The Pirates of Pompeii
London: Orion, 2002. FIRST. F / F. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed, with "volare" added by the author on the title page.
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The Slave-Girl From Jerusalem
London: Orion, 2007. FIRST. F / F. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page alond with a brief line........."vita brevis."
Soldier Boy
New York: Greenburg, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original orange decorated cloth. Elaborately decorated endpapers. Illustrated beautifully by Tony Sarg. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy.
Strawberry Girl
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green cloth lettered and illustrated in gilt. Color illustrated endpapers. Second Impression. Very light pencil inscription states this copy was a gift in 1946. Newbery Award winning title.
The Last Resort
Mankato: Creative Editions, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A fine copy in all respects. Illustrated by Roberto Innocenti. The book is a bit too large for my scanner.
The Thrall of Leif the Lucky
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1902. FIRST. NF. A story of Viking Days. Six color plates, including the frontispiece, by Troy and Margaret West Kinney. Illustrated boards, lettered in gilt.
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Yellow Sled
Chicago: Albert Whitman, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated paper on boards. Illustrated endpapers. Cover moderately soiled but the color illustration remains bright. Internally the book is fine. A nice copy of the second edition.
Jimmy and the Spy
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and attractive copy. Author's first juvenile book.
The Witch of Merthyn
New York: Doubleday, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A Tale of Smuggling in the time of Scarlet Capes & the Red Tricorne. A very clean bright and solid copy. A Cavalcade Book. Just a hint of rubbing at the spine edges.
The Boy And The Otter
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. A lovely copy. Illustrated by Douglas Hall.
Castle
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A clean, bright and solid copy of this Caldecott Award winning book. Illustrated throughout. Previous owner book-plate on the front paste-down, else fine.
Ship
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Small folio. As new. Unopened and unread. Illustrated throughout.
Deux Enfants De France
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Illustrated by L. Brooke McNamara. A very clean and bright copy.
The Foundling
New York: Harmony Books, 1984. FIRST. F / F. As new. First thus. Illustrated by Alan B. Herriot.
A Caldecott Celebration
New York: Walker and Company, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Fine copy in all respects. Six artists ant their paths to the Caldecott Medal. As new. Unopened and unread.
Old Mother Hubbard and Her Wonderful Dog
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. FIRST. F / F. As new. A lovely copy in all respects.
The Brig Three Lilies
London: University of London Press, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. This book was awarded The Swedish Library Association's Nils Holgersson Plaque for the best children's book of the year. A young boy waits for his father to come home from the sea - after eight long years.
The Scent of Magic
London: Orion, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Book two of the Doomspell Trilogy. A little sun fading to the spine with impact on the front panel, else fine. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page.
Silver City
London: Orion, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. Part two of the Silver Sequence.
Abdul Of Arabia
USA: Platt & Munk, 1936. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Illustrated wrappers. A very clean, bright and solid copy.
Abdul Of Arabia
USA: Platt & Munk, 1936. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. A very solid and pleasing copy. The "D" of Abdul has been colored in with blue ink, else fine.
King Arthur and His Knights
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1927. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original red cloth lettered in and illustrated in black. Illustrated endpapers. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Virtually as new. Illustrated by Frank Godwin.
Snow over Bethlehem
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A lovely copy of this American Christmas Classic. Illustrated by the author.
The House On Falling Star Hill
Somerset, UK: Chicken House, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. Laid in is a promotional post-card which is signed by the author as well.
Time Witches
London: The Chicken House, (2002). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the half-title page.