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FFANGS THE VAMPIRE BAT AND THE KISS OF TRUTH
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 2130342
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A wildly inventive fantasy with splendidly exuberant illustrations. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571138411. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper edge-creased.

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EDMUND DULAC'S PICTURE BOOK FOR THE FRENCH RED CROSS
No author listed. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2130268
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1915. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format. Yellow cloth covers with black titles and vignettes. 19 tipped-in colour plates and 1 b/w portrait of Dulac. Published for The Daily Telegraph by Hodder & Stoughton. Some browning to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and margins. All plates present. Several plates have creasing to them. Wrapper is MISSING spine, but most of front and rear panels are present - torn and chipped with some marks.

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THREE JOLLY SAILORS AND ME
Written by Will Owen. Illustrated by Will Owen.
Stock no. 2130175
Published by T. Nelson & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1919. Good condition.

Large format. Green cloth; black title to spine, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. Story in verse. Heavy wear to covers. Bumping to corners. scuffing to onlay, with piece of edge loss. First couple of pages are edge-creased with a couple of tears. Some colouring. Grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

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LITTLE MAGIC HORSE
Written by Peter Ershoff; Tatiana Balkoff Drowne. Illustrated by Vera Bock.
Stock no. 2130166
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1st thus 1942. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Russian tale translated by Drowne. Blue cloth, black title to spine. Pink and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by translator, with dedications on half-title and title page. Damp marks and spotting to covers. Numbers in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn with uneven fading; some loss.

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FAIRY JIGSAW BOOK
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1817449
Published by The Medici Society Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Rediscover the work of artist Margaret Tarrant with these five fairy jigsaw puzzles. Each puzzle is accompanied by a charming poem by Marion St John Webb. ISBN: 0855032669. Fading to spine. Corners and lower edges bumped. Contents fine and all pieces present.

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THE TOYMAN AND OTHER VERSES
Written by Mary Dobson.
Stock no. 2129893
Published by Humphrey Milford. Circa 1956. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Title to front cover is: The Toyman and Other Songs of India For Children. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges.

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STRUWWELPETER MERRY STORIES AND FUNNY PICTURES
Written by Heinrich Hoffmann. Illustrated by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Stock no. 2129785
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey pictorial boards with yellow spine. Colour pictures printed one side only (apart from last page!) Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a few chips and wear. Page edge browning and foxing. Wrapper is torn and creased with some loss and marks.

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THE TWIRLY-WHIRLY BOOK
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 2129669
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1913. Very good condition.

Off-white covers with red title and border and pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis plate. 11 additional colour plates to contents, each facing a page of rhyme. 9.25 x 7 inches. Bumping o corners. Some marks and browning to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing/browning to endpapers; a few to page margins. Plates are lovely and bright!

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THE NECESSARY CAT
Written by Nicola Bayley; John Keats; William Wordsworth; et al. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1317694
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Celebration of Cats in Picture and Word. Poems and pictures of cats. Brown pictorial boards. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744519241. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is creased to rear panel and ever so slightly edge rubbed.

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THE GEORGIE-PORGIE BOOK
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 2128677
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Off white cloth with orange title and border to front cover, with colour pictorial onlay. Colour plates. Some browning to cover edges. Name in ink to front pastedown. A few grubby margin marks.

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THE BABE'S BOOK OF VERSE
Written by Madeleine Nightingale. Illustrated by C.T. Nightingale.
Stock no. 1816752
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1924. Very good condition.

Slim format. Grey paper boards with onlay to front board. 44 pages. B/w woodcuts. Reprint. Boards browned. Fading inscription in ink to front pastedown. A few grubby fingermarks to contents.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2127785
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 2nd 1896. Very good condition.

Dark green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. B/w text illustrations. 136 pages plus publication list to rear. All edges gilt. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few to page margins.

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