GODDEN, RUMER

The Dark Horse

London, Macmillan. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333321839). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with nearf Fine complete dustjacket. The Dark Horse of the novel is an English bred racehorse, sold cheaply after a disappointing first season, to race in Calcutta in the early 1930's. The book traces his various owners, the stark contrast is shown between the rich glamour of the Indian racing world and the every day misery of Calcutta's teeming slums. With it's remarkable cast of characters, its vivid evocation of India, it is not just a novel because the story is true. B2B. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 004254

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Childrens Fiction, Racehorse, India, Calcutta 0333321839

GRAHAM, HARRIET

The Chinese Puzzle

London, Andre Deutsch. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0233980725). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Coloured pictorial laminated boards clean and unmarked. Internally clean, tight and unmarked. A near Fine copy. William and Flora's lives were happy and fairly ordinary until the day the letter arrived for their guardian, Samuel Rolandson, the great magician of the Victorian Music Halls. Then, on the very same evening, the mysterious Chang arrived and Samuel disappeared. William and Flora find themselves involved in a search for him through the London underworld of the 1890's. C3D. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001618

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: 0233980725

EVERETT-GREEN, E.

For the Faith

London, Thomas Nelson. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dark and light greeen pictorials of boy with book to front, girl with book to back and books on table to spine on green cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with only a touch of wear to spine head and tail. Pictorials are particularly bright. Internally there is a decorative prize bookplate to front pastedown and some foxing to some pages else clean and unmarked. Not dated but British Library has two editions, 1902 and 1908. The author is Evelyn Everett-Greene a popular and prolific Victorian novelist whose theme was always moral. A1C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002593

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Evelyn Everett-Greene, Reformation

GRIFFITH, HELEN V.

Foxy

London, Julia MacRae Books. 1985, First Edition. (ISBN: 0862031907). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket. The First childrens novel by the American author is of a boy, Jeff, camping in the Florida Keys with his parents but he doesn't like it, too many mangroves, too many insects, too many dangers lurking in the surrounding waters. Meeting Amber doesn't help, the waterways have always been her home, then Jeff finds Foxy, homeless, starving and terrified and in trying to calm the dog's fears he forgets his own. But Amber is determined that Foxy will be her dog , although even Amber isn't prepared for what she sets in motion. C3C. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 005144

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Childrens Fiction, Florida Keys, Dog 0862031907

HADDEN, J. CUTHBERT

The Boy's Life of Nelson

London, S.W. Partridge. 1905, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title block to spine with black anchor motif and gilt title and cameo of a young Nelson within blind embossed anchor and seahorses motif on blue cloth boards. Boards are clean with some light wear probably caused by rubbing alongside adjoining books with just a touch of wear to corner tips and spine head and tail. Internally there is a contemporary neat name and date to front pastedown and some light foxing to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. 303 pages and 32 page publisher's catalogue. Coloured frontispiece tissue guarded and 8 other illustrations. Not dated but British Library has this as 1905. Overall a Good + copy. A marvellous life of Nelson written for children. A1B. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003986

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Horation Nelson Life Story

HARDIE, TITANIA

The Rose Labyrinth

London, Headline. 2008, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780755344567). Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback covered softback in hardback case with riddle cards in a compartment to front. Book Fine with outer case having light bumping to top front corner tip. First Printing. Before his death in 1609, the brilliant Elizabethan spy and astrologer John Dee hid his most astonishing secrets, trusting his descendants would one day bring them to light. That time has come. In 2003, Will Stafford inherits a strange legacy from his mother: a key and an ancient script with an enigmatic note. Intrigued, he travels to Europe seeking answers to Dee's riddles, unaware that someone is following every move. Back in London, Lucy King becomes entangled in Will's cryptic labyrinth. As its mysterious twists take her from France to New York, and from literature to myth, in search of its hidden treasure, she has never been closer to the truth, nor in graver danger. 11. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 007176

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: John Dee 9780755344567

HAYENS, HERBERT

Under the Lone Star - a Story of Revolution in Nicaragua

London, Thomas Nelson. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Stacey, W.S. Black title and ship motif to spine and black title and schoolboys in sports gear pictorial to front on brown cloth boards. Some minor marks to front with marks and stain to back but no wear but some slight creasing at spine. Internally there is an inscription to front endpaper and foxing to closed edges and to some pages. 6 illustrations by W.S. Stacey. A children's adventure novel set in the 1850's by a prolific late Victorian/Edwardian childrens' author. Not dated and although the British Library has only one copy dated 1896 it could be a later editon. A1C. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002395

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: 19th Century Nicaragua Stacey, W.S.

