Search Results: Children's Fiction from Bailgate Books Ltd

Cassell & Company, London, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Spine is slightly sun faded. Corners are lightly bumped and worn, wear to edges and spine ends. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the fold out frontis 'The March of Science As Shown by a Comparison Between 1912 and 1922' Laconia vs a Modern Liner, and many more black and white illustrations. Title page and front end-paper are a little lose, paper over rear cover inner joint is wholly split. Covers are lose but still attached, binding is otherwise sound. Pages are clean, paper is a little darkened, plates are clean and bright. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124032. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery… Read More

Cassell & Company, London, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Spine is slightly sun faded. Corners are lightly bumped and worn, wear to edges and spine ends. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the fold out frontis 'Marvels of the Microphone' and many more black and white illustrations. Light foxing to end-papers, front end-papers have repeated purple ink stamp with previous owners name and address. Pages are clean, paper is a little darkened, plates are clean and bright. Binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124031. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations..

The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Bright red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Spine is slightly sun faded and rear cover is lightly marked. Corners are lightly bumped and worn, wear to spine ends. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the frontis 'Prehistoric Dirt Track Race' and many more black and white illustrations. Front free end-paper is missing. Block edge is a little speckled, occasional light foxing to edges of some pages. Pages are otherwise clean and crisp but paper is a little darkened, plates are clean and bright. Binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124027. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations..

The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Bright red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Corners are lightly bumped and worn. Spine is faded, slight wear to spine ends, hand written '1931' at base of spine. Split in cloth over rear external joint extends from bottom of spine to about half way up. Covers are still firmly attached, binding is sound. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the fold out frontis 'Pacific Type Express Locomotive' and many more black and white illustrations. Pages are clean and crisp but paper is a little darkened, plates are clean and bright. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08121024050. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations..

The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Worn red covers illustrated with gold, black and orange. Corners are bumped and well rubbed, covers are lightly marked. Rear cover has the remains of six South African Christmas stamps (1957) stuck on. Spine ends are well worn, cloth over both front and rear joints is split. Contains all 12 listed colour plates including the fold out frontis 'Pacific Type Express Locomotive' and many more black and white illustrations. Binding is split at contents page, all pages are still bound in. Front cover is loose but still attached. Binding is otherwise sound. Pages are lightly foxed at edges and paper is a little darkened, pages otherwise clean, coloured plates are bright. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124029. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is… Read More

The Amalgamated Press, London, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Bright red illustrated covers. Slight wear to corners and spine ends, rear cover is a little scratched. Contains all 4 listed colour plates including the frontis 'Pirate Prize' and many more black and white illustrations. Pages, plates and end-papers are clean and crisp. Binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124034. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations..

The Amalgamated Press, London, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Bright red illustrated covers. Slight wear to corners and spine ends, small nick to cloth at upper spine end, rear cover is a little marked. Contains all 4 listed colour plates including the frontis 'Golden Galleon' and many more black and white illustrations. Pages, plates and end-papers are clean and crisp. Binding is sound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 08120124036. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations..

Harvey House, Inc: New York, 1973. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Red lightly marked covers, sound binding clean pages and end-papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10211090098. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

Collins' Clear-Type Press, London & Glasgow, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Undated by publisher but has colour plate of "The New 24 h.p. De Luxe Ford Saloon" which looks to be a Model A produced between 1929 and 1932 and "The All-British 20 h.p. Standard Envoy Six" of which a similar model is shown on the front cover of a 1931 issue of Autocar magazine. Darkened covers with illustration of red sports car on front and motorcyclist on yellow linen spine, rubbed spine-ends, scuffed board edges, split to webbing between front end-paper and half-title page and also between last page and rear end-paper, binding is otherwise sound. Pages have occasional light smudges are sometimes lightly foxed. Contents are: The Scoop by R S Lyons; Now That You Own a Car by Maurice Sampson; Well Caught by Gordon Douglas; The Speedboat by Arthur Groom; The Rockhampton Dragon by James B Bridge; Fighting Forest Fires; Hill Climbing with a Car by W T Palmer; The… Read More

