Libri per ragazzi

Biggles!. The Life Story of Capt. W.E. Johns. Creator of Biggles, Worrrals, Gimlet and Steeley. [Second Edition] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

ELLIS Peter Berresford · 0 · Island Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Veloce Publishing, [Godmanstone], [1993]. 8vo., Second Edition, with plates; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1981. Includes a useful bibiliography. NOW SCARCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.

By Right of Conquest, or With Cortez in Mexico. With Illustrations by W. S. Stacey. NEAR FINE COPY

HENTY G. A. · 18941901 · Island Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

Blackie, n.d. [c.1894-1901]. 8vo., with frontispiece, 9 plates and 2 full-page maps in the text, neat signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, bevelled boards, upper board blocked in colours and lettered in black, gilt back, green edges, grey endpapers, a near fine copy....

The Lion of the North. A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus and the Wars of Religion. With Illustrations by John Schonberg. NEAR FINE COPY

HENTY G. A. · 18941901 · Island Books

£46.00 (€55.14 | $60.77 | ¥9,705)

Blackie, n.d. [c.1894-1901]. 8vo., with frontispiece and 11 plates, neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, bevelled boards, upper board blocked in colours and lettered in gilt, gilt back, green edges, grey endpapers, a near fine copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogu...

No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising of La Vendee. With Illustrations by Stanley L. Wood. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

HENTY G. A. · 19001899 · Island Books

£56.00 (€67.12 | $73.98 | ¥11,814)

Blackie, 1900 [1899]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 7 plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso, some mild offsetting to half-title; red cloth, bevelled boards, upper board blocked in colours and lettered in gilt, gilt back, green edges, gre...

With Moore at Corunna. With Illustrations by Wal Paget. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

HENTY G. A. · 18981897 · Island Books

£112.00 (€134.25 | $147.97 | ¥23,629)

Blackie, 1898 [1897]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 11 plates and full-page map, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso, half-title and title lightly spotted; green cloth, bevelled boards, upper board framed and blocked in colours and lettered in...

Both Sides the Border. A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower. With Illustrations by Ralph Peacock. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

HENTY G. A. · 18991898 · Island Books

£66.00 (€79.11 | $87.20 | ¥13,924)

Blackie, 1899 [1898]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 11 plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, bevelled boards, upper board blocked in gilt and yellow and lettered in blue, gilt back, green edges, grey endpapers, backstrip lightly d...

Railway Series No. 23. Enterprising Engines. With Illustrations by Guvnor and Peter Edwards. BRIGHT COPY IN WORN DUSTWRAPPER

AWDRY Rev. W. · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Kaye & Ward, [1968]. Sm. oblong 8vo., First Edition, with coloured illustrations in the text, small signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in yellow, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustapper, the latter creased and...

Fuzzypeg's Brother. Pictures by Katherine Wigglesworth after Margaret Tempest. [A Little Grey Rabbit book.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

UTTLEY Alison · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Collins, [1971]. Sm. 4to., First Edition, text in blue, with numerous coloured illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; green pictorial boards, blocked and lettered in black and colours, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly fad...

Bunter the Ventriloquist. Illustrations by C.H. Chapman. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

RICHARDS Frank · 0 · Island Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,283)

Casell, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and several full-page illustrations in the text; yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in dark blue, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly rubbed at backstrip. SCARCE IN TH...

A Boy Scout with the Russians. Illustrations by William Rainey. BRIGHT COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

FINNEMORE John · 1915 · Island Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

W & R Chambers, 1915. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and 5 coloured plates, wanting rear free endpaper, some light and occasional spotting; original publisher's binding of red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, grey endp...

Rupert Annual No. 56. [1991]. NEAR FINE COPY

RUPERT BEAR. · 0 · Island Books

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,797)

Express Newspapers, [1991]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured illustrations throughout and pictorial endpapers, name panel blank, title unclipped; pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, a near fine copy.

Rupert Annual 1981. NEAR FINE COPY

RUPERT BEAR. · 1981 · Island Books

£26.00 (€31.17 | $34.35 | ¥5,485)

Express Newspapers, 1981. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured illustrations throughout and pictorial endpapers, name panel blank, title unclipped; pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers, a near fine copy.

Leslie Dexter, Cadet. Illustrated by Norman Hepple. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

WESTERMAN Percy F. · 0 · Island Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

Blackie & Son, [1930]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 5 plates, neat contemporary inscription on front paste-down; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in blue and white, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

The Fairclough Family. Illustrations by G. Demain Hammond. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

CLARKE Mrs Henry · 1920 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Blackie & Son, n.d. [c.1920]. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece and 3 plates in monochrome, wanting front free endpaper, some minor text spotting; pictorial green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and colours, brown endpapers, fore-edge lightly spot...

Dorothy's Discovery. With Illustrations by John Jellicoe. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

CLARKE Mrs Henry · 1920 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Sunday School Union, n.d. [c.1920]. 8vo., with frontispiece and 3 plates, free endpapers browned; pictorial red cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered with art nouveau floral design in cream and black, backstrip lightly faded else a remarkably bright, clean cop...

A High School Girl. Or, the Secret of the Old Bureau. Seventh Edition. [Illustrations by M.A. Boole.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

CLARKE Mrs Henry · 1916 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Sunday School Union, n.d. [c.1916]. 8vo., Seventh Edition, with frontispiece and 2 plates; pictorial terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered with art nouveau floral design in cream and black, a very good, bright, clean copy. With prize bookplate dated ...

A Clever Daughter. Sixth Edition. [Frontispiece by Gertrude A. Steel.] WITH THE SCARCE DUSTWRAPPER

CLARKE Mrs Henry · 1924 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

National Sunday School Union, n.d. [c.1924]. 8vo., Sixth Edition, with coloured frontispiece, text block moderately browned at edges; pictorial rose cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked with art nouveau floral design in yellow and black, a bright, clean copy in price-clipp...

The Adopting of Mickie. Illustrations by T[om] Peddie. NEAR FINE COPY IN PICTORIAL CLOTH

CHAUNDLER Christine · 1910 · Island Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

Religious Tract Society, n.d. [1910]. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece and 4 plates in monochrome; original grey pictorial cloth blocked and lettered in cream and black, backstrip lettered in black,a near fine copy. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

Five Go Off To Camp. [Illustrations by Eileen Soper. Third Impression]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BLYTON Enid · 0 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Hodder & Stoughton, [1950]. 8vo., Third Impression, with illustrations in the text (a number full-page in red and black), and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the first s...

The King's Guards. [Being a Fighting History of the Household Cavalry.] REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

BERREY R. Power · 0 · Island Books

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,017)

James Nisbet, [1903]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with frontispiece, neat contemporary prize inscription on front free endpaper; original pictorial cloth, fore-edge lightly spotted else a remarkably bright, clean copy. With the trade ticket of Jospeh Pollard of Truro o...