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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by Margaret Early. Illustrated by Margaret Early.
Stock no. 2130707
Published by Walter McVitty Books. 1st AUSTRALIA 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Red/pink covers with gilt title to spine. Australian Edition. Retold by Early. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0949183792. Light wear to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks to top and tail of spine.

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THE GOLDEN BIRD
Written by Brothers Grimm; Neil Philip. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 2130702
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st USA 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The youngest son's quest for the golden bird, the golden horse and the princess from the golden castle. Retold from the Brothers Grimm by Neil Philip. Colour illustrations. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0316705225.

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KING MIDAS
Written by Neil Philip. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 2130701
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st USA 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Square format. Colour illustrations. Retold by Philip. ISBN: 0316705217. Slight fade to spine, which also has small bumps to top and tail.

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KATTIE OF THE BALKANS
Written by F.O.H. Nash. Illustrated by J.M. Pollock.
Stock no. 2130682
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1931. Almost very good condition.

An amazing adventure in which Bunnie is mistaken for Kattie and is taken far away into the wilds of Silaria, captive in a strange land. Beige pictorial boards (apparently covering green cloth covers). Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 152 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chips to corners (can see green cloth). Grubby marks to covers. Gift plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Margin marks, including small damp marks and glue residue to page edges.

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CIRCUS DAYS AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by E.H. Davie.
Stock no. 2130674
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Peach boards, red titles. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. Spine is darkened to top of spine. Bumping to corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips; loss to top of spine and a couple of corners; also foxed.

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PEG-LEG AND THE INVADERS
Written by Peter Dawlish. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 2130671
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue/green cloth with black titles and decorations to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Browning to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Some grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; chipping and some creasing.

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THE BEWITCHED BROOMSTICKS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Charles Duncan. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 2130668
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Stories of unusual happenings including a clock which makes faces, a duck which loses its quack and trees which run away. Light brown cloth. B/w illustrations. 8 x 5". 109pp. Spine is faded. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks to corners.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE WOODEN LEGS
Written by Griselda Gifford. Illustrated by Barry Wilkinson.
Stock no. 2130664
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1964. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

All Sue could see from the basement flat were the legs and feet of the people walking past. One morning Sue saw something very odd. Two sticks were walking along the pavement followed by four furry paws, the wheels of a tricycle, two small feet in dirty sandals and a rope which twitched. Blue boards with gilt titles to spine and acorn vignette to front. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. Foxing to outer page edges. Light wear to wrapper edges.

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MOTHER GOOSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130654
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of classic nursery rhymes selected and illustrated by Hague. Red cloth spine with gilt title, cream boards with blind stamp vignette of a ship to front board. Colour illustrations to text throughout. ISBN: 0416494307. Wrapper is unevenly browned.

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MR POPPLECORN & FOUR LITTLE HENS
Written by Margaret Musson. Illustrated by Kathleen Burrell.
Stock no. 2130652
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

How Mr Popplecorn pretended he was a boy again by keeping hens and collecting their eggs. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour and two-tone text illustrations. Wear along cover edges. Bookplate to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with creasing, edge-tears and chips; a little loss and some grubby marks.

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AESOP'S FABLES
Written by Aesop; Michael Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130628
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards. Gold title to spine. Pretty full-page colour illustrations. 27 pages. ISBN: 041652950X. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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NUMBEARS - A COUNTING BOOK
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130600
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1ST 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A charming counting book which children (and adults) will treasure. Blue boards, gilt to spine. Cream endpapers. Lovely full-page colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 10.5 x 8.25". ISBN: 0416956904.

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