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TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
Stock no. 1827899
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Illustrated Classics series. Dark red boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 281 pages. Wonderful double-spread colour illustrations. Borad corners lightly bumped. Cloth to top edge of rear board is discoloured. Foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and rubbed to top of spine.

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BIGGLES GOES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1827898
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Black vignette on front cover - Biggles in a parachute. Colour frontis, b/w chapter headers. 160 pages. Sunlight on title to dustwrapper spine has imprinted title on to spine of book (faint). Neat name in ink to front endpaper, Some minor rust marks to front flap of dustwrapper and endapers. Text block lightly browned and foxed. Damp staining to edge of prelims and rear endpaper (light). Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, rubbed at corners, repaired with clear tape to verso, damp stain to verso (not visible to front). Sounds worse than it is.

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BALLET SHOES: A STORY OF THREE CHILDREN ON THE STAGE
Written by Noel Streatfeild; Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Inga Moore.
Stock no. 1827893
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Jacqueline Wilson. Pictorial paper board to front, purple cloth spine and rear cover with gilt vignette of ballet shoes and gilt title to spine. Colour plates. 206 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some minor scuffing (NR F).

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THE SILVER BRANCH
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff; Julia Eccleshare. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1827877
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Julia Eccleshare. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt title to spine. Full-page b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN
Written by George MacDonald; Maria Tatar. Illustrated by Madalina Andronic.
Stock no. 1827874
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with silver title to spine. 168 pages. Colour plates. Introduced by Maria Tatar. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase whichh has a small tear to middle of one edge (relatively minor).

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THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
Written by Lewis Carroll; Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jeffrey Fisher.
Stock no. 1827872
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial boards. An agony, in Eight Fits. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Introduction by Rosen. Based on the Penguin Books edition first published in 1967 and reprinted with revisions in 1974, with minor emendations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff; Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1827865
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Dark green pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Introduced by Crossley-Holland. Fourth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1827834
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown paperboards with chequerboard design and colour pictorial onlay. Exquisite colour plates. Spine lightly browned. Contents and plate margins also browned. Hinges are lightly pulled but the binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor closed tears (no loss) and is just a little grubby.

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BILLY BUNTER AFLOAT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1827831
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book 21. Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Text block browned. Page edges lightly browned. Pale black ink stamp to front endpaper which is also just a little grubby. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few minor closed tears, browned, faded to spine, grubby to rear panel.

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MAGICAL TALES: MYTH, LEGEND AND ENCHANTMENT IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Written by Carolyne Larrington; Diane Purkiss.
Stock no. 1327553
Published by Bodleian Library. 1st 2013. Fine condition.

An engaging blend of words and images showing how books make magic by weaving old myth into new fantasy... Cardwraps. 188 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781851242641.

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OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
Written by Dr. Seuss. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 1327538
Published by Random House Children'S Books. Circa 1993. Fine condition.

Deluxe edition contained in a blue slipcase. Book has glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780679805274. 3rd printing. Book and slipcase are fine.

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RAILWAY PASSAGE
Written by Charles Keeping. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1327537
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Charming story of the residents of Railway Passage, and how their individual lives change when their Residents Consortium win the football pools! Illustrated endpapers and wonderful and extensive colour illustrations throughout. 11 x 8 ins. Pictorial boards. ISBN: 019279700X. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Pale page edge browning. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price sticker above, is slightly rubbed at corners with a tear to lower edge of front panel and is a little browned.

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