Chester, Norley

Knights of the Grail Lohengrin : Galahad.

Thomas Nelson And Sons, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with gilt titles, colour picture laid on front board, cloth marked and rubbed, endpapers tanned, no inscriptions. 154 pages + 8 pages of publisher's adverts, colour illustrations on plates. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 68948

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: King Arthur Arthurian legend Round Table

Clarke, Mollie

Little things nos 4, 7, 8, 9, 15 & 16: The four cats, The kind crocodile, the three mice, A panda, Little rhymes and Squirrel.

Exeter: A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd, 1959. Reprint. Softcover. 6 reading copies, ex school paperbacks with a school stamp on front cover but no other inscriptions. Covers creased and rubbed at edges, tape marks around spines and all covers and pages marked as clearly these books have been read many times by small children. 23 pages, illustrations in the text by the author. Undated but assume mid - late 1950s as were other books from the same collection. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 56021

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: School books Literacy

Clarke, Mollie

Red spot books nos 2, 3, 4 & 5: The blue balloon, The duck's pond, Greedy pig and Angus and the balls.

Exeter: Wheatons, 1959. Reprint. Softcover. 4 reading copies, ex school small format paperbacks with a school stamp and date but no other inscriptions. 3 have 8 July 1959 inside front cover/first page, Blue balloon has stamp and 8 July 1958 on front cover. Covers rubbed and worn at edges and all covers and pages marked as clearly these books have been read many times by small children. 15 pages, illustrations in the text. Undated but date taken from school stamp. Poor with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 56019

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: School books Literacy

Clarke, Mollie

Yellow spot books nos 1, 3 & 5: Simon's shop; Peter's gang; and Pirate Bill.

Exeter: Wheaton of Exeter, 1959. Reprint. Softcover. 3 reading copies, ex school small format paperback with a school stamp and date (21 Nov 1967) on the first page but no other inscriptions. Covers rubbed and worn at edges, pages marked as clearly these books have been read many times by small children. 15 pages, illustrations in the text. Undated but date taken from school stamp. Poor with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 56017

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: School books Literacy

Van Cleve Blankmeyer, Helen

The three goats gruff.

Henry Frowde Hodder & Stoughton. First Edition. Hardcover. Small format (5 x 6 inches) hardback, stitched binding, binding pulled with partial splits, blue cloth spine, worn pictorial boards, one page detached but present, scribble in book belongs to box and on rear endpapers. Unpaginated (20 pages), full page colour illustrations and black & white drawings in the text. Poor with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 68953

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Children's stories Fairy Tale

Cleves, Marjorie

The school in the dell.

Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd. 1949. Reprint. Hardcover. Reading copy, hardback bound in orange cloth with black titles, binding pulled, cloth worn and marked, Sunday School prize label on front endpaper. 224 pages, illustrations in the text. Poor with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 67411

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: School stories Children's Fction

Close, Eunice

The hoppitty elf.

Dean & Son Ltd. 1950. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, landscape format, tightly bound paperback original, stapled spine, staples rusty, pictorial covers rubbed at corners, back cover creased and marked internally, no inscriptions. 8 pages, colour and black & white illustrations by Leslie Ellis in the text and inside covers. Undated but appears late 40s/early 50s. Very Good.

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Book number: 61876

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Children's Illustrated Picture story book

Cole, Babette

Beware of the vet.

Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, landscape format hardback bound in glossy pictorial boards, spine pulled at both ends, boards worn at corners, name inside front board. 38 pages, colour illustrations in the text and on endpapers. Fair.

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Book number: 66144

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Children's Fiction Humour Cartoons

Collingwood, Harry

The cruise of the Flying-Fish (the airship-submarine).

Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd, 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in orange cloth with black titles and decoration, spine sunned, cloth rubbed at edges, page edges tanned, Sunday School prize label on front pastedown dated 1938. 314 pages plus 32 pages publisher's adverts, black & white frontispiece. Undated but assume 1935 as the latest Rupert book listed in the adverts is Rupert, Bill and the pirates which was published in 1935. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 59321

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Connor, Margaret; L'Estrange, Iris et al

Favourite story book: the bumper book series -15.

Beaver Books, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in pictorial boards with a red cloth spine, boards rubbed at edges, pages tanned, no inscriptions. 108 pages, 4 colour illustrations on plates, many black and white drawings in the text and on endpapers. Mix of modern and traditional tales. No date but appeears mid 1950s. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 63602

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Short stories Aesop's fables Brothers Grimm

O'Connor, Daniel

The story of Peter Pan Retold from J. M. Barrie's fairy play.

G. Bell & Sons, Ltd. 1915. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in blue cloth with dark blue titles, vignette on front board, cloth has minor rubbing at spine ends and corners, page edges foxed, gift inscription on front endpaper dated 1915. 64 pages + 4 pages of publisher's adverts, illustrations on plates by Alice B. Woodward. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 69125

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Children's Fiction Neverland Fairy Stories Peter Pan

Cooper, Susan

The Dark is rising sequence (Over sea, under stone; The dark is rising; Greenwitch; The Grey King and Silver on the tree) 5 hardbacks, 3 ex-library, 2 first editions.

Bodley Head, 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. Five hardback books in bright dustjackets. Over sea: Ex-library, stamps on front endpaper and title page verso, pages age tanned, unclipped dustjacket & rubbed at edges, 242 pages. Dark: 2nd edition, published 1975 by Chatto & Windus, clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, dustjacket creased and chipped at edges with minor loss at top of front cover, 216 pages, illustrations by Alan E. Cober. Greenwitch: 4th impression, published 1979 by Chatto and Windus, ex library with the usual stamps & stickers, price clipped dustjacket has stains on bottom edges, 148 pages. Grey: 1st edition, published 1975 by Chatto & Windus, ex library, unclipped dustjacket with a small stain at bottom of back cover/spine rubbed at the edges, 208 pages, illustrations by Michael Heslop. Silver: 1st edition, published 1977 by Chatto & Windus, clean & tightly bound hardback book, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket, 270 pages. Heavy set so additional postage for an overseas order may be requested. Fair in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 68682

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Fantasy Susan Cooper Arthurian legend Mythology

Cooper, Susan

King of shadows.

Bodley Head, 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book, pages age tanned as is usual with the Bodley Head books of this age, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which has minor rubbing at the edges. 182 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 67306

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Shakespeare Globe Theatre Fantasy Susan Cooper

Cooper, James Fenimore

The last of the Mohicans.

Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1910. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in blue decorated cloth with gilt titles on the spine, cloth rubbed at edges and bumped at corners, endpapers tanned, Sunday School prize label dated 1910 on the front pastedown. 424 pages, 4 illustrations on plates by Cyrus Cuneo. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 56954

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Children's adventure stories Cyrus Cuneo Red Indians Canada

Cooper, Susan

Over sea, under stone (Dark is rising 1).

Jonathan Cape, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, old tape marks on boards and on rear endpaper, page edges marked, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is tanned at the spine and back cover, has a horizontal crease where previously folded at the bottom edge, with minor chips and short closed tear at top of spine, repaired internally. 252 pages, illustrations in the text by Margery Gill. Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 15044

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Dark is rising Magic Margery Gill Treasure Hunt Fantasy