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ENID BLYTON PRESENTS MARY MOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Olive F. Openshaw.
Stock no. 2123306
Published by T. Werner Laurie Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

A Werner Laurie Show Book Series A No. 2. Oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. A brilliantly coloured showbook, based on the Victorian Peepshow. Fold-out theatre at the end of the book and pages of characters to press out. Contents are UNUSED! Wear to cover edges; bumping to top of spine and to pages internally. Some browning. A few page margins have small bumps. Push out pieces are all still present and lovely and bright.

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A TROUBLESOME TRIO
Written by Annie Beatley.
Stock no. 1407105
Published by The National Sunday School Union. 2nd Slightly better than good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, yellow title to front, black to spine. 4 b/w plates. 248 pages. No date. Bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Spine and board edges faded. Covers slightly grubby. Joints cracked. Some of the hinges badly cracked. Name stamped to front endpaper and inscription to half-title page. Foxing mainly to page edges. Plates all present but one is wrinkled at hinge and another has a mark at the bottom.

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VICTORIANS ABROAD
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1407097
Published by Atheneum. 1st USA 1981. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Blue cloth with red titles. Colour illustrations throughout. No text. 5.5 x7" ISBN: 0689501919. Small bump to side of boards. Pictorial wrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Spine is faded. A few light foxspots to verso.

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DON'T TELL THE GROWN-UPS
Written by Alison Lurie.
Stock no. 1407094
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Subversive Children's Literature. A collection of essays looking at children's classics. Blue boards, gilt titles to spine. 229 pages. ISBN: 0747506035. Small bump to bottom of front board. Small white mark to top of rear board. Small mark to side of text block. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed

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KING GRISLY-BEARD
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1507591
Published by The Bodley Head. 1991. Very good condition.

A Tale From the Brothers Grimm, translated by Edgar Taylor. Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 037002026X. Fading to spine and some cover edges.

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THE BEAR NOBODY WANTED
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1507579
Published by Viking. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's own version of a story he loved as a child. Brown cloth, black titles. Brown endpapers. B/w illustrations. 142 pages. ISBN: 0670839825. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Tiny black spot to front cover. Small amount of erased writing to half-title page. Just an odd fox spot. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small marks.

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MICK THE DISOBEDIENT PUPPY
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1316804
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. circa 1955. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 497. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to lower corner of front cover. Some light marks to page margins and musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with small tears at corners. Small hole to lower corner of front panel. 10 of series 497 titles listed on rear flap.

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AMELIARANNE CAMPS OUT
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1407081
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1945. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cloth spine with pictorial boards. Colour endpapers. Superb colour illus throughout. Also b/w illus surrounding text. Spine and corners bumped. Corners worn. Spine faded especially at top and bottom. Small bumps to bottom of rear board. Board edges rubbed. Some foxing to covers. Light foxing to endpapers and page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn with several tears including to front fold. Creasing to top and bottom of panels. Loss to top and bottom of spine and bottom of front panel. Wrapper is foxed and grubby.

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THE PRINCES' GIFTS
Written by John Yeoman. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1507572
Published by Pavilion. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A rich collection of folklore from China, Iraq, Portugal, Romania, Norway, America etc. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 92 pages. ISBN: 1857938798. Slight wear to bottom edges of covers. A couple of small indents to rear cover. Security label stuck to rear pastedown. Small blue line to margin of page 26. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge worn.

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THE HEDGEHOG FEAST
Written by Rowena Stott. Illustrated by Edith Holden.
Stock no. 1507571
Published by Michael Joseph; Webb & Bower. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Based on Edith Holden's exquisite water-colour illustrations, Rowena Stott has added the words to the paintings to make up a delightful story about the hedgehog family. Brown glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0718116933. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. All pages slightly rippled. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with a faded spine. Small yellow label to front flap.

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GRETA'S DOMAIN
Written by Bessie Marchant. Illustrated by W. Rainey.
Stock no. 1407052
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Slightly better than good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. 6 b/w plates. 282 pages plus 32 page book list at rear. Some bumping to spine and corners. Corners rubbed. Couple of little bumps to top and bottom of rear board. Book leans to one side. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint and some hinges badly cracked meaning binding feels loose. Marks mostly to margins of some pages. 1 plate is MISSING and one is detached.

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BARBARA IN BRITTANY
Written by E.A Gillie. Illustrated by E. Heatly.
Stock no. 1407047
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1921. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w plates. 192 pages. Bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Front endpaper is MISSING. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to half -title page which is a marked by transfer of colour from pastedown. Rear joint and several hinges cracked. A few foxspots and some grubby margin marks.

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