Search Results: Titles starting with B from Mad Hatter Books

UK: Puffin, 1974. 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Very Good. A 16 year boy volunteers as a pilot in the First World War. A paperback: top page corners a bit bent, else vg. Double title page pictures of a Farman Shorthorn Trainer & a Sopwith F.1 Camel Scout..

London: Blackie Book. Illus. by S.B. Pears. Good. Hardcover. No Date. Hardback: 8 colour plates + black & white illustrations by S.B. PEARSE, front cover is rubbed on the edges, corners a bit bumped, cloth spine with home-made title pasted on, ownership label on lower corner of front endpaper, handwritten presentation slip (dated 1943) pasted to the front flyleaf, some light creasing and a few marks, lower corner of one page creased, else g. 4to, 80pp. Published in 1933 according to the British Library catalogue..

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)

Glasgow: Waverley Books, 2012. First Australian . Hardcover. Fine. A most interesting diary with plenty of day to day calender space + blank pages for private noting of whatever. Map of Scotland, lots of cartoons, events calendar, 10 pages of selected Tartan patterns, history, hints, recipes. Illustrated in colour and mono throughout. Hardback: colour pictorial boards featuring the Glebe Street characters, attached silk book marker, unused, fine. small 8vo, unpaginated.

London: Methuen, 1938. First UK . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardback: illustrated in colour throughout, colour pictorial boards rubbed on edges, corners worn, scratches front and back, blue cloth spine is a bit rubbed and has a small hole, piece torn from lower title page, several page tears throughout and a few page corners missing etc, page edges finger creased, some internal spotting, still good. large format, 40pp.

London: Collins, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First UK. Hardback: illustrated in colour, no dj, covers are a bit marked and rubbed, spine is faded and there is some discolouration on the front cover, some foxing on the endpapers and foredges, else vg. folio, (63pp). Translated from the French by M. Jean Craig..

London: John Murray, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bob Graham. Drawings throughout by BOB GRAHAM. Hardback: dj (price uncut), jacket back slightly creased, lightly foxed on reverse, pages are clean, vg. near square 4to, (230x210x20mm), 144pp. An anthology of prose and verse from authors who have looked on babies with clear eyes over the past two thousand years.

London: Blackie Book. Illus. by Eileen A. Soper. Very Good. Hardcover. No Date (1951). Hardback: 12 full page colour pictures + b/w text illustrations by EILEEN A. SOPER, dj is lightly foxed and rubbed, slight wear on the spine tips and corners, price unclipped, covers are a little bowed, a few small marks, slight foredge and internal foxing, shop stamp on the title page, back endpapers have a hint of colouring in, else vg. 16mo, 60pp. Blackie's Baby Books series..

London: Purnell Golden Books, 1952. Copyright . Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated in colour by GARTH WILLIAMS. Hardback: laminated colour pictorial covers + 11 sturdy leaves, top of spine slighlty bumped, else vg. wide 8vo (200x170mm).

UK: Viking, 2000. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback: dj, top corner of back flap creased, laminated colour pictorial boards, illustrated in colour throughout by various artists, small paper remains on front flyleaf, page edges lightly finger creased, vg. 8vo, 128pp. A slightly abridged version of 'The Puffin Baby and Toddler Treasury', first publ 1998. Includes contributions from Cicely Mary Barker, Raymond Briggs, William Blake etc. A lovely collection.

London: The Religious Tract Society. No Date . Soft cover. Very Good. Harold Copping. Pale grey card wraps (a little rubbed round spinefold) with flaps overlapping, lightly marked, decorations & picture surround & lettering in light green, 8 colour plates + colour pictorial paste-on on front wrap by HAROLD COPPING, name on front flyleaf, contents sewn in, text and picture surrounds printed in light blue, vg+. slim 12mo, (24pp).

New Zealand: Random Century, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Trevor Pye. There is a hilarious mix-up at the Employment Agency. Colour pictures throughout, laminated colour pictorial boards, fine. 4to, (32pp).

New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1987. Book. Illus. by James Watts. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardback: b/w illustrations by JAMES WATTS, dj is slightly rubbed on the corners and spine tips, price unclipped, book is bound in cloth, front flyleaf removed, back endpapers are slightly marked, else vg. 8vo, 131pp. A retelling of twenty-two legends about the creation of the world from a variety of California Indian tribes..

London: Ward, Lock & Co Book. Illus. by J.F. Campbell. Good. Hardcover. No Date (repr). Hardback: b/w frontispiece (J.F. CAMPBELL), dj is worn on the spine tips and corners, tape marks on the flap folds and spine tips, spine is a little faded, tape marks on the flaps & endpapers, foredge and internal foxing, frontispiece is partially loose, else g. 8vo, 252pp. The 7th Billabong book..

London: Perry Colour Books (A 'Do You Know' book) Book. Illus. by Leslie Butler. Very Good. Hardcover. No Date (ca 1950). This series is of the same format as Ladybird Books. The dj is a little rubbed at spine tips and lightly spotted on the reverse, colour decorated boards (as dj), some edge wear on title page foredge, else vg+. 12mo, 22pp. Illustrated in colour & in b/w by LESLIE BUTLER..

London: Julia MacRae Books, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardback; dj, fine. 8vo, 136pp. Two boys are drawn together when they investigate a mysterious railway crash which happened 70 years previously.

USA: Bowman (ABC Serendipity), 1974. Book. Illus. by Paul L. Taylor. Very Good. Hardcover. Copyright. Hardback: no dj, colour pictorial covers are a bit dusty, spine is faded, slight wear on the spine tips and corners, name on front flyleaf scribbled out, lower page edges lightly finger creased, small mark on page 5, else vg. obl 4to, 58pp. Designed and illustrated in colour by PAUL L. TAYLOR. An A to Z of animals but with a twist..

London: Ward Lock. No Date . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Paul Bransom, Harry Rountree. These 15 animal stories were originally published in various magazines in 1907/08/09. No dj, light brown cloth, corners slightly bumped, animal vignettes & spine lettering in black, 8 tinted plates: 3 by PAUL BRANSOM, 2 by HARRY ROUNTREE & 3 others, pictorial endpapers, some light foxing, inscription on reverse of frontispiece, vg. 8vo, 277pp.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1983. 2nd Impression . Hardcover. Very Good. Gareth Floyd. John and his father are determined to set up a bird-hospital in their tiny council house garden. Laminated colour pictorial boards, bump to back spine fold, name & address on front endpaper, vg. 8vo, 87pp.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell (School Edition) Book. Illus. by Eve Garnett, Thomas Derrick. Very Good. Hardcover. No Date (1932). 2 stories. #42 in the 'Continuous Stories' series. Hardback: no dj, covers are faded on the spine, colour picture pasted on the front (titled 'from "The Twelve Presents" and the edges of the picture look quite ragged but I have seen one other picture of the cover and it matches this), piece cut from top edge of front flyleaf, some foredge foxing, a few small internal marks, else vg. sm 4to, 31pp. The Bad Barons is illustrated in b/w by EVE GARNETT, Kings & Queens illustrated in b/w by THOMAS DERRICK..