Caveney, Philip

Sebastian Darke: Prince of Fools.

The Bodley Head, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book signed by author on the title page, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is lightly worn at the corners and spine edges. 378 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 40053

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: Signed First Edition

Channel, A. R.

Phantom patrol.

Collins, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, front endpaper excised, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped and creased with short closed tears and small areas of loss to front cover. 256 pages. Undated but author's dedication to the Boy Scouts of Finland is dated 1940. Good in Fair dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 68025

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: World War 2 Finland Boy scouts Great Russian War

Cheesman, Lilian

Peter and his pals.

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in grey cloth with green titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, gift inscription (dated 1932) on front endpaper, page edges browned, else very good. 228 pages, illustrations on 6 colour plates, and several line drawings in the text. Good with no dust jacket.

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N° du livre: 61897

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: Childrens illustrated

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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N° du livre: 68948

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: 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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N° du livre: 56021

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: 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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N° du livre: 56019

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: 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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N° du livre: 56017

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: 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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N° du livre: 68953

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: 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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N° du livre: 67411

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: School stories Children's Fction

Clifford, Martin (Frank Richards)

D'Arcy the reformer.

Hamilton & Co. (Stafford) Ltd. 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback, spine worn with loss at centre and base, card covers rubbed and creased, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 112 pages. Fair.

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N° du livre: 69523

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: Children's Fction Humour School stories Frank Richards

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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N° du livre: 61876

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: 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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N° du livre: 66144

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: 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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N° du livre: 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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N° du livre: 63602

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: 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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N° du livre: 69125

Catalogue: Fiction:: Childrens

Mots-clés: Children's Fiction Neverland Fairy Stories Peter Pan