PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328878
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt title to front. Front endpaper is a chart of the atlantic ocean. B/w text illustrations throughout. 431 pages. 8 x 5.5". 5th impression, March 1935. Spine very slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Newspaper clipping (Ransome relevant) to half title-page. Top edge of textblock is slightly foxed. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and very slightly browned to spine.

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GREAT NORTHERN?
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328877
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 351 numbered pages. Third impression, same year and month (August) as first edition. Spine and corners bumped. Some very neat ink writing to top margin of front free-endpaper. Very light foxing to top edge of textblock. Neat pencil writing to front flap of wrapper. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly browned to spine with chips at base.

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PIGEON POST
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328876
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Green boards with gilt titles to spine and blind titles to front board. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224021249. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to textblock and to dustwrapper. Wrapper is edge rubbed, faded to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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SWALLOWDALE
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328875
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth gilt title to spine. Blind title to front. B/w illustrations. 453 pages. 18th impression. Minimal shelf bumping to spine. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly browned to spine.

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SECRET WATER
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328874
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

The Swallows and Amazons are busy again, in a book which Explorers and Savages, of whatever age, will enjoy! Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine and blind title to front. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations throughout. 380 pages. Spine bumped, lightly browned and very slightly scratched. Top edge of textblock is very slightly dusty.

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COOT CLUB
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328873
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1944. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind title to front cover. Maps to endpapers. 22 illustrations. 351 numbered pages. 11th impression. Spine very slightly bumped. Tiny white spot to front cover (paint?) with no. 5 written inside it. Very light foxing to top edge of textblock. Ex-Libris label to half title-page with name and date in ink written on it. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed with slight browning to spine.

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SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328872
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1944. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Illustrated edition. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and blind title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. 24 B/w illustrations throughout. 374 numbered pages. Illustrated by the author with help from Miss Nancy Blackett. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing to top edge of textblock. Small, neat name in ink to verso of free-endpaper. Half title-page has been removed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and very slightly browned to spine.

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IN THE WINDOW-SEAT
Written by Gillian Avery. Illustrated by Susan Einzig.
Stock no. 1328871
Published by D. Van Nostrand Company. 1st USA 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A selection of Victorian stories edited by Avery. Green boards, white title to spine. B/w illustrations. Authors include Gatty, Ewing, Yonge, etc. Spine and corners slightly bumped, cover edges rubbed. Top page corners haven't been cut very well during printing/binding process causing some slight ragged edges, one page has small piece missing from top margin due to this error (text unaffected). Wrapper is price-cut and edge rubbed with evidence of removal of small label to front panel, slightly grubby rear panel and very slightly browned spine.

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A PECULIAR GIFT
Written by Lance Salway.
Stock no. 1328870
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Nineteenth Century Writings on Books for Children. Selected and Introduced by Lance Salway. Beige/olive boards, purple title to spine. B/w illustrations. 572 pages including index. ISBN: 0722651406. Spine bumped. Top edge of textblock is lightly foxed and partially stained. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed.

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THE CLOCK STRUCK TWELVE
Written by Paul Biegel; Patricia Crampton. Illustrated by Tineke Schinkel.
Stock no. 1328869
Published by Glover & Blair Limited. 1st UK 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fairy story about Ninochka, the fairy with broken wings who feared she would never dance again and her faithful companion Yaaling the frog. Translated from the Dutch into English by Crampton. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 115 pages. ISBN: 0906681006. Spine bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and just a little grubby to rear panel.

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ACE
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Liz Graham-Yooll.
Stock no. 1328868
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ace is a young pig that befriends the farmer so that he can't bear to send him to market wtih the other piglets. 'Who ever heard of a pig that can understand the Queen's English! Can you imagine such a thing, Ace...?' Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0575047259. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge creased and slightly faded to spine.

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THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS
Written by Katherine B. Bamfield. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328866
Published by The Medici Society. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Covers slightly rubbed and very very slightly grubby. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Small, light stain to top margins of pages 3-5.

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