Saville, Malcolm

The thin grey man.

Macmillan, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback tightly bound in grubby, bowed pictorial boards, boards rubbed and worn with scribble, no inscriptions but marks on many pages, top corners of first 4 pages (7-10) torn off, minor loss to top 2 lines of text on page 8. 128 pages, illustrations in the text by Desmond Knight. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 68107

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Smuggling Sussex Children's adventure stories South Downs

Scriven, R. C.

Tom Pippen, with, The elfin sword. Nos 98 & 95 in the Bright Story Reader series Grade P.

Leeds: E. J. Arnold & Sons Ltd, 1958. First Edition. Softcover. 2 clean and tightly bound, small format paperbacks, blue cloth spines, card covers rubbed at corners, staples rusty, no inscriptions, 24 pages. Tom: illustrations in the text by P. B. Rennison. Elfin: no date, illustrations in the text by E. C. Wiley. Very Good.

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Book number: 65096

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: School books Learning to read Education Children's Fiction

Scutt, M. W.

Tales told by the fireside.

Juvenile Productions Ltd, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in a faded blue cloth spine with pictorial boards which are bumped at corners and worn at edges, no inscriptions. Unpaginated (40 pages) illustrations in the text and on endpapers by the author. Undated but appears late 50's/early 60's. Good with No dust jacket as issued.

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Book number: 68335

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Bedtime stories Childrens Fiction

Selby-Lowndes, Joan

Royal Chase.

Collins, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with neat name and place on front endpaper, in a worn, unclipped dustjacket which is chipped at the edges with minor loss at spine ends and foldovers, old tape marks internally. 256 pages, illustrations in the text by the author. Good in Fair dust jacket.

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Book number: 57947

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Tudor Age Whaddon Chase 16th century

Severn, David

The Crusoe books: Rick afire, with, A cabin for Crusoe, with, Wagon for five, with, Hermit in the hills, with, Forest holiday (5 hardbacks).

The Bodley Head, 1957. Reprint; Sixth Printing. Hardcover. 5 clean & tightly bound hardback books with illustrations in all texts by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Rick: prize inscription on half title page with an unclipped dustjacket, front fore edge of wrapper and board has been chewed (mouse?), appears unread. 238 pages, map front endpaper. Cabin: 1st edition published in 1943, orange cloth with black titles and decoration, spine sunned, name and gift inscription on front endpaper. 230 pages. Wagon: 1st edition published in 1944, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped and creased at the edges with loss at spine ends and repaired closed tears, 234 pages, illustrated endpapers. Hermit: 1st edition published in 1945, name on front endpaper, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped at the edges with small areas of loss at spine ends, 224 pages, map endpapers. Forest: 1st edition published in 1946, bookseller label on front pastedown, in a price clipped dustjacket which is chipped at the spine ends and repaired at the bottom of the spine, 220 pages, illustrated front endpaper. Heavy set so additional postage may be requested. Good in Fair dust jacket.

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Book number: 66579

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Countryside Horses & ponies Adventure stories

Severn, David

Dream gold.

The Bodley Head, 1961. Reprint; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with neat name stamp on front endpaper verso, in a bright unclipped dustjacket, spine sunned with small area of loss at bottom and old internal tape repairs. Generally appears little used. 168 pages, illustrations in the text and on endpapers by A. K. Lee. Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 66598

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Children's adventure stories Teenage fiction Cornwall Supernatural

Severn, David

Ponies and poachers, with, The cruise of the Maiden Castle, with, Crazy Castle, with, Burglars and bandicoots (4 books in the Warner series).

The Bodley Head, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 4 clean & tightly bound hardback books with no inscriptions, illustrations in the texts and on endpapers by Joan Kiddell-Monroe. Ponies: in a bright unclipped dustjacket, which has minor chips at the foldovers and spine ends, 220 pages. Cruise:1948 1st edition, no dustjacket. Crazy: 1951 1st edition, in an unclipped dustjacket which is a little foxed, 180 pages. Burglars: Children's Book Club edition, published in 1953, in an unclipped dustjacket which is tanned and has ¾inch loss at bottom of spine, 192 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 66601

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Children's adventure stories Horses & ponies Canal boats

Severn, David

The wishing bone, with, Drumbeats.

George Allen & Unwin, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in pictorial boards, boards rubbed at spine ends, gift inscription on contents page verso. 110 pages, illustrations in the text by Shirley Felts. Drumbeats: Green Dragon paperback published by Atlantic Book Publishing Co. in 1967, clean and tightly bound, spine creased, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 124 pages, illustrations in the text. Good with No dust jacket as issued.

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Book number: 66599

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Children's adventure stories Supernatural Time travel

Sewell, Anna

Black Beauty.

Victor Gollancz, 1988. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. An ex library hardback with one stamp on the title page & label on the front endpaper, no other inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket. 214 pages, illustrations in the text by Charles Keeping, illustrated endpapers. Fair in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 56659

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Horse & pony stories Charles Keeping Illustrated childrens fiction

Shane, Ruth & Harold

The new baby.

Golden Press, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. A reading copy, ex school hardback with a school stamp on front pastedown but no other inscriptions. Boards bumped and worn at corners and spine ends, tape marks on spine. Pages tanned and small closed tear at bottom page edges. 22 pages, illustrations in the text by Eloise Wilkin. Fair with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 56016

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Children's Illustrated Eloise Wilkin

Sheppard-Jones, Elisabeth

The search for Mary.

Thomas Nelson, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book which has a bookplate on the front endpaper, but no other marks, in an unclipped dustjacket which is slightly faded at the spine, titles have gone from orange to yellow, but o/w excellent. 250 pages, 11 illustrations by Jane Paton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 18860

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Jane Paton Elisabeth Sheppard-Jones Welsh Fiction

Sleigh, Barbara

Carbonel.

Kestrel Books, 1976. New edition; Third Printing. Hardback. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, ex-school library with just one school stamp under the front foldover, page edges foxed, marks on endpapers where laminate was stuck down, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which has been laminated and is chipped and creased at the edges and has water stain at the top edge. 188 pages, illustrations in the text by V. H. Drummond. Good in Good dust jacket.

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Book number: 66951

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Cats Barbara Sleigh Magic

Smith, Carl W.

Red Ryder and the secret of the lucky mine.

Adprint Ltd, 1956. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in pictorial boards, top front corner bumped, gift inscription dated 1956 on half title page. 184 pages, illustrations in the text and on endpapers. Based on a newspaper strip by Fred Harman. Good with no dust jacket.

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Book number: 62019

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Western Cowboys & Indians

Smith, C. E. and Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Tanglewood tales told to the children.

T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Small format hardback bound in red cloth with black titles, binding pulled, cloth rubbed and worn, picture laid in on front board with small dent, front endpaper and half title pages excised. xii + 108 pages, illustrations on plates by Olive Allen. Undated but Copac gives 1908. Poor.

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Book number: 68494

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Greek myths Children's stories Classical Mythology

Steele, William O.

Winter danger.

Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1963. First British Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, some foxing at page edges with a gift inscription on front endpaper, in a price clipped dustjacket which is tanned and worn at the spine and back cover. 186 pages, illustrations in the text by Paul Galdone, glossary. Good in Fair dust jacket.

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Book number: 67477

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Keywords: Children's American Fiction Woodsman Trapping