HOPE, ANTHONY

Rupert of Hentzau - Being the Sequel to a Story by the Same Writer Entitled 'the Prisoner of Zenda'

London, J. M. Dent. 1963, First Thus. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Godfrey, Michael. Red titles on cream cloth boards with purple pictorial pattern of sword, hat and gauntlet. Boards are very clean and umarked with no wear. Internally very clean and unmarked with repaired rear endpaper tear and light foxing to closed edges. Uniform with The Children's Illustrated Classics series. 4 colour plates and line drawings in the text by Michael Godfrey. An attractive later edition of this classic work. NOT EX LIB C3A. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003868

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Childrens Fiction Godfrey, Michael

HUGHES, SHIRLEY

Charlie Moon and the Big Bonanza Bust-Up

London, The Bodley Head. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0370309189). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Hughes, Shirley. A Very Good + unmarked copy in laminated pictorial boards. Charlie Moon is back in the author's second story about him, where he, his good friend Dodger Best, with of course the help of cousin Ariadne, chase thieves and rogues, who are finally unmasked during the triumphant opening of the Book Bonanza organized by Linda, the loely children's librarian. Delightfully illustrated throughout by the author. NOT EX LIB C3D. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004152

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Childrens Fiction 0370309189 Hughes, Shirley

HUGHES, MONICA

Invitation to the Game

Toronto, Harper Collins. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0002235919). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. TRUE FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A near Fine uninscribed copy with dustjacket which has a little creasing to top and is not price clipped. A novel for young people by the English born Canadian writer which is a startling and innovative story of how a group of inventive young friends slowly learn to live together and use their different talents to confront a challenge bigger than anything they could have imagined. NOT EX LIB C3D. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 002770

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: 0002235919

HUSSEY, CHARMIAN

The Valley of Secrets

London, Hodder Headline. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340893494). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Christopher Crump. First Printing. A Very Good + uninscribed copy with a small bump to top edge. Dustjacket has a small crease to top and a small mark to back. This children's novel was written 17 years before being published and was stored in a loft and expresses the ex model's interest in indigenous tribal peoples of the world and her concern for the world's rainforests and her love of the Cornish countryside. It tells of a boy abandoned as a baby, who had nearly given up hope of finding his family, and follows his change in fortunes as he sets off on a journey after receiving a letter and his journey goes from London to Cornwall to the Amazonian rain forest. The tale is beautifully illustrated by Christopher Crump. 11. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002345

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: 0340893494 Christopher Crump

JONES, ADRIENNE

The Hawks of Chelney

London, Victor Gollancz. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0575025565). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with complete dustjacket. Based on the author's own mountaineering experiences and love of birds, it is a novel of a young boy, Siri, who is ostracised by the superstitious people of an isolated coastal village because of his love of the wild ospreys which they believe are evil. NOT EX LIB C3D. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003363

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Ospreys, Siri 0575025565

KILNER, GEOFFREY

Joe Burkinshaw's Progress

London, Methuen Children's Books. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0416868606). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Acs, Laszlo. A VG + unmarked copy with complete dustjacket. Based on historical incident which brings alive 19th century life. For Joe Burkinshaw there was no choice, at the age of seven he had to join his brother working in the coal mine with no hope of escaping from the darkness, the toil and the danger and through the years of unhappiness during which he sees his brother killed and his mother crippled, he sets his mind on becoming free. Through an accident he finds himself bound as a servant to the mine owner but he flees and goes to Sheffield where he is press ganged into work at a steel works, then he flees again and ends up with a hermit and they live by poaching. Illustrated with drawings by Laszlo Acs. NOT EX LIB C3E. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003471

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, 19th Century, Coal Mine, Steel Works, Hermit, Poacher 0416868606 Acs, Laszlo

KINGSTON, W.H.G.

Mark Seaworth - a Tale of the Indian Ocean

London, Griffith Farran Browne. 1900. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title with coloured floral decoration to spine and front with coloured pictorial of schoolboy watching a sailboat to front on blue cloth boards. Boards are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a very small bookseller's label to front pastedown, a decorative prize bookplate dated Xmas 1908 to front endpaper and some sporadic light foxing to closed edges and some pages else clean and unmarked. Frontispiece of ship is tissue guarded. 384 pages. Not dated but circa 1900. First published in 1852, this was the prolific author, William Henry Giles Kingston's (1814-1880) third novel. Uncommon to find in such good condition. A1C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003993

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Indian Ocean, Sailing Adventure

KINGSTON, W.H.G.

Saved from the Sea

London, Thomas Nelson. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title blocks with gilt sailing ship pictorial to spine and boy on horse pictorial to front on green cloth boards. Boards are clean with just a few minor marks to front and back and no wear. Internally there is a coloured decorative prize bookplate and light foxing to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. 317 pages with 5 coloured plates by various illustrators and coloured illustrated extra title page. Not dated but circa 1900's. First published in 1876. Uniform with the Kingston Library series. A children's adventure story featuring a sailing journey, mutinous threats, shipwreck, capture by Arabs and many escapes from danger. A1C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004001

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Sailing Journey, Mutiny, Shipwreck, Capture by Arabs