CLARK, MARJORIE A.

African Holiday - a Travelogue

London, Pickering & Inglis. 1954, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black title and African native motif on brown boards which are clean and unmarked with a touch of light fading to front and gentle bumping to top corner tips but no wear. Internally there is a decorative prize bookplate to front endpaper and some age darkening to endpapers and to page edges else clean and unmarked. Coloured frontispiece. A boy's adventure story of Jamie, whose parents were missionaries in Central Africa, and Bobby his cousin. B2E. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005088

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Childrens Fiction, Missionaries

COLLINS, MURIEL

A Sister Called Mary

Weston-super-Mare, Evangelical Publications. 1954, First. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue boards have minor marks and no wear. Internally there is light oxing to closed edges else very clean, tight and unmarked. 142 pages. Coloured frontispiece. Dustjacket has some chipping and wear and is not price clipped. 'In keeping house for her happy-go-lucky, carefree brother, Mary experiences many a trial and heartache. For his sake she is willing to sacrifice everything, even love itself, and her gentle influence over him is not in vain.' The story deals with life's problems and temptations, and tells of the only way in which they can be met and overcome. C3D. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010873

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

CROSS, GILLIAN

A Map of Nowhere

Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0192715836). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A VG + unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. 'Nick is surprised by the note he finds in Joseph Fisher's lost wallet but he knows about quests and warriors and the hideous monsters that lurk in underground dungeons and even though he and Joseph are not friends, Nick is determined to join in with this mysterious game.' NOT EX LIB C3D. Very Good/Near Fine.

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Book number: 004368

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Childrens Fiction 0192715836

WALKER, DAVID AND JOHNSTONE, MICHAEL

The Nutcracker

London, Moonstone Books. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 1869828011). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Walker, David. A near Fine unmarked copy which has very minor indentations to top edge and an inscription to front endpaper 'Best wishes from .. at Moonshine'. A large format volume of colour illustrations by David Walker with story by Michael Johnstone. 1. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009920

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: The Nutcracker 1869828011 Walker, David

DAWLISH, PETER

Young Drake of Devon

London, Oxford University Press. 1954, First. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Silver title on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with just a touch of light wear to spine head and tail. Internally there are indentaions left from erased pencilled name to front endpaper, light foxing to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete with wear and chipping to top and bottom, particulary to spine. Coloured frontispiece. An imaginative reconstruction, based on the few available facts, of Sir Francis Drake's young life. It tells how the young Drake, whose home was a derelict man of war lying in Gillingham shipyard, first went to sea on board a small trading vessel and how it's captain played an active part in the movement to restore Protestantism to England and conjectures that it was during these voyages that his lifelong hatred of the Spanish was bred. B2D. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010875

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Sir Francis Drake, Gillingham Shipyard, Protestantism

DAY, VERONIQUE

Landslide!

London, The Bodley Head. 1961, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Wildsmith, Brian. Gold title on green boards which are clean, unmarked with no wear. Internally there is light foxing to page edges and closed edges, an inscription to front endpaper else clean and unmarked G+. Pictorial dustjacket has some minor chipping and a light ring shaped mark but is complete G+. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith and translated from thr French by Margaret Morgan. A story of five children, on holidays in the mountains, who are trapped by a landslide whilst asleep and cannot understand what has happened as they stumble around in the dark and use smell to detect what food is around and eventually figure out a way to signal for help. C3E. Good/Good.

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Book number: 001734

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Five Children in France Wildsmith, Brian

O'DELL, SCOTT

Streams to the River, River to the Sea - a Novel of Sacagawea

London, Viking Kestrel. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 06700819042). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. A near Fine unmarked copy with pictorial laminated boards which has age darkening to page edges. A gripping novel based on a true story of a young American Indian. For Sacagawea, a young Indian girl from the Rocky Mountains, life had been hard, captured by slave hunters from the bloodthirsty Minnetaree, then 'won' in a game by a French Trader. Things change when her new husband is hired as a guide by a group of explorers, and its Sacagawea who proves invaluable as an interpreter and guide. NOT EX LIB 24. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005156

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Childrens Fiction, American Indians 06700819042