Blackie & Son Limited, London & Glasgow, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: John Campbell. Spine is missing, grey and yellow illustrated cover (girl on horse) with rubbed corners, missing frontis, 3 black and white plates (one is detached), inked ticks on title-page, missing front end-paper, rear cover is marked.. Illustrator: John Campbell. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10211040076. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

Latimer House Lmited, London, 1953. Abridged Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Unclipped illustrated dust-jacket has light wear at the edges together with chips and short tears, clean red covers with dulled gilt lettering on the spine, sound binding, clean pages and end-papers. Black and white frontis (full page illustration facing title-page). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10219121157. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

T Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh and New York, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Brown covers with gilt and black decoration, lightly rubbed spine-ends and corners, sound binding is slightly skewed, prize bookplate on inside of front cover, darkened end-papers, pages are a little darkened but otherwise clean. Black and white frontis and plates. Decorated chapter capitals. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10212070088. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

Faber & Faber Limited, London, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Nora S Unwin. Orange covers with blue illustration and lettering are firm with bumped corners, sound binding, clean pages and colour plates, lightly marked end-papers. Illustrator: Nora S Unwin. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10211060072. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

The Religious Tract Society, 1901. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Red covers with white and blue illustration are rubbed and a little darkened, bumped corners and spine ends, front end-paper is missing and the front inner hinge is cracked but holding, binding is otherwise sound, pages are a little darkened with an occasional smudge and light freckling, black and white frontis, decorated chapter headers and capitals. Estimated date only. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10211080123. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1937. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Cream flecked covers, spine is a little sunned, binding sound, a number of the illustrations are attractively water-coloured, one is coloured in felt-pen, pages otherwise clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 05814060170. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co, London, Paris and New York, 1881. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Undated. Preface reads: " "The Dingy House at Kensington" was published under that name in a magazine early in 1872. It then consisted of the first part of the following story and of some passages in the second and third parts. The rest appears now for the first time.". The brown covers illustrated with sun-flowers and with gilt lettering are darkened, there is a pasted bookseller's label (W J Miller & Co) on the front, corners and spine-ends are lightly worn, edges are lightly rubbed. The front end-paper is missing. The gathers are stapled rather than sewn and are glued together on a back strip inside the spine cover. The backstrip is split and three gathers (pages 129-144, 145-160 and 161-176) are detached. The staples are rusted but holding. Tissue-protected black and white frontis, title-page is lightly foxed, pages are clean. Decorated… Read More

Blackie & Son Limited, London and Glasgow, 1932. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Sutcliff (frontis). Undated, dated from prize-plate. Illustrated boards are darkened and are rubbed at the edges, light wear on spine ends. Sound binding, darkened and freckled end-papers with Sunday School (Queen's Drive) prize plate dated 1932. Pages are a little darkened and lightly freckled. Illustrator: Sutcliff (frontis). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10211040096. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, London and New York, London, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Firm blue covers, faded spine, sound binding, previous owner's name on inside of front cover, prize plate on front end-paper, coloured frontis, clean pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10212070037. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

Pickering & Inglis Ltd, London, 1950. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Fair. Blue illustrated clipped dust-jacket is rubbed at edges with short tears and nicks. Clean pale blue covers with black lettering and illustration, sound binding, Sunday School Prize Plate (Church Terrace Methodist Church, Wisbech) dated 1952 on front end-paper, sound binding, clean pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10211040087. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..

The Religious Tract Society, London, 1900. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark green illustrated covers with lightly rubbed corners, sound binding, presentation note on darkened front end-paper, darkened title-page, black and white frontis, clean pages. No dust-jacket. Undated by publisher. Dated from gift note. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10215040126. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service..