Retro, rare and collectible childrens books. Children's fiction authors Carolyn Keene, Kathryn Kenny, Jinny McDonnell, L M Montgomery, E J Oxenham, Kenneth Robeson and others. Authors K-R.
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Nancy Drew series 7
ISBN 0001604074
British printing
VG pictorial hardcovers with no dust jacket. Small stamp to spine.
$10 C/B
Collins 1972 first thus, 160pp.
[#4746 ]
Nancy Drew series 14
ISBN 0001604147
British printing
VG hardback with pictorial covers, lacks free end paper
$10 C/B
Collins 1972 first thus, 160pp.
[#4638 ]
Nancy Drew series 16
ISBN 0001604163
British printing
VG hardback, inscription to fep, light edge rubbing, no jacket.
$10 C/B
Collins 1972 first UK issue, 159pp.
[#4647 ]
Nancy Drew series 17
ISBN 0001604171
British printing
G+ hardback with pictorial covers, large inscription to paste down, lacks fep, bookseller stamp to half title, spine ends and corners rubbed
Nancy Drew series 18
ISBN 0448095181
US series numbering
VG hardback with light surface soiling to covers, no jacket.
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories 18, British edition.
VG hardback in VG- price clipped dust jacket with edge wear and head of spine chipped with loss.
Book has a prize plate to free end paper.
$25 C/B
Sampson Low 1964 first UK edition, 160pp.
[#4749 ]
Nancy Drew series 24
ISBN 0001604244
British printing
VG hardback with illustrated cover, inscription to paste down and free end paper, light edge rubbing
$10 C/B
Collins 1972 first thus, 157pp.
[#4636 ]
VG hardback with illustrated cover, one library stamp to free end paper, internally reinforced with kraft paper hinges, still a tidy copy.
$10 C/B
Collins 1972 first thus, 157pp.
[#4743 ]
Nancy Drew series 28
ISBN 0001604287
British printing
VG pictorial hardcovers with no dust jacket.
Llight edge wear, age browned paper.
$10 C/B
Collins 1973 , 160pp
[#4747 ]
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories 29, British edition.
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with some minor edge wear.
Book has a prize plate to free end paper.
$25 C/B
Sampson Low 1967 first UK edition, 160pp.
[#4748 ]
Nancy Drew series 35
ISBN 0448095351
US series numbering
VG hardback with no jacket, adhesive ghost from label to centre of title page.
$10 C/B
Grosset and Dunlap 1957 copyright but later reprint,($2.95 to rear cover)184pp.
[#4684]
VG hardback with no jacket, name stamp to title page.
$10 C/B
Grosset and Dunlap 1957 copyright but later reprint,($2.95 to rear cover), 184pp.
[#4744 ]
Nancy Drew series 36
ISBN 0001604368
British printing
VG pictorial hardcovers with no dust jacket.
$10 C/B
Collins 1974 first thus, 156pp.
[#4745 ]
Nancy Drew series 50
ISBN 0001604562
British Collins edition but printed in USA.
VG hardback with slightly faded spine
Nancy Drew Mystery Series
G+ soiled and rubbed cloth, name to reverse of frontis, one page tear along part of spine margin, no jacket.
Nancy Drew series
ISBN 0001604252
British Collins edition
VG+ hardback with pictorial boards
$8 C/B
Collins (1973) later reprint, 158pp.
[#4697 ]
Nancy Drew series
ISBN 000160418X
British Collins edition
VG+ hardback with pictorial boards, lacks title page otherwise tidy.
$5 C/B
Collins recent reprint, 160pp.
[#4698 ]
The Dana Girls Mystery Stories.
Assumed first British edition.
110-150 printed to rear jacket flap.
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with edge wear with short tears and chipping.
$20 C/B
Sampson Low undated, 192pp. decorative endpapers.
[#4762 ]
The Dana Girls Mystery Stories.
First UK edition.
VG hardback with no dust jacket.
Green boards with red design, decorative endpapers.
$10 C/B
Sampson Low undated, 190pp.
[#4768 ]
The Dana Girls Mystery Stories #8
ISBN 0448090880
9088
VG pictorial hardcovers with no dust jacket.
$10 C/B
Grosset and Dunlap 1973, 182pp.
[#4769 ]
The Dana Girls Mystery Stories #11
ISBN 0448090910
9091
VG pictorial hardcovers with no dust jacket.
