| Richard Adams |
The Adventures & Brave Deeds Of The Ship's Cat On The Spanish Maine Together with Most Lamentable Losse of the Alcestis & Triumphant Firing of the Port of Chagres |
Cape 1977 First Edition First Printing - Issued Without Dust Jacket |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine, a touch of wear at the top board points and laminated covers a little rubbed Illustrated by Alan Aldridge |
£3.50 |
Truthfully Narrated in Verses by Mr. Richard Adams and in divers cunning and fantastical pictures by Mr. Alan Aldridge with Mr Harry Willock |
| Joan Aiken |
A Creepy Company |
Gollancz 1993 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and one small spot on lower page edges else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£7.50 |
"A terrifying Nordic curse and a legendary lost island with its own grim secret... A country garden inhabited by a deadly ghost... A strange family pet that becomes a haunting obsession... These are just a few of the eleven eerie stories... " |
| Joan Aiken |
A Fit Of Shivers |
Gollancz 1990 First Edition First Printing |
Bumped at top and slightly bumped base of spine and page edges and rear free end paper a little marked else Fine copy in like, slightly rubbed, price-clipped, Dust Jacket with a spot of wear at the top of the rear fold |
£7.50 |
Number Four, Bowstring Lane; Earrings; An L-shaped Grave; Something; Birthday Gifts; The Rose-garden Dream; Watkyn, Comma; The Shrieking Door; Cousin Alice and The Legacy |
| Joan Aiken |
A Goose on Your Grave |
Gollancz 1987 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at base of spine and top corners and page edges a little marked else Fine copy in slightly worn Dust Jacket with a little staining on the inside at the top of the rear fold |
£10.00 |
Your Mind Is A Mirror; Wing Quack Flap; Snow Horse; Potter’s Grey; The Old Poet; Lob’s Girl; The Last Specimen; The Lame King; Himer’s Whistle; The Blades and Aunt Susan |
| Joan Aiken |
Moon Cake and Other Stories |
Hodder & Stoughton 1998 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised and small fabric strains/tears at top of spine and lower rear corner else Fine copy in laminated board - as issued Illustrated by Wayne Anderson |
£10.00 |
"Powdered sea-horse. Green-glass tree snails. Moonbeams. Mrs Lallyday Lee knows the secret of Moon Cake. Will Tom be tempted to taste it? Let Bran's entrancing music lead you to a beautiful place. Follow the dancing palm tree to a lost treasure found. Listen to Mrs Quill's friend the wind blowing secrets from the world next door... " 14 stories |
| Joan Aiken |
The Teeth of the Gale |
Cape 1988 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and slightly bumped at base of spine and a few page corners creased else Fine copy in like, price-clipped, overstickered, Dust Jacket. |
£10.00 |
"...it is 'a matter of life and death', and for Felix the rescue mission offers a chance to see his beloved Juana again..." |
| Joan Aiken |
The Whispering Mountain |
Cape 1968 First Edition First Printing |
Bumped at base of spine, small mark to fore-edge of front board, page edges browned and water stained - around Very Good copy in worn, torn and lightly stained, price-clipped, Dust Jacket. |
£10.00 |
"An ancient bardic prophecy about the legendary golden Harp of Teirtu comes true in the reign of King James III. After lying hidden for centuries, the harp is rediscovered... by the grandfather of young Owen Hughes. But who is its rightful owner?... the harp is stolen... " |
| Eric Allen |
The Latchkey Children |
Oxford University Press 1963 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped and faded at top and base of spine, page edges a little marked and inscription on front free end paper (see below) else Fine copy in Dust Jacket with a touch of browning at the flap tips |
£15.00 |
"... the tree in the St. Justin's estate playground was their own special meeting place. but one day they discovered that the tree was to be replaced by... one simulated locomotive in a sand/cement agregate... What were they to do?... " Beatrice Murray's copy for rview on World of Books Jan 18 1964 and so inscribed on front free end paper. |
| David Almond |
Clay |
Hodder 2005 First Edition First Printing |
Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. Signed by the Author on the Title Page |
£10.00 |
"There's a stranger in town - Stephen Rose. He's got waxy skin, haunting eyes, a sickly smell. No parents. No friends. He's come to live with Crazy Mary. There are so many tales and rumours about him. One thing's certain: there's magic in the weird creatures he makes with clay... " |
| David Almond |
Heaven Eyes |
Hodder 2000 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and slight spine lean else Fine copy in slightly worn Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"It's easy. Running away from Whitegates. Erin and her running-away friend January do it all the time. But this time they're going down river. This time they might never come back. This time they're looking for a tiny corner of paradise. How could they imagine that what they'd find there would be Heaven Eyes... This girl who should have drowned at sea... " |
| David Almond |
Heaven Eyes |
Hodder 2000 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and slightly bumped at base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. Signed by the Author on the Title Page |
£10.00 |
"It's easy. Running away from Whitegates. Erin and her running-away friend January do it all the time. But this time they're going down river. This time they might never come back. This time they're looking for a tiny corner of paradise. How could they imagine that what they'd find there would be Heaven Eyes... This girl who should have drowned at sea... " |
| David Almond |
Kit's Wilderness |
Hodder 1999 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£15.00 |
"In Stonygate there was a wilderness, an empty space between the houses and the river where the ancient coal pit had once been. In the wilderness Kit met Askew, with his wild dog, Jax. Askew - who ran the game called Death. the wilderness where Kit begins to confront death - and life... " |
| Allen Andrews |
The Pig Plantagenet |
Hutchinson 1980 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Michael Foreman |
£7.50 |
"When the feudal lords of Poitou decide... to rid the nearby forest of wild animals, it is Plantagenet... who warns his cousin, the wild boar Grondin... and plays a key role in the wild animals' escape plan... leading up to the great pitched battle..." |
| Anonymous |
Authors' Choice 2 |
Hamish Hamilton 1973 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges a little marked else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
Stories chosen and introduced by Joan Aiken, John Christopher, Peter Dickinson, Mollie Hunter, Andre Norton, and written by Laurence Housman, Theodore Sturgeon, Walter de la Mare, Arthur Porges, Frank Stockton, Nicholas Stuart Gray, Oscar Wilde, Ray Bradbury and others |
| Louise Arnold |
The Invisible Friend |
Hodder 2005 First Edition First Printing |
Edges slightly rubbed - Near Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£5.00 |
"Grey Arthur is a ghost. Not a chain-rattling, dramatic-wailing type of ghost. He's a hazy, grey and not very ghost-like at all... Tom is a very normal boy... But somehow people at school don't seen to think that... People call him weird... Grey Arthur... decides he's going to be Tom's official Invisible Friend and help him solve his problems." |
| Avi |
The Christmas Rat |
Atheneum 2000 Third Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£4.00 |
""He is one weird Christmas visitor - his hair and moustache an unearthly white-blond, his voice a gruff rumble. he fills the apartment doorway. From two metal cases he produces what a boy would expect from an exterminator: Toxic roach powders and poisonous frog bombs. But a crossbow?... " |
| Tom Baker |
The Boy Who Kicked Pigs |
Faber 1999 First Edition First Printing - Issued Without Dust Jacket |
Page edges a little browned and covers slightly rubbed else Fine copy in laminated boards Illustrated by David Roberts |
£5.00 |
