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TALES FROM BERNARD SHAW TOLD IN THE JUNGLE
Written by Gwladys Evan Morris. Illustrated by Phyllis A. Trery.
Stock no. 1311767
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

Yellow pictorial cloth. Striking colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Light foxing and some grubby fingermarks but generally contents clean.

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GETTING TO KNOW DOGS
Written by Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes.
Stock no. 1402327
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

All the necessary information and guidance for the boy or girl who is bent on acquiring the best friend and comrade a human can have outside his own kind. Beige cloth, green titles. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers a little faded at edges. Top edges are a little foxed. Inscription to front endpaper. A little foxing to endpapers otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with several tears. Small piece missing from spine which is browned. Panels are grubby. Couple of tape repairs to verso plus a couple of white labels at spine, one which covers the missing piece.

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THE VANISHING PUMPKIN
Written by Tony Johnston. Illustrated by Tomie De Paola.
Stock no. 1402322
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

When a 700 year old woman and a 800 year old man wanted to make pumpkin pie one bright Halllowe'en morning they couldn't find their pumpkin but just who had taken it?! Glazed black pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0192797972. Spine a little bumped. Couple of scratches to covers. Endpapers a little browned. Contents are clean.

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THE SAIL OF THE SILVER BARGE
Written by Florence Bone.
Stock no. 1502149
Published by The Religious Tract Society. circa 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covers with blind border decorations and titles. Gilt titles to spine. Colour frontis. 223 numbered pages. A little fading to top edge of spine. Gilt titles on spine dulled. A couple of small marks to covers. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Small hole to front joint. Top text block edge grubby. Some light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn but with very little loss. Spine and rear panel slightly grubby.

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ARTEMIS FOWL THE ETERNITY CODE
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 2112800
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Artenis Fowl has constructed a super-computer from stolen fairy technology. In the wrong hands it could be fatal for humans and fairies alike... Black boards, red title to spine. ISBN: 0670913529. Wrapper is faded to spine, as appears to be usual with this book.

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ARTEMIS FOWL THE ETERNITY CODE
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 2112788
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Artenis Fowl has constructed a super-computer from stolen fairy technology. In the wrong hands it could be fatal for humans and fairies alike... Black boards, red title to spine. ISBN: 0670913529. Wrapper is faded to spine (as is usual with this book).

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THE ADVENTURES OF LARRY THE LAMB - MR. NOAH'S HOLIDAY
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by Ernest Noble.
Stock no. 1208030
Published by George Lapworth & Co Ltd.. Circa 1942. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial paper wraps. B/w text illustrations throughout. Toy town series number 4. 18 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Book plate inside front cover.

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THE CHILDREN AT THE POLE
Written by Lionel Fable. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 1208010
Published by George G. Harrap & Company. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

From the "Willy Pogany Children" series. A small fold-out panorama with the story on one side and a poem on the other. Colour illustrations above the text of the poem. Pictorial boards. Book: name in ink to front endpaper. A few small blemishes to contents else generally a clean bright copy. Corners slightly worn.

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THE CONQUEST OF CHRISTINA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1311754
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine and black title to front cover, pictorial onlays to front and spine. Colour frontis and title-page, b/w illustrations. 343 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a bit grubby. Slight wear to the pastedown on the spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned.

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CONNIE THE COW
Written by Cicely Englefield. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield.
Stock no. 1502127
Published by John Murray. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine with cream illustrated boards. B/w illustrations. 39 numbered pages plus book list. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Rear cover slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. Neat ink inscription to prelims. A few marks and grubby fingermarks to contents.

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THE LEADER OF THE LOWER SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1311749
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1922. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial cloth, cream titles. Colour frontis plate, 4 b/w plates. 7 x 5". 256 pages. Spine bumped, corners slightly rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is very grubby with loss at top and tail of spine.

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