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DUNDERPATE
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 1324903
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1938. Very good condition.

Dunderpate is a boy who has a head so full of daydreams there is no room for anything else. One day he decides to go to town to seek his fortune... Striking silhouette pictures throughout. Orange cloth with black titles and vignette. 8.5 x 6.6". ISBN: 0631001603. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing and fingering to contents. Ex-Libris plate (school) to verso of title-page, no other school markings.

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THE ROAMING DOLL
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 1324902
Published by Basil Blackwell. Very good condition.

Victoria Josephine is a rather spoiled doll who is rejected and yet finds her way back to a loving home in a rather surprising way. Orange cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Striking black silhouette illustrations throughout and on orange endpapers. 8.25 x 6.25". Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Some light marks to page margins.

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NUMBER TWELVE JOY STREET
Written by Mabel Marlowe; Madeleine Nightingale; Rose Fyleman; Eleanor Farjeon; et al. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell; Mary Baker; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1324626
Published by Basil Blackwell. Good condition.

Blue decorated cloth. 6 tipped-in colour plates. B/w text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine slightly browned. Ex-Libris plate to front free-endpaper. Joint at front free-endpaper and half title-page is cracked showing webbing. Half title-page is MISSING. Hinges are cracked and pulled, some showing stitching at spine. This is causing the contents to be a bit loose in the binding but the contents are still tight. There is some colouring to the b/w illustrations and some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Also, some foxing.

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TROTTERS
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 2119454
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

A story about PIGS - Tubby who was fat, Teeny who was small amd Trotters who was most trouble... Wonderful silhouette illustrations throughout. Orange cloth. 83pp. 8.5 x 6.5" Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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NUMBER FOURTEEN JOY STREET
Written by Olive Dehn; Madeleine Nightingale; Margaret Baker; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Mary Baker; A.H. Watson; et al..
Stock no. 2119367
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green decorated cloth and endpapers. Tipped-in colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading/browning to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned with edge-tears and chips; some tape repairs to verso; small pieces of loss.

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THE WEATHERCOCK AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 1501939
Published by University of London Press. 1946. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 12 stories. 128 pages Corners bumped. A little fading to some cover edges and top and bottom of spine. A couple of small marks to covers. Some foxing to endpapers, contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with a little loss at top and bottom of spine. Rear panel is very grubby, spine is darkened. Clear cover has been taped to inside of dustwrapper.

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TINKER TAILOR AND OTHER NONSENSE TALES
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 809745
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1942. Fair condition.

Blue cloth with dark titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Covers are a little bowed, grubby and scuffed, with bumping to conrers and edge. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and grubby finger marks throughout. Some partially erased pencil colouring to some pages. Tear to page 15. A reading copy only.

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THE LOST MERBABY AND THE WISHING-NUT TREE
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 621680
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st thus 1979. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Illustrated with silhouttes throughout. ISBN: 0722655398. Base of spine lightly bumped. Pictorial wrapper very slightly faded at spine and lightly rubbed at corners.

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THE MARGARET AND MARY BAKER STORY BOOK
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 328939
Published by T. Werner Laurie Ltd.. Circa 1941. Very good condition.

Containing The Dog,The Brownie & The Bramble Patch - The Little Girl Who Curtsied To The Owl - The Lost Merbaby. Yellow cloth covers, blue vignettes to front, rear & spine. B/w silhouette illustrations throughout. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean.

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