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GREENWITCH
Written by Susan Cooper.
Stock no. 1827791
Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The third book of The Dark is Rising series. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 147 pages. ISBN: 0701150483. Light browning to base of spine. Light vertical crease to spine. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed, minor blue mark to spine, narrow band of fading at spine edge of front panel (vertically).

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CAROLINE CANTERS HOME
Written by Caroline Arkill. Illustrated by Elizabeth Grant.
Stock no. 1827790
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A pony story. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 034021385X. A few minor foxspots to text block and endpapers. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine, grubby to rear panel, lightly edge-worn.

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THE BALLET TWINS
Written by Jean Estoril; Mabel Esther Allan. Illustrated by Lucy Su.
Stock no. 1827789
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition.

Originally published as 'We Danced in Bloomsbury Square'. Debbie and Dorrie share a determination to be ballerinas... by the author of the Drina books. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0356168042. SIGNED with personal gift inscription and dated by the author to front endpaper. Boards lightly bumped at corners and a little scuffed. Tiny nick to top of spine. Contents browned.

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THE FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1827776
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

A reproduction of the 1909 edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Colour plates. Top edge blue. A beautiful book. Spine lightly faded. Otherwise a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some lightly shelf-scuffing (VG+).

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CAPTAIN SLAUGHTERBOARD DROPS ANCHOR
Written by Mervyn Peake. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1827765
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A swashbuckling pirate fantasy. Large format. Blue paper boards, Black title to spine and illustration to front. Green endpapers. Colour illustratoins. ISBN: 0744581222. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, a little scuffed to rear panel.

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MOONSHADOW
Written by Angela Carter. Illustrated by Justin Todd.
Stock no. 1327482
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cream glazed pictorial boards. A magical hide-and-seek book, find Tom's moonshadow cat and lot more besides. Vivid colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575030267. Spine bumped. Heavy foxing to contents.

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TRUMPETS IN GRUMPETLAND
Written by Peter Dallas-Smith. Illustrated by Peter Cross.
Stock no. 1327481
Published by Walker Books. 1st PB 1990. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. Bright colour pictures. Podd and his friend Livingstone rescue a damsel in distress from the evil Grumpet, Havoc. ISBN: 0744507677. Covers edge rubbed and slightly creased. Name in black biro to to margin of title-page. Light foxing to textblock.

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ANN IN THE MOON
Written by Frances D. Francis. Illustrated by Alan Aldridge.
Stock no. 1327480
Published by Bancroft Books. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

Silver and white boards with colour illustration to front. Salmon pink endpapers. Striking colour illustrations throughout. 62 pages. ISBN: 0430004915. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page edges browning and some slight foxing else contents clean.

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THE INQUISITIVE HARVEST MOUSE
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1827759
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 497. Cream boards with square pictorial onlay to front and titles. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Boards a little grubby, corners lightly rubbed. Browning to endpapers. A few marks to contents. First gathering a little loose, hinge pulled. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with tiny amounts of loss mainly to corners, and a little scuffed.

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SMITH OF WOOTTON MAJOR
Written by J.R.R. Tolkien. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 1827757
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1973. Very good condition.

Small format. Black pictorial boards with white borders and spine and pink decoration. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0048230766. Sixth impression. Spine rubbed at top & tail and faded. Corners and vertical edges rubbed. Surface paper loss to lower edge of rear board where a price label has been partially removed. Contents clean.

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RAJA THE ELEPHANT (WILD LIFE STORY READERS)
Written by C. Bernard Rutley. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1827756
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

A School reading book with exercises to rear. This is the cloth lined edition. The story of an Indian elephant. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Undated. Covers a little grubby, corners are rubbed. '3' written in pencil to inside front cover. Text block browned. Creased to lower gutter edge. Contents generally clean.

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MISKA THE SEAL (WILD LIFE STORY READERS)
Written by C. Bernard Rutley. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1827755
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

A School reading book with exercises to rear. This is the cloth lined version. A story founded on facts about fur seals born on the Pribilof Islands. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. Undated. '9' written to front cover and '2' to inside front cover. Corners lightly rubbed. Covers lightly scuffed. Foxing to inside covers. Contents otherwise clean.

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