KING-SMITH, DICK

A Narrow Squeak and Other Animal Stories

London, Viking. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0670842532). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Harvey, Amanda. Gold title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear and a small bump to front lower corner tip. Internally there is a blank coloured bookplate of a badger to front pastedown else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Dustjacket is not price clipped and is also Very Good +. The author is an acknowledged master of comic animal stories and the illustrations by Amanda Harvey bring to life the stories and will enchant children and adults alike. C3D. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004136

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Animal Stories 0670842532 Harvey, Amanda

KING-SMITH, DICK

Sophie's Adventures - Sophie's Snail, Sophie's Tom, Sophie Hits Six

London, Walker & Company. 1995, First Thus. (ISBN: 0744547113). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Parkins, David. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards apart from a small name to front endpaper. First published individually in 1988 and 1991 and now issued together. Delightful tales from Dick King-Smith of farm animals, creatures and people, featuring Sophie and her brothers, all illustrated by David Parkins. C3D. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007328

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Sophie and Her Brothers, Farm Animals 0744547113 Parkins, David

KING-SMITH, DICK

Sophie's Lucky

London, Walker. 1995, First Edition. (ISBN: 0744541182). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Parkins, David. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Small but very determined, Sophie loves animals and is going to be a lady farmer when she grows up. She's already got a rabbit and a cat and dog, but what she'd really love is a pony. Good fortune comes her way when she's invited to spend her summer holiday in Scotland with her best friend, Great Aunt Al'! This is the sixth and final book about Sophie and is as enchanting as all the others. Delightfully illustrated, as before, by David Parkins. C3D. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 008189

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Childrens Fiction, Sophie 0744541182 Parkins, David

SAN SOUCI, ROBERT D.

Giant Short and Shivery - Thirty Chilling Tales

New York, Barnes and Noble. 1998, First. (ISBN: 9780760711453). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Coville, Katherine and Rogers, Jacqueline. An As New copy in pictorial laminated boards. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 163 pages. Illustrations by Katherine Colville and Jacqueline Rogers. A retelling of scary folk tales. 11. As New/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011491

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: 9780760711453 Coville, Katherine and Rogers, Jacqueline

STONG, PHIL

The Hired Man's Elephant

London, Tom Stacey. 1972. (ISBN: 0854682295). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Lee, Doris. Gold title on green boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is some light foxing to closed edges else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has two small repaired closed tears and is price clipped. Illustrations by Doris Lee. When first published in 1939 in America it won a prize for the author. 'Mrs. Dengler was not the most popular resident of Pittsville. She was an elderish lady, quite stout, with a red face and poppy black eyes which were always bugging round for sinfulness. When she saw the advertisement for Morton Entertainments, her eyes popped out further than usual and her face got redder and redder. By hook or by crook she was going to prevent Mr. Morton and his daughter Tess from giving their show and began scheming to discredit them - and Ali, their elephant - in the eyes of Pittsville. Fortunately, they had friends - Uncle Sam Swyer, his two grandsons, his hired man, Don Harding - and had a scheme of their own , to show Mrs. Dengler where sinfulness really begins and ends. Ali had a big part to play and carried it out wih all the sagacity and good manners proper to an Indian elephant'. C3E. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008483

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Ali the Elephant, Sam Swyer, Morton Entertainments, Mrs. Dengler, Don Harding 0854682295 Lee, Doris

STUART, ESME

For Half a Crown

London, National Society's Depository. 1887, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Yellow and black titles with coloured pictorial of a young girl in blue, black and yellow on spine and a coloured pictorial of two women and baby in blue, black and yellow to front on grey cloth boards. There is just a small amount of wear to spine head and tail. Internally there is a prize inscription to front endpaper some light foxing to some page edges and closed edges else clean and unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy with bright pictorials. 251 pages and 4 plates. A moral novel by the Victorian writer, pseudonym of Amelie Claire Le Roy. Not dated but The British Libray has this as 1887. A fairly SCARCE title A1C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001948

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

SUCKLING, NIGEL

The Clothmerchant's Apprentice

London, Big O Publishing. 1979, First. (ISBN: 0905664078). Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Suckling, Nigel. A Fine unmarked with gold titles and motif on red cloth boards. Dustjacket is VG+ and is not price clipped. From a dull but comfortable life as a trader, Rufus's fate leads him far from home and across timeless and barren lands to the city of Brown Gods. His meeting with Anavor, man of secrets and ambition, the blind woman whose eyes pierce the mists of the future, and his encounters with the strange beasts and ancient mystical symbols, begin to reveal a destiny beyond his imaginings. Illustrated by the author. 15. Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 011250

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: 0905664078 Suckling, Nigel

THOMPSON, KATE

The Alchemist's Apprentice

London, The Bodley Head. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0370325451). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Jack is on the run, alone in the world he finds an object floating in the river and wonders if it is worth anything, will it fetch him enough to fill his empty stomach. The further he goes in his search to find the value of the relic the further he seems away from the answer whilst the enigmatic alchemist Barnstable only adds to his perplexity. A picaresque novel of the adventures of a boy trying to understand the things that really matter in the world. C3D. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 001603

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: 0370325451

THOMSON, PAT

A Cracker Full of Christmas Stories

London, Doubleday. 1994, First Edition. (ISBN: 0385404832). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Riley, Jon / Lawrie, Robin. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. The children's author and anthologist presents her selection of Christmas goodies for seven to ten year olds, ranging from traditional tales to hilarious modern ones, by such celebrated authors as Richmal Crompton, Marjorie Darke, Robert Swindells, Grace Hallworth and others, al delightfully illustrated. C3D. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 004250

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Christmas 0385404832 Riley, Jon / Lawrie, Robin

TIDDEMANN, L.E.

