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THREE LITTLE NEST BIRDS
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated by R. Andre.
Stock no. 1329082
Published by SPCK. Circa 1908. Fair condition.

Small oblong format. Pictorial boards with brown spine. Pretty colour and sepia illustrations throughout. A sobering tale of what happens when three children take three baby birds from their nest. Covers are edge worn and grubby. Backstrip is missing. Name plate to front pastedown. Erased pencil marks to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, a couple of foxspots to page margins. Front joint is cracked and a little weak but still holding.

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FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW
Written by Racey Helps. Illustrated by Racey Helps.
Stock no. 1329081
Published by Collins. 1st 1946. Good condition.

A Barnaby Littlemouse Book. Small oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Corners bumped. Unfortunately 2/3 of backstrip is missing. Foxing to endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper else contents clean.

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THE MAGIC OAK TREE AND PRINCE FILDERKIN
Written by E.H. Knatchbull-Hugessen.
Stock no. 1329076
Published by T. Fisher Unwin. 1894. Good condition.

The Children's Library. White and blue decorated cloth, matching decorated endpapers and textblock. 4 b/w plates (frontis has a tissue-guard). 173 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby. Book leans to one side a little. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Heavy foxing to prelims. Endpapers slightly browned.

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GOOD DOG CAESAR
Written by Tim. Illustrated by Tim.
Stock no. 1329075
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. Very good condition.

A strip book, small oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. 124 frames. Price printed on front cover is 1/3 net. Staples rusty staining red backstrip. Name inside front cover. Contents clean.

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MASTER BUNNY THE BAKER'S BOY
Written by Molly Brett. Illustrated by Molly Brett.
Stock no. 1329074
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

A Strip Book. Very small oblong format, card wraps. Blue and yellow pictorial front cover with price 1/-. Red linen spine. Blue, black and white illustrations throughout. On rear cover 'Titles in the famous Mary Mouse series for the very young with a list of strip book titles - from 'Welcome Mary Mouse' to 'Master Bunny The Baker's Boy'. Staples rusty causing staining to backstrip. Rear cover is grubby. Child's name in pink ink inside front cover. Light stain affecting top margins of first half of the book.

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MANDY, MOPS AND CUBBY FIND A HOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1329073
Published by Sampson Low. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

A Mandy Strip Book. Small oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Two illustrations to each page with text beside the pictures. Covers edge rubbed. Slight browning to page edges.

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CHRISTMAS LORE AND LEGEND
Written by H.L. Gee. Illustrated by Louise Armour-Chelu.
Stock no. 1329072
Published by Candle Books. Very good condition.

Candle Book Number Five. Small format, 12 pages. Paperwraps. B/w text illustrations. Slight rubbing to spine.

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HUBERT THE HARE
Written by Patience Powell. Illustrated by Patience Powell.
Stock no. 1329071
Published by Perry Colour Books Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Peekobook. Small format. Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly rubbed, some light scuffing to covers. Staples rusty, contents pulled loose at top staple.

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THE BATTLE OF MARSTON MOOR JULY 2, 1644
Written by John Henry Crockatt. Illustrated by Graham Humphreys.
Stock no. 1829268
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Marston Moor was the earlier of the two major battles of the English Civil War. "When and Why" Books. Written for the ten- to fourteen-year-olds. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 071882198X. Boards clean and bright. Foxing to top edge of text block. Minor pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly rubbed at edges, tiny closed tear to lower front edge, rear panel is browned and a little grubby.

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THE FAIRY DOLL
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Gary Blythe.
Stock no. 1329067
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1956, a delightful story for little girls. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780330442268. Remains of a small label to rear panel of wrapper, wrapper spine is very slightly faded.

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MOOLTIKI AND OTHER STORIES AND POEMS OF INDIA
Written by Rumer Godden.
Stock no. 1329064
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poignant stories bring to life the real India. Bright red cloth, gilt title to spine. 135 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is browned to spine and slightly worn at top edges.

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THE LITTLE ONE IN BETWEEN
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1329063
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

A book of 26 delightful verses accompanied with 4 beautiful colour plates. Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine and small embossed vignette. 59 pages. Cr 8vo. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing to contents.

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