"Robert Caligari is a thoroughly evil thirteen-year-old who gets his kicks from kicking pigs. After a humiliating episode with a bacon butty, Robert realises just how much he loathes the human race - and his revenge is truly terrible... " |
| Blue Balliett |
Chasing Vermeer |
Chicken House 2005 First Edition in the UK First Printing |
Plain matt black covers slightly rubbed else Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy Illustrated by Brett Helquist |
£5.00 |
"I love mysteries - and especially when it's the adults who are bemused, befuddled... and finally outwitted! Blue Balliett sets you a cracker - with wonderful villains and an intriguing puzzle solving solution. Are you smart enough?... " |
| Lynne Reid Banks |
The Key to the Indian |
Collins 1999 First Edition in the UK First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"... Omri's dad has found Omri's greatest secret... the magic cupboard that turns plastic toy figures into real live little people from the past; and the key made by his 'wicked' great-great aunt, that can transform certain containers into time-machines and take present-day people back into the past... Omri and his father... go back two hundred years to the time of Little Bull... " |
| Stephen Baxter |
The Web |
Dolphin 1997-8 All Are First Edition First Printing (Paper) |
Covers slightly rubbed else Fine copies Gulliverzone, Spiderbite & Lightstorm signed by Stephen Baxter, Graham Joyce & Peter Hamilton respectively, on the title pages |
£15.00 |
The first six in The Web series: Gulliverzone by Stephen Baxter; Dreamcastle by Stephen Bowkett; Untouchable by Eric Brown; Spiderbite by Graham Joyce; Lightstorm by Peter F. Hamilton and Sorceress by Maggie Furey. Adventures in the year 2027 in and around The Web! |
| Stephen Baxter |
The Web Gulliverzone |
Orion 1997 First Edition First Printing - Issued Without Dust Jacket |
Fine copy in laminated boards, as issued. Signed by the Author on the Title Page |
£10.00 |
"February 7th 2027, World Peace Day. All over the world the celebrations are in full swing. There's even free access to the Web today... A chance for Sarah to leave behind the realities of life with her father and enter the fantastic world of the GULLIVERZONE. February 7th 2027, a day of danger beyond imagination." |
| Stephen Baxter |
The Web Part II |
Dolphin 1998-9 All Are First Edition First Printing (Paper) |
Covers slightly rubbed else Fine copies |
£15.00 |
The second and last six in The Web series: Webcrash by Stephen Baxter; Cydonia by Ken Macleod, Computopia by James Lovegrove, Spindrift by Maggie Furey, Avatar by Pat Cadigan and Walkabout by Eric Brown. Adventures in the year 2027 in and around The Web! |
| Sarah Baylis |
The Tomb of Reeds |
Julia MacRae 1987 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and a few corners folded else Fine copy in torn and slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. |
£3.00 |
"An old golden crown, intricately patterned with spirals and symbols, is found on the riverbank. When Bridey puts on the crown she feels somehow transformed... Could the crown have belonged to Brigit, goddess and warrior queen of the past... why should Bridey feel a sudden affinity... " |
| BB |
Bill Badger and the Wandering Wind |
Methuen 1981 First Edition Thus First Printing |
Slightly bumped at base of spine, boards slightly bowed and page edges a little age-darkened - Near Fine copy in slightly browned Dust Jacket with red spine panel lettering a little faded. Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford |
£50.00 |
"... Bill Badger can't believe it when the old blind beggar rat tells him his fortune... he is given the chance of a lifetime, Matty McVole, the boatbuilder, presents him with Wandering Wind, the narrow boat he has always dreamed of owning. So Bill Badger and Izzybizzy the hedgehog set off with a cargo of conkers and... a treasure... " |
| BB |
The Wizard of Boland |
Kaye & Ward 1977 |
Bruised at top and base of spine and boards slightly bowed else Fine copy in slightly creased and browned Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Denys Watkins-Pitchford |
£35.00 |
"... the Forest of Boland and the creatures who live there - scheming gnomes, black cats, dragons, cowzies, and, most exciting of all, the Wizard. In the valley nearby... a little goosegirl called Helda... upsets the Wizard and he, irritated, decides to cast a spell on her... " |
| Beth Hamilton Bell |
Lord Ham |
John F. Blair 1960 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in slightly rubbed and creased Dust Jacket with a small chip missing from base of front fold |
£7.50 |
"... Mistress Bonnie... was sent to London to live with a cousin... she was surprised to find that the door knocker was only three inches from the bottom of the door. She... discovered... her cousin was entirely different from anyone she had ever known. His whiskers stuck out like little white wire, his nose was rough and rubbery and almost always moist, and his little round ears and luxuriant coat of fur reminded her of a toy bear... " |
| John Bellamy |
Daily Mail Boys Annual |
Associated Newspapers ca 1950 |
Extremities slightly bumped, cover edges worn, page edges browned - Very Good copy (no dust jacket) |
£5.00 |
14 Stories (including W. E. Johns The Case of the Two Bright Boys); 2 Picture-strips; 1 True-Life Story; 3 Full-Colour Features; 5 Hobbies and Things to Make and Do; 8 Articles and Features and 8 Puzzles, Problems and Quizzes - none completed. |
| Luc Besson |
Arthur and the Minimoys |
Faber 2005 First Edition First Printing |
Corners and edges slightly rubbed, light crease to rear cover, one corner creased and lower page edges marked - Very Good Uncorrected Proof Copy Translated by Ellen Sowchek |
£5.00 |
"... Minimoys... are less than an inch tall... Arthur has three days to discover the Minimoys, recover stolen treasure, fight a force of mosquito-riding warriors, defeat an evil wizard and return to save the family home All the more difficult if you've been shrunk to the size of a Minimoy... " Published 2 months before the US Hardback edition |
| Malorie Blackman |
Cloud Busting |
Doubleday 2004 First Edition First Printing |
Edges slightly rubbed, and page edges a little marked and bumped - Near Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£4.00 |
"... Davey is the new boy - he has holes in his jumper and strange ideas in his head. Sam can't stand him; he thinks Davey's a first-class, grade A, top-of-the-dung-heap moron. But when the two boys are thrown together, Sam finds that Davey's eccentric way of looking at the world makes life a lot more exciting, until... " Told in verse |
| Gary Blackwood |
The Year of the Hangman |
Dutton 2002 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at base of spine and page edges a little marked else Fine copy in like, slightly creased, Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"... The year is 1777. The rebellious American colonies have been soundly defeated by the powerful British redcoats. General George Washington has been captured and is to hang... " |
| Stephen Bowkett |
Dreamtime |
Dolphin 2000 All Are First Edition First Printing (Paper) (Four Volumes) |
Fine Copies Appropriate volumes signed by Christopher Evans & Colin Greenland on the Title Pages |
£10.00 |
Dreamcatcher by Stephen Bowkett; Ice Tower by Christopher Evans; Shadowsong by Jenny Jones and Spritfeather by Colin Greenland - Linked tetralogy of YA novels - "In the world of dreamtime anything can happen... Be careful what you wish for... " |
| Stephen Bowkett |
The Web Dreamcastle |
Orion 1997 First Edition First Printing - Issued Without Dust Jacket |
Corners bruised else Fine copy in laminated boards |
£10.00 |
"The year: 2027. The place: everywhere. DREAMCASTLE, the meanest, the most venomous, of all the countless thousands of virtual reality gamezones in the Web. It's the ultimate test. A vast maze of tunnels and rooms, haunted by firedrakes and stormdragons and at its very centre, the Dark Lord... " |
| Max Brand |
The White Cheyenne |
Hodder & Stoughton 1961 First Edition in the UK First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges a little browned and marked else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. |
