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English writer Walter De La Mare was born on this day in 1873. He was born in Kent and worked for Standard Oil Company before a government pension allowed him to concentrate on his writing. He was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1947 for Collected Stories for Children.

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NUMBER TWO JOY STREET
Written by A.A. Milne; Walter De La Mare; Rose Fyleman; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Alec Buckels; C.T. Nightingale; et al..
Stock no. 2140030
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1924. Almost very good condition.

A Medley of Prose & Verse for Boys and Girls. Large format. Cream cloth with blue decorations and titles. 8 colour plates tipped-onto brown card. Packed with b/w text illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning to spine. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Foxing, browning and some margin marks.

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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by J.R. Monsell.
Stock no. 1323088
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1910. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 2 colour plates. 312 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers are browned. Some foxing to textblock.

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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 1322978
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st thus 1921. Very good condition.

The adventures of three monkeys! Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover; small vignette to front cover. 12 plates (4 b/w and 8 in colour), b/w chapter head and tail pieces. 275 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing, mainly to prelims and textblock.

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STORIES FROM THE BIBLE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by John Farleigh.
Stock no. 1322977
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st thus 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covers with white titles and scenes. B/w wood-engravings. 397 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge worn/torn, there are repairs on the verso.

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BROOMSTICKS AND OTHER TALES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Bold.
Stock no. 1322976
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st USA 1925. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and orange decoration. B/w woodcut illustrations. 334 pages. Covers a little grubby and spine darkened. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink and small booksellers sticker to front free-endpaper. Page browning to endpapers. Some light fingermarks to page margins.

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CROSSINGS A FAIRY PLAY
Written by Walter De La Mare; C. Armstrong Gibbs. Illustrated by Randolph Schwabe.
Stock no. 1322975
Published by Beaumont Press. 1921. Very good condition.

Limited edition printed on hand-made paper. Grey cloth spine with gilt title. Holly decorated boards. B/w chapter headers. 131 pages, edges untrimmed. This is copy no. 163. Corners bumped. Spine slightly darkened. Contents clean.

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NURSERY RHYMES FOR CERTAIN TIMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Elinor Darwin.
Stock no. 1322974
Published by Faber & Faber. 1947. Almost very good condition.

The most completely satisfying book of nursery rhymes and jingles that have ever been published! Peachy-orange cloth. Brown line drawings throughout. Introduction by De La Mare. 120 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light finger creases to page margins.

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ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 1322973
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A selection of stories and rhymes chosen, arranged and in some part rewritten by Mare. Red decorated cloth with gilt title and vignette to spine. B/w text illustrations. 420 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby, browned to spine and has a name in red ink to front panel of wrapper.

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CROSSINGS A FAIRY PLAY
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 1322972
Published by W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd.. 1924. Very good condition.

Music by C. Armstrong Gibbs. Beige cloth spine with gilt title to spine. Pale grey boards. 169 pages, edges untrimmed. Booklist to rear. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some foxing else contents clean.

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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 1322971
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st USA 1919. Very good condition.

The adventures of three monkeys! Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine front cover, which also has vignette. 8 beautiful colour plates and 4 full page b/w plates. Also b/w chapter head and tail pieces. American edition. Spine and corners bumped, spine worn at head and tail, browned with dulled gilt. Page edges are ragged where they have been roughly opened after binding process.

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OLD JOE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by C.T. Nightingale.
Stock no. 1322956
Published by Basil Blackwell. Good condition.

Black cloth with green titles and pictorial onlay to front. 29 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, light vertical crease in cloth to rear cover. Name in pink ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing and fingering to contents. Erased pencil doodles to front pastedown.

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THE STORY OF JOSEPH
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1322955
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial paper boards with peach spine. B/w line drawings. 83 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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