Search Results: Children's - Annuals from Mad Hatter Books

Australia: Educational Press for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1958. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Hardback: dustjacket is worn - chipped on the edges and a few tears, dusty, covers are a bit discoloured where jacket is defective, top corners bumped, some foredge foxing, else g. folio, 192pp. Well illustrated, colour frontispiece. All Australian contents including 4 stories by Ruth Park.

London: Burke (Read for Fun), 1967. A paperback: colour pictorial textured thin card wraps, name at top front inked out, a little dusty, illustrated in colour throughout by TORD NYGREN, vg. small 4to, (24pp). A lovely series of readers, mainly of Scandinavian origin. This is a stage three book.. Copyright. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Tord Nygren.

NZ: Annual Ink, 2017. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardback: illustrated in colour and b/w, nr fine. 4to, 152pp. An intrepid mix of fiction, comics, poems, essays, art, and high jinks for 9-12 year olds. Any everyone else..

London: Cassell, 1914. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Bright colour pictorial cloth (front & spine) a little worn at spine tips and corners, all 7 colour plates removed, b/w full page ills + text ills, a few light internal marks, this copy is in lovely condition but bereft of its colour plates. thick 4to, 230pp. A treasure trove of stories by Percy Westerman and others (1 set in the opal fields of Queensland), a boy scout story, 4 serial stories, articles (2 on Australia) etc.

London: IPC Magazines (Fleetway), 1972. Copyright . Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated in full colour, one colour and b/w. Hardback: glossy colour pictorial boards, spine tips are slightly bumped and rubbed, slight musty smell, else vg. 4to, 123pp. June and School Friend/Princess Tina/Tammy. A large book with short stories, features, picture stories (Bessie Bunter, Barbie, Sindy etc)

UK: World Distributors, 1975. Copyright . Hardcover. Very Good. John Leeder. Stories, strip stories, features & activities. 1st story: Best of All. Illustrated in colour by JOHN LEEDER. Hardback: glossy colour pictorial boards, slight wear on spine tips, bump on top edges, small inscription on inside front cover, some puzzles done in pen, game has been scribbled on in pencil along with some ink, still vg. 4to, 62pp.

UK: World Distributors, 1971. Copyright . Hardcover. Very Good. Laminated colour pictorial boards, spine tips pulled, corners slightly rubbed, illustrated in colour throughout, name on flyleaf, two activities neatly done (one partially erased), a few small internal marks, lower page edges lightly finger creased, else vg. 4to, 77pp. First story: 'Basil, explorer extraordinary'.

UK: D.C. Thomson, 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright. Hardback: glossy colour pictorial covers are slightly bumped and rubbed on the spine tips and corners, price unclipped, pages are clean, vg. 4to. Dennis the Menace, The Bash Street Kids, Minnie the Minx, Ivy the Terrible, Roger the Dodger etc..

UK: D.C. Thomson, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright. Hardback: glossy colour pictorial covers are slightly rubbed on the spine tips and corners, some writing and an inscription on the front endpapers, 'book belongs to' panel filled in (pencil), vg. 4to. Biffo the Bear, The Bash Street Kids, The Nibblers, Minnie the Minx, Lord Snooty, Roger the Dodger, Dennis the Menace etc..

UK: D.C. Thomson and John Leng Book. Very Good. Hardcover. No Date. Undated, but has a pictorial calendar for 1961. Hardback: laminated colour pictorial boards, lamination is lifting on the spine, illustrated throughout in colour, front endpaper & flyleaf have a little insect damage at top, 'book belongs to' panel not filled in, a few pages have short tears, a few light internal marks and some foxing, else vg. 4to, unpaginated..

UK: World Distributors, 1965. Copyright . Hardcover. Fair. Hardback: laminated colour pictorial boards worn and stained at spine tips and corners, edges are a bit rubbed, name at top of copyright page, lower page edges a little finger creased and marked, a few short tears on lower spine folds, musty smell, else fair. 4to, 93pp. 9 strip stories in full colour. First story: 'Treasure Hunt'.

London: Newnes. No Date (1950s?) . Hardcover. Very Good. colour pictorial boards a little rubbed on edges, corners bumped, yellow cloth spine, illustrated in b/w with additional colour added in some + full colour model of the Nativity scene to be cut out and assembled - activities untoched, vg. 4to, 94pp.

London: Blackie. No Date (1920s or 30s) . Hardcover. Very Good. colour pictorial boards (all-round design - boys and dog in rowing boat), light edge wear, spine a bit rubbed, colour frontispiece, many b/w text ills, flyleaves darkened, lower page edges slightly marked, else vg. 4to, unpaginated. First story: The broken tusk by Keith Orme.

London: Mandeville Publications. No Date (1950s) . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. No dj, blue boards a little sunned on edges, corners slightly bumped, illustrated in b/w, title page has a few short tears and is creased, light foredge foxing, a few page corners creased and one page has a short tear, else vg. 4to, 132pp. One long story: 'Wibley to the rescue!', 6 short stories (one is a Bessie Bunter).

London: John Leng & Co. No Date (inscr 1949) . Hardcover. Good. blue/red/white ills on all pages with rhyming stories, colour pict brds slightly worn on spine edges, tips and corners, small dent on foredge. Short tear on title page, p19.20 torn on outside margin - no loss to text or picture, some discolouring, else vg. 4to, 94pp. This annual was published from 1922-41 & 1947-49. First story: A cool trick.

London: Blackie. No Date . Hardcover. Very Good. A.E. Bestall, C.E. Brock, Reginald Cleaver, P.B. Hickling, F.E. Hiley, Frank Wiles. 4 colour plates, 1 b/w photo plate + num b/w ills, colour pictorial boards (girl with a bicycle) rubbed on edges and a little dusty, cloth spine slightly dusty & worn on tips, some foxing, else vg. 4to, 208pp. (First story: A girl from the colonies by Natalie Joan. Other authors include Angela Brazil, Violet Methley and Ruth Cobb.)

London: Black Cat Books (Random House). No Date (1940s) . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback: 8 colour plates, many b/w ills, colour pictorial boards (girl show jumping), damp affected on lower edge, illustrated cloth spine slightly dusty, some lower page edges slightly marked, still vg. 4to, unpaginated. First story: The country of the Past. Probably from the early 1940s as there are some references to the War.

London: Blackie. No Date (1940) . Hardcover. Good. Colour pictorial boards (children on merry-go-round) rubbed on edges, back is dusty, pictorial cloth spine a little worn at tips, 8 colour plates, many b/w ills, inscription on front flyleaf partially crossed out, hinges a little loose behind flyleaves, lower corner of front flyleaf creased, some colouring-in and a few marks, else g++. 4to, 144pp.

UK: World Distributors, 1958. Copyright . Hardcover. Good. Hardback: laminated colour pictorial boards, worn at spine tips & corners, colour frontispiece, many b/w illustrations, a few puzzles done and a few internal marks, else good. 4to, 108pp. First story: The Showboat Mystery.

London: Dean & Son. Hardcover. Good. First story: Yo-Ho! A Story of 'Weight' and 'Sea'. Colour frontispiece + 4 colour plates (one plate is missing), many b/w illustrations, some with red added. Hardback: colour pictorial boards rubbed on edges, front cover slightly bowed, corners worn, cloth spine faded and slightly marked at the top, internal and foredge foxing, inscription on reverse of front flyleaf, a few short page tears, activities undone, 3 competition pages removed, foxing, else g. folio, 108pp.