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TISBURY BLUE
Written by Jim Smith. Illustrated by Jim Smith.
Stock no. 1327310
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition.

Tisbury is a remarkable cat that lived in a corner shop. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0946418012. SIGNED by the author with a small doodle to front free-endpaper. Spine very slightly bumped. A few small, light scratch marks to rear cover. Contents fine.

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WIZZIL
Written by William Steig. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1327309
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Wizzil is a bored witch. So she turns herself into a common housefly and sets off to Frimp Farm to cause a little trouble. ISBN: 0747550328. SIGNED by the illustrator to title-page.

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A STORY ABOUT DUCKS
Written by Jack Townend. Illustrated by Jack Townend.
Stock no. 1327308
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Small, oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light sellotape(?) mark to fore-edge of front cover. Stitching pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still tightly bound.

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND THE WIZARD OF OZ
Written by Lewis Carroll; L. Frank Baum. Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger.
Stock no. 1327307
Published by North-South Books. Circa 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two classics illustrated by Zwerger. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0735813426. 2nd printings. Spines and corners are slightly bumped. Ex-libris plate to rear pastedown of Wizard of Oz (covering a patch of surface paper damage). Contents are otherwise fine. Slipcase is just a little grubby/marked and slightly bumped/rubbed at corners, crease to one panel at top edge.

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PETER PAN & WENDY
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Gwynedd M. Hudson.
Stock no. 1327306
Published by Robert Frederick Ltd.. 2003. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A Treasury of Stories Series. Colour illustrations and one tone illustrations. ISBN: 0907789145. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small foxspots to lower edges of front endpapers else contents clean.

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THE CUCKOO CLOCK AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Edna Cooke.
Stock no. 1327305
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. Circa 1940. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth, blue titles to front cover and spine. 8 colour plates. 353 pages, top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading to cover edges and dust at spine gutters. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers and page margins browned. Some neat colouring to the illustration on the rear free-endpaper. Pencil scribble to lower edge of textblock. Contained in a good quality PHOTOCOPY dustwrapper.

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THE CORAL ISLAND: A TALE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Written by R.M. Ballantyne. Illustrated by Ethel Larcombe; Harold Copping.
Stock no. 1327304
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1911. Very good condition.

Blackie's Crown Library series. Blue decorated cloth (Ethel Larcombe binding). B/w frontis by Copping. 262 pages plus publication list to rear. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing to prelims, last few pages and text block (affecting some page margins) else contents clean.

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ASTERIX AND THE CHIEFTAIN'S SHIELD
Written by Rene Goscinny. Illustrated by Albert Uderzo.
Stock no. 1827698
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340213949. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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THE AMAZING ASTERIX OMNIBUS
Written by Rene Goscinny. Illustrated by Albert Uderzo.
Stock no. 1827697
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Contains 6 Asterix adventures: Asterix and the Great Divide; Asterix and the Black Gold; Asterix and the Magic Carpet; Asterix Versus Caesar; Asterix and Son; Operation Getafix. ISBN: 0340581522. Boards clean and bright. Text block browned. Some foxing present, mainly to margins. Else contents clean.

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RETURN TO MARS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1327301
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 6 colour plates. A story of Interplanetary Flight. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight discolouration to spine. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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THE SNOW GOOSE
Written by Paul Gallico. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1827696
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st thus 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This legend of Dunkirk, first published during the grim days of 1941, has proved to be one of the minor classics of the war. Embellished by 4 magnificent full-colour plates plus dramatic b/w illustrations, this is a truly special edition. Royal blue cloth, with white titles amd b/w vignette to front cover. 55 pages. Light fading to top edge of spine and rear board. Neat name and date in ink to front endpaper. Couple of light rust marks to gutter of front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly chipped at corners, some scuffing to front panel, rear panel has a few closed tears and is lightly browned. Overall a lovely copy.

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MY VERY OWN SISTER
Written by Astrid Lindgren. Illustrated by Hans Arnold.
Stock no. 1327295
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416814506. Spine and corners bumped, corners slightly worn. Some grubby fingermarks to first couple of pages.

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