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THE LITTLE RED HEN AND THE GRAINS OF WHEAT
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1330215
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1969. Fair condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Full-page colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721400841. Covers are well worn with marks to rear. Child's name and address in green ink inside front cover. Some light foxing and light finger creasing throughout. Tally 240 and price of 2'6 net to rear cover.

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A WHIFF OF BURNT BOATS
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 1330208
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2009. Good condition.

An early autobiography. Originally published by Macmillan in 1971. Cardwraps. 163 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781847450715. EX-LIB with labels and stamps to prelims. Covers and contents otherwise clean.

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UNDER BLACK BANNER
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1330207
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2005. Fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations. This Girls Gone By edition also contains Foreword, Further Reading and Publishing History, as well as the story itself. ISBN: 1904417655.

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BRITAIN YESTERDAY
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1330204
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Blackwell's Learning Library No. 86 (edited by John Cutforth and J.C. Gagg). Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations throughout, some colour plates. 61 pages. ISBN: 0631133305. Spine bumped, faded and slightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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MIST OVER ATHELNEY
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Stewart Sherriffs; J.L. Stokle.
Stock no. 1330203
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story from the dark winter of A.D. 878, when Danish King Guthrum launched his treacherous attack on the kingdom of Wessex. Orange cloth, black titles and vignettes. 243 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with tiny nicks to top and tail of spine. Some slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock, endpapers and prelims else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and a little edge rubbed.

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THE MAYTHORN STORY
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1330202
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 217 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to textblock and endpapers, affecting some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, very slightly grubby to rear panel with a crease and light stain to rear flap.

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CHANGE AT MAYTHORN
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1330200
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Maythorn is a quiet country railway station and for Mike and his family it is a case of 'All Change' when his father becomes the station master there. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 215 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby to rear panel with a few tiny closed tears.

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RALPH'S YEAR IN RUSSIA
Written by Robert Richardson.
Stock no. 1330199
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1893. Almost very good condition.

Our Boys' Select Library. Red pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 9 b/w engravings. 351 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded, affecting cover edges a little. Large prize plate to front pastedown. Booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock else contents clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TINKER THE HOLE-EATING DUCK
Written by Patrick Woodroffe. Illustrated by Patrick Woodroffe.
Stock no. 1330196
Published by Dragon's World. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Anyone can make a hole, Tinker did something very different... he ate them! Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0905895444. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Rear cover is very slightly grubby, barcode label to base of same. Inscription in ink in belongs to box.

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CATLAND
Written by Rodney Dale. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1330194
Published by Magna Books; Promotional Reprint Company Ltd.. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tells the story of Wain's life. Large format. Red glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Published by the Promotional Reprint Company exclusively for Magna Books. ISBN: 1854229222. Spine and corners bumped. Top edge of textblock is foxed. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE NUTCRACKER
Written by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Illustrated by Robert Ingpen.
Stock no. 1330193
Published by Templar Publishing. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Embossed vignette to front cover. 144 pages. Cream pictorial endpapers. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781783704859. Slight rubbing to cover edges and dustwrapper edges. Contents fine.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S BOOK OF VERSE
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1330191
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1978. Very good condition.

White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations every page. ISBN: 0603015484. Spine and corners bumped. Contents have been pulled and coming away from covers slightly.

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