Light surface soiling, inscription to paste down.
$10 C/B
Grosset and Dunlap 1974, 174pp.
[#4769 ]
VG inscription to fep, spine ends rubbed
$5 C/B [BGO 23]
Whitman /Western Publishing 1971 pictorial hardcovers, 212pp.
VG spine ends rubbed
$5 C/B [BGO 24]
Whitman /Western Publishing 1971 pictorial hardcovers, 212pp.
VG spine ends rubbed
$5 C/B [BGO 25]
Whitman /Western Publishing 1971 pictorial hardcovers, 212pp.
VG spine ends rubbed, rear hinge cracked, inscription to half title
$5 C/B [BGO 26]
Whitman /Western Publishing 1971 pictorial hardcovers, 234pp.
VG spine ends rubbed
$5 C/B [BGO 27]
Whitman /Western Publishing 1971 pictorial hardcovers, 236pp.
VG spine ends rubbed, inscription to half title
$5 C/B [BGO 28]
Whitman /Western Publishing 1971 pictorial hardcovers, 234pp.
A New Zealand Golden Book.
ISBN 0855583320
Well illustrated with full page colour by Finlayson.
VG+ hardback with no dust jacket.
3 letter initials to paste down.
$15 B/B
Golden Press 1976 first edition pictorial boards, approx 36pp.
[#5406 ]
Victoria and Albert Museum Small Picture Book No 32
SBN 112901565
VG stapled folded sheets in stiff paper wrapper.
$8 A/A
HMSO 1972, 36pp
[#4912 ]
The second Pippi Longstocking story.
Translated by Marianne Turner, illustrated in line by Richard Kennedy.
children's fiction, european classic, translated to English, precocious child
VG- hardback with G- dustjacket.
Hard cover rubbed to edges, front hinge cracked, paper remains of label to rear end paper. Jacket good only with some tape staining and lots of rubbing wear with loss to spine ends and corners.
$20 C/B
Oxford University Press 1959 reprint, 119pp
[#4141 ]
Illustrated by E. H. Shepard with coloured plates and drawings.
A classic tale of the Victorian cab-driver, with elements of the fairy-tale and Scottish folklore.
A young boy is befriended by the North Wind who lets him fly with her on her assignments.
VG cloth hardback with G+ dust jacket with some edge wear and short edge tears.
$20 C/C
Childrens Illustrated Classics series number 36.
J.M. Dent 1959, 325pp + plates.
[#5275 ]
G+ paperback, red pen name to head of pp5 'Sadie G Balkind'.
Airmont Classics CL100 illustrated in line
$7 A/B
Airmont Books 1966, complete and unabridged, 288pp.
[PB1293 ]
VG small name to fep, original price label to cover
$10 C/B [BGO 29]
Whitman/ Western Publishing 1974 first edition pictorial hardcover, 213pp.
VG inscription to fep
$7 C/B [BGO 30]
Whitman/ Western Publishing 1972 first edition pictorial hardcover, 210pp.
VG+
$10 C/B [BGO 90]
Whitman/ Western Publishing 1972 first edition pictorial hardcover, 211pp. ISBN 0307015955
Girl Guide Adventure Book No 1
VG hardback in G- dust jacket with some edge wear and short edge tears.
$10 C/B
World Distributors 1965 first edition, 177pp.
[#4780 ]
Scouting Adventures for Boys
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with some edge wear.
$10 C/B
World Distributors 1964 first edition, 171pp.
[#4781 ]
VG VG DW lightly worn.
$15 B/B [BGO 130]
Longmans 1964 first edition hardcover, 158pp.
VG G price clipped DW chipped to edges with loss at tail of spine.
$15 B/B [BGO 129]
Longmans 1964 first edition (?) hardcover, 157pp.
G G DW has in the past adhered slightly to the boards leaving some residue, rubbed with short edge tears and chips, school prize plate to fep
$10 C/B [BGO 66]
Nelson undated (plate dated 1956) cloth, 296pp, internally tidy.
Fairys, Wizards, castles, romance and marriage.
Illustrated in line and with colour plates by Alice Polson.
fairy tales, new zealand, vintage, children's book
VG softback wirh card wrappers over card covers.
$45 C/A
Whitcombe and Tombs undated (circa 1920) First Edition, 127pp+ plates.
