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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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CHILDREN'S PRAYERS
Written by Sarah Wilson. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy; Fred Marriott.
Stock no. 1404808
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. circa 1887. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 7.5" x 6" Small split to bottom of spine. Corners worn. Covers grubby. Ribbon binding book is worn and frayed so contents almost detached. Inscription in ink to inside front cover. Some foxing and browning to contents.

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THE AVENUE
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1811394
Published by Collins. 1st 1952. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Top of spine lightly rubbed. Lower edge of text block deckle edged. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with a couple of closed edge tears to rear panel.

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BOB BUSHTAIL'S ADVENTURE
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1811380
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 401. Revised verses. Buff boards with square pictorial onlay to front. Colour illustrations. Minor fading to rear board. Otherwise boards clean and bright. Browning to endpapers. A few grubby marks to margins (minor). Contents generally nice and clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed at spine and corners and slightly creased to rear panel.

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TOBY THE TRAM ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby.
Stock no. 1315337
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 4th 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No 7. Blue boards, light blue title and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. Small, oblong format. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge rubbed and creased.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE BURNT COTTAGE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 1315317
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The First Adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog. Discoveries, Shocks, Surprises and Excitements by the dozen! Blue cloth, magnifying glass vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 164 pages. SIGNED by the author on an autograph slip which has been stuck to the front free-endpaper and dedicated to Ria. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Autograph slip is foxed but contents are fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and torn with some slight loss and tape repairs on verso.

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WHAT PET SHOULD I GET?
Written by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 1505251
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Every pet looks like fun, so how in the world do you pick just one? It isn't easy but it can be done - as Dr. Seuss shows in this newly discovered story about an age-old problem. Matt pictorial boards, 11.25 x 8.25", colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780008170783. Bottom edges of two pages are stuck together otherwise a nice copy.

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MAKING MISCHIEF A MAURICE SENDAK APPRECIATION
Written by Gregory Maguire. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1505250
Published by William Morrow. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An inspired visual tribute to the work of the legendary writer and illustrator. Black cloth, gilt titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 200 pages. ISBN: 9780061689161. Front cover ever so slightly bowed. Dustwrapper has small tear to top of rear fold, remains of label to rear panel and a few marks, both barely visible. 2" stain to bottom edge only visible of verso.

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THE REAL FAIRY STORYBOOK
Written by Georgie Adams. Illustrated by Sally Gardner.
Stock no. 1404786
Published by Orion Children's Books. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Well known fairy tales as told by 'real' fairies. Pink pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 93 pages. ISBN: 1858816246. Dustwrapper is slightly edgeworn. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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MRS. STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Phillippa Francklyn; Thora Stowell; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Winifred Darch; et al. Illustrated by Howard K. Elcock; Mary Strange Reeve; M.D. Johnston; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1505231
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. circa 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

Cloth spine with pictorial onlay of girl in yellow dress, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one playing a whistle(?). 6 colour plates and b/w illustrations. 168 pages. First story is 'The Sea-Eagle' Nest' by Francklyn. Slight bumping and wear to spine, corners and lower edge of front cover. A couple of small marks to rear cover and fading to edges. Spine and front cover general lovely and bright. Ink inscription to front pastedown. Hinge cracked next to first page of text and first gathering pulled so feels very loose. A few hinges cracked. Contents generally clean with just a little foxing.

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THE TALE OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL
Written by A.S. Pushkin; Hannah Waller.
Stock no. 2119295
Published by The Golden Cockerel Press. 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Red cloth, black title to spine. 22 pages. Translated by Waller. Foxing to covers. Wrapper is unevenly faded with a bit of foxing and some edge-creasing.

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MERRY GAMES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1315271
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1903. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows boy and girl playing badminton. Blue decorated endpapers. Mounted colour frontis. B/w and two-tone text illustrations. First story is "Vera's Visit To Dollyland". Spine bumped. Corners worn. Light scuffing to rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Tiny booksellers ink stamp to rear endpaper. Some foxing and fingering and light page browning to contents.

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