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THE DAISY; OR, CAUTIONARY STORIES IN VERSE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311585
Published by John Harris. circa 1840. Good condition.

Small format, burgundy mottled boards. 30 b/w engravings on wood. 66 pages plus publication list. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Contents are worn and a bit grubby/foxed with paper repairs. Stitching is pulled causing contents to be loose but binding still holding.

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WINGS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Arch Whitehouse.
Stock no. 1311575
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Very good condition.

The "Ace" series. Blue cloth. Black title and small sundial vignette to spine. Four b/w plates. Spine faded. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

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TALES OF ST. CEDRICS
Written by L.C. Douthwaite. Illustrated by J. Phillips Paterson.
Stock no. 1311570
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An excellent school story, in which boxing plays a prominent part. Blue cloth, dark blue titles and borders. 253 pages. Colour frontis, some b/w chapter headers. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front endpaper (with name blacked out). Heavy foxing at page edges. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and is grubby to rear panel.

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THE RIVER POST
Written by Hertha Von Gebhardt; Oliver Coburn. Illustrated by Irene Schreiber.
Stock no. 1502019
Published by Burke Publishing Company Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w and green and black illustrations. Translated and adapted by Oliver Coburn and Ursula Lehrburger. A little bumping to spine and corners. Two small spots of fading on spine. School stamp to front endpaper, contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut with revised price sticker above and school stamp. Edge worn and torn with a little loss and small hole in spine. Rear panel grubby.

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MR NOAH AND THE SECOND FLOOD
Written by Sheila Burnford. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2112655
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

"Mr and Mrs Noah, true descendants of the original Noah, live on an isolated mountain-top. They are visited once a year by their Bank Manager who brings them a gold bar, a years supply of The Farmers Monthly, and a cake from Mrs Bank Manager wrapped up in an old Sunday Newspaper". Oblong format. Burgundy boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575015667. Bumping to spine. Bookplate to front endpaper, with some inscriptions in ink. Page browning. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and some browning.

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WHITE ROSE AND WANDERER
Written by Molly Holden. Illustrated by Michael Charlton.
Stock no. 2112591
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complex and emotionally-charged family dilemma. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 122 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0701150114. Wrapper is browned, with some edge-creasing and a few closed tears/nicks.

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THE GREAT FLOOD
Written by Peter Spier. Illustrated by Peter Spier.
Stock no. 2112582
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1979. Very good condition.

A picture books with minimal text. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437765121. 2nd impression. Spine a bit faded. Some browning to covers. Bookplate to half-title page. Light page browning.

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TRICK A TRACKER
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1311557
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures to every page. The animals learn how to use skateboards to trick the trackers! ISBN: 0575029757. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Vertical crease to centre of front pastedown. Contents clean.

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LITTLE STOWAWAY
Written by Theresa Tomlinson. Illustrated by Jane Browne.
Stock no. 1311539
Published by Julia MacRae Books. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

John Robert loves his fisherman father and more than anything else longs to follow him out to sea... Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1856816915. Spine and corners slightly bumped, a few light scratch marks to rear cover. Contents fine.

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MORE ADVENTURES OF PINKIE
Written by Agnes Ruff. Illustrated by Conrad Bailey.
Stock no. 1501995
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Everything from haircuts and picnics to painters in the house makes for lively adventures for Pinkie Brown and her younger brother Poppet.Blue covers with red titles to spine and vignette of girl feeding pig to front cover. B/w illustrations. 93 pages plus publication list. Bumping to spine and corners. Slight fading to top of spine. Page 43/44 has tear alongside spine with crease to inside corner also small margin tear. A little foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper has loss at top of spine with creasing and tear to front panel, repair attempted on verso with white label. Also some chipping and a few small margin tears.

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YOUNG ENGLAND (58TH ANNUAL)
Written by Jay Watts; Lawrence A. Audrain; et al.
Stock no. 1808353
Published by The Pilgrim Press. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth, ice hockey player to front, black title to spine and skier vignette. 2 colour plates, b/w illustrations and plates. 240 pages. First story is "Dinka's Drum" by Jay Watts. Spine worn with small split to top. A few grubby marks to contents.

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CRICKET
Written by Robert Nye. Illustrated by Shelley Freshman.
Stock no. 1709897
Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc.. 1st usa 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Three stories. ISBN: 0672515822. Wrapper edge-creased and slightly grubby with a couple of nicks.

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