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CUCKOO CHERRY-TREE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1325528
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"A book of original fairy tales, imbued with country lore and magic, with a background of woods and fields and cottages where simple folk live". Green cloth, red title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper removed. A couple of small margin tears and one of the b/w illustrations neatly coloured in (opposite page 48). Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and browned to spine and rear panel.

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THE STREAM IN THE WILD WOOD
Written by Dorothy Clewes. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1323776
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tan cloth, blue titles and large vignette to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 52 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Spine and corners very sightly bumped and some faint spotting to covers. Foxing, mainly to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little grubby, edge chipped and creased and foxed on verso.

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THE SCARECROW AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1322912
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Includes The Lovely Myfanwy and Broomsticks. Yellow cloth with light blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. Tiny dent to lower edge of front cover. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is just a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE MAGIC JACKET & OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1322910
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Companion volume to The Old Lion and Other Stories. 146 pages. B/w illustrations. Green cloth with blue title to spine and decoration to front cover. Spine bumped. Some foxing and a few other marks to covers. Light crease to lower corner of front free-endpaper else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and faded to spine.

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LOLLY POPKIN
Written by Dorothy Ann Lovell. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1321661
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

Lolly Popkin is a little girl who is given a woolly lamb which she discovers can talk! Green cloth. Dark blue title to spine and illustration to front cover. Full page colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 129 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few small spots to covers. Name and address in ink to front pastedown.

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THE MAGIC JACKET & OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 2130666
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Companion volume to The Old Lion and Other Stories. 146 pages. B/w illustrations. Green cloth with blue title to spine and decoration to front cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine and a couple of edges; some foxing.

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THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF EMMA
Written by Dorothy Ann Lovell. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1405951
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

Emma is a royal doll. She tires of life in a museum and tries to escape. Yellow cloth, black picture and titles. B/w illustrations. 163 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine and part of front board browned. Covers a little grubby. Small piece of blue sticky paper to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Couple of page corners are creased. Top edge of text block is dusty. Grubby mark to side of text block.

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THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF EMMA
Written by Dorothy Ann Lovell. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1502365
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 4th 1944. Slightly better than good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Emma is a royal doll. She tires of life in a museum and tries to escape. Yellow cloth, black picture and titles. B/w illustrations. 163 pages. Bumping to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers are grubby with some stains. Marks/grubby fingermarks to endpapers and contents. Pages are lightly browned and there are a few fox spots. Book leans to one side a little. Dustwrapper has a large area of loss from the front panel and loss from the top of spine area. Grubby and edge chipped..

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THE DUTCH CHEESE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1302521
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front cover. 5 stories. B/w drawings. 143 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Large (taking up the lower half of the page) but neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few small foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss at edges and also to centre of spine and to edge of rear panel, old tape stains to wrapper.

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THE DUTCH CHEESE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 815565
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front cover. 5 stories. B/w drawings. 143 pages. 8 x 5.5". Two inscriptions in ink to front endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is browned and torn with loss.

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THE DUTCH CHEESE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 576279
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1946. Slightly better than very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front cover. 5 stories. B/w drawings. 143 pages. 8 x 5.5". Inscription erased from front endpaper. A bright copy.

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THE FAIR IN THE WILD WOOD
Written by Dorothy Clewes. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 711291
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, silver titles and vignette. Illustrated endpapers. B/w and colour illustrations throughout. 48 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". SIGNED by the author. Spine and corners are slightly bumped. Very slight loss to top edge of front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is slightly worn at spine and corners. A nice bright copy.

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