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THE FOOLISH MEN OF AGRA AND OTHER TALES OF MOGUL INDIA
Written by Rina Singh.
Illustrated by Farida Zaman.
Stock no. 1506987
Published by Key Porter Books.
1st
1998.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A collection of 10 delightfully funny and poignant stories drawn from the traditional tales of Mogul India. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 48 pages. ISBN: 1550137719. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly edge worn.
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- FOLK TALES
BY RIVER AND SEA STORIES OF FAR-OFF BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Mary Entwistle.
Illustrated by Helen Jacobs.
Stock no. 1406506
Published by Edinburgh House Press.
1st
1929.
Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.
Round the World Series No. 5. Cream pictorial board with black title to spine. Blue and black titles to front cover. B/w pictorial endpapers and text illustrations. Colour frontis. 62 pages. 7 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Small split to top of spine. Light foxing to covers. Light foxing and some fingering to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some tears. Area of loss to bottom of rear panel. White labels to verso to cover tears and loss. Some spots to front panel (possibly grease). Wrapper is grubby.
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THE BOXER OF GREYFRIARS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1506967
Published by Howard Baker Press.
1st
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 15. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Magnet issue nos. 985-990, 994 + 995 from 1927. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001280. SIGNED by publisher, copy no: 270. Bump to top edge of rear cover. Light rippling to top of pages at start of book. Tissue paper dustwrapper is edge worn with a little creasing to top corner. Spine lightly browned with small tear near rear edge. Contained in slipcase that is edge worn with some fading to edges.
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- CHILDRENS
- BILLY BUNTER
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
- LIMITED EDITION
- FACSIMILE
THE FALL OF THE BOUNDER
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1506958
Published by Howard Baker Press.
1st
1979.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 24. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Maget issue nos. 487 - 494. Simulated green leather, gilt title. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001655. SIGNED by publisher, copy no: 251 P. Tissue paper dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small nicks and tears, spine lightly browned. Contained in a slipcase which is edge worn with a tiny split to top corner of open edge.
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- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
THE ADVENTURES OF BINKLE AND FLIP
Written by Enid Blyton.
Illustrated by Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1406491
Published by George Newnes Limited.
circa
1951.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Red covers with black titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped. A few light marks to covers. Light browning to endpapers and some pages. A few light foxspots and a little light fingering otherwise the contents are generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with some tears. Spine is faded and rubbed. Rear panel is grubby. Dark marks to verso of spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- ENID BLYTON
THE PROMISED ONE
Written by David Alric.
Stock no. 1813297
Published by Bladon Publishing.
1st
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Lucy, a schoolgirl of eleven, finds that the animals of the world have been expecting her for more than a million years. She is the only person on earth with her awesome and extraordinary powers and her destiny is to save the planet. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. 310 pages. ISBN: 1904218393. SIGNED by the author with dedication to title page. Corners bumped & rubbed. Prologue page lightly creased. Small name in ink to front pastedown.
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- ANIMAL STORY
THE MARIGOLD PAINTING BOOK
No author listed.
Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1506949
Published by Frederick Warne & Co..
circa
1919.
Almost very good condition.
Orange pictorial covers show two children sat on brick steps. Kate Greenaway illustrations to paint, some in colour with same illustration opposite. Instructions on rear pastedown. 33 pages. Covers grubby with browning and stains. Bumping and wear to spine and corners, small sharp bump to front edge of faded spine. Front cover is slightly bowed. Small dark mark to text block. Light stains to outside edges of endpapers and a few pages otherwise contents clean and unused.
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- PAINTING BOOK
CITY OF GOLD AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
Written by Peter Dickinson.
Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1813291
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd..
1st
1980.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 10 x 7 ins. 24 full page colour illustrations and b/w textual illustrations throughout. A highly unusual rendering of 33 Old Testament stories by the author, who has fused the individual stories into an account of the development of the scattered Tribes of Israel, who were to build the Temple in Jerusalem; suffer a decline, culminating in the destruction of the City of Gold. Each story is re-told with vigor from a different contemporary perspective, as would have been the case in the earliest oral traditions before these stories were written down. A Carnegie Medal winner. ISBN: 0575028831. Minor foxing to top edge of text block and endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn.
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- BIBLE STORY
- CARNEGIE MEDAL WINNER
- RELIGION (CHILDRENS)
THE LITTLE OLD ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry.
Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1406479
Published by Edmund Ward.
1st
1959.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.
Tan Boards, with darker titles. Railway series No. 14. Oblong format. Colour illustrations. A little bumping to spine.Contents very good. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears.. Some surface paper damage to spine. Cover grubby with a couple of brown marks to verso.
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- CHILDRENS
- TRAINS (CHILDRENS)
THE COUNTRY OF THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND WISHES
Written by Andre Maurois.
Illustrated by Adrienne Segur.
Stock no. 1506937
Published by William Heinemann Ltd..
1st
1930.
Very good condition.
Translated by Katharine I. Monro. Large format. Brown cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. 11 delightful colour plates plus b/w text illustrations featuring fairies. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Nick to cloth on front edge of spine. Covers slightly grubby. Small name to top edge of front endpaper. A couple of marks to front endpapers. Light browning to endpapers. Light foxing, mainly to endpapers and text block.
O HARU KI
No author listed.
Stock no. 1406472
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd..
Slightly better than good condition.
A Japanese prodigy. Small format (4.5 x 4.25"). Pictorial cardwraps with yellow string tie to spine. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners rubbed. Corners a little creased. Mark to bottom corner which affects inner margin of all pages. Contents browned.
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STORIES FROM HISTORY
Written by Emily Taylor.
Stock no. 1406469
Published by Groombridge & Sons.
circa
1887.
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spine. Gilt title block with green titles and black decoration to front.B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby and a little marked. Prize presentation plate to front pastedown. Foxing mainly to page edges. Some grubby margin marks. Top corner of one page is creased.
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