. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003932

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Illustrated Childrens Book First Edition Bruna Dick Bruna

LAAN DICK

The Travels of Fingerling

London, Lutterworth Press. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Hans Deininger. illustration to upper board, minor foxing to closed edges, first edition of the English translation, (500 gram rate). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011298

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Childrens Fiction de Avonturen Van Pinkeltje in English Translation Dutch First Edition Hans Deininger

FREEMAN DON

The Guard Mouse

Surrey, The World's Work. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0437410048) Pictorial Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" Tall. Ill.: Don Freeman. tidy used hardback, minor wear, sunned spine, 48pp 1st UK issue. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011877

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Illustrated, Childrens Fiction, Picturebook, Britain, Mouse, London Beefeater 0437410048 Don Freeman

CONROY DON

The Owl Who Couldn't Give a Hoot

Ireland, Rainbow Publications. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 1851200031) Pictorial Boards, Landscape 8vo. Ill.: Don Conroy. light handling soiling to glazed pictorial boards, gift inscription to fep, some very minor scattered foxing to endpapers, unpaginated, approx 40pp with about 50% as full page colour illustrations, forest animals etc. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007615

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Illustrated Childrens Fiction Picture Book Modern First Edition Owl Irish Eire Ireland 1851200031 Don Conroy

SUDDABY DONALD

The Star Raiders

London, Oxford University Press. 1950, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Carl Haworth. unclipped DW has mild edge wear, a few short splits or tears at ends of spine folds, faint foxing to endpapers, pen name to fep, verso of DW some mild foxing, closed edges lightly foxed, 232pp with line illustrations by Carl Haworth. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010416

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: First Edition, Young Adult, Fiction, Science Fiction, Twentieth Century, Childrens Fiction, Venus Space Travel, Adventure Carl Haworth

THATCHER DORA

Henry the Hero

Leicester, Brockhampton Press. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Val Biro. (500 gram rate) unclipped DW with very minor wear or soiling, some rubbing or chipping to head of spine and corner tips, 88pp, illustrated in line, minor foxing to closed edges, illustrated by Val Biro. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010634

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Val Biro Illustrated, Childrens Fiction, Young Adult, Brock Books, British, Juvenile Fiction Val Biro

THATCHER DORA

Tommy and the Lighthouse

Leicester, Brockhampton Press. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Val Biro. (500 gram rate) unclipped DW with minor soiling, some rubbing or chipping to ends of spine and corner tips, tear along the bottom 45mm of the spine and fore edge fold of front panel, some creasing, some minor tape repair to verso of DW at folds, minor tear at head of lower fold of DW, 88pp, illustrated in line, minor foxing to closed edges, illustrated by Val Biro. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010776

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Val Biro Illustrated, Childrens Fiction, Young Adult, Brock Books, British, Juvenile Fiction Val Biro

BOYLSTON HELEN DORE

Sue Barton Superintendent Nurse

London, John Lane. 1952, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) book tidy but has 2 lines on one page highlighted with brown felt marker, 198pp+ 2pp afdverts, unclipped dust jacket has some edge tears, chipping loss to bottom spine corner of front panel, chipping loss at head of dust jacket spine, the face of the nurse on the dust jacket front is discoloured with partially erased marker, reprint edition. Good/Good.

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Book number: 005331

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Girls Fiction Young Adult Nurse Sue Barton Hard Cover British Edition

BOYLSTON HELEN DORE

Sue Barton Neighbourhood Nurse

London, The Bodley Head. 1952, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) book has light rubbing to joints, handling soiling, paper label with owner details to paste down, small pen price to top corner of fep, light age browning to paper stock, 208pp. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008463

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Girls Fiction Young Adult Nurse Sue Barton Hard Cover British Edition

BOYLSTON HELEN DORE

Sue Barton Neighbourhood Nurse

London, John Lane. 1952, reprint. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) book tidy, 208pp, price clipped DW has some edge wear, sunned spine, short splits to edges, reprint edition. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 009952

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Girls Fiction Young Adult Nurse Sue Barton Hard Cover British Edition

MOORE DOROTHEA

The Head Girl's Sister

London, Nisbet. 1924, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: C E Brock. olive-green cloth, handling wear, lacks fep, half title foxed, prize award details to paste down in ball pen so I think this must be someone writing what was on the original prize plate that would have been affixed to the missing fep, it is a 'Sewing Prize' dated 1924, closed edges foxed, all plates present, 292pp + plates and adverts. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009828

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: British School-Girls Story Schoolgirls Fiction C E Brock

WALL DOROTHY

The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill (Blinky Bill; Blinky Bill Grows Up; Blinky Bill and Nutsy)

Sydney, Angus & Robertson. 1985, reprint. (ISBN: 0207947007) Pictorial Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Dorothy Wall. corners bumped and slightly chipped, as are spine ends, child's inscription to half title, spine sunned a little, small tear to rear free endpaper, otherwise tidy copy printed with a sepia ink, 305pp with line illustrations. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009569

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Australian Childrens Fiction Young Adults Illustrated Blinky Bill Koala Adventures Collection Dorothy Wall 0207947007 Dorothy Wall