£10.00 |
"Lost Wolf was a white man, but he lived with the Cheyenne Indians, a terror to even the tough and wicked Zander City. He chose the young runaway Terence Rivers as his friend and companion, and the girl Terence loved for his squaw." |
| Herbie Brennan |
Faerie Wars |
Bloomsbury 2003 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and small surface tear to front gutter else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket with matching tear through jacket. |
£5.00 |
"When a rebel prince comes into conflict with some demons and a group of unscrupulous faeries of the night, things get very exciting. On top of this, court intrigue and a cunning plot to kill an Emperor send the faerie realm to the brink of chaos... " |
| Herbie Brennan |
The Purple Emperor |
Bloomsbury 2004 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at base of spine and page edges a little browned else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket with top edge slightly rubbed and two tiny scrapes on rear fold |
£5.00 |
"Even a Faerie Prince must follow in his father's footsteps. But what happens if your father comes back from the grave?... the Purple Emperor has become an ally of the Faeries of the Night... Madness is unleashed and the old order is seriously under threat... Henry arrives from the human realm to help... " Sequel to Faerie Wars. |
| Herbie Brennan |
The Purple Emperor |
Bloomsbury 2004 First Edition First Printing |
Edges slightly rubbed, faint cover crease, faint mark to page edges - Near Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£5.00 |
"Even a Faerie Prince must follow in his father's footsteps. But what happens if your father comes back from the grave?... the Purple Emperor has become an ally of the Faeries of the Night... Madness is unleashed and the old order is seriously under threat... Henry arrives from the human realm to help... " Sequel to Faerie Wars. |
| Edwy Searles Brooks |
Expelled! |
Howard Baker/Greyfriars Library 1972 First Edition in Hardback First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and old price in pencil on front free end paper else Fine copy in slightly faded, rubbed and creased Dust Jacket. |
£7.50 |
"The Remove versus the Fourth of St Frank's... starts as a series of practical jokes but the 'jokes' become vicious and violent... Walter Church of the Remove is threatened by ruthless enemies... the school is told that 'Church' has died and he is smuggled away... " Originally published as 8 booklets in 1927. |
| Eric Brown |
British Front |
Barrington Stoke 2005 First Edition First Printing (Paper) |
Fine copy |
£5.00 |
"An ordinary camping trip goes horribly wrong. Al and Jenny find themselves in 2055... and the future is grim. The countryside is full of troops and army tanks. But worse than that, there are no black people, no Asian people... only white people are left. Something dreadful has happened... " Trade paperback original SF novella. |
| Eric Brown |
The Web Untouchable |
Orion 1997 First Edition First Printing - Issued Without Dust Jacket |
Bruised at base of spine else Fine copy. Signed by the Author on the Title Page |
£10.00 |
"... Life might be easier for most people in 2027 but for Ana Devi, whose only home is the streets of New Delhi, it's a battle for survival. She's certainly never dreamed of visiting the bright virtual worlds of the Web.. But the Web holds the secret to what has happened to her brother and to dozens of other New Delhi street children... " |
| Francis Bryant |
Jim Hawkins and the Curse of Treasure Island |
Orion 2001 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Peter Bailey |
£5.00 |
"... Jim Hawkins, the cabin boy who narrated the story, returned to live in the English countryside... one day, ten years after his return, a beautiful stranger and her young son come looking for Jim Hawkins, and he is lead back to the south seas, to even greater danger than before... " |
| Anthony Buckeridge |
Speaking of Jennings! |
Collins 1973 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and top corners, and page edges slightly marked - Very Good to Near Fine Copy copy in like Dust Jacket with the price removed and a small circle of white material (3mm dia.) trapped under the front cover lamination. |
£20.00 |
"It was the list of secondhand bargains advertised out side the village shop that sparked off the brilliant money-making scheme in Jenning's mind. In theory, Jennings' plan seemed flawless: in practice, it was unworkable and involved the boys... in a series of alarming situations... " |
| Melvin Burgess |
The Baby and Fly Pie |
Anderson Press 1993 First Edition First Printing - Issued Without Dust Jacket |
Faint marking to page edges else Fine copy in laminated boards - as issued |
£7.50 |
"'We are the Rubbish kids, losers and orphans. Every day we go to the Tip to sort rubbish for Mother Shelly.' But one day everything changes for Fly Pie and Sham when they find a baby on the Tip - a baby worth 17 million pounds... " |
| Trudi Canavan |
The Magicians' Guild |
Atom 2005 First Edition in Hardback First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges a little marked else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"Each year the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city streets of beggars, urchins and miscreants. Masters of the disciplines of magic, they know that no one can oppose them. But... an untrained magician s loose... She must be found, and quickly... " Followed by The Novice and The High Lord. |
| Hugh B. Cave (Also as C. H. Barnett, Cary Barnett; Allen Beck; Judy Case; Justin Case; J. C. Cole; Jack D'Arcy; William Decatur, Carl Hughes, R. T. Maynard; Max Neilson; Maxwell Smith; Geoffrey Vace; John Wayne) |
Uncharted Voyage |
Collins 1989 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top of spine and page edges a little browned else Fine copy in like, unpriced, Dust Jacket. |
£7.50 |
"The summer Vinnie Blake turns eleven, his father escapes from prison... Vinnie is overjoyed to see his father and gladly sneaks out at night, taking food to his hideout on a deserted schooner. But keeping the secret from his mother isn't easy. And the strain increases when Vinnie and his father decide to do up the ship and sail away with her... " |
| Joy Chant (Eileen Joyce Rutter) |
The Grey Mane Of Morning |
Allen & Unwin 1977 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges slightly browned else Near Fine copy in slightly worn Dust Jacket with spine panel slightly faded. |
£7.50 |
"... This is the oldest of the stories of the land of Vandarei and deals with a time long before the Harani came to the Starlit land. It is not told here as the poets of a later age told it but as it happened. It tells of the beginning of Vandarei's history: of the rousing of the Gentle People: and of the first of the heroes." |
| John Christopher (Also as Hilary Ford; William Godfrey; Peter Graaf; Peter Nichols; Anthony Rye; William Vine; Stanley Winchester; Christopher Youd & Samuel Youd) |
Beyond The Burning Lands |
Hamish Hamilton 1971 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and slight glue transfer from rear fixed end paper to top edge of last few pages else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. |
£10.00 |
"... Luke... returns from Sanctuary tot he world of conflict outside, and to renew friendship with his half-brother Peter, the Prince of Winchester. He is, however, a pawn in Peter's power game... Luke is once more named as Prince-in-Waiting, and is sent on an expedition to the land of the Wilsh, beyond the Burning Lands... " |
| John Christopher |
New Found Land |
Gollancz 1983 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top of spine and previous owner's name on front free end paper else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. |
£15.00 |
"... Simon and Brad were on the other side of the Fireball - a whirling ball of light which had transported them from a quiet London suburb to a terrifying 'if' world... an alternative North America, even more fantastically changed than the Europe they left behind." Sequel to Fireball. |
| Scott Ciencin |
Dinoverse |
