Libri per ragazzi

The Story of Washington

Heath, Virginia · 1904 · Mare Booksellers

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Portland, ME, L.H. Nelson Company, 1904. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 32 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A biography of George Washington, geared toward a juvenile audience. GOOD condition. Wrappers browned, with superficial silverfishing along all the extremities. Minor s...

The Twelve Days of Christmas.

Williams, June · 2008 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Australia: Herron Book Distributors, 2008. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean, large format hardback tightly bound in pictorial boards, bumped at top of spine, gift inscription on front pastedown. 32 pages, illustrations throughout the text by John McIntosh. Good with No dust jacket as...

Tom of Tripoli.

Addison, Robert · 1935 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in embossed red cloth with gilt titles, cloth rubbed and foxed, pages foxed, no inscriptions. 288 pages, colour frontispiece by F. Leist. Undated but assume 1930s. Good with no dus...

Winter danger.

Steele, William O. · 1963 · Aucott & Thomas

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1963. First British Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, some foxing at page edges with a gift inscription on front endpaper, in a price clipped dustjacket which is tanned and worn at the spine and back cover. 186 pages, illustrations i...

The Abbey girls play up.

Oxenham, Elsie J · 1948 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Collins, 1948. Reprint. Hardcover. Good reading copy, hardback tightly bound in grubby blue cloth with silver gilt titles, cloth is bumped at corners, spine sunned, page edges foxedSunday School prize label on the front endpaper, half title page and rear endpaper excised. 288 ...

Ructions at Ranford.

White, Paul & Britten, David · 1961 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

The Paternoster Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book with a Sunday School prize label on the front endpaper, page edges foxed, in a price clipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine and chipped at the edges. 156 pages. Good in Good dus...

Ship of adventure.

Lee, Norman · 1948 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Charles Skilton Ltd, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, cloth rubbed at edges, spine sunned, endpapers tanned. 168 pages, frontispiece. Good with no dust jacket.

The school in the dell.

Cleves, Marjorie · 1949 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

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.

The Buttercup Farm family.

Blyton, Enid · 1956 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Lutterworth Press, 1956. Reprint; Third Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with black titles, cloth bumped at corners, foxing on endpapers and page edges, remains of name and address on front endpaper. 96 pages, illustrations in the text by Ruth Ge...

The tale of Mrs Tittlemouse.

Potter, Beatrix · 1956 · Aucott & Thomas

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. 1956. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in marked cream boards with brown titles, colour picture laid down to front, boards pulled at title/dedication pages, a few pages have marks, no inscriptions. 60 pages, colour illustrations in th...

Granny's wonderful chair.

Browne, Frances · 1969 · Aucott & Thomas

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,588)

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright price clipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine and chipped at the spine ends. 150 pages, 4 colour illustrations on plates and drawings in the text...

Collins children's annual.

Pullein-Thompson, Josephine; Naughton, Bill; Shaw, Jane; Chappell, Mollie; Helps, Racey et al · 1951 · Aucott & Thomas

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Collins, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with crossword completed in pencil but no other inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is creased and has repaired tears at the bottom edge plus loss at the spine ends. 160 pages, illustr...

Collins magazine annual volume 6 1953.

Watkins-Pitchford, Denys; Chance, John Newton; Newman, L. Hugh, Fisher, James; Pertwee, Roland et al · 1953 · Aucott & Thomas

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Collins, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with a neat gift inscription on the half title page, in a price clipped dustjacket which has repaired tears at both edges. 256 pages, photos and illustrations in the text by Geoffrey Whittam amon...

King of shadows.

Cooper, Susan · 1999 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Bodley Head, 1999. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very clean, tightly bound book, pages age tanned as is usual with the Bodley Head books of this age, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which has minor rubbing at the edges. 182 pages. Very Good in Ver...

The monster Rupert, with Rupert stories (2 books).

Tourtel, Mary · 1948 · Aucott & Thomas

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Sampson Low, Marston & Co.Ltd. 1948. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 2 hardbacks bound in pictorial boards with illustrations by Mary Tourtel. Monster: Red cloth spine with black titles, boards worn at edges, book belongs to completed, frontispiece and title page plus other ill...

The homeward bounders.

Wynne Jones, Diana · 1981 · Aucott & Thomas

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Macmillan, 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with one stamp on the title page verso, new endpapers, foxing to page edges, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the spine ends. 224 pages. Fair in Very G...

Tales from Shakepeare; from the collection by Charles and Mary Lamb.

Lamb, Charles & Mary with Stobbs, William (illustrator) · 1970 · Aucott & Thomas

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Blackie, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound, small format hardback book with a Sunday School prize label on the front endpaper in a bright price clipped dustjacket which is creased and chipped at the edges and minor loss to top of back cover. 124 pages, illustrati...

Yes dear.

Jones, Diana Wynne · 1992 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Collins, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, large format hardback tightly bound in pictorial boards, boards have minor rubbing at corners, rear endpaper creased, no inscriptions. 24 pages, illustrations in the text by Graham Philpot. Very Good with no dust jacket.

The spellcoats.

Jones, Diana Wynne · 1979 · Aucott & Thomas

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

Macmillan, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright price clipped dustjacket which is rubbed at the top of th spine. 250 pages, jacket design by Pamela Goodchild. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Chair person.

Wynne Jones, Diana · 1989 · Aucott & Thomas

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Hamish Hamilton, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, spine ends a little creased, no inscriptions, 106 pages, illustrations in the text by Glenys Ambrus. An Antelope book. Fair with No dust jacket as issued.