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FOURTEEN SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330359
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 6th 1925. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cloth spine, brown boards with title label to front. Songs with music and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight grubbiness to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge torn with minimal loss. Vertical crease to spine edge of front panel of wrapper.

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THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN STORY BOOK
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330278
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A.A.Milne's favourite selection of stories and verses from When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six, Winnie-The-Pooh and The House At Pooh Corner. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 171 pages, top edge red. ISBN: 0416311709. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Light fingering to some page margins, light yellow stains to margin of page 58. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby to rear panel.

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NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330277
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Facsimile reproduction of the original edition published October 1927. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignettes to front cover. B/w text illustrations. Top edge gilt. ISBN: 0416196713. Neat inscription in ink to half title-page. Minimal fading to spine. White slip is foxed with a couple of small edge tears.

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DRAWN FROM MEMORY
Written by E.H. Shepard. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330226
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A charming autobiography of Shepard's childhood. Green cloth, gilt titles. Top edge red. B/w text illustrations throughout. 190 pages. 8.5" x 6.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Evidence of erased pencil marks to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners and a little grubby to rear panel.

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NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330124
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1927. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles, vignette and border. Top edge gilt. Pink pictorial endpapers. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout. 103 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Fading to spine and cover edges. Some light scuffing to rear cover. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Browning to last (blank) page and to half title-page. Some very light fingering to pages and some of the hinges are slightly pulled. A nice copy of the second edition (published same year as first edition).

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THE KING'S BREAKFAST
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1830164
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

One of the most popular poems in that most popular book 'When We Were Young' is 'The King's Breakfast,' here is has been isolated with music written especially for it. Also contains 'Feed-my-Cow' set to music. Music by Fraser-Simpson. Cloth spine, pink pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. VI and 17 pages. A few minor foxspots to boards. Endpapers browned. Joints starting to crack but the binding is still tight. A few marks to contents but generally clean. Pink pictorial dustwrapper has a large piece missing from lower front panel and is edge-worn with a few closed tears (some of which have been repaired with clear tape to verso) and small chips, a little grubby.

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BEVIS: THE STORY OF A BOY
Written by Richard Jefferies. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1830131
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book for boys who are still boys, and also for boys who are masquerading as men and fathers. New Illustrated Edition. Green cloth, cream titles and dark green vignette to front. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 519 pages. Top edge green. Third impression. A few minor foxspots to text block. Bookplate to verso of free front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, faded to spine, browned across the top edge and a small closed tear to top front of spine edge (no loss).

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LET'S PRETEND
Written by Georgette Agnew. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1827603
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

A book of poems for children. Blue cloth, gilt titles and vignettes. Delightful b/w line and silhouette drawings. Top edge gilt. Boards mottled and unevenly faded. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to prelims. Hinges lightly pulled but binding is tight. Contents clean.

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SUSAN, BILL AND THE IVY-CLAD OAK
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326155
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of Susan and Bill's Ivy-leaf Club. Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Front free-endpaper is missing. Two names in ink to half title-page. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with some slight loss, rear panel is grubby and there is a tear to the centre of the spine. A few old tape repairs on verso.

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SUSAN, BILL AND THE GOLDEN CLOCK
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326154
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Part of the Susan & Bill series. A sinister stranger takes far too much interest in Mrs Fraser's golden clock.... Red boards with black lettering and small illustration to front. Colour frontis, and 6 b&w illustrations. 118 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Child's name and date in ink to top of front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned and foxed, textblock lightly foxed. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby to rear panel of wrapper.

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SUSAN, BILL AND THE VANISHING BOY
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326153
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Susan and Bill on quite a 'different' holiday, that had been kept a surprise until the last moment. And, as though that wasn't enough, the story of a missing boy; mysterious signs and messages; a Fair... This is the third story about Susan and Bill and is one of their most exciting adventures. Red boards, black titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 120 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Cover edges slightly darkened and some fading to top and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is from a later edition (price on front flap is 6/- and "Saucy Kate" is listed on back flap). Old tape marks to edges of wrapper flaps. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and slightly faded to spine.

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SUSAN, BILL AND THE WOLF-DOG
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1326148
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1954. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The first book about Susan and Bill in which Susan finds herself moving to the country and living next-door to Bill - just the sort of friend she has always wanted. Red boards, black titles and vignette. 117 pages. Colour frontis and 6 b/w illustrations. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine bumped. Prize plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and page margins. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and grubby with quite a bit of loss to spine and edges.

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