Libri per ragazzi

The Little Betty Wilkinson. Illustrated by F. . Hiley. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY

SMITH E. · 0 · Island Books

£36.00 (€43.15 | $47.56 | ¥7,595)

blackie, [1923]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 3 plates; some faint offsetting to free endpapers; original blue pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered and blocked in white and black, a remarkably bright, crisp, clean copy. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS...

Flight Two: Canada. Illustrated by Jack Matthew. [A Ladybird Book of Travel Adventure]. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

DANIELL David Scott · 1959 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Wills & Hepworth, 1959. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 24 full-page colour illustrations in the text and endpaper maps; original pictorial beige boards blocked and lettered in blue, backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, clean copy in unclipped, very lightly age-soiled dustw...

On Duty with PC49. With a Foreword by Brian Reece. Illustrated by F.G. Moorsom.

STRANKS Alan · 0 · Island Books

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Juvenile Productions, [1952]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, monochrome title-vignette, 5 coloured plates, numerous illustrations (including two picture-strips) in the text and coloured pictorial endpapers, neat contemporary inscription on frontispiece...

The Treasure of the Mountain. With Drawings by Christopher Brooks. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

BROOKS Patricia · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Dent, [1955]. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. A story of climbin...

The Enid Blyton Nature Readers No. 26. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

BLYTON Enid · 0 · Island Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Macmillan, [1949]. Sm. 4to., First Edition, with tinted illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, one leaf lightly creased (without loss) else a remarkably bright, clean copy. UNCOMMON.

A Strange Craft. Illustrated by John Williamson.

HIGGINSON J.A. · 0 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Sheldon Press, [c.1925]. 8vo., with a coloured frontispiece, small label scar on front free endpaper; original brown cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in orange, blue and black, a very good, bright, clean copy. Bright copy of a classic tale firs...

Buffalo Jim. Illustrated by Norman Hepple. IN THE DUSTWRAPPER

HATFIELD William · 0 · Island Books

£66.00 (€79.11 | $87.20 | ¥13,924)

Oxford University Press, Oxford, [1938]. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, monochrome title-vignette and 6 plates in monochrome, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, some light and occasional spotting; original decorative blue cloth, backstrip...

Lost Toby.

HAYCRAFT M.S. · 0 · Island Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Blackie, n.d.. 12mo., with a frontispiece by H. M. Brock, title hinge neatly reinforced with adhesive tape; pictorial boards, binding a little shaken else a good, sound copy.

The Story of Mr. Prettimouse. Illustrated by Mary B. Robinson.

ALLEYNE Margaret · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Warne, n.d.. Sm. 4to., with a coloured frontispiece, illustrated title, numerous charming coloured illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; pictorial boards, a near fine copy in the dustwrapper.

The Girls of Mackland Court.

WYNNE May · 0 · Island Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Ward Lock, [1928]. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, neat inscription on front free endpaper; original decorative blue cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue b...

The Modern Boy's Book of Aircraft. The Romance of Man's Mastery of the Skies in Picture and Story. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

AMALGAMATED PRESS · 1931 · Island Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

[Amalgamated Press, 1931]. 4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, and very numerous monochrome photographs (a number full-page and illustrations in the text; free endpapers lightly spotted; original blue cloth, upper board with mounted coloured i...

The Shaping of Jephson's. A School Story. Illustrated by Harold Earnshaw. [Second Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

CARR Kent · 0 · Island Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

W&R Chambers, [1922]. 8vo., Second Edition, with a frontispiece and 4 plates; original blue pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in darker blue, a very good, bright, clean copy. With prize bookplate on front free endpaper. Carr's classic school tal...

Young Tom Bowling. A Story of the Boys of the British Navy. Illustrated by John B. Greene. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

HUTCHESON J.C. · 0 · Island Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

Warne, [1896]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, title-vignette, 19 illustrations in the text and decorative endpapers, neat contemporary inscription on half-title verso; original brown pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt...

Boys of the Priory School. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

COOMBE Florence · 1925 · Island Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Blackie, n.d. [c.1925]. 8vo., with a frontispiece, this and title lightly spotted; original red cloth, upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy. With prize bookplate on front free endpaper. Nice copy of this later issue, without...

The School on the Moor. Illustrated by H. Coller.

BRAZIL Angela · 0 · Island Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Blackie & Son, [1939]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 3 plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in darker brown, brown top, a very good, bright, clean copy. The first edition is scarce in this ...

The Fisher Boy. Illustrated by Dorothy Clark.

DERWENT Lavinia · 0 · Island Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Burke, [1969]. 8vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette, illustrations in blue and black in the text, and pictorial endpapers, small neat inscription on front free endpaper; pictorial boards, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

Airman.

COLFER Eoin · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Puffin, [2008]. 8vo., First Edition, with pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Ice River. Drawings by Jin Crowell.

GREEN Phyllis · 1975 · Island Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Addison-Wesley, [Reading MA, 1975]. 4to., First Edition, with numerous illustrations (many full-page) in the text; original pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned and frayed with minor loss at edges.

Daddy's Lad. The Story of a Little Lass.

HAVERFIELD E.L. · 1907 · Island Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Thomas Nelson, 1907. 8vo., with a coloured frontispiece, and coloured and printed titles; original pictorial green cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked in black and lettered in gilt, green patterned endpapers, upper hinge tender (but binding entirely sound) els...

Buckle of Submarine V2. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PICTORIAL CLOTH

WALKER Rowland · 0 · Island Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,641)

S W Partridge, [1931]. 8vo., with a frontispiece; original blue pictorial cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked in darker blue, covers mildly faded (but all pictorial matter and lettering bright and clear, a remarkably, bright, clean copy. Dedicated to Norman Ho...