Random House 1999 First Edition First Printing Note - Numerical Sequence ends with a 1! |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Mike Fredericks |
£5.00 |
"Survival of the fittest has always been the rule at Wetherford Junior High. So when Bertram Philips's science fair project sends his mind back 67 million years, he's well prepared. After all, as the class brain, he's learned how to avoid predators. But Bertram's not prepared for his new tanklike, spike-backed Ankylosaurus form... " |
| Joan Clarke |
Foxon's Hole |
Cape 1969 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges a little marked and age-darkened else Fine copy in torn and slightly worn Dust Jacket with the price removed Frontispiece and end-paper maps by Pat Marriott |
£4.00 |
"A mysterious research establishment up on the moors; a cave fifty thousand years old; a top-secret experiment; a strange, wild boy found half-dead by the roadside... the skeleton of a boy from the Ice Age... tamperings with time... " |
| David Clement-Davies |
The Sight |
Macmillan 2001 First Edition First Printing |
Covers slightly rubbed and creased and one bump to page edges - Very Good to Near Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£3.00 |
"In the icy shadow of the Carpathian mountains, a pack of wolves seeks shelter, struggling to survive in a barren winter. A legend clings to them - a story of man and wolf, of a gift and a curse. The story of the Sight has been with the wolves for ever - but now its eerie powers seem to be coming true... " |
| Eoin Colfer |
Artemis Fowl |
Puffin 2001 First Edition First Printing |
A couple of small, light wrinkles in the spine panel, top front corner slightly rubbed and page edges a little browned else Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy with decorated card covers - as issued |
£80.00 |
"Twelve year old Artemis Fowl is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom, once he's cracked the fairy code and exposed the secrets... But leprechaun technology is more advanced than Artemis anticipates... " Supplied with the 'Crack the Code' competition slip. |
| Eoin Colfer |
Artemis Fowl The Arctic Incident |
Puffin 2002 First Edition First Printing |
Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£7.50 |
"... Someone has been supplying Class A illegal human power sources to the goblins. Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit is sure that the person responsible is her arch-enemy, thirteen-year-old Artemis Fowl... Artemis has his own problems... his father is being held to ransom and only a miracle will save him... " |
| Eoin Colfer |
Artemis Fowl The Opal Deception |
Puffin 2005 First Edition First Printing - Issued Simultaneously |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"The fairy People have wiped all knowledge of their world from the brain of the only human they're scared of: criminal genius Artemis Fowl. But now the evil pixie Opal Koboi is back on the scent and the People need Artemis - and fast. " |
| Eoin Colfer |
Artemis Fowl The Opal Deception |
Puffin 2005 First Edition First Printing - Issued Simultaneously |
Covers lightly creased, page edges slightly marked and a couple of biro words on the last page - Very Good Uncorrected Proof Copy. |
£10.00 |
"The fairy People have wiped all knowledge of their world from the brain of the only human they're scared of: criminal genius Artemis Fowl. But now the evil pixie Opal Koboi is back on the scent and the People need Artemis - and fast. " |
| Eoin Colfer |
Half Moon Investigations |
Puffin 2006 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and corners slightly rubbed else Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£10.00 |
"Meet Fletcher Moon. Half-pint schoolboy and fully qualified private investigator. Since graduating online, he has solved all sorts of minor mysteries at school and at home. It was only a matter of time before things got serious... " |
| Eoin Colfer |
The Legend of Spud Murphy |
Puffin 2004 First Edition First Printing |
Edges slightly rubbed else Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£10.00 |
"Spud Murphy keeps order in her library with a myriad of tricks and rumours of a gas-powered spud gun. Will brothers Marty and Will be bored senseless by summer-holiday afternoons in the library where a titter could get you spudded? Or will they discover a new interest... " |
| Eoin Colfer |
The Wish List |
O'Brien Press 2000 First Edition First Printing (Paper) (With number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10) |
Covers and edges slightly rubbed and small, light cover crease else Fine Copy. |
£50.00 |
"Meg Finn is in trouble. Unearthly trouble. Cast out of her own home by her stepfather... Meg is a wanderer... But after a botched attempt to rob a pensioner's flat, Meg... ends up in a very sticky situation. Meg's soul is up for grabs... Her only chance for salvation is the Wish List... " Very Scarce. |
| D. M. Cornish |
Monster Blood Tattoo Book One: Foundling |
David Fickling 2007 First Edition Thus First Printing - Issued Without Dust Jacket |
Bruised at top and base of spine, back panel with a couple of rubs and a small, light scratch else Fine copy in laminated boards - as issued Illustrations by the Author |
£5.00 |
"The vast lands of the Half-Continent bear the scars of centuries of conflict between monsters and men. Only the hardiest of souls now travel the inland ways: merchants, imperial messengers and - bravest of all - the monster hunters... Not that Rossamund Bookchild should worry... " With 100 page Explicarium - an illustrated guide to the Half-Continent... |
| Helen Cresswell |
The Return of the Psammead |
BBC 1992 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like, slightly creased, Dust Jacket. Illustrated by John Holder |
£7.50 |
"There were once five children who spent their summer holidays in a white house situated between and sand-pit and a chalk-pit. One day they found a strange creature living in the sand... This was the last of the Psammeads - a sand fairy with the power to grant people their wishes... " |
| Helen Cresswell |
The White Sea Horse |
Chatto, Boyd & Oliver 1972 First Edition Thus First Printing Illustrated by Robin Jaques |
Near Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£4.00 |
"Why should the little white horse who is drawn up from the depths of the sea bring such surprise and upset to the people of Piskerton? For how long will the livelihood of the families of Little Shrimpton be threatened by curiously empty nets with which the fishing fleet returns? And how, even though the sea is forty miles away from the Captain's cottage, does it come to be flooded... ?" |
| Kevin Crossley-Holland |
Arthur At The Crossing-Places |
Orion 2001 First Edition First Printing |
Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"It is 1200 and young Arthur de Caldicot is all set to accompany Lord Stephen de Holt on the fourth crusade... There is a murder. There is a girl... The exciting and bewildering events in Arthur's own life are reflected in his magical seeing stone, where he sees and steps into stories revolving around his namesake, the young King Arthur... " Second in the Arthur trilogy. |
| David Cunningham |
Cloud World |
Faber 2006 First Edition First Printing (Paper) |
A little wear to spine corners and rear top corner, else Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£5.00 |
"Imagine a planet entirely covered in clouds, imagine an ocean of cloud, stretching away... imagine a citadel standing on each peak... Heliopolis, a prosperous citadel divided into five layers... But there is one uncertainty... What lies beneath the impenetrable sea of cloud?... 14-year-old Pohl is about to find out... " |
| Chris Curley |
The Doorkeepers |
Oxford University Press 1989 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges a little browned else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"... What Robbie doesn't know is that there's already an adventure hiding in their house. Pocket, the fairy, demands their help... then all sorts of strange things begin to happen... their wishes come true - but never in the way they mean! And adults soon get very suspicious... " |
| Jane Louise Curry |
Shadow Dancers |
