Search Results: Authors starting with V from Jenny Wren Books

London: Faber and Gwyer, 1926. Blue decorated cloth in matt pictorial dustwrapper; 62pp; b/w ills. Boards lightly rubbed to spine ends and corners; prize certificate dated 1928 to front pastedown; brown strips to endpapers; foxing to page block edges and occasional smudge mark to pages; small nick to fore-edge of last page. Dw is faded to spine and front panel with chips to corners and losses to spine ends, now in removable sleeve. A collection of humorous poems about animals in the zoo.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Fair. Illus. by BOARD, Marion.

Brussels: Centre for Fine Arts, 2008. Published on occasion of the exhibition of the same name. Large format pictorial boards; 255pp; colour ills. Light bumping to corners and light scuffing to surface of boards; toning to pages. Additional postage will be required for international delivery, please email for a quote.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Child's Play, 1990. Glazed pictorial boards; colour ills; movable parts. Light bumping to spine ends; one of the mini flaps on second page has creased corner otherwise all parts and accessories in VG working order. 25 clever tricks, tests and moving parts that show how animals use their senses to survive.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956. Blue cloth boards in yellow pictorial dustwrapper; 191pp. Tanning to pages. Dustwrapper is unclipped with rubbing to top edge. A detective story in which Bertram Lynch is on a mission to protect a financial magnate on his yacht in Haiti, but by the end of the voyage, staying alive has become a major pre-occupation.. First UK Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: The Shoe Lane Publishing Co Undated edition. Matt pictorial paper covered boards, green cloth spine. Rubbing and chipping to edges and corners, browning internally. Slight bow to rear board. Nestle milk advert to rear board. Colour frontis and b/w line drawings to text. As well as 'The Enchanted Chocolates' by Olive Chaundler, the book includes 'Milly's First Play' by Alicia Kendall and 'The King's Riddle' by Lettice Milne Rae. Size: 270mm x 200mm. Hard Cover. Good. 60pp.

London: The Gresham Publishing Company Undated edition. Blind stamped red cloth boards, no dustwrapper; 224pp; four colour plates plus b/w ills. Light sunning to spine; foxing to page block edges and endpapers; offset browning to endpapers. A collection of stories including 'George Keeps Guinea-Pigs' by Madeline Barnes and 'Esmeralda's Emerald Eye' by Evelyn Smith.. Hard Cover. Near Very Good.

London: Dean, 1972. Glazed pictorial boards. Light crease to laminate of rear boards; significant browning to pages. A collection of stories for early readers. Includes 'I-Do and the Yellow Imp' by Agnes Grozier Herbertson and 'The Magic Garden' by Catherine Morris. Size: 210mm x 145mm. Hard Cover. Good. 109pp.

London: Beaver Books Pictorial boards with red cloth spine, no dustwrapper; 109pp; b/w ills plus two double-sided colour plates. Boards rubbed to edges with bumped and worn corners; indentation groove to rear cover; previous owner name to title page; light tanning to pages; occasional gutter gap to binding. A collection of short stories including 'The Story of Little Silk' by Iris L'Estrange and 'The Pelkin and Fairy Blue' by Gypsie Tyrrell. [1120: . Hard Cover. Good.

Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1955. Blue cloth boards with blue lettering in pictorial dustwrapper; 255pp; b/w ills. Foxing to page block edges; couple of previous owner gift inscriptions to front endpaper. Price-clipped dustwrapper is rubbed, nicked and chipped to edges withsmall creased tear to upper edge of rear panel. After her father's death, Star was sent from one relation to another. Her only freind and champion was Grandpa who helps her find real happiness. [123: R3]. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/Good Plus. Illus. by MONRO, Helen.

Herald Press Copyright 1961. Grey cloth boards in matt printed dustwrapper; xvi, 136pp. Bump to lower corner; sticker to front pastedown; erased pencil markings lightly visible to front endpaper; code in red pen to half-title page; couple of pen marks to margins. Dustwrapper is rubbed to edges with couple of small nicks. A vivid account of the heroic struggle of the stalwart Flemings for the Anabaptist faith.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good.

Puffin Books, 1977. Light rubbing and creasing to cover; tanning to pages.. Paperback. Good. Illus. by HAYWARD, Michael.

Angus & Robertson, 1963. Blue cloth boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 64pp; black, white and blue ills. Light sunning to outer edges of boards. Unclipped dustwrapper is rubbed and lightly creased to folds and edges. Pilot Pete was a porpoise who became a hero. [320: Y3]. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. Illus. by CAULDWELL, H.T..

London: Walker Books, 2008. Pictorial boards. Very slight bumping to edge and corner of rear cover. The author's version of the traditional folk song 'The Green Leaves Grew Around'.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Oxford University Press, 1963. Oxford Children's Library No. 31. Red cloth boards in pictorial dustwrapper by William Stobbs; 192pp; b/w ills; translated by E.M.Prince. Light bumping to spine ends; small splash marks to fore-edge of page block; prize plate to front endpaper. Square-cut price clipped dustwrapper has light rubbing to edges with light crease to lower edge of front panel and several small nicks to spine ends. Ali was the most notorious little thief in all Bagdad until he heard about Aladdin's Lamp. [620: Z3]. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/Very Good Minus. Illus. by HOFFMANN, Felix.

London: Collins, 1992. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, in pictorial dustwrapper; 241pp. Light tanning to pages. Unclipped dw has light edgewear. A holocaust survival story. Size: 225mm x 140mm. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.