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BABY BUNTING'S FIRST BOOK
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1314977
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. 2 pretty colour plates. B/w illustrations to text throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Foxing to contents. One page has a small margin tear. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to top corner of front pastedown.

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LATER, GATOR!
Written by Erik Brooks. Illustrated by Erik Brooks.
Stock no. 2117907
Published by Sterling Children's Books. 1st USA 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Gator's moving, and he's so sad to say goodbye to his friends. Worst of all, he doesn't know anyone in his new neighbourhood! Easy-to-read text. American edition. ISBN: 9781454918165. Bumping to base of spine; some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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BABY BUNTING'S BIG PLAY BOOK
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1314878
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Contains 4 colour plates, numberous b/w illustrations, an ABC, short stories and dot-to-dot puzzles. Spine bumped and rubbed, corners worn. Front cover edges ever so slightly grubby. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Foxing to contents. Dot-to-dot puzzles not done.

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IT WAS SO QUIET I COULD HEAR A PIN DROP
Written by Andy Goodman. Illustrated by Andy Goodman.
Stock no. 2117899
Published by Princeton Architectural Press. Circa 2016. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Square format. Pictorial boards. Large easy-to-read text. Simple colour illustrations by Goodman. Translated from the Italian. ISBN: 9781616894801. Wrapper has some light edge browning and a couple of marks to rear panel.

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MCDOUGALL'S ALEXANDRA READERS - THE PRIMARY READER
No author listed. Illustrated by Michael Brown; et al..
Stock no. 1314418
Published by McDougall's Educational Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles. 128 pages. Colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is lightly marked. Endpapers lightly browned. Grubby fingermarks to page margins otherwise contents clean.

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ROUNDABOUTS AND SWINGS
Written by C. Bradham. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1503817
Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

The Merry-Go-Round Readers Book Three. Red and black cloth. Colour illustrations. 152 pages. Collection of stories by various authors, including Blyton and Uttley, edited by Bradham. Spine bumped, worn and faded. Some bumping and wear to corners and cover edges, marks to covers. Name in pen to half-title page. Contents very good.

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ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR
Written by C. Bradham. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1503816
Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Good condition.

The Merry-Go-Round Readers Book Two. Green and black cloth. Colour illustrations. 160 pages. Collection of stories by various authors, including Blyton, edited by Bradham. Covers very worn and scuffed, especially at edges. Small splits and some fraying to ends of spine. School stamp to front endpaper and another to frontis. Contents have lots of grubby fingermarks to lower margins plus some other marks.

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MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY TALES
Written by A. Pitt-Kethley.
Stock no. 1503263
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Told chiefly in words of one syllable for young children. Cloth spine with black title, colour pictorial boards. 25 illustrations (incl. covers). 15 stories including Cinderella, Blue-Beard, Puss in Boots, Three Bears etc. 94 pages. Spine bumped. Corners and cover edges are bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. A few hinges cracked so binding feels weak. Grubby marks to title page, endpapers and margins. Foxing to front endpaper.

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PRETTY TOY PICTURES
Written by L.L. Weedon.
Stock no. 1313586
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Almost very good condition.

A Colour Book of Favourite Objects. Oblong format. Pictorial front board. Thick board pages with colour illustrations showing every day objects with words beside them and short rhymes as well. Covers edge rubbed, wear to corners with minimal loss to lower corner tip of first page as well (no loss of text or illustrations). Some grubby fingermarks and foxspots and name in ink inside front cover. Pale page browning to contents. A nice copy overall of a scarce book.

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IVAN THE PEARL-FISHER
Written by Marie Bayne.
Stock no. 1712317
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 1957. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. Grade B. Oliver and Boyd's Pleasure Readers. Subtitle: Or The Boy whose, dreams came true. B/w illustrations. 46 pages. Corners creased.

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THE JANET AND JOHN MANUAL
Written by Rona Munro.
Stock no. 1402802
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A teachers' manual for use with The Janet and John reading course. Cream boards with olive green titles to spine and front board. Colour photos frontis plus 15 pages of b/w photos. 141 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing and a few marks to boards. Remains of label stuck to front pastedown. College library stamp to one page. Foxing mainly to endpapers and page edges. Small piece of label with '25' written to it to top of front endpaper. Pictorial endpaper is edge torn and creased with small areas of loss and some surface paper damage. Small library label to bottom of spine. Foxing and marks (possibly damp). Wrapper is grubby. Small white label stuck to spine on verso.

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BROTHER BEARS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1711686
Published by Litor Publishers Ltd.. Good condition.

The story of two cute bears. Colour illustrations. Foil spine missing. Surface damage to rear cover. Name in ink to inside front cover.

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