Atheneum 1983 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and front free end paper slightly marked else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket |
£7.50 |
"Three of the fabled Twelve Stones of the Aldar are missing and the young conjuror Lek, wrongfully accused of stealing the third, Nirim the Worldstone, braves the dark Shadowlands in search of the legendary Opal Mountains of Astarlind... where the Twelve Stones were mined... " |
| Jane Louise Curry |
The Birdstones |
Kestrel 1978 First Edition in the UK First Printing |
Bruised at top of spine else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"Soon after school opened in Apple Lock that autumn a series of inexplicable and seemingly unrelated happenings plunged Mike... and his friends into a mysterious adventure that had its beginnings sixteen hundred years before on a small island in the Ohio River..." |
| Anna Dale |
Whispering to Witches |
Bloomsbury 2004 First Edition First Printing |
Bumped at top of spine and covers slightly worn - Very Good Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£5.00 |
"... Joe is travelling to stay with his mother and stepfather for Christmas... Before the journey is over he finds himself part of a dramatic conspiracy surrounding an ancient book of magic, and embroiled in a world of witches, spells and cunning plots... " |
| Annie Dalton |
Out of the Ordinary |
Methuen 1988 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and top page edges a little slightly bumped and browned else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket |
£15.00 |
"'Ordinary is written all over me,' thinks Molly Gurney, 'and probably all through me too, like seaside rock!'... Inexplicably, her hastily scribbled advert for a holiday job ('Quests undertaken, lost things found, enchantments broken... ') is transfigured into Words of Power that reach beyond the Gurney's shabby kitchen to touch another world - and change Molly's for ever... " |
| Lionel Davidson (Also as David Line) |
Under Plum Lake |
Cape 1980 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and lower rear corner and top page edges foxed else Fine copy in slightly creased and rubbed Dust Jacket with the price removed. Illustrated by Mike Wilks |
£10.00 |
"... a journey into a world of marvels... for Dido takes him home to Egon and its realms under the sea... boundless exhilarating fun... the thrills of Plum Lake, whizzing down power slopes of a switched-on mountain, sky-diving in kites over aromatic water... Yet beneath Plum Lake is a world... where time slows, then stops, and you can feel your ideas forming... " |
| D. J. Denney |
Young Winter's Tales 8 |
Macmillan 1978 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£7.50 |
"An eighth annual winter garland of stories and poems, all of them new... creepy tales... and comic ones, historical and fantastic, even a ghoulish essay in S.F... " By Nicholas Fisk, Rosemary Harris, Diana Wynne Jones, Jan Mark, John Pudney Barbara Willard and others... |
| Kate Di Camillo |
The Tale of Despereaux |
Walker 2004 First Edition in the UK First Printing (2004 Newberry Medal Winner) |
Top front corner bruised and creased else Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£7.50 |
"... the tale of a tiny, sickly mouse with unusually large ears... of a beautiful flaxen-haired princess... a poor deaf serving girl... of impossible love, of bravery and old-fashioned courage... " |
| John Dickinson |
The Cup of the World |
David Fickling 2004 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"... Phaedra, Daughter of the Warden of Trant, puts her trust in a man she has only met in dreams. He can see far, and speak far, and pass where no man should be able to pass. With him she may escape to a new beginning... " |
| John Dickinson |
The Cup of the World |
David Fickling 2004 First Edition First Printing |
Front covers lightly creased, edges slightly rubbed and a couple of page edges slightly bumped else Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£7.50 |
"... Phaedra, Daughter of the Warden of Trant, puts her trust in a man she has only met in dreams. He can see far, and speak far, and pass where no man should be able to pass. With him she may escape to a new beginning... " |
| Peter Dickinson |
The Blue Hawk |
Gollancz 1976 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. Illustrated by David Smee |
£20.00 |
"... Tron, a boy with a hawk on his wrist, tame only for him. From the moment when he first touches the bird, the destiny of a nation seems to be woven into his actions. He hears the Gods whisper in his heart; he obeys their word and the world changes. This is a story of... a civilisation which might exist in the distant past or far future, a time when... Gods rule and are obeyed... " |
| Peter Dickinson |
The Gift Boat |
Macmillan 2004 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. |
£7.50 |
"The model of the boat that Grandad is making for Gavin's birthday is perfect down to the tiniest detail. All she needs is the perfect name. Gavin chooses Selkie... Grandad is suddenly struck down by a massive stroke... somehow the boat, and the selkies, hold the key to saving him... " |
| Peter Dickinson |
The Ropemaker |
Macmillan 2001 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. |
£7.50 |
"...Tilja and Tahl... must set out on a desperate quest... to find the one man who can renew... ancient power... to utter his name means death... a mysterious stranger... appears in many disguises. friend? Or deadly enemy? And is he the magician who will command the secrets that weave and unweave the rope of time itself?... " |
| Peter Dickinson |
The Tears of the Salamander |
Macmillan 2003 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Ian Andrew |
£5.00 |
"In one of the great cities of medieval Italy, Alfredo sings for pure joy in the cathedral choir... Uncle Giorgio suddenly arrives to spirit him far away... on the slopes of a great volcano, the man they call Master of the Mountain unfolds the destiny he has planned for his nephew... His fate is linked with the magical salamanders... " |
| Joe Donnelly |
Jack Flint and the Redthorn Sword |
Orion 2007 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"... Corriwen Redthorn, dangerous with her twin daggers, is the orphaned daughter of a Temair chieftain. Her wicked Uncle Mandrake has seized the Redthorn sword and plans to use it to raise the deadly Morrigan... Jack, Kerry and Corrie must save the kingdom and themselves. The Book of Ways will lead them... " First in the series... |
| Douglas V. Duff |
The Man From Outer Space |
Blackie Undated |
Bruised at base of spine, pages browned and boards stained else Fine copy in worn, torn and creased Dust Jacket. |
£2.50 |
"Roger Lindlay... is lucky when he falls overboard from his ship, for.. she is torpedoed by a mysterious submarine of an unknown type... at last reaching... South America... he runs into new dangers... presently finding himself... captive... the dread head and organiser of the vast and sinister scheme... The 'man from outer space' - known as The Ancient... " |
| Sylvia Engdahl |
Enchantress from the Stars |
Gollancz 1974 First Edition in the UK First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and with one bump to top edge of front board else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket with a little wear to the top of each fold. |
£7.50 |
"Who was... this mysterious Enchantress from the Stars? To Georyn... she was a fairytale enchantress who appeared... to help him conquer the evil dragon... To Jarel... she was an unforgettable enigma who entrusted him with a secret dangerous enough to cost him his life... She was... a student... who... should never have been included... in the landing craft..." |
| Nancy Farmer |
The Ear The Eye and The Arm |
Orchard Books 1994 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at base of spine and faint damp marking at lower edge of rear board else Fine copy in slightly creased Dust Jacket with a little damp marking at lower edge of rear panel. |
£15.00 |
"Harare, Zimbabwe: 2194 Guarding the family estate are electrified wire, alarms, machine guns - and an automatic Doberman (computer animated). Tendai and his younger sister and brother... are the children of... the country's Chief of Security. Aren't they the ideal victims for Fist and Knife to kidnap?... " |
