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THE PEDALLING MAN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Lillian Hoban.
Stock no. 738505
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poems about animals, people, both big and small, and about those things and those moments in life that are worth holding on to. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 33 pages. ISBN: 043746704X. SIGNED by author with inscription to Peggy Moway on front endpaper. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers, prelims and outer page edges lightly foxed. Green wrapper is slightly edge torn, grubby with tiny brown spots to spine and edges.

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SIXES AND SEVENS
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy.
Stock no. 738407
Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Floral decorated endpapers. Colour (chromolithograph) illustrations. 63 pages. Poetry for children. Spine bumped and rubbed at head and tail. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Some light scuff marks to covers. Name in pencil to front pastedown. A few hinges cracked. Some light foxing and fingering else contents clean. A nice copy.

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FFANGS THE VAMPIRE BAT AND THE KISS OF TRUTH
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 738114
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A wildly inventive fantasy with splendidly exuberant illustrations. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571138411. Wrapper is price-cut and just a little rubbed at corners.

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FFANGS THE VAMPIRE BAT AND THE KISS OF TRUTH
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 738117
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A wildly inventive fantasy with splendidly exuberant illustrations. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571138411. Spine slightly bumped, lower corners quite heavily bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is complete but just a little creased at corners.

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THE TAIL OF THE TRINOSAUR
Written by Charles Causley. Illustrated by Jill Gardiner.
Stock no. 738089
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author's first-ever story for children. A hilarious story told in rhyme. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340159480. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some light foxing to outer page edges. White pictorial wrapper is just very slightly edge rubbed and grubby.

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THE PEDALLING MAN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Lillian Hoban.
Stock no. 738145
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poems about animals, people, both big and small, and about those things and those moments in life that are worth holding on to. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 33 pages. ISBN: 043746704X. Spine slightly bumped and some light fading to top edge of front cover. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Name plate and name in ink to front endpaper. A small damp stain affects the top margins of all pages. Wrapper is price-cut (with new price sticker above, slightly edge worn and faded to spine with a small mark to edge of front panel.

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TALES IN VERSE FOR THE YOUNG
Written by Mary Howitt.
Stock no. 737996
Published by Darton And Clark. 1865. Good condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 207 pages. States "New Edition" on the title page. Contains b/w illustrations which have been hand-coloured for publication. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a bit grubby and spine slightly darkened. Front joint cracked. Evidence of removal of bookplate to front pastedown, embossed address stamp and date in crayon to front endpaper. A few hinges pulled. Contents are well fingered with some slight foxing but still very good.

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TALES OF WAYBEYOND
Written by Eileen Hunter. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 737942
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, green title to spine. B/w illustrations, 87 pages. ISBN: 0233970843. Minimal bumping to spine. Child's name in ink to title-page else contents fine. Green pictorial wrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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HONEYMAID AND OTHER POEMS
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by St. Clair Simmons.
Stock no. 588286
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial stiff card covers. Sepia illustrations. Verses. Corners lightly rubbed. Number in ink to front cover. Contents nice and bright. Not dated but 19th century.

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SUNSHINE POEMS
Written by Florence Coombs.
Stock no. 588298
Published by A. Wheaton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition.

Light brown pictorial card wraps. Two-tone illustrations. Poetry for children. White label and inscription in ink on inside of front cover.

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SONGS FOR YOUTH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Leo Bates.
Stock no. 737879
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Almost very good condition.

From collected verse by Kipling. Red cloth, black titles. 243 pages. 8 tipped-in colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Spine and cover edges faded. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to contents. Lower 2" of front joint may have been nibbled by bookworm(?), rear joint just a little cracked. Contents generally clean.

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FRIENDLY MATCHES
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 737796
Published by Viking. 1st 2001. Fine condition.

A book of poems about school football matches. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations to text. ISBN: 0670889938. Tiny nick to side of spine else a fine copy.

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