Resultados de búsqueda: Children's Collectable Books from Washburn Books

London: George C Harrap Book. Illus. by H Thomas Maybank. Good. Brown Decorated Boards. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Undated volume by the author of several historical adventure books for children, Henry Gilbert (1868-1936). 284pp with index, illustrated with 8 black and white plates. Drawings to top board and spine, with black lettering. Uniform edition with 'The Conquerors of Peru' by the same author. Bumping to spine and corners, edges age-toned and somewhat soiled, with some foxing, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ worn to edges, with some tears and loss to spine and corners..

London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1967 Book. Illus. by Leo Bates. Good. Illustrated Boards. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Classic childrren's adventure story set on a tropical island. Children's Illustrated Classic Series No.6. 337pp illustrated with 8 colour plates and line drawings to the text. Green pictorial design to boards and endpapers. Red lettering to top board and spine. slight bumping to spine and corners and left hinge feels slightly slack, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is price-clipped, with a certain amount of rubbing to edges, otherwise good in clear protective cover..

Collins, 1948 Book. Fair. Soft cover. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Children's story, illustrated throughout in colour. Rare in soft cover. Binding loose, cover detached, half-title page detached, tears to last page and half-title. Otherwise clean with clear text and no inscriptions..

London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh Book. Illus. by Samuel Williams (engravings). Very Good. Red Calf with 4 Raised Bands. Thirty-First Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Undated volume with introduction dated 1885, in a series of "Facsimile Reprints of Popular Children's Books of the Olden Time". Gilt lettering to spine. Top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. Spine slightly faded, ownership inscription to both endpapers and light foxing to margins, otherwise very good copy..

London: George Newnes Ltd Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. Presumed First. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. School story, undated but inscription to front endpaper dated 1954. 192pp with colour illustration to frontis. Black lettering to front board and spine. Bumping to spine and corners, spine slanted and faded, various inscriptions to endpapers, edges slightly soiled and some wrinkling to early pages, otherwise good reading copy..

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1948 Book. Illus. by Hettie Roe. Good. Red Cloth Boards. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Scarce copy of this collection of fifteen stories for children. 108pp, illustrated with 15 black and white drawings. Blue drawing to front board and title to spine. Some of the illustrations have been partially coloured, neatly by hand. Some bumping to spine and corners, marking to top edges and gift inscription to front endpaper, otherwise good complete copy..

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1968 Book. Very Good. Brown Cloth Boards. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Moving story about street children in the slums of Victorian London's East End, first published in 1875. Gilt lettering to spine. Boards very slightly bowed, small, date written in ink to title page, doodle to rear endpaper, small ink stain to edge and Ex Libris label to front endpaper, otherwise very good copy indeed. DJ is price-clipped with faded spine, fraying and slight loss at top of spine, name on reverse and ink doodles to lettering, otherwise good..

London: Julia MacRae Books, 1989 Book. Illus. by Valerie Littlewood. Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Children's story, set in London's Chinatown. Unpageinated. 56 pages, illustrated with vivid colour drawings throughout. Top of spine bumped, otherwise near fine copy. Unclipped DJ has minimal shelfwear, otherwise near fine. Loosely enclosed, obituary of the author dated Nov 11th 1998..

Leicester: Brockhampton Press Ltd, 1970 Book. Illus. by Bruno Kay. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. 11th Impression. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The fifth book in the Secret Seven adventure series, first published in 1953. 121pp illustrated with black and white drawings. Black lettering to top board and spine, illustrated endpapers. Slightly musty volume, boards a little bowed and minor marking to edges, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has minor edge and surface wear, otherwise very good..

London: Edmund Ward (Publishers) Ltd, 1966 Book. Good. Orange Cloth Boards. 5th Impression. 4.25" Tall x 5.75'" Wide. The Railway Series No.8. 62pp illustrated throughout with colour drawings. Central hinge slightly pulled and gift inscription in pencil to endpaper, otherwise good copy in good unclipped DJ with clear protective cover..

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd Book. Good. Blue Decorated Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Children's adventure story set in Africa, first published by Nelson in 1861, a sequel to 'The Coral Island', by the Scottish children's author R M Ballantyne (1825-1894). 329pp plus publisher's lists to rear and illustrated with colour plates. Undated edition with presentation label dated 1940 to endpapers. Black lettering and illustration to top board and spine. Some bumping to spine and corners and marking to edges and margins, otherwise fair/good copy..

