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The Captain of Croxton
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The Captain of Croxton

by Poole, Michael

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The Pilgrim Press, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. 192 pages. Coloured Illustrated frontispiece showing one young boy rescuing another. Blue coloured boards with black decoration of four Heraldry Shields and in the middle of the shields, a sword, with black writing on the front panel and spine and small sword illustration on the spine as well. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and spine edges have become a little faded, bottom being worse than the top. A little rubbing and bumping to the book corners and shelfwear to the lower book edges again with some fading of the cloth. Browning and a little foxing to the paper edges. Browning and slight foxing to the endpapers and the internal pages have become quite tanned around the edges due to quality of paper used. There is a " Prize Plate " on the verso of the frontispiece. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for frontispiece with a white background and… Read More
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Expelled!

Expelled!

by Brooks, Edwy Searies

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Reprint
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Howard Baker [Greyfriars Press], London, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. VIII, each story is separately paginated, The Nelson Lee Library. This book is a facsimile of the original printing of stories from The Nelson Lee Library newspaper/magazine and consequently the original illustrations for the stories and advertisements are also in situ. Red coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing to the backstrip corners and to the book corners. Light browning and foxing to the text block edges. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with red, blue and white titles to the front panel and read and blue titles to the backstrip rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and there has been yellowing and handling marks to the dustwrapper panels. In this book there are eight complete stories from the original magazine under the two main headings of "The Secret Societies of St Frank's" and "The 'Death' of Walter… Read More
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Give a Form a Bad Name

by Breary, Nancy

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First Edition
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George Newnes Limited, London, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Green coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and blue coloured titles to the back strip. The Cairstair Twins asked send to the boarding school, Greyladies, and are placed in the Lower Fourth. For one it was dreary and boring, for the other a happy event. It took a sailing adventure to turn things around. Softening, rubbing and a little fraying of the back strip edges and book corners. Rubbing and marking to the book panels with a hint of foxing also present. Cocking of the spine. Light browning and foxing of the text block edges and of the pages. The front hinge has cracked and the endpapers are somewhat foxed. The dustwrapper is in not great shape – please see photograph. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. There… Read More
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Juniors Will Be Juniors
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Juniors Will Be Juniors

by Breary, Nancy

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First Edition
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George Newnes Limited, London, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and red coloured titles to the back strip. Another school story by this author. The book is showing age and use. Softening and sunning of the back strip edges with bumping of the book corners. Rubbing to the lower book edges with a cock of the spine. The book has come in contact with moisture – and the results can be seen along the front and rear edges of the book and a little to the back strip. There is a small puncture mark to the back strip approximately 2 inches from the lower edge. Age toning of the text block edges and pages with fine scattered foxing to the text block edges. Offset tanning and faint foxing to the end pages and results of tape and seen to the end pages as well. Previous owners details to the… Read More
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So This Is School!
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So This Is School!

by Breary, Nancy

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First Edition
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Blackie & Son, Limited, London and Glasgow, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Drake Brookshaw. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, along with the black-and-white illustrations within the text have all been drawn by Drake Brookshaw. Red coloured cloth covered boards with black coloured titles to the back strip. Red coloured tint to the top text block edge. Coloured illustrated dustwrapper, again by Drake Brookshaw, with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and yellow and white coloured titles to the back strip. Black-and-white photograph of author to the rear panel. When the 'Perfect Child' (as touted by her mother), Arcady Jane Ferrier, becomes a pupil at Cliff Place, both school and Arcady have some major adjustments to do, and, ''... With the help of Lower For, and Stephen, the head girl, can Arcady improve and stop being the little humbug she is at times?'' -- from front fold over panel blurb.… Read More
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