184. Higgins, F. E.:
The Bone Magician
Published by Macmillan, London. 2008.
1st edition hardback in fine condition. There are some slight surface marks to the unclipped dust wrapper otherwise fine. The book is unmarked and as new.
878 HIGGS & CADOGAN,
THE BIG FAT BUNTER BOOK
1989 HAWK BOOKS
HARDBACK
FINE+ D/W,A CELEBRATION OF FRANK RICHARD'S FAMOUS SCHOOLBOY
CHARACTER.SLIGHT BROWNING TO PAPER. NEAR MINT
2210. Higson, Charlie: The Fear
Published by Puffin/Penguin, London. 2011
1st edition hardback in fine condition, without dust wrapper as issued. The Enemy is coming for you . . . He doesn't know it but Dognut is about to set off a chain of events that will affect every kid in the city. The sickness struck everyone over the age of fourteen. Mothers and fathers, older brothers, sisters and best friends. No one escaped its touch. And now children across London are being hunted by ferocious grown-ups . . . They're hungry. They're bloodthirsty. And they aren't giving up. DogNut and the rest of his crew want to find their lost friends, and set off on a deadly mission from the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace and beyond, as the sickos lie in wait. But who are their friends and who is the enemy in this changed world?
ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S SOLVE THEM YOURSELF MYSTERIES
1965 MAX REINHARDT LTD
HARDBACK
1ST UK EDITION. VERY GOOD+ CONDITION IN A VERY GOOD PRICE CLIPPED D/W. A TALKING SKELETON, A MAN WHO EVAPORATES FROM A LOCKED ROOM, JUST SOME OF THE BIZARRE INGREDIENTS OF THIS DO-IT-YOURSELF DETECTIVE BOOK.
2284 Hoeye, Michael
The Sands of Time
2003 Puffin Books, London.
Hardback
1st UK hardback edition. Both book and dust wrapper are in fine/as new condition. There are no previous owner names or marks. The jacket is not clipped. A Hermux Tantamoq adventure.
443. Hoh, Diane: Point Horror 2: The Diane Hoh Special Edition
Published by Scholastic, London, 1996
1st edition hardback in fine condition. No d/w as issued. Decorative boards complete with ribbon marker. A triple dose of terror featuring three stories ; The Fever; Funhouse and The Invitation.
2385 HORNBY, NICK
SLAM
2007 Penguin, London.
Hardback
1st edition hardback in very good condition. The book leans a little and the dust wrapper is rubbed at the edges with a 1 inch closed tear at the front bottom hinge area. Hornby's first teenage novel is a must for skateboarder's of all ages.
2460. Horowitz, Anthony: Snakehead
Published by Walker Books, London, 2007
1st edition UK hardback in very good condition. The book leans very slightly but is otherwise clean and unmarked, with silver gilt titles and decoration at the spine and upper board. The dust wrapper is not price clipped. Alex Rider is on the wrong side of the world - and the law. Alone in Sydney, he is recruited by the Australian government to infiltrate an organized people-smuggling ring: the violent criminal underworld of the Snakeheads. Working undercover as a refugee he moves to Bangkok, where he meets someone he can finally trust - a fellow agent and true friend: or is there any such thing in the poisonous world of espionage?
962 HOSKEN, JOHN
MEET MR MAJIMPSEY
1987 PAVILION
HARDBACK
1st EDITION. RARE IN THIS CONDITION. CHILDRENS FANTASY
ILLUSTRATED BY DAVE EASTBURY. FINE UNCLIPPED D/W, UNREAD BOOK.
THE LION AND THE UNICORN
1998 THE BODLEY HEAD
HARDBACK
1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE BOOK AND D/W. D/W IS PRICE CLIPPED.
955 HUGHES, TED
THE IRON WOMAN
1993 FABER & FABER
HARDBACK
SEQUEL TO THE IRON MAN, ILLUSTRATED BYANDREW DAVIDSON.
PREV OWNER NAME ON FEP. D/W WORN AT THE EDGES OTHERWISE VERY GOOD.VG BOOK
2148 Jacques, Brian
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
2001 Philomel , New York .
Hardback
1st US hardback edition. Both book and unclipped dustwrapper are in fine condition. There are no previous owner names or marks.
424. Jacques, Brian: Mossflower
Published by Hutchinson, London. 1988.
Hardback edition, fifth printing in fine condition. Blurb on the jackets rear flap suggests a printing date of 1994.But for a slight yellowing of the pages this would be mint. There are no previous owner names or marks and the dustwrapper is not clipped retaining the original £12.99 price to the front flap. Book 2 in the Redwall series.
1606. Jacques, Brian: Outcast of Redwall
Published by Hutchinson, London, 1995
1st edition, first printing, hardback, flat signed by the author at the title page. Page edges slightly browned otherwise both book and unclipped dust wrapper are in fine condition. Ferret Swartt Sixclaw and badger Sunflash the Mace are arch enemies who have sworn a pledge of death upon each other. Meanwhile, the Abbess of Redwall has banished a young creature from her Abbey. This harsh sentence forces a heart-breaking decision upon a young Redwall mousemaid and ultimately links her destiny to. . . . The Outcast of Redwall.
