THE MAGICIAN AND THE BALLOON
Written by David McKee. Illustrated by David McKee.
Stock no. 1830874
Published by Abelard-Schuman Limited. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Travelling by Royal Balloon is fun – until the king starts causing problems. He orders a map to be made so he can plan all sorts of changes to the kingdom! But Melric the Magician likes things just the way they are… White pictorial glazed boards. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Not paginated. ISBN: 0200725041. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean. Damp odour present.

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THE RAIN DOOR
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1830873
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

Harry finds the rain door one hot summer Thursday and enters a fantastical world where he has an exciting adventure in place behind the weather. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0575030976. Boards clean and bright. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean.

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THE SICK COW
Written by H.E. Todd. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 1830872
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The first Bobby Brewster story by H.E. Todd. This particular sick cow goes "Bow-wow" instead of "Moo". Cloth pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0340186755. Matching pictorial dustwrapper is stuck to the boards with clear laminate, is faded to spine and rear vertical edge of spine and has a name in ink to top of front flap. Contents are clean although there is a odour of damp present.

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YOUR PANTOMIME BOOK
Written by Patrick Barrington. Illustrated by Anne Grahame Johnstone; Janet Grahame Johnstone.
Stock no. 1830871
Published by The Heirloom Library. Slightly better than good condition.

An Heirloom All-Colour Book. Four favourite fairy-tales retold by Patrick Barrington. Contains: Jack and the Beanstalk; Puss in Boots; The Babes in the Wood; and The Sleeping Beauty. Cloth spine, no title to spine, cream pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Spine is rubbed, board edges rubbed and worn. Boards are scuffed and a little grubby. 2.5" loss horizontally to the gutter edge of the front endpaper. Child's name in pencil to verso of front endpaper. Small closed tear to lower edge of margins and gutters. Contents a little grubby.

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ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AND THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by John Tenniel.
Stock no. 1830870
Published by Folio Society. 1993. Almost very good condition.

Reissue. Red cloth spines with gilt titles. Blue boards, with red vignettes. Red and white text illustrations. Seventh printing. Spines faded, one volume also bumped to top of spine. Foxing to boards, text block and prelims, a few light foxspots to contents. Else clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is grubby and browned.

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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1830869
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A handsome new edition with the characters sensitively portrayed and the action evocatively and faithfully depicted by the 1963 winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Colour plates plus b/w line drawings. Pale green boards. Silver title to spine. 239 pages. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. ISBN: 0722657463. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block. A few foxspots to margins. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and a little scuffed. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few marks to top & tail.

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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
Written by C.S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 1830868
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The seven chronicles of Narnia in one single volume. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 767 pages. ISBN: 0006753949. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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THE TALKING PARCEL
Written by Gerald Durrell.
Stock no. 1330702
Published by Collins. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A delightful, fast-moving fantasty which is a delicioous blend of adventure and lovely Durrell humour. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 190 pages. ISBN: 0001848283. Spine and corners bumped. Pale browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears at top edges.

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THE ATTIC TERM
Written by Antonia Forest.
Stock no. 1330701
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. A "Marlow Family" book. Pretty, clever and popular, Ginty has every desirable quality except the power to stand on her own feet... ISBN: 0571109705. Spine bumped. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge browned and lightly creased at edges.

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DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED?
Written by Jean Chapman. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1830867
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Measles; Slippery dip; Toppling Boxes; Apple: these are a handful of the expressive headings given to this collection of brief incidents - each one occupying no more than a page, and told in very simple language - which together form a kaleidoscope of typical events in the everyday life of a small child. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Single-colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0207951160. Browning to text block and endpapers else a nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little browned and worn at corners.

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THE MAGIC STONES: THE STORY OF THE ARCH
Written by Alain. Illustrated by Alain.
Stock no. 1830864
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

High on the Cathedral of Notre Dame is an ugly old gargoyle, the effigy in stone of Mr. Down who, so the story tells, sent the high towers tumbling down time after time in the days before men learned how to buttress an arch. This book tells in story form how early architects defeated Mr. Down and discovered the secret of raising a roof more than a hundred feet, with tall stained-glass windows instead of heavy walls. A fascinating introduction to one of the basic principles of building and architecture - the use of the arch. Blue pictorial paper boards. B/w and red, blue, black & white illustrations. 31 pages. Lower board edges & corners rubbed. Boards clean. Minor foxing to text block else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears (no loss) and is scuffed.

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SANDY CANDY AND OTHER SCOTTISH NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Norah Montgomerie; William Montgomerie. Illustrated by Norah Montgomerie.
Stock no. 1830856
Published by The Hogarth Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

There are more than three hundred songs, riddles and jingles in this treasury of nursery rhymes. They come from all over Scotland, and fit every sort of occasion from guessing games to bed-time magic. Selected and edited by Norah & William Montgomerie. Green cloth boards, with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 190 pages including index. Boards clean. Text block browned, with some foxing. Browning to endpapers else contents clean. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, faded to spine, and some light wear to top edges.

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