Search Results: Authors starting with M from Jenny Wren Books

Loughborough: Ladybird Books Small format matt pictorial boards. Rubbing and bumping to corners and spine ends with couple of small dents and surface rubbing to edges; erased name faintly visible to front pastedown; light marking to cover. Ladybird Series 401 with original price of 15p net and tally number 320 to rear cover.. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by PERRING, W..

Loughborough: Wills & Hepworth Ltd Undated, c.1952. Small format buff boards with blue decs in matt pictorial dustwrapper; colour ills. Boards bumped to corners and spine ends; previous owner names in various formats to front endpaper and pastedown; a couple of the pages are rather crinkly; occasional mark to pages. Price-clipped dustwrapper is rather grubby with light foxing and marking, rubbing, creasing, nicks and chips to edges. Ladybird Series 401 - Rhyming stories. [420:L2]. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Longman, 1972. Third impression. Pictorial card covers; 16pp; colour ills. Ex-school library copy with stamp inside front cover. Light rubbing to cover edges; small patches of colour lifting to front cover. One book from the red series of early readers from the 'Breakthrough to Literacy' Series.. Paperback. Good. Illus. by BROWN, David.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1978. Teal coloured cloth boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 144pp; b/w ills. Pages just starting to tone. Price clipped dustwrapper is lightly rubbed to corners with light scratching to front panel and very light marking to rear panel. A young Scottish boy doesn't believe in witches until he meets the old woman who lives in Glen Gowrie.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Very Good. Illus. by LEWIN, Ted.

London: Evans Brothers Ltd, 1959. Turquoise cloth boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 191pp; b/w ills. Light foxing and faint watermark to lower edge of rear endpapers; pages a little musty. Unclipped dustwrapper is rubbed, creased and chipped to edges with couple of small edge tears, a little grubby with small patch of surface lifting to front panel. Tessa wins a pony in a raffle at the village fete. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/Good. Illus. by MORGAN, Violet.

London: Evans Brothers Ltd, 1960. Turquoise boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 192pp; b/w ills. Boards a little splayed with light bumping to corners and light foxing to page block edges and endpapers. Price clipped dustwrapper is rubbed, lightly creased and chipped to edges; light sunning to spine. Nigel Dudley and his new friends encounter lots of exciting things when they have a riding holiday. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good Minus. Illus. by MORGAN, Violet.

London: Dean & Son Ltd Dean's Pixie Series No.2. Small format card covers with pictorial onlay; 40pp; colour ills. Pictorial onlay is faded and creased with two small chips to lower edge; cover is rubbed and lightly marked with small losses to spine ends; previous owner name and significant foxing to title page; light marking to pages, rusting to staples and stubbing to some corners.. Good to Fair. Illus. by WRIGHT, Alan.

Blackie Copyright 1962. Orange cloth boards lacking dustwrapper; colour ills. Small pen mark to rear board; toning and occasional light mark to pages.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by BROOKS, Mary.

Longmans Green & Co, 1948. Pictorial boards, no dustwrapper; colour ills. Rubbing to spine edge and corners; foxing and light marking to cover; pages a little crinkly with occasional light mark; small hole and tear to lower edge of two pages; crease to the corner of another. The story of a baby monkey discovering the world around him.. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by MOORHOUSE, C.H.G..

London: Methuen Children's Books, 1984. A Magnet paperback. Pictorial card covers; 135pp. Rubbing to cover edges; significant foxing to upper edge of page block. Tabitha determines to solve the mystery of Barney's haunting. [420: V3]. Paperback. Good Plus.

London: Longacre Press Pictorial boards in matching dustwrapper; 174pp; b/w and colour ills. Slight bow to boards with rubbed edges and foxing to upper edge; crossword partially completed; creasing to corner of last page. Unclipped dustwrapper is rubbed and creased to edges with a couple of small edge tears.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Collins, 1946. Red cloth boards with bear vignette to front in matt pictorial dustwrapper; 80pp; colour frontis plus b/w and two-tone ills. Slight splay to boards and lean to spine with bumped corners. Dustwrapper (3/6 net) is rather grubby and marked with rubbed edges, chipped corners and small creased tear to foot of rear fold. The story of a little Teddy bear who is 50 years old. Additional postage will be required for international delivery, please email for a quote.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by DUNLOP, Gilbert.

Massachusetts: Charlesbridge, 2005. Pictorial boards in matching dustwrapper; colour ills. Toning to pages. Unclipped dustwrapper has very light rubbing and curling to edges. Based on an incident from Picasso's life, Minou the cat persuades the artist to take a new direction. From the library of the late Marianne Gourary, a New York collector who amassed a vast selection of cat related books during her lifetime.[1119: O1]. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by ESTRADA, Pau.

London: Golden Pleasure Books, 1964. Pictureland Series. Pictorial boards; full page colour ills by the author. Light rubbing to board edges. Peter and Jane tidy out the shed in the garden.[1319: J3]. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Walker, 1990. Small format glossy card covers; colour ills. Small sticky mark to rear cover. Four rhymes: Boy, Cook, Fisherman and Clown.. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by BAYLEY, Nicola.

Cheshire: Millrace, 1999. Tan cloth boards in matt pictorial dustwrapper; 20pp; b/w ills; pictorial endpapers. Boards have a couple of small indentation marks to rear. Dustwrapper has similar indentation marks, light rubbing to edges and small mark to lower edge. Basil the cat goes missing after a visit to the Vet.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by LAWRENCE, Robin.

New Zealand: Hazard Press, 1998. Glossy card covers; 213pp. Tanning to pages. Signed by author to title page with the note, 'Hope you enjoy it'. A murder mystery set in Wellington, New Zealand. . Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Pictorial boards in matching dustwrapper by Stuart Diamond; 224pp; reinforced library binding edition (but not ex-lib). Dustwrapper is rubbed and chipped to edges, tanned to spine with ghost tape mark to lower spine and front panel. A 'lively and suspenseful comedy of errors' set in England, where the Penderel children set out to find out the truth about Hubball Grange.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

London: S.W.Partridge & Co., 1934. Red pictorial cloth boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 162pp; colour frontis. Cloth sunned to spine and outer edges; prize plate to front endpaper. Unclipped dustwrapper has large loss to rear flap, smaller loss to foot of spine; rubbed, nicked and chipped edges. tape repairs and grease stain to reverse side. When her soldier son is killed in the Sudan, Mrs Charteris takes care of his twin daughters, opening a small village school to educate them. [720: Y3]. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.

London: Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, 1933. Red blind-stamped cloth in pictorial dustwrapper; 368pp; colour frontis by Nell Tenison. Light bumping to spine ends; foxing to page block edges and prelims; prize plate to front endpaper. Dustwrapper has rather large ragged chips to corners, a number of edge tears with rubbed and creased edges and folds; tape to reverse side. [720: E3]. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.