1544. Jacques, Brian: The Pearls of Lutra
Published by Hutchinson, London, 1996
1st edition, second printing hardback. Both book and unclipped dust wrapper are in near fine condition. Far away, on the isle of Sampetra, Emperor Ublaz - also scarily known as. . . . Mad Eyes - sends his fearsome lizards and sea scum on a murderous mission to Redwall. Meanwhile Tansy and her fellow abbey dwellers frantically race against time to unravel a fiendishly difficult set of riddles and rhymes left by the Fermald the Ancient. . .
2081. Jacques, Brian: The Long Patrol: A Tale of Redwall
Published by Hutchinson, London, 1997
Hardback, 1st edition. Both the book and the unclipped dust wrapper are in near fine condition. The page edges are a little yellowed but there are no previous owner names or marks present. Following in the tradition of the Redwall chronicles, this is the tale of young Tammo and the Long Patrol - the army of fighting hares of Salamandastron, who serve Lady Cregga Rose Eyes.
MOOMINPAPPA AT SEA
1975 ERNEST BENN LIMITED
HARDBACK
FIFTH IMPRESSION. NEAR FINE BOOK AND UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER. WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY JANSSON AND TRANSLATED BY KINGSLEY HART. POSSIBLY THE MOST SOPHISTICATED OF THE MOOMIN BOOKS.
2151 Jarvis, Robin
The Final Reckoning
1990 Simon and Schuster, London .
Hardback
1st edition hardback. Very good laminated pictorial boards with unclipped dustwrapper. The rear board has had a knock at the bottom edge and there is a previous owner name in yellow highlighter to the front free endpaper. The jacket has a couple of small closed tears at the folds. Scarce.
Book three of the Deptford Mice trilogy.
2152 Jarvis, Robin
Deathscent
2001 Harper Collins, London .
Hardback
1st edition hardback signed by the author. Book is in fine condition, dustwrapper in fine condition and is not price clipped. Deathscent is the first title in a startling new fantasy series - "Out in the deep darkness float the ninety three isles of the beatified realm of Britain . Elizabeth Tudor is celebrating her 178th year on the throne of Englandia. Into this word - a place with no living animals and arcane technology - appears a visitor, bringing with him strange devices and sinister practices. He"s about to change things forever."
964 JOHNS, W.E.
GIMLET'S ORIENTAL QUEST
1948 BROCKHAMPTON
HARDBACK
VERY GOOD SLIGHTLY EDGEWORN D/W. UNCLIPPED WITH A COUPLE
OF SMALL TEARS. GREEN CLOTH BOARDS WITH BLACK PRINT. 1st EDITION NEAR
FINE.
951 JOHNS, W.E.
THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR
19 DEAN & SON
PICTURE BOARDS
#5 IN DEANS BIGGLES SERIES. NO D/W BOARDS BRIGHT &
CLEAN SLIGHTLY SUNNED TO SPINE. PAGES BROWNED THROUGHOUT OTHERWISE FINE.
UNDATED
JOHNS, W.E.
BIGGLES in The CRUISE of the CONDOR
19?? DEAN & SON
HARDBACK
Hardback book in dustwrapper. No date or edition stated. Pages browned otherwise very good. There are no previous owner names or marks. The jacket has a couple of closed tears with some tape residue on the reverse but no loss.
JOHNS, W.E.
BIGGLES FLIES TO WORK
19?? DEAN & SON
HARDBACK
Hardback book in dustwrapper. No date or edition stated. Pages browned otherwise very good. There are no previous owner names or marks. The jacket has some wear at the edges but is generally very good
2153 JOHNS, W.E.
BIGGLES 'FAILS TO RETURN'
1943 Hodder & Stoughton , London .
Hardback
1st reprint of the 1943 1st edition. Splash stained spine, the boards are OK, and a tidy previous owner name at the half title page otherwise very good . Map illustrated front endpaper and colour frontispiece. There is no dustwrapper.
61 JOHNS, W.E.
BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
1951 HODDER
HARDBACK
3RD IMPRESSION,NO D/W, BLUE BOARDS HAVE A FEW SMALL PEN
MARKS, BOOK GOOD WITH FEP MISSING, INK MARKS TO FRONT & BACK PAGES,FOXING
ON PAGE EDGES
2154 JOHNS, W.E.
BIGGLES TAKES THE CASE
1952 Hodder & Stoughton , London .
Hardback
1st edition hardback. There is a tidy previous owner name to the front endpaper, some foxing to the page edges and only very light soiling of the boards. Generally very good in condition.
60 JOHNS, W.E.
BIGGLES LEARNS TO FLY
1955 BROCKHAMPTON
HARDBACK
NO D/W, A VERY GOOD COPY OF THIS RE-ISSUED BOOK
2155 JOHNS, W.E.
BIGGLES 'FAILS TO RETURN'
1950 Hodder & Stoughton , London .
Hardback
Third impression of the 1943 1st edition. Very slightly bumped at the corners otherwise very good, there are no previous owner names or other marks. Map illustrated front endpaper and colour frontispiece. The dustwrapper is only slightly soiled with some chipping at the edges but loss is minimal and there is no fading of the spine. The jacket is not clipped and retains the original 6/- net price at the front flap.