DONNELLY, JENNIFER

A Gathering Light

London, Bloomsbury. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747563047). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST UK EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. The American author's FIRST NOVEL and winner of the 2003 CILIP Carnegie Medal award for children's writing. It was inspired by an infamous murder case in the 1900's where a 19 year old pregnant girl was drowned and her boyfriend was tried and executed, and in this novel the author weaves the tale of Mattie with that of the murder victim, who is staying at the hotel where Mattie works. 106. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 002784

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: 0747563047

ELLIS, C

A Tale of Two Stowaways

London, The Religious Tract Society. 1901, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Prout, Victor. Cream titles with cream and blue/grey pictorial and decoration on blue/grey cloth boards. Boards have some wear to spine side, head and tail and corner tips with a few light marks to front and back. Internally there is the remnant of a prize bookplate to front pastedown, age darkening to endpapers and the odd mark to a few pages else clean and unmarked. Not dated but British Library has this as 1901. Illustrated by Victor Prout. A1B. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003483

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Ship Adventure, Stowaways, Sea Wrecks, Highland Sheep Farm Prout, Victor

ENRIQUEZ, MAJOR C.M.

Khyberie - the Story of a Pony on the Indian Frontier

London, A and C Black. 1934, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Barker, K.F. Silver title on green cloth boards which have some light marks and gentle bumping to corner tips. Internally there is a contemporary name to front endpaper with an impression of the name to next endpaper and age darkening of endpapers else a clean, tight copy. A delightful story of Khyberie, a white Badakshani mountain pony, told through him, of his life and experiences in the Hindu Kush. Delightfully illustrated with drawings by K.F. Barker. A1D. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011300

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Childrens Fiction, Hindu Kush, Badakshani Mountain Pony, Kohat Pass Barker, K.F.

FARRAR, F. W.

St. Winifred's or the World of School

London, Ward, Lock. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blind embossed decoration and coloured circular plate on front board, black title and decoration to spine on green cloth boards. Boards are very clean with only a small mark at head of spine and just a touch of wear to corner tips. Coloured frontispiece as front board. Decorative prize bookplate to front pastedown, internally there is light foxing to closed edges else very clean, tight and unmarked. A children's story for boys. A1C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000904

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, School Fiction

LE FEUVRE, AMY

Teddy's Button

London, Lutterworth Press. 1969. (ISBN: 0718809149). Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with VG+ price clipped dustjacket. Sixth impression. A classic of children's fiction, it is a charming and beautifully told story having a special place in the memory of many a grown up, a story which presents the first principles of Christian teaching in that easy and child-like way for which the author is famous. C3E. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004800

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Childrens Fiction, Christian Principles 0718809149

FORSTER, WILLIAM J.

Raymond's Magpie and Other Stories

London, Robert Culley. 1903, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Coloured stylised floral decoration and title block to spine, yellow and black title with large coloured pictorial of "Raymond" with a caged magpie and shoemaker together with large plant on red cloth boards. Very slight fading to top of front board and to spine but pictorial very fresh and bright. Internally very clean, tight and bright but with front endpaper neatly removed (although not an ex library copy) and age darkening to rear endpaper. 4 plates and other illustrations and embellishments. 13 short stories, 128 pages + 16 page publisher's catalogue, many with illustrations. An attractive volume by the prolific Victorian childrens writer and a SCARCE TITLE BY THE AUTHOR C3D. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001868

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

GATES, SUSAN

The Lock

Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0192716352). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy apart from a small mark to the margin of one page with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. A story of adolescent friendship. Marie worked during weekends in a kiosk on the beach, but despite the bustle and entertainment surrounding her, she felt oddly left out. Life was going on, but she could never break into that magic circle that others entered freely, but for her the door stayed locked. It was the murder that eventually helped Marie to find the key to the lock. NOT EX LIB C3D. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007782

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Adolescent Friendship Fiction 0192716352

GERVAISE, MARY

Belinda Rides to School

London, Lutterworth Press. 1960, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Raynes. Blue titles and girl and horse motif on light blue boards which have some minor marks to back only, internally clean and unmarked. Coloured frontispiece and many illustrations in the text by Raynes. A children's story with the theme of horses by a children's author who specialised in books featuring ponies, riding and horses. B2C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002434

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Childrens Horse Story Raynes