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STEPNEY THE BLUEBELL ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1405496
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

Railway Series No 18. Blue boards, white title and vignette to front board. Small, oblong format. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped. Small mark to side of text block otherwise contents are clean.

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WEE TALES FOR WEE TOTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1505979
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Happy Stories and Jolly Pictures for the Little Folks. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows four toddlers around a book. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 159 pages. Spine bumped and faded. Small bumps and some wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby, edges of rear cover browned. Small bookseller's embossed stamp to front endpaper. Some foxing and browning, worst to endpapers and prelims. Just a couple of marks to contents otherwise.

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THE ADVENTURES OF BILLY BUNNY
Written by Anthony Cowdery. Illustrated by Anthony Cowdery.
Stock no. 1315825
Published by Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd.. circa 1945. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. 112 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Minimal fading to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing else contents clean. Wrapper is worn with slight loss at spine and corners and a bit grubby to rear panel.

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BUSTER BROWN ABROAD
Written by R.F. Outcault. Illustrated by R.F. Outcault.
Stock no. 1315798
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Good condition.

Large format (10.25 x 8"). Green pictorial cloth with black title to front. 67 pages. 53 b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light splash marks to covers (mainly lower half of front cover). Endpapers browned. Damp stains affect lower inner corners of the pages throughout and causes slight surface paper damage to page 6/7.

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FIRST STEPS
Written by Mabel A. Marsh. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; Angusine Macgregor; J.H. Hartley; Florence Hardy; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1505974
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Slightly better than good condition.

A Picture Reading Book for Little Folks. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing a mother in a chair reading this book to her little toddler, white border. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, heavy wear to corners and some wear to cover edges. Front joint split for half its length. One hinge badly cracked. Name erased from front pastedown and belongs to box. All lower page corners bumped. Light browning to endpapers. Contents generally clean.

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HOLIDAY STORIES
Written by M.I.K. Carruthers; Violet M. Methley; Constance Heward; Barbara E. Todd; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by Ethel K. Burgess; E. Dorothy Rees; Norman Sutcliffe; Hilda Cowham; et al..
Stock no. 1505973
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1937. Very good condition.

Stories and rhymes. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two children and trunk. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A couple of marks to covers. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers. Contents very good.

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PLAYTIME AT THE FARM
No author listed. Illustrated by W. Foster; N. Buchanan; et al..
Stock no. 1505970
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Good condition.

The Playtime Series. Cloth spine, oval on front cover shows three children on gate, goose below, daisies in corners, red and green titles. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. No. 3404 Spine bumped and worn. Heavy wear to corners. Covers a bit grubby. Joints cracked, rear one badly. Prize plate to front pastedown. One hinge cracked. Some light foxing, browning and an odd mark to contents.

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HOLIDAY FRIENDS
Written by Leslie Kennedy. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1505967
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Dean's Fireside Books. No. 4. Stories and rhymes. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows three children with horse pulling boat. 4 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 10 x 7.75". Spine bumped. Corners worn. A couple of small marks to covers. Some foxing. All plates present.

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THE EVERYDAY FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1505962
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. circa 1921. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine, black titles. Pictorial front board showing little girl laid on her back under a grape vine. 7 colour plates. Large format. 159 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine and top edge of rear cover slightly darkened. Spots of wear to front cover. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers and prelims. A little foxing and an odd mark to contents.

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THE GIRLS OF ROCKLANDS SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Elsie Anna Wood.
Stock no. 1405487
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st thus 1930. Almost very good condition.

First part of "Jen Of The Abbey School". Orange cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis. 91 pages plus 4 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned. Covers a bit grubby. Small ink mark to front board and '17' in ink to front endpaper. Some hinges cracked. Light browning to endpapers. Foxing and light fingering to some pages.

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THE WISE GRASSHOPPER
Written by Constance Barnes.
Stock no. 1505959
Published by Art & Educational Publishers Limited. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Whilst missing her spaniel who has disappeared in the garden, Jane is astonished to find fairies. Through them, she meets the Wise Grasshopper who helps her to learn how fairies and human kindness work together to solve many human problems. Blue cloth spine. Blue pictorial paper boards. Full page colour illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 38 pages. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Light crease to front cover. Some light browning and foxing to covers. Sunday School present label to front endpaper with address in ink below. Two margin tears to bottom edge of page 13/14. One hinge starting to crack at top. Just an odd fox spot to contents.

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THE MERRY FOLK OF FLOWERDALE
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Elsie Thomas.
Stock no. 1315786
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 10 short stories of the lovable animal characters who live at Flowerdale. Yellow boards, blue title to spine. 135 numbered pages, b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Spine slightly buped, some grubby marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Loss to margin of page 63/4. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some slight loss, slightly grubby and lightly foxed on verso.

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