| Winifred Finlay |
Beadbonny Ash |
Harrap 1973 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and lower corners, lower boards edges slightly marked and a couple of page corners creased else Fine copy in price-clipped, overprinted Dust Jacket worn at the base of the front fold. |
£3.00 |
"... the Celtic culture of the sixth century, with Argyll, Mull and Iona as its principal setting. A party of modern teenage girls and boys find themselves magically transported to this distant world... to the times of the Picts, the Kingdom of Dalriada and the coming of St Columba to Argyll." |
| Nicholas Fisk (David Lee Higginbottom) |
Antigrav |
Kestrel 1978 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in slightly creased and worn Dust Jacket with one small tear. |
£7.50 |
"A tiny island off Scotland, surrounded by deep blue sea... an ideal place for a group of international scientists to take a break... But lying innocently on the strand was a single red pebble... Pog found it. His older sister Mee and her new-found friend, Train, discovered its remarkable powers... " |
| Nicholas Fisk (David Lee Higginbottom) |
Mindbenders |
Viking Kestrel 1987 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine, spine panel a little faded, previous owner's name on front fixed end paper and page edges slightly marked else Fine copy in laminated boards - as issued |
£5.00 |
"Vinny and Toby just hate the regular visits from their bossy Aunt Craven. She obviously despises the children... her leaving present is a formicarium... What kind of fun could you have with a colony of ants? But as time passes, the children find themselves... drawn to stare and stare into the glass case... then the ants decide to grow... " |
| Antonia Forrest |
The Attic Term |
Faber 1976 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and top page edges foxed else Fine copy in slightly foxed, price-clipped, Dust Jacket. |
£30.00 |
"Ginty Marlow had spent most of a bloissful summer holiday in the company of Patrick Merrick, and coming back to school was a wrench. Still worse was the news that her friend Monica had had a bad accident... school seemed surprisingly savourless until... she thought of telephoning Patrick... " |
| Cornelia Funke |
Inkheart |
Chicken House 2003 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and bruised at base of spine else Fine copy in slightly creased Dust Jacket. |
£15.00 |
"Meggie loves books. So does her father, Mo... a stranger arrives with a warning. The next day, Mo starts packing... They must go into hiding... He has the amazing ability to breathe life into stories, to make characters come alive. Years ago, he accidentally released a merciless villain from a book called Inkheart... " |
| Monica Furlong |
A Year and a Day |
Gollancz 1990 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at base of spine, page edges slightly browned and two page corners creased else Fine copy in Dust Jacket with a 1mm tear at base of spine and a touch of wear |
£5.00 |
"Juniper, a young Celtic princess, fears her godmother Euny... a wise woman... Juniper has always been wary of her own strange powers. Under Euny's harsh tutoring, she learns to understand and use them. A year and a day later when her instruction is over she returns to her family, only to discover that a malaise is destroying her father's... kingdom... " Prequel to Wise Child |
| Craig Shaw Gardner |
Batman |
Macdonald 1989 First Edition in the UK & First Hardback First Printing |
Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£7.50 |
The book of the film - with 8 pages of colour photographs. |
| Sally Gardner |
I, Coriander |
Orion 2005 First Edition First Printing |
Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£10.00 |
"I looked back into the bedchamber. The floor had become a sea and the bed a ship, seen from a great distance. I could hear voices calling me from far away. It was an image that came to haunt me, and I have often wondered what would have happened if I had done as I was told and left the silver shoes alone." |
| Leon Garfield |
The Ghost Downstairs |
Longman 1972 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and previous owner's name and date in pen on front free end paper else Fine copy in slightly worn Dust Jacket with smudged 'reflection' of name on front flap Illustrated by Antony Maitland |
£4.00 |
"Two Devils lived in Mr Fast: envy and loneliness. Together they gnawed at him; drained the colour from his face, the lustre from his eyes and the charity from his heart. By day he worked as a solicitor's clerk and at night... his two devils would get to work and the clerk would dream of power, wealth and influence... " |
| Alan Garner |
Granny Reardun |
Collins 1977 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in slightly creased, price clipped, Dust Jacket with 'ghost' of old price sticker on front flap |
£7.50 |
"Joseph watched as the Allmans' house was pulled down. It had been built of good dimension stone, and there was no more left in the quarry... his grandfather was a stonemason... He had to be different from his grandfather, and stone felt heavy and cruel... the story of the day Joseph decided his future... " |
| Mary Gentle (Also as Roxanne Morgan) |
A Hawk In Silver |
Lothrop 1977 First Edition in the US First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and top corners and page edges a little marked else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket with a touch of wear at the base of the spine panel. |
£7.50 |
"The moment Holly picks up the strange silver coin glinting in the gutter, her whole life changes... Holly and her friend Chris find themselves involved in the centuries-long feud between the two people of Faerie - the Elukoi and the Morkani... " |
| David Gerrold |
Jumping Off The Planet |
Tor 2000 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"Caught in the crossfire in a corporate battle for global domination, a young man must choose between his home on Earth and a new life on the lunar frontier... But too late Charles discovers that his father... is smuggling a form of synthetic intelligence that a rival corporation would kill to obtain... " |
| Nick Gifford (Keith Brooke) |
Flesh & Blood |
Puffin 2004 First Edition First Printing (Paper) |
Front corners slightly rubbed else Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£5.00 |
"Matt is haunted by vivid, disturbing dreams of a parallel world full of evil. violence and destruction. But when he discovers a portal in his grandparents' cellar, he realises that this world is real - and his whole family is part of its immense power. Matt has to find a way to control it... " |
| Morris Gleitzman |
Once |
Puffin 2006 First Edition in the UK First Printing (Paper) |
Edges slightly rubbed else Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£3.00 |
"Once there was a boy called Felix, who had a big imagination and a heart full of optimism. Once his Polish/Jewish bookseller parents left him in an orphanage before being wrenched away by the Nazis. Once he set out to find them and, in the process, saved someone else's life. Once Felix's whole world changed forever... " |
| Debi Gliori |
Pure Dead Wicked |
Doubleday 2002 First Edition First Printing - Issued Without Dust Jacket |
Slightly bumped at base of spine and small scratch to silver inlay on rear panel else Fine copy |
£10.00 |
"Disaster strikes at StregaSchloss! The roof of the old castle is falling down and the Strega-Borgia family have to move out. The mythical beasts and the magical nanny come too. But the talking tarantula, the frozen granny and a trickle of tincture are left behind... " Second in the series |
| George Goldsmith-Carter |
Lord of The Chained |
Lothrop Lee & Shepard 1972 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in torn and creased Dust Jacket. |
£2.50 |
"Asa and Anna, sixteen-year-old twins, live... in a tiny ninth century English stronghold of Christianity. One windy threatening day, while walking along a cliff edge, brother and sister meet the Lord of the Chained, who leads them to Idavoll, the realm of the gods... their mission is to bring peace to the gods of the ancient world and to help give birth to a new one... " |
