Search Results: Children's - Non Fiction from Mad Hatter Books

USA: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Copyright (repr). Hardback: illustrated in b/w by the author, dj with silver Newbery Honor medal, glossy colour pictorial covers, small black ink stripe on lower page edges (remaindered stock), very slight foredge foxing, else nr fine. 8vo, 57pp. Book 1 in the "26 Fairmount Avenue" series about Tomie's own childhood. Newbery Honor Book 2000..

London: Blackie. No Date . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback: vg dj (price clipped), colour pictorial boards (as dj), green cloth spine, illustrated in red & green, b/w by the author, vg+. wide 8vo, (205x175mm).

UK: Wills & Hepworth (Ladybird Books), 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright. Hardback: illustrated in colour, pictorial covers are a bit rubbed on the spine tips and corners and a little dusty, name on front flyleaf, else vg. Ladybird series 678 (Basic Arithmetic) #1. 4 titles listed on the back cover..

London: Collins Clear-Type Press. No Date (1950s?) . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. The stories of famous ships: Santa Maria - Great Harry - Golden Hind - Ark Royal - Revenge - Sovereign of the Seas - Mayflower - Triumph - Resolution - Centurion - Bounty - Victory - Erebus and Terror - a Whaler - Cutty Sark. No dj, blue cloth with silver front vignette and lettering, spine a little sunned, lightly spotted on lower front, 16 full colour plates, many b/w text ills, pictorial endpapers in pale blue on cream - no artist given, lower page edges lightly finger creased, small hole on top corner of back flyleaf, vg. 4to, 63pp.

London: Phoenix House, 1960. First UK . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback: dj (price unclipped), chipped on spine tips and edges, a few tears (some repaired with tape on reverse), foxed on reverse, green boards with silver spine lettering, spine tips faded, illustrated throughout in b/w/brown by the author, endpapers and foredges slightly foxed, else vg. 4to, 115pp. Geometry simply and interestingly introduced to children, brilliantly illustrated.

UK: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1948. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardback: b/w photos + diagrams (by the author's young daughter), dj is a little rubbed on the edges, spine and leading edge on the back are faded, a few small marks, price unclipped, covers are slightly bumped and rubbed on the spine tips and corners, very light foxing on the endpapers and foredges, one page corner creased, includes a 'publisher's compliments' card, vg. 8vo, 106pp. The author, with the help of her two daughters, taught herself how to make puppets, correcting mistakes as they went along. This book is aimed at children from 8-14..

UK: Wills & Hepworth (Ladybird Books), 1963. Book. Illus. by J.H. Wingfield. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright. Hardback: colour pictorial covers are a bit marked, spine tips and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, slight foredge foxing, vg. 51pp. 4 titles listed on the back cover..

London: Blackie. No Date (1920s) . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Rambles among the Industries series. Hardback: dj (price clipped), worn on spine tips & flaps folds, a few marks, colour picture pasted on the front, vg beige boards with green lettering and pictorial onlay, small insect hole on lower page edges, name on reverse of front flyleaf, else vg. slim 12mo, 79pp. 8 full page photographs + many drawings in text, pictorial endpapers.

London: Dorling Kindersley, 2006. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Helen Craig. Lots of ideas with simple steps and hints for making all kinds of things. Illustrated in colour throughout by HELEN CRAIG + colour photos. Hardback: vg dj, 'book belongs to' panel filled in, page edges a tiny bit finger creased, else vg+. oblong 4to, unpaginated.

London: Macmillan Children's Books, 1983. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardback: illustrated in colour, short text, colour pictorial covers are lightly marked, spine tips and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, light foxing on foredges and endpapers, lower page edges are lightly damp stained plus a few other small marks, else g. 4to, 30pp..

London: George Newnes. No Date . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Kathleen Nixon. Illustrated by KATHLEEN NIXON. Hardback: no dj, red cloth with black front vignette and lettering, spine and top edges a little sunned, corners lightly bumped, neat inscription, pages are clean, vg. 8vo, 152pp. This book encourages children to look at wild animals in the countryside.

London: Noel Carrington, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Hardback: illustrated throughout in colour by the author + maps for each family, no dj, covers are slightly bumped on the spine tips and corners, some fading, front flyleaf removed, some light foxing, short tear on last text page, else vg. folio, (56pp). Contents: Egg-laying mammals - Pouched mammal - Toothless mammals - Whale, porpoise, dolphin - Manatee, Dugong - Hoofed mammals - Flesh-eating mammals - Sea Lion, Walrus, Seals - Gnawing mammals - Insect-eating mammals - Bats - Primates - glossary & index..

London: Methuen, 1948. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrated throughout in full colour by the author. Hardback: dj (price clipped), chipped at spine tips & edges, a few short tears and some foxing, area on back peeled, colour pictorial boards, edges slightly rubbed and lightly foxed, yellow cloth spine faded on tips, endpapers foxed, inscription on half title, else vg. large format (320x260mm), 32pp. Animal subjects: Wolves & foxes - Dogs - Swine & hippopotamus - Whales, dolphins & porpoises - Horse, ass & mule - Camel & llama - Elephants - Some fur-bearing animals - Cattle - Cat & civet families - Reindeer - Deer & antelope - Seal & walrus - Sheep & goats - Apes & monkeys - Bears.

London: Frederick Warne. No Date (1938) . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardback: illustrated in colour and b/w by the author, no dj, colour pictorial covers are slightly bowed, a few marks, edges slightly rubbed, cloth spine is a bit worn on the tips, name and address on front flyleaf, some foxing and a few paint marks (the penguin page has marks over some of the text), still g. small 4to, (63pp).

London: Macdonald, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First UK. Hardback: colour illustrations by the author, glazed colour pictorial covers have some light indentations, corners are very lightly rubbed, some light foxing on the endpapers, lower page edges are very lightly finger creased, else g. sq 4to, (26pp)..

UK: Wayland (Seas and Oceans series), 1984. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Laminated colour pictorial boards, maps, prints, photographs, mostly in colour, a few small internal marks, vg. square 4to, 70pp.

London: Kingfisher Little Histories, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good. A paperback: covers a bit discoloured, illustrated in colour throughout, vg.

London: Methuen , 1958. Ex-Library. Illus. by Karl Eskelund. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Ex Library hardback: b/w photographs by KARL ESKELUND, no dj, covers are a bit rubbed on the edges, a few marks, corners worn, usual library markings, endpapers slightly darkened and foxed, a few internal marks, some page corners creased plus a few short tears, lower page edges lightly finger creased, else g. sm 4to, (42pp). Children in distant lands series..

USA: Deer Bridge Publishing. No Date . Hardcover. Very Good. A puzzling book: the subtitle says 'See the pictures, Hear the tape, Read the book'. Apart from 2 folktales, there are short chapters on a range of subject: Lewis Carroll, Renaissance, Homer/Aristotle, Sir Isaac Newton, Phoenicians, Justice, Marc Twain, Bird Migration, Calendar. Laminated colour pictorial boards, illustrated in colour throughout, spine faded, vg. 4to, 45pp.

UK: Puffin, 1952. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. R.A. Richardson. Paperback: foxing on covers and endpapers, slight wear on spine tips, illustrated by R.A. RICHARDSON, slight foredge foxing, else g. 240pp.