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POCOMOTO AND THE ROBBERS' TRAIL
Written by Rex Dixon. Illustrated by Jack Harman.
Stock no. 1506367
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pocomoto becomes involved in a smash-and-grab robbery in Yakima City. Dark red boards with black titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 197 pages. Spine and top front corner bumped. Top of spine lightly browned. Name and date in pen to front endpaper. Some light foxing and browning, mainly to endpapers and text block. Just an odd mark to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with loss from top of spine and small hole near base. Spine lightly browned and rubbed, rear panel slightly grubby. Light foxing/browning to verso.

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POCOMOTO AND THE DESERT GOLD
Written by Rex Dixon. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1506266
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The driver of the stage-coach has been hit by a bullet. Poco and Tim Bladen search for the unknown gunman and thus become involved in a hunt for treasure in the bad lands of the Pecos country. Red boards, dark titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 217 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners, couple of light bumps to lower edge of front cover. Name and date in ink to front endpaper plus small ink date stamp. Front joint ever so slightly cracked. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and text block. Text pages clean. Dustwrapper is a little edge worn with small chips to base of spine. Rear panel and spine grubby/foxed, same on verso.

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STOLEN HOLIDAY
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 1405721
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st thus 1956. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The story of how the children's holiday nearly ended in disaster - all Marjorie's fault of course! New Edition. Orange cloth, colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine a little bumped with a small dark mark at bottom. Name and date to front endpaper. Last couple of pages browned. Top corners of pages 55 - 62 are creased. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears to either side of spine. Spine and rear panel are grubby. Spine faded.

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SO GUY CAME TOO
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Joanna Curzon.
Stock no. 1315919
Published by Burke. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black title to spine. 189 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper has been covered with an ex-libris label (which has name in ink on it). Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and a bit grubby to rear panel.

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BLACK BEAUTY
Written by Anna Sewell. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1405520
Published by Jarrolds. Slightly better than good condition.

18 colour plates, specially drawn for this edition. Dark green cloth. Gilt titles to spine. Elaborate gilt decoration to front cover. 291 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small splits in cloth to top and bottom of spine. Gilt from spine has is very worn. Fading to spine and edge of rear cover. A few hinges are cracked. Foxing throughout including margins of plates. 2.5" closed tear to side margin of page 49/50.

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STOLEN HOLIDAY
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1404283
Published by A. & E. Publishers Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, blue title to spine. Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 198 pages. Spine is foxed. Corners a little rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers and page edges otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn and a little torn. Spine is browned and a little grubby. Rear panel is grubby.

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SAMBO AND SUSAN AND OTHER TALES
Written by Katharine Harrison-Wallace. Illustrated by Katharine Harrison-Wallace.
Stock no. 2116403
Published by Apple Tree Press. 2012. Fine condition.

Contains: The Adventures of Sambo and Susan, Jim The Huntsman and The Story of a Disobedient Salmon. A modern republication of the original. ISBN: 9780957306509.

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HAZY MOUNTAIN
Written by Donald Bisset. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1710978
Published by Puffin Books. 1975. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. 31 pages. ISBN: 0140501436. Light creasing to covers.

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THE RED PONY
Written by John Steinbeck. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis.
Stock no. 1312595
Published by The Viking Press. 1st thus 1945. Very good condition.

Grey cloth, blue title label and gilt title to spine, pictorial onlay to front cover. Superb colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light foxing to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. There are some light fingermarks to page margins and there is a small orange felt-tip(?) mark to edge of textblock.

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ON'Y TONY AND THE DRAGON
Written by Brenda E. Spender. Illustrated by Barbara Turner.
Stock no. 1502426
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

On'y Tony meets Bell's brother, known as the Dragon, and through him did a great many very naughty things. Pale blue marble effect boards with blue spine and dark blue titles. B/w illustrations. 80 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Top of spine darkened, edges of covers browned and foxed. Endpapers browned. One hinge cracked. Dustwrapper has loss from top and bottom of spine and is also torn along the spine. Also loss at bottom of front panel, tears and chipping elsewhere. Spine very browned, rear panel a bit grubby.

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ON'Y TONY
Written by Brenda E. Spender. Illustrated by B. Turner.
Stock no. 1311832
Published by Country Life Limited. 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of three ponies and a little boy. Green cloth spine, brown marble effect boards. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing else contents clean. Yellow dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped and faded to spine and edges.

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TERRY, THE TROOP-HORSE
Written by Beatrix De Burgh. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy.
Stock no. 1108925
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1902. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth with black titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks and some scuffing to covers. Prize plate to front endpaper. Some page browning; couple of pages are creased.

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