| John Gordon |
Catch Your Death and Other Ghost Stories |
Patrick Hardy 1984 First Edition First Printing - Issued Without Dust Jacket |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine, fore-edge of front board and spine panels slightly faded, a few very small wear spots and a repaired lamination tear at the top edge of the rear board, page edges slightly marked, small gift inscription on front fixed end paper and laminated boards with a few fine scratches - Very Good Illustrated by Jeremy Ford |
£20.00 |
Well-regarded and scarce collection: Never Grow Up; Catch Your Death; If She Bends, She Breaks; Joby's Pint; Half A Crown; The Girl Outside; Oh, My Bairn; Little Black Pies; and The Pot of Basil. Scarce. |
| John Gordon |
Gilray's Ghost |
Walker 1995 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£7.50 |
"...In a pyramid-shaped tomb, in the forest, lie the remains of Doctor Septimus Carr. An evil necromancer, he believed the bodily fluids of virgins could rejuvenate him, his grisly experiments claiming the life of a servant girl. Now, two centuries later, another girl is in mortal danger... Gilray has flown back in time to try to prevent the wickedness he fears is looming... " |
| John Gordon |
The Flesh Eater |
Walker 1998 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£7.50 |
"Harry Hogge has a beautiful girlfriend and an uncomplicated existence ... until Emma Judd bursts into his life... weird things are happening... a secret and sinister club is meeting... a woman plays cards while listening to a murder being committed elsewhere... And underground something monstrous is stirring from centuries of sleep, with a hunger for flesh... " |
| John Gordon |
The Spitfire Grave And Other Stories |
Kestrel 1979 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket with the price removed, spine panel background slightly faded and a small stain on the inside (no show-through). |
£15.00 |
"... one of nine stories by this master of chilling and eerie tales, in which apparently ordinary people - a small child, an industrious clerk, and a newly married couple, for instance - find themselves inextricably caught up in events and situations both terrifying and uncanny... " |
| Barbara Griffiths |
A Gruesome Body |
Anderson Press 1994 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top of spine else Fine copy in Fine Dust Jacket. Illustrated by the Author |
£4.00 |
"Whatever haunts your dreams, these stories are guaranteed to stretch your imagination to the very limits of horror. The innocence of a day on the beach or a trip to the cinema will be lost forever... These chilling tales will plumb the depths of your worst nightmare,,, read on if you dare!" Eleven Stories |
| Margaret Peterson Haddix |
Turnabout |
Simon & Schuster 2000 Second Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£3.00 |
"Melly and Amy Beth both lived normal lives throughout the twentieth century. But in 2000, when they are old and ready to die, they are selected to participate in Project Turnabout and are given an injection to make them grow younger. at some point these participants are to receive another injection, which will stop the unaging process. But everyone who receives the second shot dies... " |
| Peter Haining |
The Wizards' Den Spellbinding Stories of Magic And Magicians |
Souvenir Press 2001 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket with a tiny scratch on the spine panel |
£7.50 |
Peter Haining's The World of Wizardry; E. Nesbit's Professor de Lara and the Twopenny Spell; Manly Wade Wellman's School for the Unspeakable; Gillian Cross' The Demon Headmaster; Humphrey Carpenter's Ghostclusters; and others by Alan Garner; Russell Hoban; Joan Aiken; William Harvey; Jacqueline Wilson; John Wyndham; Roald Dahl; Ray Bradbury; William F. Nolan; Philip Pullman and Diana Wynne Jones |
| Ann Halam (Gwyneth Jones) |
Siberia |
Orion 2005 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top of spine else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"When Rosita was tiny, her papa disappeared. Sher and her mama had to go and live in an ugly place... a prison camp, and she didn't understand her mama's magic... Rosita grew up to be a tough, cynical girl called Sloe... Sloe had to make the journey alone, pursued by a mysterious and all-powerful enemy, and carrying the living treasure that she knew was the hope off the world... " |
| Ann Halam (Gwynneth Jones) |
The Daymaker |
Orchard Books 1987 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top of spine else Fine copy in like, price-clipped, Dust Jacket. Signed by the Author on the Title Page |
£15.00 |
"Zanne's untrained but compelling magic is a continued source of worry to her mother... But as Zanne reaches the age where she should make the choice journey that will determine her course in life, she becomes restless and rebellious... she sets off on a forbidden quest to the city... where the great Daymaker lies lost and hidden..." |
| Ann Halam (Gwyneth Jones) |
The Fear Man |
Orion 1995 First Edition First Printing - Issued Without Dust Jacket |
Covers slightly rubbed and scratched else Fine copy in laminated boards - as issued Signed by the Author on the Title Page |
£4.00 |
"A dreadful secret hangs over the deserted house on Roman Road. What is it that keeps drawing Andrei to it? Why does his mother have such a fear of it? And what is the unknown presence that seems to be stalking the family at night? Constantly on the run from a father he has never known, Andrei dreams of being an ordinary boy, but Andrei is living a nightmare." |
| Ann Halam |
The N.I.M.R.O.D. Conspiracy |
Orion 1999 First Edition First Printing (Paper) |
Edges slightly rubbed else Fine Copy |
£3.00 |
"Stacey vanished three years ago. She's dead. It's Alan's fault. He knows. But mum refuses to believe it - her endless search for her little daughter leads them first to N.I.M.R.O.D., and then into a criminal underworld of deceit and conspiracies, burglary, blackmail and terrible danger... " |
| Shannon Hale |
Enna Burning |
Bloomsbury 2004 First Edition First Printing |
Edges slightly rubbed, and page edges a little marked and bumped - Near Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£4.00 |
"When Enna's brother Leifer brings home a mysterious piece of vellum that teaches him how to create fire - without a spark, without a flint... then war threatens... " Companion/sequel to The Goose Girl |
| Virginia Hamilton |
Justice And Her Brothers |
Hamish Hamilton 1979 First Edition in the UK First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine, boards stained and front end paper slightly marked else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£4.00 |
"... During a few hot, heavy summer days, Justice discovers how different her twin brothers are... for the three of them are inexorably linked by supersensory powers... " |
| Victoria Hanley |
The Seer And The Sword |
Scholastic 2000 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£10.00 |
"Flame-haired Princess Torina knows nothing of battles and conquest. Her father, King Kareed, has returned... odd gifts: a beautiful sphere in which she glimpses strange images... And a bruised and bloodied boy - a former prince... Bellandra, his home, was reputed to be invincible... " Nominated for the Carnegie Award & ALA Best Book for Young Adults. |
| Joanne Harris |
Runemarks |
Doubleday 2007 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top of spine and a couple of page corners slightly creased else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£7.50 |
"... Maddy enjoys working with magic, even if it is just to control some pesky goblins... her best friend... One-Eye - has been teaching her more and more about the old ways... he wants her to open Red Horse Hill and... retrieve a relic of the old gods... Otherwise - apparently - it could be the End of Everything. Again... " |
| Rosemary Harris |
A Quest For Orion |
Faber 1980 |
Top page edges slightly marked else Fine Copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket Note: This copy produced with extra end-papers bound in. |
