Juvenile Fiction from Eric James

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons Hardcover without dust jacket, undated (c1930s), iv + 276 pages including black-and-white illustrations; gently used, light to moderate wear to cover edges, corners and spine ends, tight in binding but light cracks starting between some pages, free front endpaper removed, all pages age toned… Read more

London: Collins, 1965. Pictorial hardcover without dust jacket, "This impression 1970", 124 pages including drawings; book very gently used, tight in binding, only tiny traces of shelf wear to spine ends and cover tips, gift inscription in ink on free front endpaper, all pages age toned as usual, foxing spots to fore edge, all four… Read more

London: Collins, 1961. Hardcover without dust jacket, "This impression 1970", 192 pages including drawings; book very gently used, tight in binding, only tiny traces of shelf wear to spine ends and cover tips, gift inscription in ink on free front endpaper, all pages age toned as usual, foxing spots to fore edge, all four… Read more

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1951. Pictorial hardcover without dust jacket, 212 pages; very gently used ex-school library copy, tight in binding, shelf wear to cover corners and spine ends, covers clean except for an old price sticker and the library spine label, rubber stamp on… Read more

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Bookcraft Publishing, 1979. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, later (1983) printing, xi + 99 pages including numerous black-and-white drawings throughout, several full page; book very gently read, if at all, tight in binding, not a trace of shelf wear, but there are three ink inscriptions to previous owner on… Read more

London: Oxford University Press, 1928. Hardcover without dust jacket, 190 pages including full page black-and-white illustrations, plus a full colour frontispiece illustration; orange cloth covers with embossed lettering and decorative pictorial to front cover and spine plus grey lettering and a smaller embossed pictotial to spine, very gently used, tight in binding, only tiny traces… Read more

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1949. Green cloth hardcover with grey spine lettering, without dust jacket, ix + 221 pages; very gently used, tight in binding, only light shelf wear to spine ends and cover corner tips, very clean and unmarked throughout.. Hard Cover. Very Good ++.

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. Oversized paperback, 96 pages including Macaulay's quirky black-and-white illustrations throughout; light rubbing to exterior, spine and back cover flat/uncreased, vertical crease down centre of front cover, very tiny ink name inside front cover, otherwise very clean and unmarked. . First… Read more

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1984. Hardcover with dust jacket, 132 pages; very gently read, if at all, very clean and unmarked throughout, flawed only by bumps to spine bottom and both bottom corners; DJ has several very tiny chips, one tiny tear, one tiny faded spot stain to back, now in new mylar protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Hardcover without dust jacket, vi + 207 pages, plus "twelve full-page illustrations in colour---" (of which only eight are present, and one of them is torn across, but all bright and colourful); covers rubbed, moderate shelf wear to all edges, traces of faded old staining, but tight in binding… Read more

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: John C. Winston, 1942. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 229 pages including "---with over one hundred black-and-white sketches [some full page] that completely catch the charm and enchantment of the story", plus a full page full colour frontpiece; attractive book in forest green with a yellow stamped front cover illustration and… Read more

Los Angeles: Lowell House Juvenile, 1997. Scary pictorial paperback, 120 pages including full page black-and-white illustrations; rubber stamped puppy dog inside front cover, but very gently read, if at all, very clean and unmarked throughout. See also our listing for Scary Sea… Read more

New York: Archway Paperbacks by Pocket Books, 1979. Mass market paperback, later printing, 99 pages including black-and-white illustrations; tiny chip at spine bottom, otherwise in very clean and unmarked unread condition, essentially as new.. Paperback Original. Soft Cover. Fine.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1960. Pictorial hardcover without dust jacket, clearly a later printing with ISBN (so c1970 or later), 182 pages including drawings; very gently used, tight in binding, only tiny traces of shelf wear to cover edges, exceptionally clean and unmarked throughout, interior essentially as new. . Hard Cover. Very Good ++.

New York: A. L. Burt, 1922. Hardcover without dust jacket, 278 pages; light to moderate shelf wear to cover edges, corners and spine ends, but very gently used, one tiny old pale faded spot stain to fore edge with penetration to the outer margins of four pages, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout.… Read more

New York: Scholastic, 1976. Mass market paperback, 171 pages; tiny creases to cover corners, four lines of arithmetic on last blank page, otherwise very clean and unmarked. See also our listing for 50 Great Horror Stories, Edited by John Canning.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.… Read more

London, United Kingdom: Magnet/Methuen, 1995. Mass market paperback, 136 pages; very gently read, if at all, only tiny traces of shelf wear, school rubber stamp inside both covers, otherwise very clean and unmarked. See also our listing for Hughes' The Isis Pedlar, Space Trip, and Hunter in the Dark. .… Read more

London, United Kingdom: Magnet/Methuen, 1983. Mass market paperback, 121 pages; very gently read, if at all, only tiny traces of shelf wear, but most of the top edge has been covered by black marker ink which has just barely penetrated the top edges of every page. See also… Read more

New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1988. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, viii + 310 pages; very gently used ex-library copy with only one faded rubber stamp (on free front endpaper) and two labels (on spine and back of DJ), remains of card pocket on free back endpaper, but tight in binding, text pages very clean… Read more

Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company, 1969. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 160 pages; book appears unread; DJ has several very tiny chips and tears, one short tear to back top.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good -.