Search Results: Children's - Historical Fiction from Mad Hatter Books

USA: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. Copyright (13th printing) . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardback: map endpapers, colour frontispiece + chapter headings and tail pieces in b/w, no dj, book is bound in cloth (clean), lower corner of last blank page torn off, otherwise vg. 8vo, 332pp.

UK: Oxford University Press, 1977. First UK . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Ian Ribbons. Hardback: dj is slightly worn on spine tips and corners, lightly foxed on reverse, price uncut, covers are slightly faded on the edges and edges a bit bumped, name on flyleaf, some foxing on endpapers and foredges, back flyleaf is lightly damp stained on the front edge, still vg. 8vo, 104pp. Jim, an apprentice shipbuilder in Liverpool, learns by accident that the '290' he has been working on, is to be christened the Alabama and is destined for the Confederate Navy. He decides to ship aboard on what was to become one of the most famous vessels of the American Civil War.

London: Jonathan Cape (Famous Twins series), 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Repr. Hardback: illustrated by the author, no dj, light brown cloth, spine tips and corners lightly bumped and rubbed, small inscription on inside front cover, slight foredge foxing, a few page corners creased, else vg. 8vo, 184pp..

New York: Scholastic, 1998. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Marcy Ramsey. Inspired by Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women'. 4 full page ills by MARCY RAMSEY. Hardback: colour pictorial boards, attached silk book marker, pages are clean, nr fine. sm 8vo, 79pp. Captures each girl at age 10. Includes a craft project (a wallpaper box) & a recipe (raisin scones) + the first chapters of the companion volumes about the 3 other girls.

UK: Puffin Books, 1963. Book. Illus. by Peter Barrett. Good. Soft cover. First Thus. Paperback: illustrated by PETER BARRETT, covers are slightly rubbed on the edges, spine faded, lower corners creased, foredge foxing, name on front flyleaf, one page is missing a small piece on the front edge, paper browning, g. 187pp. Tad Hunt is the only boy on a wagon train heading for the promised green fields of California. He dreams of finding a friend and surprisingly he finds one on the trail - a sick little Paiute Indian boy..

London: The Epworth Press, 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback: b/w frontispiece, dj is a little dusty, slight wear on the edges, price unclipped, covers are bit faded on the edges, some foxing on the foredges and a few spots internally, else vg. 8vo, 187pp.

London: Methuen (Pied Piper Books), 1988. Book. Illus. by Alice Englander. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardback: illustrated by ALICE ENGLANDER, glossy covers are slightly bumped on the spine tips and back spine fold, some light foredge foxing, paper is browning, else vg. 12mo, 127pp. An adventure story set against the background of the Spanish Armada, published on its 400th anniversary. Set in the Channel Islands..

London: Orion Children's Books, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hemesh Alles. 2 pictorial maps on endpapers by HEMESH ALLES + a number of medieval woodcuts. Hardback: vg dj, foredges lightly foxed and paper browning on edges, vg. large heavy 8vo, 367pp. The second title in the "Arthur" trilogy. Set in 1200 this is the story of Arthur de Caldicot, who discovers his namesake, the boy King Arthur, in his seeing stone.

London: Orion Paperbacks, 2002. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. A paperback, 2 pictorial maps by HEMESH ALLES + a number of medieval woodcuts, vg. 8vo, 367pp. The second of the "Arthur" trilogy. Set in 1200 this is the story of Arthur de Caldicot, who discovers his namesake, the boy King Arthur, in his seeing stone.

London: Pavilion, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Michael Foreman. Illustrated in colour throughout by MICHAEL FOREMAN. Hardback: dj (price uncut), some wear at top of spine, front flap lightly creased, laminated colour pictorial boards (as dj), inscription on flyleaf, else vg. 8vo, 144pp.

London: Orion Children's Books, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hemesh Alles. 2 pictorial maps on endpapers by HEMESH ALLES + a number of medieval woodcuts. Hardback: vg dj, light foredge foxing, paper browning on edges, else vg. large heavy 8vo, 396pp. The third, and final, title in the "Arthur" trilogy. Set in the early 13th century this is the story of Arthur de Caldicot, who discovers his namesake, the boy King Arthur, in his Seeing Stone.

London: Orion Paperbacks, 2001. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. The first of the "Arthur" trilogy. Set in 1199 this is the story of Arthur de Caldicot who discovers his namesake, the boy King Arthur, in his seeing stone. 2 pictorial maps + a number of medieval woodcuts. Paperback, a few foxing spots on foredges, a couple of top page corners slightly creased, else vg. 8vo, 367pp.

London: Bloomsbury, 2003. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Larger format paperback, some discolouration on first and last pages and page edges, vg. 163pp + glossary and notes on the London Plague in 1665. A prequel to 'Petals in the Ashes'. Set during the Great Plague of 1665 in London.

UK: Oxford University Press (Oxford Children's Library), 1958. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. P.A. Jobson. dj (price clipped) lightly creased on back, slight bump on lower back edge of covers, frontispiece by P.A. JOBSON, name stamped on front flyleaf, foredge foxing, g. 8vo, 256pp. Elizabethan England setting.

UK: Macmillan Children's Books, 1996. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. Paperback: cover edges are slightly rubbed, paper browning on the edges, else vg. 195pp. Set during the 1849 gold rush in California.

London: Dent (Children's Illustrated Classics), 1971. Book. Illus. by Philip Gough. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. Hardback: 4 colour plates + b/w illustrations by PHILIP GOUGH, dj is slightly rubbed on the edges, spine is a bit faded, front flap creased, price clipped, book is bound in lovely beige cloth decorated in orange, slight foredge foxing, pages are clean, vg. 8vo, 148pp. A gripping drama of love and war set against the backdrop of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. #89 in the C.I.C. series..

London: Oxford University Press, 1958. Book. Illus. by Ulrik Schramm. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardback: illustrated by ULRIK SCHRAMM, dj, a bit chipped at spine tips and corners, small hole on front flap fold, a few tears (some repaired with tape on reverse) and marks, book is bound in dark blue cloth with silver spine lettering, some rubbing and discolouration, foredge foxing, else g. tall 8vo, 245pp. Final volume in the America-Asia-Africa trilogy of historical novels..

London: Hutchinson , 1975. Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Ex school library hardback: dj has remains of a spine label, covers and flyleaves have tape marks, slight foredge foxing, usual library stamps etc, endpaper hinges reinforced with paper tape, one top page corner creased, still vg., 8vo, 185pp. Paul Juan Marten is on his way home to London from Jersey in 1807 when he is swept into the stirring events which precede Napoleon's invasion of Spain and Portugal..

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback: ex school library: dj (price unclipped), lightly marked on reverse, a few sticky tape marks on boards, family tree of James I, flyleaves removed, library markings on title and copyright pages, stamp on lower edge of page 211, else vg. 8vo, 214pp.

London: Collins, 1975. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback: bright dj (price clipped), a little dusty, one edge tear, very slight foredge foxing, else vg. 8vo, 223pp. Set in Elizabethan times. 'Bess' is a sequel to 'Maroon Boy'.