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GYPSY AND GINGER
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Stock no. 1504460
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1920. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth covers with dark titles and decoration in box to front cover and spine. 7.5 x 4.5". B/w frontis and chapter headers. 151 pages plus publication list. SIGNED by author with dedication and date on half-title page. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Damp stains to edges of covers. Residue from label to top corner of front cover. A couple of tiny nicks to front edge of spine. A little browning to endpapers. Foxing to page edges. Just a very odd mark to contents.

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MARTIN PIPPIN IN THE APPLE ORCHARD
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 2116889
Published by Collins. 7th 1926. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth boards, with dark brown titles and decorations to front cover. 4 Colour plates. Spine is faded. Bumping and wear to corners. Spotting to cover edges (from damp?). Some light foxing to outer page edges and to page margins throughout.

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PERKIN THE PEDLAR
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Clare Leighton.
Stock no. 1503988
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

The story of the twenty six children of Zeal Monachorum who did not know their ABC, until one day Perkin the Pedlar came by. Pictorial cloth boards with blue titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 206 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Ink blot to lower edge of text block has seeped a little onto about 50 pages. Light foxing and an odd mark to contents.

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JUNIOR
Written by Stella Mary Pearce; George Orwell; Eleanor Farjeon; L.A.G. Strong; et al.
Stock no. 1503847
Published by Children's Digest Publications Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A collection of stories, articles and pictures for the junior members of the family edited by Freda Lingstrom, Audrey Harvey and Andre Deutsch. Blue paper boards with black titles. B/w illustrations and photographs. 140 pages. Bumping to top of spine and a little to corners. Some light fading to covers corresponding with missing pieces on dustwrapper. A couple of small marks to rear cover. Foreword page is grubby, rest of contents are generally clean. A little light browning to some pages. Dustwrapper has loss, mainly from top of front panel and base of spine area. Also grubby with some tears and creasing.

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YOUNG GERARD
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Stock no. 1502767
Published by W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Or Joyce's Tale. As told by Martin Pippin in the Apple-Orchard. Colourful zigzag pattern cloth covers with title label stuck to front cover. 63 pages. Spine bumped. Covers grubby and foxed with stains to top corners of both covers. Stain also visible on front pastedown. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing and a few small marks to contents. Small bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown.

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JOLLY DAYS
Written by Olive Chandler; Eleanor Farjeon; et al. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1312301
Published by The Children's Press. circa 1930. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, cloth spine. Contains numerous short stories, b/w illustrations throughout, 4 colour plates. Spine rebacked with blue cloth (not very professionally as it is coming away from the front board). Covers are edge worn and there is a damp stain to the edge of the rear cover. Inscription in ink to half-title. Front joint has been neatly repaired.

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CHILD VERSES FROM 'PUNCH'
Written by George Greenland; Eleanor Farjeon; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Phyllis Chase.
Stock no. 1501308
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Slight fading to top and bottom of spine. Small white mark to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Name and date to front endpaper. Small red stain to top corner of a few pages. Some foxing and marks to contents. Very scarce dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with a little loss at top and bottom of spine and corners. Spine is a little faded and marked. Crease to front flap.

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TALES FROM CHAUCER
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 650153
Published by The Medici Society. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

The true spirit of the original Tales presented in an easy and attractive form. Red cloth, gilt titles. 12 colour plates. 245 pages All plates present. Spine worn at top and slightly faded. Corners bumped. Light foxing to contents.

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GRANNIE GRAY
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Joan Jefferson Farjeon.
Stock no. 310744
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1ST Very good condition.

Plays and Singing-Games for Children. Dark pink cloth with dark titles. B/w illustrations. 148 pages.

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DARK WORLD OF ANIMALS
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by T. Stoney.
Stock no. 712146
Published by Sylvan Press. 1st 1945. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Grey cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w drawings. Spine and corners a little worn. Front cover marked. Joints cracked. Endpapers foxed. Foxing affecting first few pages.

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