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THE TALE OF PAPA WHISKERS AND MR. WATSON'S LETTUCES
Written by Crystal Barry. Illustrated by Mary Smith.
Stock no. 1321521
Published by H.A. and W.L. Pitkin Ltd.. Good condition.

A little booklet. White pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers are grubby and worn at edges. A few small ink blots to title-page and inside front cover. Contents are fingered at margins and corner tips are slightly creased.

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HORSE TALES
Written by Mary Boyle. Illustrated by Isabel Watkin; et al..
Stock no. 1321520
Published by Ernest Nister. Good condition.

Grey pictorial boards with black titles to spine. Pen and ink drawings by Watkin. Some full-page colour illustrations. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby and unevenly faded. Front joint cracked. Light browning and foxing to contents.

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TALES FROM NURSERY LAND
No author listed. Illustrated by Constance Haslewood.
Stock no. 1321519
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. 64 pages. Colour illustrations. Re-backed with blue cloth spine. Covers are edge worn, scuffed and a little grubby. New endpapers. Contents are browned and well fingered.

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THIS IS SYLVIA
Written by Sandy Wilson. Illustrated by Sandy Wilson.
Stock no. 1321513
Published by Max Parrish And Co Ltd. 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Her Lives and Loves. By the author of The Boyfriend, a most successful London musical comedy. Sylvia is Sandy Wilson's cat. Or is she? She has known everybody - but everybody - in the theatrical and literary world. Red boards, blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 116 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Some light foxing to text block. Musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, a few small marks to rear panel. This is the October reprint in same year as first edition.

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HAFFERTEE HAMSTER DIAMOND
Written by Janet Perkins; John Perkins. Illustrated by Gillian Gaze.
Stock no. 1321509
Published by Lion Publishing. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Haffertee is a soft-toy hamster made for Yolanda when her real pet hamster died... the first in the Haffertee series. Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone text illustrations. ISBN: 0856480657. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Spine faded. Contents clean.

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TOP SECRET
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2135229
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

From the Chudleigh Hold Series. Hawk Chudleigh goes to work in Queensland bearing papers about a new secret weapon. He and his chum, Walter Urquhart escape to an island owned by the Penrose family who fall into enemy hands. Pale blue boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w frontis. 204 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and cover edges. Fade/brown patches to top and tail of spine and cover edges. Page browning. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips; loss to top and tail of spine and top edge of front panel; some grubby marks and foxspots.

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ENSIGN CAREY
Written by Ronald Welch.
Stock no. 1321448
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, silver title to spine. 175 pages. ISBN: 0192713868. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and top edge dusty. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Publisher's price sticker to front flap has been crossed out with biro.

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SAMBO SAHIB
Written by Elizabeth Hay.
Stock no. 1321445
Published by Paul Harris Publishing. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Little Black Sambo and Helen Bannerman. B/w photos. Red boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 090450591X. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly creased at edges and faded to spine.

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THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN
Written by Denis Constanduros. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 2135162
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1965. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird Series 413. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721401961. Spine is faded with wear. Some marks to covers. Foxing throughout. Tally no. 140 to rear cover.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Written by J.K. Rowling.
Stock no. 1321429
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fifth in the Harry Potter serie. Adult binding: black boards (instead of pictorial), gilt title to spine. 766 pages. ISBN: 0747569401. Spine bumped. Page edge browning else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
Written by J.K. Rowling.
Stock no. 1321428
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The final instalment of the Harry Potter saga. Pictorial boards. 607 pages. ISBN: 9780747591054. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Presentation label to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, very small mark to centre of spine.

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THE FAIRY KITES
Written by Ethel K. Crawford. Illustrated by Florence Harrison.
Stock no. 1321410
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine with blue title. Blue title and yellow/blue illustration of castle to front. Colour frontis, 6 b/w plates. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers browned and a little grubby with erased pencil marks to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned, foxing to contents. Large tear to one page has been neatly repaired.

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