THE SCARLET HERRING AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Edward Abbott Parry. Illustrated by A. D. Rusden.
Stock no. 1827946
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Green cloth with red and black title and vignette to front; gilt title to spine. All edges gilt. 252 pages. Boards a little grubby. Gilt text block nice and bright. Light browning to endpapers. Top margin of prelims a little chipped and torn (likely from being prised open). Front joint is pulled between verso of front endpaper and half-title page else binding is tight.

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THE POLE STAR FAMILY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Ruth Gervis.
Stock no. 1827945
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mike, Belinda and Ann had been ill, and they wanted a real change! So they left their caravans and went off with their parents and Granny in a big ship, the Pole Star. Blue boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 88 pages Foxing present, mainly to text block, endpapers and page edges. Tiny closed tear to lower edge of title page (no loss, minor). Contents browned. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped at corners.

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THE DARK IS RISING
Written by Susan Cooper. Illustrated by Laura Carlin.
Stock no. 1827941
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second title in 'The Dark is Rising' series. New preface by the author. Blue cloth spine with silver title. White pictorial boards. Colour plates. A few minor spots to lower front edge of spine. Minor grubby mark to rear board. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcased which has a narrow band of fading to one end and has some very light shelf-scuffing (VG+).

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GREENWITCH
Written by Susan Cooper. Illustrated by Laura Carlin.
Stock no. 1827940
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Third title in 'The Dark is Rising' series. Green cloth spine, wilver title. Green pictorial paper boards. New Preface by the author. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded at one end and has a few minor marks (VG+).

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THE GREY KING
Written by Susan Cooper. Illustrated by Laura Carlin.
Stock no. 1827938
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Fourth book in "The Dark Is Rising" series. New preface by the author. Grey cloth spine, silver title. Grey pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Small mark to base of text block. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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SILVER ON THE TREE
Written by Susan Cooper. Illustrated by Laura Carlin.
Stock no. 1827937
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Fifth and final book in "The Dark Is Rising" series. New preface by the author. Purple cloth spine with silver title, purple pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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A WONDER BOOK FOR GIRLS & BOYS
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1827921
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green, burgundy and white decorative boards, white title. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is unevenly faded on one side and lightly scuffed (VG).

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UNCLE AND HIS DETECTIVE
Written by J.P. Martin. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1827904
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Uncle (the elephant) is trunkdeep in trouble again! Bright yellow boards, silver title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. 172 pages. Vertical crease to spine, lower edges lightly rubbed, boards just a little grubby. Spine slightly cocked. Text block lightly browned. Name in ink to top edge of front endpaper. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few tiny chips and closed tears, light browning.

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THE MERRY MINSTREL
Written by Haydn Perry. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop; Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1827903
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Anthology of Verse for Children. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. Two-tone illustrations to text throughout. 376 pages, top edge blue. Reprint. Corners bumped, top & tail of spine shelf worn. Text block browned, blue top edge has faded. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily foxed, browned to spine and worn at corners. A musty odour present.

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THE SIEGE OF MONTSEGUR
Written by Inge Ott.
Stock no. 1827902
Published by Floris Books. 1st UK 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The historical story of the besieged Pyrenean castle of Monsegur in 1244. Originally published in German under the title Geier uber dem Montsegur. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0903540630. Small nick to cloth at lower edges. Light black mark tlo rear board. Page browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and just a little scuffed to rear panel.

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SKIPPER AND THE HEADLAND FOUR
Written by Judith M. Berrisford. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1827901
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Appleby family may have to sell their farm! That is the catastrophe which the four children are determined to avert. How they suceed - helped by their white Alsation, Skipper - is an exciting story. Green cloth boards, yellow title block and decoration to spine with black title. B/w illustrations. Boards unevenly faded, small white stain to top front edge. Foxing mainly to endpapers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, has a large closed tear to front panel and smaller tear to base of spine (no loss and repaired to verso with clear tape), rear panel grubby.

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HELEN, BALLET STUDENT
Written by Linda Graeme.
Stock no. 1827900
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Junior Novel. Helen's sixteenth birthday present is an audition at the Lincoln School of Ballet. Readers will be enchanted with this story and its true atmosphere of a real ballet school. Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Third impression (undated). Boards a little mottled and marked. Spine is a little cocked. Name in pencil to top edge of front endpaper (erasure has been attempted unsuccessfully). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss, repaired to verso with clear tape, rear panel is a little grubby.

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