Search Results: CHILDRENS YOUNG ADULT from Fortuna Books

London: Hamilton, 1951 first UK issue, head of spine split, small gift inscription to half title, 124pp, illustrated in colour. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mark Simont. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950 eleventh impression. quarter yellow cloth over blue papered boards with dec. book very clean, tight and tidy. DW front fold in flap clipped diagonally at top and bottom, rubbing and edge wear short tears at spine ends and one to top edge of rear panel and one to top corner but still complete and tidy.. reprint. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Marc Mark Simon Simont. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hamilton, 1951 first UK issue, small gift inscription to front paste down, some soiling to fore edge of boards, 124pp, illustrated in colour. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mark Simont. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Gummerus, 2003 (500 gram rate) small pen price top corner of fep , 2 label ghosts to upper board otherwise tidy with lightly dust soiled boards, reprint of 1938 first reader for Finnish children with colour illustrations by Alho, 128pp Finnish language . reprint. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Asmo Alho. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Collins, 1926 assumed first edition, undated but a presentation plate to fep is dated 1926, blue cloth with black and white and blue picture of two schoolgirls on a motorbike and sidecar to the cover, a girl riding a motorbike to the spine, well rubbed to joints, small split tail of upper joint, titling to spine a bit obscured by the rubbing, the face of one of the girls one the cover has lost some definition also, hinges loosening, rear hinge partially cracked, light foxxing to prelims, frontis partially detached, 9 other titles on the 'books by Miss Oxenham' list, closed edges dusty, 314pp + plates +6pp adverts at rear, collated two b&w plates + colour frontis, paper stock is rather thick, almost card like, scarce. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Elsie Wood. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Religious Tract Society red cloth with green, black and gilt decoration and titling, lightly rubbed to edges and joints, spine illustration rubbed, school prize plate to fep dated 1917, title and frontis plate on one collation of two leaves, two other plates, 255pp + 16pp adverts, light foxing mainly to closed edges. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

Racine: Golden Press, 1978 VG, minor wear to spine ends and joint, and corners of boards, unmarked within. large quarto colour throughout , first reprint (BCDEFGHIJ) edition. . reprint. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Joe Kaufman. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Ward Lock very tidy, greyish buckram with black titling and picture of girl on horse talking to man by a gate. Head and tail of spine bumped, binding loosening, hinges fine, some minor foxing faintly showing to closed edges and extreme margins, 256pp + frontis, unabridged assumed first edition.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: W & R Chambers, 1965 assumed first edition by copyright date of 1965, has no other reprinting listed etc, at front the list of works by Brent-Dyer by Chambers has 3 titles, DW art and frontis bt D. Brooks, No 53 in the Chalet School series, unclipped DW has small original booksellers price label over the published price on the front flap, there is a small split along the top corner of the fore edge fold, some mild handling rubbing to edges, the rear panel shows handling soiling to the white field, soem minor toning to endpapers, top edge slightly dusty, quite a nice copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by D. Brook. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Angus & Robertson, 1978 near fine copy, signed by author/ illustrator to half-title (after title) , this is a reprint of the 1977 reissue which combined two titles originally issued in 1946 / 1947, 158pp, illustrated in monotone and colour. Signed by Author. reprint. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by D H Gilmore. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs story book No 218, at rear the publishers / printers # is G4086 128pp in stapled wrappers dec in sepia and black, general wear, illustrated by Ernest Aris. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ernest Aris. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Hodder, 1984 (500 gram rate) first thus VG pictorial papered boards, light lean to spine, unmarked, approx 100pp well illustrated throughout in colour by Biro. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Val Biro. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Brockhampton Press, 1956 (500 gram rate) small pen name to fep, handling soiled, faint spotting, foxed closed edges, 88pp, young adults adventure story from the 1950s. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Eccles Williams. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1970 (500 gram rate) unclipped dust jacket under plastic sleeve taped down to end papers, stamp to fep only, the feps are stricking to the tape holding the dust jacket down, but can be prised away, tape onto egdes of bords from the dust jacket sleeve, dust jacket spine lightly sunned. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Margaret Gordon. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library.

Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing Co. undated issue, may be first thus, papered boards titled in black, lacks fep, DW has some chipping loss and short tears, 236pp on newsprint, illustrated in line. reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by John Tenniel. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: MacMillan, 1964 (500 gram rate) Liber notissimus latine redditus ab eius fautore vetere gratoque. Illustrated by Tenniel but unattributed. red papered boards, red white and black DW, DW would be VG and unclipped but the rear flap fold has been torn along the top part and reinforced with archival tape on the reverse, small split at the lower part of the fold also. First edition thus translated into latin. 117pp line illustrations in text beautiful conditon excepting the torn DW fold. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Tenniel. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Longmans, 1971 (500 gram rate) price clipped DW with short split at head of lower joint, tape rust to verso of DW hwere a plastic cover was attached, does not show through to the obverse, minor tape rust to paste downs, boards rubbed to spine ends, ink inscription to fep 'To Gareth from Jane & Peter, Christmas 1971', minor foxing to closed edges, 64pp, colour and B&W illustrations by Pauline Bayne. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Pauline Baynes. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1954 SECOND IMPRESSION of the first edition tidy used copy, boards handling soiled and faded to the spine and spine edges of boards, closed edges slightly foxed, minor foxing to closed edges, col. frontis and other illustrations by Marriot. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Pat Marriott. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hodder, 1983 (500 grams) very tidy unmarked copy, 124pp illustrated in line. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Joanna Stubbs. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1957 (200 gram rate) no DW, name stamp to fep, otherwise clean, 95+1pp. Antelope Books. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Val Biro. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.