Search Results: Authors starting with B from Mabel Winifred

Corners of boards a little rubbed; edges a little foxed; lacks front free end-paper; cloth a little rubbed at extremities., still a very good copy. The four illustrations and the delightful cover pictures are among the first published work by Mabel Lucie Attwell .

The spine is sunned and the gilt lettering dulled; corners of boards rubbed.

Delightful illustrations of the reclusive gnomes in their huge forest.

Lacks front free end-paper; front inner hinge cracked.

Substantial local South Australian history, illustrated . Maps. Index.

Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston.
A child's 'Happy Birthday' inscription on front free endpaper. Upper corner of a few leaves pp. 139-152 a little dog-eared, apparently in production. The dust-jacket has a short tear to the foot of its spine and fingering on its rear panel

Translated from the German by Richard and Clara Winston. Begins with 'Who's Who at Rowan Farm', for those who have not read 'The Ark' the first book about the Lechow family.
Edges of boards rubbed; top edge foxed and scattered marks to fore edge and internally, mainly marginal; old tape mark to front free endpaper; otherwise a very good copy in good price-clipped dust-jacket which has a few tears and a little soiling.

Prize label on front fixed endpaper. The jacket has a couple of short tears and is a little wrinkled on its rear panel.
A dolphin with magical powers.

A child's name in the space provided. A little rubbing to lower edges of boards and head and foot of spine, in an early price-clipped dust-jacket (with The Children's Library series advertised on the rear flap) which has small chips to the head and foot of spine, a clean tear to the head of the front panel and a longer tear to its foot, short tears and a small chip to its rear panel, but which has preserved the cover of the book in sparkling condition.

An owner's name on front free endpaper and another inscription crossed out. A little wear to head and foot of spine and corners of boards; a few mainly marginal fingerings and one illustration slightly coloured by hand.
Coloured frontispiece and other tinted and black and white illustrations by Eileen Soper.

The Five Find-Outers and Dog is probably the funniest and most accomplished series Blyton produced. This Second Edition, published in the same year as the first, is in the same slim format.
There is a little offsetting (tanning) to the free endpapers.
The jacket has a small chip near the head of its spine and some neat clear tape repairs to its blind side.

The two mischievous kittens go on a winter holiday.
A Little Gift Book series.

A prize label has been laid down insensitively on front fixed endpaper obscuring the picture of Will the Fiddler; fortunately the same picture is repeated on the fixed rear endpaper. Head and foot of spine bumped; marginal fingerings; the title is rarely seen, possibly because the boards were so easily damaged.

'Puzzle for the Secret Seven' has an ownership inscription in the space provided.

The second impression of the twentieth in the Famous Five series.

An owner's small numeral on front free endpaper and an ownership stamp on each free endpaper, otherwise near fine.

Told in panel form throughout and illustrated by Dorothy Wheeler at her best.
An owner's signature on title page

Illustrated. Index. Signed 'Wally Boehm' on title page.

Illustrated mainly in colour.

Stories for children first published in Sydney Mail to encourage children to to take an interest in Australia's unique bushland.