Lizzie Hepburn ; or Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

London, Thomas Nelson. 1912. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ill.: Calder, Scott. Brown titles and pictorials on beige cloth boards with inset picture to front. Boards are very clean with just some very minor light marks. Internally there is a small neat contemporary name and date and a small Sunday school stamp to front endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. Not dated but the British library has two editions - 1901 and 1912 of this work which was first published in 1874. No author stated but believe this is by Lizzie Ellen Tiddeman (1887 - 1937) a prolific Edwardian childrens author. It is a children's story set in America's West and features Native American Indians. 4 full page coloured plates by Scott Calder. A1C. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005364

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Childrens Fiction, Victorian Authors, Native American Indians Calder, Scott

TOMALIN, RUTH

The Spring House

London, Faber and Faber. 1968, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on red cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with only a touch of wear to base of spine. Internally the front endpaper has been neatly removed (although not an ex library copy) and just some very minor light marks to fore edge else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is VG+ and is complete. Following on from her 'The Garden House' which described a year in the life of a small boy in the New Forest during the 1930's, this book takes up the story of Ralph Oliver in 1941, when he is 12, and describes the holiday he spends with Aunt Lizard at the Spring House, a tiny cottage in Sussex. C3E. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004909

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Fiction, Sussex

TYTLER, SARAH (HENRIETTA KEDDIE)

War Times or the Lads of Craigross and in the Cannon's Mouth

London, W.H. Allen. 1893, First. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt titles and black pictorials on red cloth boards. Boards have a small tear and wear to spine top, age darkening to spine and some marks. Internally the front and rear hinges are cracked but holding, a second front endpaper has been removed (although not a library copy) and there is a stamped name to half title page and to the top of the title page. Pages are clean and unmarked. 263 pages From The Spectator 7th April 1894 'This is a clever little sketch, with every appearance of truthfulness about it, representing life in a little Scottish town during the Crimean War. The characters, the incidents, the little details, are all as natural as possible. Probably the picture is really composite; so many interesting figures, so many notable incidents, could hardly have been collected into so small a compass of time and space; but the arrangement has been very skilfully done. The second part of the volume, 'In the Cannon's Mouth' is an experience belonging to the first Afghan War'. Sarah TYtler was the pseudonym of Henrietta Keddie (1827-1914) a prolific Scottish author. VERY SCARCE B2A. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010853

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Crimean War, Afghan War, Henrietta Keddie

VARIOUS

Roadside, Field and Garden - Pictures, Stories and Poems

London, Blackie. 1930, First Edition. Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ill.: Topham; Lloyd, Stanley; Ingall, Joanne. Coloured pictorial boards by Stanley Lloyd which has wear to edges and marks to back. Internally there is foxing to closed edges and sporadically to pages, some darker marks to the margins of a few pages, a neat inscription to front endpaper 'To dear little Margaret with love from Auntie Dolly, September 9th 1932'. Binding is tight with no cracking of hinges. 16 full size colour plates are very clean and bright with numerous other illustrations in the text (of which one page has been neatly coloured in) by many illustrators including Stanley Lloyd, Topham, Joanne Ingall. Not dated but British Library has this as 1930. A most delightfully illustrated children's book of the period and quite uncommon to find in such a tight condition as most tend to have been pulled apart or nearly destroyed. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST 25. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006498

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Children's Illustrated Books of the 1930's Topham; Lloyd, Stanley; Ingall, Joanne

WARNER, SUSAN BOGERT

Queechy

London, Frederick Warne. 1887. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ornate gilt title block and black decoration and star motif to spine, gilt title and author's name ( as S. Warner ) with blind embossed classical motif of charioteer and decoration to front on blue cloth boards and blind embossed number 10 to back. Front board is clean and very bright with slight wear to top corner tip, spine is faded with gilt and decoration still very bright and has some wear to head and tail, back board has some fading along spine side with a small dent to edge. Internally there is a gilt and blue prize bookplate and 'Red House School' written in to front endpaper, a few small removals to a few pages not affecting text and age/dust marked closed edges else clean. Overall a Good + copy. Number 10 in the star series by Warne and is undated but The British Library cites this as 1887. The title page states 'By the author of The Wide Wide World, Daisy etc' which were also published by the American author, Susan Bogert Warner (1819-1885), under her pseudonym of Elizabeth Wetherell. This novel is her second work first published in 1852 and was very popular in America and England and follows a similar theme as Wide Wide World of a young girl's development from childhood to marriage finding her religion as her strength in life. As such it is semi autobiographical as it mirrors the author's life. A1C. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001985

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Elizabeth Wetherell, Young Girl's Development

WATTERSON, BILL

The Authorative Calvin and Hobbes - a Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

London, Sphere. 1990, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747409382). Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A clean and unmarked copy with a little creasing to back edge. This collection contains an omnibus edition of Yukon Ho! and Weirdos from Another Planet as well as the first published edition of a new cartoon story. 1. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 004062

Catalogue: Juvenilia / Childrens Fiction

Keywords: Juvenilia, Yukon Ho!, Weirdos from Another Planet, Calvin and Hobbes 0747409382