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Written by H.F. Gethen. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1504247
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1933. Very good condition.

A School Story. Beige covers with oval pictorial onlay, Dark brown borders and titles. 4 colour plates. 302 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. A couple of small marks to covers. Large presentation inscription to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers and foxing, mainly to text block and prelims. Contents otherwise very good.

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DRUSCILLA
Written by Clarice England. Illustrated by Lynley Dodd.
Stock no. 1606737
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Druscilla, spirited, sensitive and eloquent, a fascinated observer of the grown-up world flowing around her. Set in New Zealand. Dark orange boards with white title block to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. 91 pages. ISBN: 0340256915. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper is scuffed with surface damage to front panel, and some small chips at corners etc.

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ALBERT ON THE FARM
Written by Alison Jezard. Illustrated by Margaret Gordon.
Stock no. 1606733
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Albert Bear and Digger the Koala set off to the heart of the East Anglian countryside to help run a farm while its owners go on a well-deserved holiday. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. 60 pages. ISBN: 0575025697. Spine bumped with some lifting of laminate. Some light browning / foxing at page edges.

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DEAN'S LITTLE FOLK'S LIBRARY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314447
Published by Dean & Son. circa 1880. Good condition.

Contents: A, Apple Pie; Jane and Her Brother; Pretty Puss and Little Dog; My Picture Book. Small format. Green cloth with gilt title labels to front and oval pictorial onlay of a bird. Yellow endpapers. Chromo illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers lightly discoloured, spine browned. Small pink mark to lower edge of front cover. Joints cracked, front joint possible repaired. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins and some light foxing to contents. Top corner tips lightly creased.

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GOLDEN APOLLO
Written by Phyllis Hastings. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 1504226
Published by Hutchinson of London. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of a boy's fight to save a Jersey calf from the butcher! Brown boards, black title and vignette to front. B/w text illustrations. 204 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small light mark to rear cover. Some foxing and browning otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears and chips. Spine slightly darkened, rear panel grubby, light foxing.

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THE MOUSEWIFE
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois.
Stock no. 1403797
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red vignette of mouse and title to front. Superb b/w text illustrations throughout. 37 numbered pages. 9 x 6.5". A little bumping to spine and corners. Slight fading to bottom of boards. Light foxing to top of boards. Front board is a little bowed. Foxing to endpapers and page edges otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn and creased. Spine is browned. Panels are foxed. Verso of wrapper is browned. Small ink stamp to front panel.

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THE IMPOSSIBLE PREFECT
Written by Nancy Breary. Illustrated by Leo Bates.
Stock no. 1504223
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1947. Slightly better than good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Lindsay's appointment as a prefect at River Place school astonishes the sixth form, because Lindsay is apparently as casual as she is popular. But the Head knows of what good stuff she is made. Green cloth with brown titles to spine and front. 304 pages, top edge green. 4 b/w plates. Spine bumped and faded, Wear to corners. Brown marks and foxing to spine and cover edges. Ink name and address to front pastedown, Book 14 written to front endpaper. Some light browning and foxing. Dustwrapper has numerous tears, some large, but not a great deal of loss. Creased, edge worn and grubby with foxing.

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NODDY GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1713434
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book 6: Pink pictorial boards, rounded spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Corners bumped. Very edge of bottom of front cover stained. Wrapper torn and creased with a little loss.

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NODDY GETS INTO TROUBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Mary Brooks.
Stock no. 1713432
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; C.A. Publications Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy book 8. Green pictorial boards. Colour pictures. Belongs to box completed in ink. Covers edge worn. Wrapper torn and grubby with patch of loss to top of front panel and some surface damage.

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SHAKESPEARE AND HIS BIRTHPLACE
Written by Emma Marshall.
Stock no. 1810858
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Good condition.

Oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles, bevelled edges. Colour & b/w illustrations. A few marks to contents. Front endpaper torn at gutter edge with no loss. Hinges pulled, rear hinge messy with creasing to rear endpaper and small chips to edges.

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THE BLACK THUMB MYSTERY
Written by Bruce Campbell.
Stock no. 1713416
Published by World Distributors Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Ken Holt mystery for Boys. Red boards, black title to spine and vignette to front. B/w frontis. Top edge yellow. Wrapper edge-chipped with some creasing.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE GREEN FLAME
Written by Bruce Campbell.
Stock no. 1713407
Published by World Distributors (manchester) Ltd. 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Ken Holt Mystery for Boys. B/w frontis. The tenth book in the series. Wrapper edge-worn with a couple of chips.

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