Search Results: Authors starting with L from Mad Hatter Books

New York: Greenwich House, 1983. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Percy J. Billinghurst. Hardback: 100 b/w full page pictures + pictorial title page by PERCY J. BILLINGHURST, dj, spine slightly faded, light wear on top edge, flaps creased, dark red boards with bright gilt spine lettering, small red ink mark on lower page edges, light foredge foxing, vg. tall 8vo, 202pp. These fables were written in verse form in the 17th century.

New York/London: North-South Books, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Christa Unzner. dj (unclipped), slightly rubbed on top edge, laminated colour pictorial boards, illustrated throughout in colour by CHRISTA UNZNER, name on flyleaf, page edges lightly finger creased, vg. 4to, (26pp).

London: Golden Pleasure Books, 1962. Copyright . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. J.C. Forest, G. Fouille, P. Leroy Marcellin, J. Mora, R. Peron. dj (price clipped), a little rubbed on edges, a few short tears and some creasing, colour pictorial boards slightly rubbed & bumped on lower edge, cloth spine, illustrated in colour throughout by various artists, maps, slight foredge foxing, vg. folio, unpaginated.

UK: Brockhampton (Brock Books), 1958. Book. Illus. by Mary Stevens. Good. Hardcover. First UK. Hardback: illustrated by MARY STEVENS, dj is a little rubbed and foxed on edges, tape marks on flaps and endpapers, grey boards with red spine title panel & decorations, small indentation on spine, name on front flyleaf, endpapers and foredges foxed plus a few internal spots, paper remains on back flyleaf, g. 8vo, 120pp. Judy, an orphan, finds comfort and security with her aunt and uncle during a wild hurricane..

UK: Ladybird Books, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. Ernest Aris, Roy Smith. Colour pictorial boards, spine tips & corners a little rubbed, a few light marks, illustrated in colour by ERNEST A. ARIS & ROY SMITH, vg.

UK: Ladybird Books, 1976. Copyright . Hardcover. Very Good. Colour pictorial boards, spine tips and corners and folds slightly rubbed, colour photographs and pictures, vg.

UK: Ladybird Books, 1975. Copyright . Hardcover. Very Good. Ernest A. Aris & Roy Smith. Colour pictorial boards a little dusty, spine tips and corners slightly rubbed, pictorial plan endpapers, illustrated in colour by ERNEST A. ARIS & ROY SMITH, vg. 12mo, 51pp.

UK: Ladybird Books, 1976. Copyright . Hardcover. Very Good. John Berry. Colour pictorial boards, corners a little bumped, back is foxed, illustrated in colour by JOHN BERRY, name on front endpaper, some light internal foxing, a couple of page corners creased, else vg. Hannibal is an adventurous little hamster. This is the third 'Hannibal' title,

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Jeanette Winter. Hardback: dj (price unclipped), short tear on top back edge, laminated colour pictorial boards (as dj), top corners slightly bumped, illustrated in colour by JEANETTE WINTER, page edges lightly finger creased, vg. 4to, (38pp). A touching story about how unconditional love restores the changelings to their rightful home.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1939. Book. Illus. by Mary Hamilton Frye. Fair. Hardcover. Hardback: 10 colour plates by MARY HAMILTON FRYE, no dj, covers are dusty and a bit rubbed, corners worn, cloth spine is worn on the tips and rubbed on the folds - split on the front spine fold and also some writing, name on front flyleaf crossed out, library stamp and some numbers on the publisher's note page, some internal and foredge foxing plus a few other marks, still an OK copy. 8vo, 202pp including glossary. Translated from the Swedish and edited by Velma Swanston Howard..

London: Dent (Children's Illustrated Classics), 1963. Book. Illus. by H. Baumhauer. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Repr. Hardback: 4 colour plates + b/w text illustrations by H. BAUMHAUER, dj is rubbed on the edges, piece missing from lower back edge and backed with brown paper, flaps lightly foxed, price clipped, book is bound in lovely beige cloth with repetitive decorations of gander & fox in grey (as on endpapers), red titles, some foxing, vg. 8vo, 246pp. Children's Illustrated Classics no 20..

London: Dent (Children's Illustrated Classics), 1970. Repr . Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Good. H. Baumhauer. Hardback: 4 colour illustrations + b/w illustrations by H. BAUMHAUER, vg dj (front flap clipped) but spine badly faded, lovely decorated cloth (as endpapers), light foxing on page edges, a few lower page corners creased, vg. 8vo, 294pp.

London: Blackie (The Capitol Library). No Date . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. no dj, orange cloth worn on top edge, spine tips slightly rubbed, lettered and illustrated in black, corners bumped, frontispiece, inscription on flyleaf, a few internal spots & pencil/ink scribbles, one page has a small piece missing from the top inside edge (no text loss), else g. 8vo, 160pp.

London: Children's Special Service Mission. No Date . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. No dj, light green cloth with black spine lettering, spine slightly faded and marked, corners lightly bumped, 4 plates (signed Sutcliffe), slight remains of presentation plate on flyleaf, some foxing, vg. thick 8vo, 249pp.

London: Pickering & Inglis (Sunshine series). No Date . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. dj (price clipped) a little chipped at spine tips and corners, corners of covers bumped, else vg. 8vo, 96pp. Colour frontispiece.

UK: Mammoth, 1994. Book. Good. Soft cover. Repr. Paperback: covers are a bit rubbed on the edges, top front and lower back corners slightly creased, back cover is a bit faded, paper is browning on the edges, else g. 207pp. What does it feel like to find yourself alone in a strange country, without money or food or means of communication? This is what happens to Peter when, as a result of family confusion, his parents abruptly leave their picnic lunch in France to return to England, leaving him behind by mistake. .

London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. Paperback: some indentations on the back cover, else vg. 243pp. Tara's world is turned upside down when her father, a Kurdish resistance fighter, is betrayed to the Iraqi police. The family is forced to flee their home and make a terrifying journey to the mountains of Iran. But even there they are not safe ...

London: Collins, 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback: laminated colour pictorial boards with sticker (Profits to OXFAM's Ethiopian famine appeal), illustrated with paintings from an original 18th century manuscript, near fine. 4to, 32pp. All profits from this book went to the Ethiopian famine appeal.

London: Ernest Nister Book. Illus. by Wal Paget. Very Good. Hardcover. No Date. 20 tales. Hardback: 6 colour plates + 70 half-tone illustrations (both full page and text) by W. PAGET, book is bound in lovely pictorial cloth, cloth is a little marked, spine is slightly faded and rubbed, bevelled edges, spine tips and corners slightly bumped, all page edges are gilt, gift panel filled in (dated 1906) on the inside front cover, flyleaves are a little foxed, a few internal marks, else vg. 8vo, 319pp. Published in 1901 according to the British Library catalogue and a pencilled note on the title page..

London: Andre Deutsch, 1980. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A beach donkey is wintering on a Cornish small-holding. vg dj (unclipped) lightly tape stained on the reverse, a few small spots on page edges, vg+. 8vo, 126pp.