London & Glasgow: William Collins, Sons & Co Ltd Book. Illus. by G C Hindley, Sydney Cowell, Etc. Fair. Decorated Green Boards. Presumed First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book of short stories featuring famous soldiers in history. The Graphic Story Books series. Undated, circa 1908. 256pp plus publisher's list to rear, illustrated throughout with colour and black and white plates, plus drawings to the text. Playing card design to front board and spine, edges tinted and endpapers patterned. Bumping and rubbing to spine and corners, front endpaper detached, rear pages darkened and a few fingermarks to margins, otherwise fair reading copy..

London & Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, 1919 Book. Illus. by John W Campbell. Good. Grey Decorated Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. One of many school stories for girls by the English writer Angela Brazil (8168-1947). 288pp illustrated with 4 black and white drawings. Top board and spine decorated with drawings in yellow and black. Slight bumping to spine and corners, some foxing to edges, margins and early pages, small nick to lower edge of one page, black mark to edge of one illustration, and prize certificate dated 1933 to endpaper, otherwise good copy..

London & Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited Book. Good. Blue Cloth Boards. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated volume in the Blackie's 'Famous Books' series, with stories featuring Perseus, Jason and the Argonauts and Theseus, first published in 1856 by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875). 208pp illustrated with colour drawing to frontis and a black and white map. Blind-stamped design to top board and spine with gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners, dust marking to edges and remnant of bookplate to endpaper, otherwise good copy. DJ is price-clipped and somewhat soiled and edgeworn..

London and Redhill: Lutterworth Press, 1944 Book. Fair. Beige Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Mystery adventure story for children featuring a masked highwayman. 183pp. Black lettering to spine. Top edges dusty, foxing to fore-edges and pastedowns and former owner's details to endpaper, otherwise fair reading copy. Unclipped DJ is edgeworn, with slight loss to spine and corners and soiling to rear panel..

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1956 Book. Illus. by E H Shepard. Good. Green Cloth Boards. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Second collection of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, first published in 1928. 178pp illustrated with the original black and white drawings by E H Shepard. Gilt drawings of Christopher Robin and Pooh to top board, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated endpapers, top edges tinted. Slightly musty volume with minimal marking to edges, slight bumping to spine and former owner's name to half title page, otherwise good copy..

London: Collins Book. Illus. by H M Brock, Irene Mountford. Good. Illustrated Boards. Presumed First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Re-telling of Bible stories for young children. Undated, but presentation label to front endpaper is dated 1954. Unpageinated volume, illustrated throughout with black and white drawings by Irene Mountford and 4 full colour plates by H M Brock. Edges tanned, some rubbing to corners and a few of the drawings have been coloured in very tidily, otherwise good copy. Unclipped DJ has some tears to edges, 2" split to front flyleaf and 1/2" loss at top and bottom of spine, otherwise fair..

London: Edmund Ward (Publishers) Ltd, 1965 Book. Illus. by C Reginald Dalby. Fair. Blue Cloth Boards. Eleventh Edition. 4.25" Tall x 5.75" Wide. James the Red Engine, 1965 Reprint. 62pp illustrated with colour drawings. Boards separated from text block, in need of repair and minor foxing to endpapers, otherwise good/fair reading copy..

London, Edinburgh, Dublin & New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons Book. Good. Decorated Blue Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Children's story set in the 16th century when John Knox was tutor to the children of Hugh Douglas of Longniddry and Alexander Cockburn of Ormiston. Undated, circa 1913. 208pp. Blue cloth boards decorated in brown and black with gilt lettering to top board and spine. Forward lean to spine, top edges dusty, minor foxing to fore-edges and school prize certificated dated 1913 to pastedown, otherwise good copy..

Fleetway, 1966 Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. School story illustrated in black and white with a coloured cover. Some creasing and marking to cover, with two closed 1/2" tears to edges. Internally good, apart from a tear to one page, and slight loss to the bottom of the same page, with no loss to text or illustration, and a hole to the first page caused by the staple. Price marked 1/- to front cover..