2156 JOHNS, W.E.
WORRALS OF THE ISLANDS
1950 Hodder & Stoughton , London .
Hardback
Third impression of the 1945 1st edition. Red boards generally very good being only slightly soiled with a couple of minor marks and bumps to the corners. There is a couple of previous owner names and addresses at the front pastedown and a brown stain stain at the page edges and sadly there is no dustwrapper.
140. Johns, Captain W.E. : Biggles' Big Adventures
Published by Prion, London. 2007.
1st thus. A large omnibus in card covers. The condition is fine, possibly unread. A heavy book!!
Contains Biggles in the Baltic, Biggles Sees It Through, Biggles Flies North and Biggles in the Jungle.
442. Johns, Captain W. E. : Biggles and the Blue Moon
Published by Knight Books (Brockhampton Press), London, 1975
Paperback. Fourth impression, in Very Good+ condition. Cover art by Susan Hunter. Pages slightly browned otherwise clean, tight and probably unread.
2380. Johns, Captain W. E.: Biggles of the Special Air Police
Published by Thames Publishing, London, 1953
1st edition hardback. The Regent Classics edition, in very good condition. Dark blue boards with gilt titles on the spine and upper board and no frontispiece. Listed on rear of the dust wrapper are Little Women to Robin Hood plus Son of Black Beauty and 4 Biggles titles up to Biggles of the Special Air Police. The dust wrapper is a little worn and chipped at the edges with a couple of small tears but loss is minimal otherwise very good. There are no previous owner names. A collection of fourteen short stories of Air Detective Inspector Biggles and his chums solving cases of crime in the air.
2165 Jones, Diana Wynne
The Merlin Conspiracy
2003 Harper Collins, London .
Hardback
1st edition hardback in fine condition, no previous owner name or inscription. Dustwrapper in fine condition, not price clipped.
794 JONES, TERRY
NICOBOBINUS
1985 PAVILION
HARDBACK
VERY GOOD D/W, BROWNING TO TOP & 2" TEAR TO REAR
PAGE, LITTLE CREASING FEP HAS INSCRIPTION, VERY GOOD BOOK
THE CURSE OF THE VAMPIRE'S SOCKS AND OTHER DOGGEREL
1988 PAVILION / MICHAEL JOSEPH
HARDBACK
1ST EDITION. FINE IN A VERY GOOD PRICE CLIPPED D/W. JACKET
HAS A SMALL CLOSED TEAR TO TOP FRONT PANEL AND IS VERY SLIGHTLY RUBBED
AT THE EDGES. JONES' FIRST BOOK OF VERSE FOR KID'S. ILLUSTRATED BY MICHAEL
FOREMAN.
2157 Kerr, P.B.
Children of the Lamp
2004 Scholastic Ltd, London .
Hardback
1st edition hardback in fine condition, no previous owner names or inscriptions, decorative hard cover. No dustjacket as issued with this 1st British edition. The Akhenaten Adventure.
Stig of the Dump
1982 Kestrel Books
Hardback
Hardback reprint in very good condition. Ex-library book but not bad, there are date stamps to both pastedowns and a faint stamp at the copyright page. There is also a roughly scribbled number at the front endpaper otherwise very good. Dust wrapper is fine being unclipped.
A modern childrens classic.
1934 King-Smith, Dick
The Toby Man
1989 Victor Gollancz Ltd, London.
Hardback
1st edition hardback in fine condition. Glazed pictorial boards without dustwrapper as issued. 121 pages, illustrated by Ian Newsham with b/w drawings some double-page. Young Tod Golightly is off to find fame and fortune as a highwayman, with help from Matilda the donkey, Digby the mastiff, Loudmouth the magpie and a strong-smelling ferret called Evil!
ODDKINS-a fable for all ages
1988 WARNER BOOKS
HARDBACK
1ST US EDITION. TAPE REPAIRS TO FRONT INNER HINGE AND
TO BOTTOM OF D/W SPINE. OTHERWISE VERY GOOD CONDITION, BOTH BOOK AND UNCLIPPED
D/W. ILLUSTRATED BY PHIL PARKS. QUITE A SCARCE KOONTZ TITLE.
776 KOONTZ, D.R.
SANTA`S TWIN
1996 HARPER COLLINS
HARDBACK
VERY GOOD D/W, SMALL NICK TO SP, LITTLE EDGE WORN, VERY GOOD BOOK. ILLUS BY PHIL PARKS
2347. Koontz, Dean: Santa's Twin
Published by HarperCollins, London. 1996
1st edition hardback. The book is fine in condition as is the un-clipped dust wrapper. A Christmas story written in verse and illustrated by Phil Parks. This is the hilarious tale of two little girls who set out to save Santa from his mischievous twin - Bob - who is threatening, among other things, to turn the reindeers into soup.