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THE WOMAN IN WHITE
Written by Wilkie Collins. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb.
Stock no. 1320585
Published by Folio Society. 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue textured cloth with gilt title-label to spine. 519 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page browning. A couple of hinges cracked. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to top and tail of spine, a tiny mark to front panel and browned to spine and rear panel. No slipcase, as issued.

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BO-BO THE CLOWN
Written by Porter. Illustrated by Chollick.
Stock no. 1320458
Published by Capitol Publishing Co.. 1948. Almost very good condition.

A Capitol Wiggly Playbook. Moving clown to front cover. Colour and b/w lithographs throughout. Staples rusty. Front cover is slightly grubby. Some scratch marks to rear cover. Clown still complete and moving. Contents clean.

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MY POETRY BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2134184
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1859. Good condition.

Smaller format. Red/brown cloth with gilt title to spine. 3 Kronheim plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning with some uneven fading to cover edges and spine. Split/tear to cloth to one edge of cover; some fraying to cloth. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A little writing to front pastedown. A few margin marks and the odd foxspot.

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BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Chopping. Illustrated by Richard Chopping.
Stock no. 2131940
Published by Penguin. Circa 1945. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Pictorial paperwraps. Staples have rusted - some brown rust marks to pages next to staples. Small stain to rear cover, which goes through a couple of pages at rear. A bit of page edge creasing. Contents are still very good.

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DOGS
Written by Maurice Wilson. Illustrated by Maurice Wilson.
Stock no. 2131937
Published by Penguin. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

Picture Puffin Book No. 56. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w lithographed illustrations. Printed by W.S. Cowell. Some grubby marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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CHRISTOPHER'S BOOK
Written by Merula Salaman. Illustrated by Merula Salaman.
Stock no. 1208819
Published by Pleiades Books. 3rd 1945. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Oblong format. Delghtful colour illustrations. An ABC book. Corners and top and tail of spine worn. Edges rubbed. Some marks to covers. Bookplate and name in ink inside front cover. Contents bright and clean.

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MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL
Written by Virginia Lee Burton. Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton.
Stock no. 2119368
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Circa 1939. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cloth with illustration to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Foxing to spine. Mark along bottom edge of front cover. Bookplate to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is badly edge-torn and chipped; piece of loss to top edge of front panel; smaller loss to corners and top and tail of spine. Tape repairs.

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BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Chopping. Illustrated by Richard Chopping.
Stock no. 1606473
Published by Penguin. c. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Pictorial paperwraps. Reissue, circa 1944/45. File Copy, with label pasted to inside front cover (obscuring list of titles). Closed tear to lower edge of front cover.

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KING DIDDLE
Written by H.C. Davidson. Illustrated by E.A. Lemann.
Stock no. 1314238
Published by J.W. Arrowsmith; Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Hugh and Amy find the key to the lumber-room! Grey pictorial boards. 99 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine professionally re-backed with red cloth and new endpapers. Covers edge worn, covers a little grubby and scratched. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to front cover. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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THE ADVENTURES OF JACK
Written by Frances Brundage. Illustrated by Frances Brundage.
Stock no. 2114699
Published by Stecher Litho. Co.. Fair condition.

Large format (tall). Pictorial card wraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Covers are foxed and grubby, with chips and tears to corners. Some creasing to covers. Contents are detached from covers. Small inscription in ink to first page. Grubby margin marks.

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COSTUMES OF BRITISH LADIES FROM THE TIME OF WILLIAM THE 1ST TO THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA
No author listed.
Stock no. 1809112
Published by Dickinson & Son. Circa 1840. Almost very good condition.

Very large format (14.5" x 10.75"). Three quarters leather binding, marbled sides. Gilt title to spine. Elegant, colour floral title page. 49 mounted colour lithographs with tissue guards and accompanying text describing the era. Subscribers list to rear. Edges rubbed and scuffed, marbled sides scuffed. Joints starting to crack but binding still firm and tight. Subscribers list is MISSING from the rear. All plates present, some have a few small foxspots. Overall a nice copy of a scarce item.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) A SEASIDE HOLIDAY
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 2113326
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format, cloth spine, pictorial boards. Bright colour lithographic illustrations throughout. Heavy bumping to a couple of corners. A little foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with large tear to spine - 2/3rds of wrapper spine MISSING; other tears and chips; some with loss. Wrapper is also marked.

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