[#4161 ]
The second Winnie the Pooh book. Reprint of the 1974 edition, which had new coloured illustrations by Shepard. ISBN0416789005
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket
$15 B/C
Methuen 1995, 176pp. [#2717 childrens fiction]
Early Australian issues of these classic stories.
Sold as a bundle.
G+ hardbacks in green cloth.
Rubbed to edges, inscription to paste downs, lack free end papers, age browned paper, soiled closed edges
$30 C/C
Angus and Robertson 1940 / 1941 / 1940, 283 + 342 + 234pp.
[#4725 ]
G+ minor wear to boards, lacks fep, foxed prelims, name to half title and title.
$7 B/A [BGO 138]
Cornstalk 1927 second impression/ edition same month as first, 79pp. Australian chldrens tale including a Fairy.
An illustrated children's story by Auckland born and raised author.
Illustrated in line and with colour and black and white plates by Trevor Lloyd.
new zealand, vintage, illustrated, collectable childrens book
VG softback, name to first page.
$45 C/A
Whitcombe and Tombs, (1921) First Edition, 51pp+ plates.
[#4158 ]
An illustrated children's story by Auckland born and raised author.
Illustrated in line and with colour and black and white plates by Trevor Lloyd.
new zealand, vintage, illustrated, collectable childrens book
VG softback, name to first page.
$45 C/A
Whitcombe and Tombs, (1921) First Edition, 44pp+ plates.
[#4159 ]
A New Zealand Golden Book.
Well illustrated with full page colour by Richardson.
VG+ hardback with no dust jacket.
$15 B/B
Golden Press 1976 first edition pictorial boards, approx 36pp.
[#5405 ]
Swallows and Amazons
VG- cloth hardback with no dust jacket.
$15 C/C
Cape 1948, 399pp with illustrations and map endpapers.
[#5201 ]
Classic British children's fiction from the early Twentieth Century.
VG- hardback in G- dust jacket.
Jacket has wear to edges and peice missing from head of spine.
On the reverse of the free endpaper map is a long pen inscription.
$10 C/C
Jonathan Cape 1962 reprint, 351pp.
[#5031 ]
Swallows and Amazons
VG- cloth hardback with no dust jacket.
Inscription to blank free endpaper and half title page.
$15 C/C
Cape 1939, 360pp with illustrations and map endpapers.
[#5202 ]
Illustrated by R. J. MacDonald in line and frontis in colour, scarce title.
G cloth hardback with no jacket.
Bottom quarter of upper joint split, boards rubbed, hinges cracked.
$30 C/B
Charles Skilton 1950 second impression, 236pp
[#4794 ]
$5 each A/A [BGO 126]
Armada first edition paperbacks, all VG with varying wear to spine edges.
VG- VG- inscription to fep, DW chipped spine ends and fore edges, short edge tears, boards rubbed to fore edges
$10 C/B [BGO 49]
Spring Books undated hardcover, 216pp. By the author of Billy Bunter.
VG G DW heavily chipped to corners and spine ends with loss.
$10 C/B [Item# 204 BGO]
Spring nd assumed first cloth, 215pp. British schoolboy story.
VG- light cover wear.
$5 A/A [BGO 141]
Hamlyn 1968 first thus paperback, 126pp.
VG- light cover wear.
$5 A/A [BGO 142]
Hamlyn 1967 first thus paperback, 127pp.
A Superhero Adventure # 1
ISBN 0307023796
Illustrated by Ben Otero and Ron Villani.
VG pictorial harback with no jacket.
$10 C/B
Golden Press 1975, 211pp.
[#4921 ]
A Superhero Adventure # 3
ISBN 030702377X
Illustrated by Ben Otero and Arnie Kohn.
VG pictorial harback with no jacket.
$10 C/B
Golden Press 1975, 210pp.
[#4922 ]
A Superhero Adventure # 4
ISBN 0307023788
Illustrated by Ben Otero and Arnie Kohn.
VG pictorial harback with no jacket.
$10 C/B
Golden Press 1975, 211pp.
[#4923 ]
A Superhero Adventure # 6
ISBN 0307023753
Illustrated by Ben Otero and Ron Villani.
VG pictorial harback with no jacket.
$10 C/B
Golden Press 1975, 212pp.
[#4924 ]