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THE MONSTER OF WIDGEON WEIR
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1329027
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition.

The Lockett family had not been on their Thames island many days before Adventure cropped up in the usual fashion... Green cloth, blue title to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and textblock, affecting some pages.

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CRUSOE ISLAND
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329026
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. B/w illustrations. A story of the Locketts family. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss, small hole to base of spine, grubby to rear panel and browned/foxed on verso.

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CHALLENGE TO ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1329025
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of the Locketts family. Red cloth. B/w illustrations. Top edge of textblock is foxed. Spine of dustwrapper is slightly faded.

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GOING GANGSTER
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329024
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

What are they - Kidnappers or Rescuers - the Lockett family find themselves launched upon a most unusual enterprise... Blue cloth, black title to spine. Green decorated front endpapers, b/w illustrations, 267 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly faded to spine.

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HORSESHOES AND HANDLEBARS
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Sheila Rose.
Stock no. 1329023
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Which is the best way to travel, by horse or by bicycle? Green boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and a tiny indentation to lower edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock, also affecting some page margins. Dustwrapper is browned on verso, slightly grubby to rear panel and just a little rubbed to spine.

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RIDERS AND RAIDS
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Sheila Rose.
Stock no. 1329022
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

Green boards, black titles and vignette. A pony story. Top corners bumped. Spine browned/foxed. Foxing throughout.

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JOYCE STRANGER'S BOOK OF HANAK'S ANIMALS
Written by Joyce Stranger. Illustrated by Mirko Hanak.
Stock no. 1329021
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Prose and poems accompany enchanting pictures of animals. White cloth, gilt title to spine. 103 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0460066242. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Some slight browning at cover edges and foxing to top edges. Pale page browning and light foxing to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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ADVENTURES OF A BEAGLE
Written by T.L. McCready. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.
Stock no. 1329020
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st UK 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Blue boards. Pictorial colour endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Price cut wrapper is lightly browned on verso and slightly edge rubbed.

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A HISTORY OF ENGLAND
Written by Rudyard Kipling; C.R.L. Fletcher. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1829224
Published by The Clarendon Press. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. Maps to endpapers. 15 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 250 pages. Boards a little marked & scuffed. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn, front edge of spine has 2" split in cloth. Front joint has small tear where spine has split to front and is lightly worn. Front endpaper starting to pull from title page from top. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to contents. All plates present. Hinge between page 8 & 9 pulled but binding is tight.

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COMIC & CURIOUS CATS
Written by Angela Carter. Illustrated by Martin Leman.
Stock no. 1329018
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Each page starts with 'I love my cat with a... and goes through all the letters of the alphabet. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0575025921. SIGNED by the artist to top margin of title-page. Previous owners name in pencil to top of front free-endpaper. Foxspots to contents. Spine is bumped and faded.

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DR. SEUSS FROM THEN TO NOW
No author listed. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 1329013
Published by Random House. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A catalogue of the Retrospective Exhibition organised by the San Diego Museum of Art. Red boards with gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0394892682. Minimal bumping and rubbing to corners. Some foxspots. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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SONGBIRD STORY
Written by Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jill Dow.
Stock no. 1329012
Published by Frances Lincoln. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two songbirds soar among the leaves and branches, filling the woods with their singing. Then along comes the birdcatcher with his traps.... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0711207186. Spine is faded else a fine copy.

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