Aucott & Thomas

Motor road map of Southern England and Wales backed by Motoring map of the environs of London. A Bacon's reversible map.

Anon · 1947

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

G. W. Bacon & Co. Ltd. 1947. First Edition. Map. Clean foldout map, 100cm x 66cm when opened out, cloth backed. Map has short splits, cover foxed. Fascinating glimpse into the size of places post WW2. Good with no dust jacket.

Worzel Gummidge again, with, Worzel Gummidge and Saucy Nancy.

Todd, Barbara Euphan · 1952

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Penguin Books, 1952. Reprint. Softcover. 2 clean paperbacks, spines creased, card covers worn at edges, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. Again: spine split at back cover and has repaired backstrip, scribble on back cover, 176 pages. Nancy: published in 1951, 172 pages + 4 pa...

Worzel Gummidge and the railway scarecrows.

Todd, Barbara Euphan · 1955

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Evans Brothers Limited, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, tightly bound book, page edges foxed, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is marked and worn and chipped at the edges. 192 pages, black & white illustrations in the text by Jill Crockford. Very Good i...

Arabian Nights: Aladdin, Sindbad, Ali Baba.

Anon · 1950

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Blackie & Son Ltd. 1950. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean, tightly bound book, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped at the edges. 128 pages, 4 colour plates and black & white illustrations in the text, decorated endpapers. In the Stories Old and New series. Ve...

The tree that sat down.

Nichols, Beverley · 1953

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

Jonathan Cape, 1953. Reprint; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Clean, tightly bound book, page edges foxed, has a bookseller's label on the front pastedown but no other inscriptions, in a foxed, price clipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine and chipped at the edges. A price ...

The Cloggies The rise to glory of Britain's greatest clog dancing team.

Tidy, Bill · 1973

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

Private Eye Productions Ltd. 1973. Reprint. Softcover. ISBN: 0233964940. Clean, tightly bound landscape format landscape paperback, book rippled, card covers rubbed at edges, page edges foxed, no inscriptions. 50 pages, illustrations throughout. Good.

Muffin and his friends.

Main, Neville · 1952

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Brockhampton Press Limited, 1952. First Edition (?). Softcover. Clean, tightly bound small format landscape paperback, card covers rubbed and creased, no inscriptions. Unpaginated (62 pages), colour illustrations. Good.

Rumpelstiltskin.

Woodhead, Constance · 1950

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean smaller format hardback book, boards worn and bumped at corners, back board creased, no inscriptions. 64 pages with 4 colour illustrations on plates and black & white illustrations in the text, A Sunbeam story. P...

Puppy school days.

Brett, Molly · 1950

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Brockhampton Press Ltd. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean smaller format hardback book, boards worn and bumped at corners, backstrip missing, no inscriptions. Unpaginated (44 pages) with colour illustrations in the text, pictorial endpapers. Childish colouring in on some p...

A little book of old rhymes.

Barker, Cicely Mary · 1948

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Blackie & Son Limited, 1948. Reprint. Hardcover. Clean smaller format hardback book, beige decorated cloth with chequerboard decoration and colour picture on front cover, backstrip missing, boards worn and bumped at corners, gift inscription on front endpaper dated 1949. 48 pa...

Flower fairies of the spring, with, Flower fairies of the autumn: with the nuts and berries they bring.

Barker, Cicely Mary · 1955

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Blackie & Son Limited, 1955. Reprint. Hardcover. 2 clean smaller format hardback books, beige decorated cloth with chequerboard decoration and colour picture on front cover, backstrip missing, boards rubbed and bumped at corners, some pencil sctribble in both books. Unpaginate...

Flower fairies of the summer.

Barker, Cicely Mary · 1985

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Blackie & Son Limited, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0216916895. Clean small format hardback book, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is a little faded at the foldovers with a nick in the laminate at the base of the spine. Unpaginated with 19 colour plates, li...

Emily the goat, with, Mrs Nibble.

Pilgrim, Jane · 1950

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Brockhampton Press, 1950. First Edition (?). Softcover. 2 clean, tightly bound small format paperbacks, card covers rubbed and creased, no inscriptions. Unpaginated, colour illustrations by F. Stocks May. Books not dated, assume 1950. Good.

The Perishers no. 22 & 23.

Dodd, Maurice & Collins, Dennis · 1979

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Daily Mirror, 1979. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 2 clean, tightly bound landscape format paperbacks, card covers rubbed and creased, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. Unpaginated. Fair.

The Perishers no. 15.

Dodd, Maurice & Collins, Dennis · 1973

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Daily Mirror, 1973. First Edition Thus. Softcover. ISBN: 0859390101. Clean, tightly bound landscape format paperback, card covers rubbed and creased, pages age tanned, top corner torn from last 2 pages, no inscriptions. Unpaginated. Poor.

Bishop's Stortford and its story.

Berlyn, Annie · 1923

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,532)

Jarrolds Publishers, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, small format hardback book, binding pulled at frontispiece, page edges foxed, with no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket. which is chipped and creased with minor loss at the edges. 106 pages, photos on plates. B...

The history of Bishop's Stortford Working Men's Club.

Sparrow, Violet · 1987

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

Violet Sparrow, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, stapled spine, glossy pictorial covers, signed by author on foreword but no other inscriptions, appears little used. 60 pages, photos and illustrations in the text ; Signed by Author. V...

Strong poison.

Sayers, Dorothy L. · 1960

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Landsborough Publications Limited, 1960. Reprint. Softcover. Tatty paperback, spine creased, card covers creased with splits at both ends of spine/front cover, pages age tanned, initials on half title page but no other inscriptions. 192 pages. Poor.

Long live the horse An anthology.

Walker, Stella A. · 1955

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Country Life, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with faded gilt titles, endpapers and page edges foxed, no inscriptions in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped and creasd at the edges with short closed tears at the top edge. 156 page...

White poles.

Faulkner-Horne, Shirley · 1954

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Leicester: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with gilt titles, page edges foxed no inscriptions. 144 pages, illustrations in the text by Peter Biegal. Very Good with no dust jacket.