Search Results: Authors starting with B from Mad Hatter Books

USA: Michael Di Capua Books/Scholastic, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback: vg dj (price unclipped), red boards with cloth spine, gilt titles, illustrated by the author, 'Reading Copy' stamped on flyleaf, nr fine. wide 8vo, 130pp. Jack Plank, ex pirate, is looking for a job on shore, but encounters obstacles with any he tries. He relates his experiences at the boarding house he stays in.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1978. First UK . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The loss of the brig 'Amaryllis' with all her crew in 1850 still has its repercussions thirty years later. Ex library: vg dj (price unclipped), sticky tape stains on flaps & boards & endpapers, jacket by KRYSTYNA TURSKA, a few stamps, flyleaves removed, light foredge foxing, still vg. small 8vo, 128pp.

USA: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. Repr . Cloth. Good/Good. Ex library: dj (price unclipped) slightly worn on edges, spine darkened, black cloth, silver spine lettering, corners slightly bumped, illustrated by the author, some sticky tape marks, stamps and 'cancelled' marks, one page has a short tear and is creased, else g++. wide 8vo, 167pp.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. Repr. Ex library hardback: b/w illustrations by the author, only the front flap of dj still present (pasted to the front endpaper), book is bound in cloth which is a bit spotted, spine faded, spine tips and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, usual library stamps etc, lower page edges lightly finger creased, one plate is torn, a few more short tears throughout plus a few small internal marks, still g. 8vo, 102pp. 11 animal stories..

Auckland: Collins, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. V.J. Livingston. dj (unclipped) slightly rubbed on edges, a couple of short tears, spine a little faded, discoloured on reverse on edges - also on cover edges, corners slightly bumped, illustrated by V.J. LIVINGSTON, neat inscription on flyleaf, illustrator's signature on copyright page. vg. 8vo, 132pp.

Auckland: Collins, 1972. Book. Illus. by Para Matchitt. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Repr. Hardback: illustrated in traditional Maori style by PARA MATCHITTdj is slightly worn on the edges, some fading, glazed colour pictorial covers are a little faded on the top edge, some internal foxing, name and address in colour pencil on the copyright page, else vg. obl 4to, (30pp). The story of a boy's adventure in the New Zealand of long ago before the first white man arrived..

Auckland: Waiatarua Publishing, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Richard Hoit. Illustrated in colour throughout by RICHARD HOIT. Hardback: laminated colour pictorial boards, first and last pages foxed, pages a bit finger creased, vg. 4to, (28pp). The fourth book about Hemi. At the rear is a set of safety rules for riding a skateboard.

Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Chris Gaskin. Hardback: full page pictures in colour by CHRIS GASKIN, with text incorporated, laminated colour pictorial boards are slightly bowed, a little rubbed at spine tips and corners, some marks from old stickers on the front, some light foxing on first and last pages, else vg. oblong 4to, (32pp). This story is adapted from 'The boy who drew' in 'Australian Dreaming' first publ by Landsdowne Press, Sydney, 1980.

Auckland: Waiatarua Publishing, 2002. Book. Illus. by Richard Hoit. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardback: illustrated in colour throughout by RICHARD HOLT, dj is a little curled on the edges, endpapers are very lightly marked, else vg. folio+, (23pp)..

Auckland: Ashton Scholastic, 1991. First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good. Kelvin Hawley. Larger format paperback, clear contact protecting covers, nr fine. 4to, 25pp. Illustrated in colour by KELVIN HAWLEY.

London: Bracken Books, 1989. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. Hardback: dj, cloth with gilt spine lettering, many ills, mostly in colour, nr fine. folio. 176pp.

UK: Lutterworth, 1972. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Victor Caesari. 9 stories by Kipling, D.H. Lawrence, James Thurber, Gerald Durrell, V.Woolf, J. London & others. dj (price clipped) a little rubbed on edges, a few short tears, name on front flyelaf, light foredge foxing, vg. 8vo, 148pp.

UK: Penguin (Puffin Picture Book) Book. Very Good. Soft cover. No Date (repr). Puffin Picture Book #16 - lists to #80 on the inside front cover. Paperback: illustrated in colour & b/w by the author, colour pictorial wraps slightly worn on spine fold and edges, a few short tears, small piece missing from lower back edge, corners lightly bumped, staples rusting, name on inside front cover, internally vg. obl 4to, 31pp..

New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. dj has small snag on front flap edge and is lightly marked on reverse, top of front flap a little creased. Maroon boards with brown cloth spine, small damp stains on top & bottom of pages on gutter margin edge, else vg. 8vo, 140pp. (Louisa's joyful return to her grandfather's farm is marred by the sight of developments crowding out the farmlands and by an unexpected competition with her sister, Meg.)

New Zealand: Submarine (Makaro Press), 2016. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Sarah Wilkins. Paperback with flaps: illustrated in colour by SARAH WILKINS, pencilled note on reverse of front flyleaf mostly erased, else vg+. 8vo, 49pp. Sam and Lucy are pigs who are always keen to help their human friends in peculiar predicaments. Each fable reminds us to be kind, curious and a little bit adventurous.

London: Heinemann, 1930. Book. Illus. by Laurian Jones. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardback: illustrated in b/w with pink touches by the author and LAURIAN JONES, portrait frontispiece of Laurian Jones, no dj, book is bound in cloth which is dusty, spine repaired, remains of presentation label on flyleaf, front inner joint split in two places, slight foredge foxing, else g. wide 8vo, 172pp..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1969. Book. Illus. by Geraldine Spence. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardback: illustrated by GERALDINE SPENCE, dj is a little rubbed on edges and folds, light stain on reverse, price clipped, top corner cut off front flyleaf, some light foxing, top corner of one page creased, else vg. 8vo, 168pp. Four children are invited to take part in an archaeological dig..

New York: Platt & Munk, 1943. Copyright . Hardcover. Very Good. Rhoda Chase. 6 col plates, red cloth binding with decorated spine, corners sl bumped, spine faded and worn at top & bottom, else vg. 8vo, 326pp. (This edition has been brought up to date in type and format and the contents slightly changed from earlier editions.)

Canada: HarperCollins, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Sylvie Daigneault. Hardback: illustrated in colour by SYLVIE DAIGNEAULT, dj (unclipped), lightly foxed on reverse of flaps, laminated colour pictorial boards (as dj), very slightly rubbed on spine tips and corners, page edges slightly finger creased and some very light foxing, vg. 4to, (32pp). What happens when Mother Nature gives up on a filthy and polluted Kingdom. An Alligator Press Book.

London: Blackie, 1990. First UK . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback: vg dj, price unclipped, one page corner creased and a few others slightly bumped, else vg. 8vo, 141pp. School's out for the Hawkesbury River valley children as a two-day deluge threatens to flood Sydney. Two boys and a girl leave school to go their separate ways but unexpectedly meet in dramatic and terrifying circumstances ...