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THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
Written by Robert Browning. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325612
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 8.5". ISBN: 0723205868. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and has an edge tear to rear panel.

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THE DICKIE-BIRDIE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1325538
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

A book of poems about birds. Off-white cloth with green title and pictorial onlay to front. 12 beautiful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly browned at spine and edges. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed.

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SIX AND TWENTY BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1325042
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Circa 1889. Almost very good condition.

An ABC of children told in rhymes... Awkward Ada, Dirty Dick, Kind-Hearted Kitty, Particular Paul, etc etc. Each rhyme is illustrated with a full-page colour illustration. Green decorated cloth with black title to spine and cream title to front cover. All edges are gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some stains (minor) to front cover. Apart from some foxing the contents are clean and bright.

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HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD
Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325037
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. A short passage from The Song Of Hiawatha. ISBN: 0571132863. Some evidence of heavy pencil markings erased to front free-endpaper. Contents fine.

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MR MISTOFFELEES WITH MUNGOJERRIE AND RUMPELTEAZER
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325036
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An exuberant interpretation of two poems from Eliot's classic "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 057115347X. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is complete and bright.

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GROWLTIGER'S LAST STAND AND OTHER POEMS
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325034
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With: The Pekes and the Pollicles and The Song of the Jellicles. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Superb colour pictures throughout. A brilliant new interpretation of three favourite poems from Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. ISBN: 0571138829. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut.

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THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
Written by Robert Browning. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1325014
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1939. Very good condition.

Cream pictorial wraps. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Originally published in 1934 with 4 colour plates (this edition only has a colour frontis). Covers are foxed, small tear to top edge of front cover. Foxing to page edges. Contents are bright and clean.

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THE SLY CORMORANT AND THE FISHES
Written by Aesop; Brian Patten. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325013
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Adaptations into poetry of the Aesop Fables. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Blue endpapers. Superb colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0722653603. Spine slightly bumped. Pale page browning else contents fine. Dustwrapper is very lightly browned.

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WONDERFUL DAYS
Written by Austin Latham. Illustrated by Muriel Dawson.
Stock no. 1325008
Published by Cecil Palmer. 1st 1929. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Children's verse. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Pencil scribbles to rear cover, some light marks to front cover. Foxing and fingering throughout. Evidence of heavy pencil writing to front free-endpaper (partially erased).

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1324901
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. Circa 1910. Fair condition.

Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Large pictorial onlay to front. Decorated endpapers. 12 colour plates with tissue-paper guards. Numerous b/w text illustration. Top edge gilt. Covers are very worn and badly dampstained. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name in ink to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint cracked between endpaper and half-title, showing webbing beneath. Some light fingering but contents generally clean.

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MR MISTOFFELEES WITH MUNGOJERRIE AND RUMPELTEAZER
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1324628
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An exuberant interpretation of two poems from Eliot's classic "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats". Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 057115347X. Minimal bumping/rubbing to corners. Foxing to endpapers. Some fingermarks to page margins. Dustwrapper is just a little rubbed at corners.

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I ONLY HAVE TO CLOSE MY EYES
Written by Kenneth Williams. Illustrated by Beverlie Manson.
Stock no. 1324349
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Accompanied by his cat, a small boy dreams up wonderful worlds in which he plays many roles - among them the king of the castle, an explorer in a jungle and the ringmaster of a circus. Glazed pictorial boards. Blue endpapers. Large colour illustrations with smaller b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0460061755. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Barcode label stuck to rear cover.

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