£5.00 |
"... The twentieth century has closed for Britain and the greater part of Western Europe in defeat and pillage by the Neo-Stalinist 'Freaks' - and... inhabitants are... enslaved or dead... a thin weak web of resistance is forming... Walther's new Order of Teutonic Knights, whose last recruit... is destined to be... the means of restoring Charlemagne's... talisman... " |
| Rosemary Harris |
The Bright and Morning Star |
Faber 1979 |
Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£5.00 |
"... completes the adventures that began with The Moon in the Cloud and continued through The Shadow on the Sun... " |
| Rosemary Harris |
Zed |
Faber 1982 First Edition First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine and bottom corners else Near Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. With Publisher's Review Slip |
£2.50 |
"... as Thomas and his father arrived they were caught up in a terrorist attack... For four terrible days, an irrelevant and unwanted hostage, the small boy watched a drama of courage and cowardice, unexpected cruelty and even more unexpected kindness. The experience had been searing, but it had begun the process of turning frightened, inadequate Thomas into clever confident Zed... " |
| Lian Hearn (Gillian Rubinstein) |
Across The Nightingale Floor Tales of the Otori Book One |
Macmillan 2002 First Edition First Printing - Issued Simultaneously |
Slightly bumped at base of spine else Fine copy in slightly creased Dust Jacket. |
£7.50 |
"In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord, Iida Sadamu, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard... young Takeo knows only the ways of peace. But, unknown to himself, he possesses the supernatural skills of the Tribe... " |
| Lian Hearn (Gillian Rubinstein) |
Across The Nightingale Floor Tales of the Otori Book One |
Macmillan 2002 First Edition First Printing - Issued Simultaneously |
A few page edges slightly bumped and a small mark else Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£7.50 |
"In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord, Iida Sadamu, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard... young Takeo knows only the ways of peace. But, unknown to himself, he possesses the supernatural skills of the Tribe... " |
| Lian Hearn |
Grass For His Pillow Tales of the Otori Book Two |
Macmillan 2003 First Edition First Printing Limited State (No. 251/643) |
Corners slightly rubbed else Fine Uncorrected Proof Copy |
£10.00 |
"Takeo... has pledged his life to the secret Tribe. His supernatural skills of invisibility and acute hearing make him their most deadly assassin. But he must deny the solemn oath of vengeance he made, his adopted birthright of wealth, land and power - and his love for Kaede... " |
| Lian Hearn |
Grass For His Pillow Tales of the Otori Book Two |
Macmillan 2003 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at base and bruised at top of spine and page edges a little marked else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£10.00 |
"Takeo... has pledged his life to the secret Tribe. His supernatural skills of invisibility and acute hearing make him their most deadly assassin. But he must deny the solemn oath of vengeance he made, his adopted birthright of wealth, land and power - and his love for Kaede... " |
| Lian Hearn (Gillian Rubinstein) |
Tales of the Otori |
Macmillan 2002-4 All Are First Edition First Printing (Three Volumes) |
Bruised at top and/or base of spines else Fine copies in like Dust Jackets |
£25.00 |
"In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord, Iida Sadamu, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard... young Takeo knows only the ways of peace. But, unknown to himself, he possesses the supernatural skills of the Tribe... " |
| Lorna Hill |
Dress Rehearsal |
Evans 1959 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and page edges quite badly foxed else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. |
£15.00 |
"The heroine of this story is a new-comer to the series, Nona Browning, who has the misfortune to be physically handicapped. Her parents are dead and she is brought up in an orphanage where she is given dancing lessons to strengthen her body. She grows to love ballet dancing... " |
| Stuart Hill |
The Cry of the Icemark |
Chicken House 2005 First Edition First Printing |
Lower rear corner bruised and top page edges a little browned else Fine Copy in like Dust Jacket |
£5.00 |
"The blood of the Strong-in-the-Arm clan awoke roaring in Thirrin's brain, and the fighting spirit of the Hypolitan, her mother's people straightened her spine and sent a tingling excitement coursing through her veins. She was heir to the throne of the Icemark... She must defend her land and her people!" First in the series |
| Russell Hoban |
The Mouse & His Child |
Faber 1986 |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and page edges a little browned else Fine copy in rubbed Dust Jacket. |
£4.00 |
"... The idea for this book came from some friends who used to keep a collection of wind-up toys that were only brought out at Christmas time, when they put them under the tree. That in itself had poignancy - the toys shut up in their boxes except for those few days each year... " |
| Russell Hoban |
The Trokeville Way |
Cape 1996 First Edition First Printing |
Fine copy in like Dust Jacket. |
£4.00 |
"... On his way home he meets sometime magician Moe Nagic who has an unusual jigsaw puzzle to sell. Moe shows Nick a technique for getting into the picture but he warns him, "You get into that picture and you'll wish you were out of it." Nick, however, can't resist the challenge..." |
| Helen Hoke |
Venomous Tales of Villany and Vengeance |
Lodestar/Dutton 1984 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and lower corners slightly bumped, and top page edges foxed else Fine copy in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket. |
£10.00 |
E. Nesbit's John Charrington's Wedding; Ray Bradbury's Skeleton; W. M. Tidmarsh's Bronze; Robert Silverberg's As Is; Joan Aiken's Smell; Robert Bloch's The Hungry House; John Edgell's Did You See the Window-cleaner? and Penelope Mortimer's The Skylight |
| Monica Hughes |
The Crystal Drop |
Methuen 1992 First Edition in the UK First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and small dot on top edge of rear board else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket with small (5mm) tear at top of front fold |
£4.00 |
"... Drought and the hole in the sky have destroyed Megan and Ian's world. They are now alone except for the uncle who lives far away... they must find him. They enter the dangerous world of the buffalo jump and escape it only to encounter the survivalists with their dogs and guns... set in our very near future when the most precious commodity is water... " |
| Geoffrey Huntington |
Sorcerers of the Nightwing Book I The Ravenscliff Series |
HarperCollins 2002 First Edition First Printing |
Slightly bumped at top and base of spine else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket with two 2mm tears at top of rear fold and a little wear |
£4.00 |
"Every kid fears the monsters in the closet - but for Devon March, the monsters are all too real. Horrible things come slithering out across his floor, determined to drag him with them back down their Hellhole. But Devon is no ordinary young man. he can move objects with his mind, summon incredible strength, disappear at will... so far... " |
| Brian Jacques |
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman |
Viking 2001 First Edition in the UK First Printing |
Bruised at top and base of spine, to rear board and some page edges else Fine copy in like Dust Jacket with some bumping to rear panel |
£10.00 |
"... what of the boy and his dog who were trapped aboard that ship?... Sent off on an eternal journey of their own by an avenging angel, the boy and dog roam the earth throughout the centuries in search of those in need... their travels lead them to Chapelvale... whose very existence is at stake... " |
| Brian Jacques |
Lord Brocktree |
Hutchinson 2000 First Edition First Printing Limited State |