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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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THE IRON WOMAN
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson.
Stock no. 1315435
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Iron Woman has come to take revenge on mankind for its thoughtless polluting of the seas, lakes and rivers. Black boards, white title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 057117003X. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

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THE FABER BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Janet Adam Smith.
Stock no. 2119193
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Designed for those aged 8-14. A collection of poems that show a wide range of mood and sentiment. Pictorial boards. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few page corner creases. Wrapper is badly torn and chipped; with some loss and browned.

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THE CERAMIC ART OF CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE FAR EAST
Written by William Bowyer Honey.
Stock no. 2117061
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Peach/Orange cloth with gilt titles; vignette to front cover. 3 colour plates. Numerous b/w photos. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fade patches to spine and a couple of cover edges. Small inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is faded to spine with tears and loss to edges; creased with some grubby marks.

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THE SECRET WORLD OF POLLY FLINT
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Shirley Felts.
Stock no. 1312626
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Polly was a girl who saw things other people couldn't see and who saw immediately that there was something magic about the Wellow maypole... Orange boards, gilt titles. B/w drawings, some double-page spreads. 176 pages. Cr 8vo. ISBN: 0571119395. SIGNED by means of an inscription in ink by author to front endpaper. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is just a little sunned to spine.

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AN EYE FOR COLOUR
Written by Norman Silver.
Stock no. 1808853
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Growing up against the backdrops of Table Mountain and the iniquities of apartheid, Basil Kushenovitz - Jewish and White - sees through teenage eyes the constant contradiction between the physical beauty all around him and the insidious ugliness of a political system rooted in prejudice... essential reading for young people concerned with the basic issues of human rights. Brown boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571161553. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and slightly scuffed to rear panel.

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BLUNTSTONE AND THE WILDKEEPERS
Written by Nigel Grimshaw.
Stock no. 2113920
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0571105335. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has illustration by Shirley Hughes; has some browning and fading; light edge-creasing.

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MERRY MERRY MAYTIME
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Elsie Thomas.
Stock no. 1708323
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pink pictorial boards, green titles. Small format. Colour illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper a little grubby.

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TERSIAS
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 2110393
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A gripping adventure of night chases, double-crossings and weird magic. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 320 pages. ISBN: 0571221521. SIGNED by author to title page.

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WORMWOOD
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 2110394
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Special Edition. A gripping tale of sorcery, treachery, intrigue and supernatural strife. Includes b/w illustrations and maps from the period (c1756). Navy blue boards, silver title to spine. 312 pages. ISBN: 0571223915. SIGNED by author to title page.

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MEMOIRS OF AN INFANTRY OFFICER
Written by Siegfried Sassoon.
Stock no. 2110222
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1995. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue covers, gilt title to spine. The Faber Library Series. Fictionalized autobiography of the period between the early spring of 1916 and the summer of 1917. ISBN: 0571176518. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some light edge-creasing.

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FFANGS THE VAMPIRE BAT AND THE KISS OF TRUTH
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 1708199
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A wildly inventive fantasy with splendidly exuberant illustrations. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571138411.

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