The Coral Island - a Tale Of the Pacific Ocean

Hamlyn Classics, no publishing date. A tale of the Pacific Ocean.180 pages with a colour illustration. Book in good+ condition with some foxing to front and back endpapers and leading edges, some tanning, cover has fading to spine (see photos).

Collins, 1955. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fifth printing-An unmarked, square and tight copy. DJ clipped with minor edge wear. Binding sound.

First UK edition thus, later printing. Illustrated with drawings and 8 colour plates by Leo Bates. From the Childrens' Illustrated Classics series produced by Dent Dutton comes the stirring tale of savages, pirates and missionaries seen through the eyes of three boy adventurers in the islands of the Pacific. First produced in this format in 1949, this is a… Read more about this item

W. Foulsham and co, 1950. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . Lean to the spine; light wear; pages darkly tanned; a solid book. No date. The jacket has some chips, tears and discoloring. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children's; Inventory No: 201513. .

Collins, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 282pp, (edge tears, and flap particularly wrinkled, maybe with water damage), book is in .

WellsGardner, Darton, 1946. hardcover. Good/Good Jacket. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Previous owner's ink inscription. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

A boys adventure in the South Seas islands. 280 pages. Book in good condition with foxing to top and minor foxing to side and bottom. Some foxing on first four pages and inside of covers. Two small ink marks on front inside cover. Two small tears to cover top spine and rubbing to spine. Otherwise pages and cover clean. No… Read more about this item

London : Ward, Lock & Co, 1901. Reprint. Hardcover. Good copy in original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Some dust-dulling and rubbing to spine. Internally bright and clean. Remains well-preserved overall. Provenance: inscription to previous owner regarding a prize for 'unbroken attendance'. Physical description: 372 pages: ill. ; 18 cm. Subjects: Shipwrecks; Juvenile fiction. 19th century fiction. Ballantyne. 19th century… Read more about this item

London (22, Berners Street): James Nisbet and Co, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Scott, Septimus E. xii, 340pp. with tipped in colour plate frontispiece with overprinted tissue guard, and seven further tipped in colour plate illustrations, with captioned tissue guards. In a later binding of full red leather, with gilt decorations… Read more about this item

London: Dent (Children's Illustrated Classics), 1964. Book. Illus. by Leo Bates. Very Good. Hardcover. Repr. Hardback: 8 colour plates + text drawings by LEO BATES, dj is slightly rubbed on the edges, spine is a little faded, price clipped, book is bound in lovely beige cloth patterned in green, red lettering, inscription on reverse of half title otherwise pages are… Read more about this item

Condition: Very Good in Good DJ. Light blue boards with silver lettering. DJ has some edgewear and some minor tears. Also some age tanning. Interior is clean. Previous owner's name. Note colour is a lighter blue than in the picture. The book is not dated, however, the owner's name is dated 1954.

Foulshams and Co, 1959-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable Jacket. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

The early editions always went undated. The titles on front and spine are in black, embellishments and lineations appear to be tarnished "Gilt". Very light wear on head and tail. 4 coloured plates complete. There never was a coloured plate tipped on the front. If this book were dated it would rate as collectable.

London: Collins Clear-Type Press 444 pp, 16mo (6 1/8" H), thin burgundy leather over card covers/spine - gold lettering and decoration on spine, top edge gilt - in slipcase. Burgundy endpapers, sepiatone illustrations, including frontispiece, decorated title page, integral ribbon bookmark. After a shipwreck, three boys are marooned on an island in the South Pacific. They experience a 'Robinson… Read more about this item

Readers Library, No date. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Undated but 1920's . Maroon boards. H4o books has many other readers library editions in stock. Item Type: Book. No Dust Jacket. Category: Children; Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 002528. .

The Children's Press, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 282 pages. Illustrative jacket over green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Notable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Black marks to… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1915. Hardcover. Fair. Decorative Collins edition of Ballantyne's adventure novel. With colour illustrations by J. E. Sutcliffe. No date but c. 1915. With prize plate to front-pastedown. rubbing and bumping with some fraying to edges. Foxing within but otherwise sound. Fair/good.

London: Collins, 1950. Hardcover. Good. Nice Collins clear type press edition of Ballantyne's adventure novel. With illustrations by J. E. Sutcliffe. No date but c. 1950. Some light scratching and rubbing to covers, Contents clean. Good.

T. Nelson & Sons, 1896. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. a worn, chipped and knocked copy. thorough foxing, tanning and markings. mild staining. loose binding and visible netting. age related wear. ALL EDGES GILT. poor reading copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

The Boy's Own Paper Office, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Stated. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. With illustrated frontispiece. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Previous owner's stamp to front pastedown. Chalk mark to rear pastedown. Text block edges heavily foxed. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor… Read more about this item