Search Results: Authors starting with O from Jenny Wren Books

London: Hutchinson, 1956. Star Series. Fourth impression. Red laminated boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 224pp; b/w ills. Lean to spine; front endpaper has trimmed fore-edge; browning to pages. Unclipped dustwrapper has light rubbing to edges with small nicks to head of spine; small stain to spine.. Fiona, Pamela and Isabel are the three leading lights of St. Christopher's School.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good.

Surrey: Templar Publishing, 2010. Green decorated cloth with gilt overlay and die cut slits; 203pp; b/w ills. Light bruising to head of spine and upper corner; couple of tiny marks to the white panel on the front cover; erased pencil mark faintly visible to crimson front endpaper. A time travel story in a mission to save Elizabeth I.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by ANDREW, Ian & SPENDER, Nick.

London: National Maritime Museum, 2007. Glazed pictorial boards in matching matt dustwrapper; 77pp; colour ills. Small knock to upper edge of front board; pages just starting to tone. Dustwrapper has minor rubbing to edges. The second in the Seadog Adventure Series.. First UK Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Longmans, Green and Co., 1950. Decorated green cloth boards in matt green pictorial dustwrapper; 138pp; b/w ills. Very slight lean to spine with light bumping to corners and spine ends. Unclipped dustwrapper has 6cm creased tear to lower edge, repaired to reverse side plus a couple of large chips; smaller nicks and chips to corners and edges. An Irish fairy tale following on from the author's first book, 'The Shadowy Man'. [122: E2]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/Good Minus. Illus. by SMITH, Phoebe Llewellyn.

London: Jupiter Books, 1976. Glazed pictorial boards; b/w and colour ills. Light foxing to endpapers and toning to pages; small tear and creasing to rear endpaper; price crossed through on rear cover. From the Woolly Rhino Series.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by RENTON, T.A.B..

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1957. Green cloth boards with red lettering and decs lacking dustwrapper; 229pp; b/w charcoal drawings. Cloth is unevenly sunned to spine and outer edges; corners bumped and rubbed; previous owner details twice to front endpaper; light marking to a number of pages; light creasing to pre-lims. A story of the alliance between Picts and Scots.. Hard Cover. Good Minus. Illus. by PRIDE, Malcolm.

Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 1964. Summit Library. Red boards with black lettering in matt pictorial dustwrapper; 110pp; b/w ills. Boards slightly bowed; endpapers significantly browned and spotted; pages browned with foxing to page block edges. Unclipped dustwrapper is rubbed and nicked to edges with chipped corners and foxing to inner flaps and reverse side, now in removable sleeve. Alex and Beryl, the heroines of 'Menace on the Moor', are now staying in Cornwall in this story of sailing, ponies and smuggling. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by BROOKSHAW, Drake.

London: Williams & Norgate Ltd, 1947. Blue cloth boards with blue lettering in orange printed dustwrapper; 95pp. Slight lean to spine with rubbing to edges and bumping to corners; small catch to cloth on upper board; previous owner name and date to front pastedown. Unclipped dustwrapper is sunned to spine and edges, tape repair to head of spine and reverse side repairing small tears. A collection of children's rhymes.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Book Club Associates, 1972. Navy cloth boards in matt pictorial dustwrapper; 224pp; b/w ills. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed and marked with light rubbing to edges. A collection of 800 rhymes and songs accompanied by 600 illustrations. [220: M3]. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Minus. Illus. by HASSALL, John.

London: Andersen Press, 2000. Glazed pictorial boards with slight slant to spine, small dent to upper edge and knock to lower rear corner. A tale of social aspiration in which Boris the water beetle refuses to stay at the bottom of the pond.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by ROSS, Tony.

J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, 1956. Turquoise cloth boards in matt pictorial wraparound dustwrapper; 118pp; b/w ills plus coloured doublespread title page. Bow to boards and slight lean to spine; offsetting and light foxing to endpapers; endpaper removed. Unclipped dustwrapper is tanned with nicks and chips to edges, corners and spine ends with larger tear to head of spine. A story of enchantment in old Edinburgh. [123: Y3]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Minus/Good. Illus. by KIDDELL-MONROE, Joan.

A&C Black Ltd. Frogs Learn to Jump from the Fairies - Elves and Fairies Series No.74 from 'Blossom' by I.R.Outhwaite. Postally unused and unwritten. Rubbing to corners with scuff marking to left hand side. [220A]. POSTCARD. Good.

London: A&C Black Ltd. Elves and Fairies Series No. 75 from 'The Enchanted Forest'. Postally unused with message to reverse. Stubbing to corners with a little surface loss. [322A]. POSTCARD. Good. MANUSCRIPT.

Sussex: The Book Guild, 2004. Glazed pictorial boards in matching dustwrapper. Dustwrapper is unclipped with slight curling to top edge. Signed by author to front free endpaper. Size: 250mm x 180mm. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by LAWRIE, Robin.

London: Oxford University Press, 1954. Sewn pictorial card covers; 31pp; colour and b/w ills. Light rubbing to corners; light tanning to endpapers.. First Edition.. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by GILL, Margery.

London: The Sheldon Press Undated edition. Fawn decorated boards; 150pp plus adverts; colour frontis. Boards marked to rear cover, title faded to spine, spine ends rubbed, page block edges browned. Prize certificate to front endpaper plus previous owner name dated 1930.. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by BROCK, C.E..

London & Glasgow: Collins, 1948. Seagull Library. Blue cloth boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 256pp. Light bumping and sunning to extremities, small knock to upper edge of front board. Unclipped dustwrapper is rubbed, nicked and chipped to edges with light marking to rear panel.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Collins, 1952. Pale yellow cloth boards with blue lettering to spine in pictorial dustwrapper; 255pp; colour frontis by Varty. Light bumping to spine ends; significant spotting to endpapers and prelims. Unclipped dustwrapper has large chips to foot of spine, smaller chips and splits to other corners, rubbing and creasing to edges; spotting to reverse side and light marking to rear panel; numbers crossed out to front flap.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Collins, 1947. Green cloth boards with silver lettering and decs in pictorial dustwrapper; 256pp; three b/w plates. Light bumping to corners with slight indentation to front board; previous owner gift inscription to front endpaper and name to front pastedown. Unclipped dustwrapper (3/6 net) is faded to spine with complete colour loss, rubbed and nicked to edges with two larger tears to upper edge of rear panel. From the popular Abbey School series.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by HORDER, Margaret.

Collins Blue cloth with silver gilt lettering and decoration in pictorial dustwrapper; 316pp; missing frontis (?). Boards rubbed to edges with sunning to lower section of front cover; previous owner gift inscriptionto front endpaper; browning to pages which are a little brittle; hinges starting; occasional nick to page edges or missing corner tip. Price clipped dustwrapper is rather grubby with untidy creased tear to front panel and triangular loss to lower left corner and foot of spine; chipping to corners and head of spine; tape repairs to reverse. The first book by the author of the Abbey series, a romance set in Scotland. [720: F2]. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Fair.