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WESTWARD HO!
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 1308787
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1935. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. 16 colour plates. 633 pages. Top edge burgundy. Or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh Knight of Burrough In the County of Devon In the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Spine and corners bumped and worn, spine discoloured. A few old tape marks to pastedowns. Some foxing else contents clean.

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THE CHILDREN'S STORY OF ROLAND
Written by Adair Forrester. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1706498
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1946. Very good condition.

Cloth cardwraps. B/w illustrations. A little foxing. Some fraying to cover edges. Number in ink to front cover.

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PATSY PODGER PLAYS THE GAME
Written by Jenifer Ford. Illustrated by Jenifer Ford.
Stock no. 1308309
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

Green pictorial boards. Delightful colour pictures. Patsy enrols as a Brownie Cub. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to title-page otherwise contents clean.

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TOM SAWYER GROWS UP
Written by Clement Wood. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1306896
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black titles and vignette to front. 286 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Neat date (August 1942) written in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal loss at spine and corners, rear panel is a bit grubby and there are a couple of tape repairs on verso.

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HONK THE MOOSE
Written by Phil Stong. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1305782
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green pictorial paperboards. Cloth spine. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. The fair dustwrapper (large amount of loss to front corner) - looks like it has been attached by book worm! - has done it's job and kept the boards bright and clean. Lower edges of boards are just ever so slightly rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Endpapers very lightly browned. Some light fingering to page margins else contents clean.

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THE GIRL FROM THE BIG HORN COUNTRY
Written by Mary Ellen Chase. Illustrated by Philip Simmonds.
Stock no. 1804603
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1937. Very good condition.

Red cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. Spine faded.

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HOLIDAY AT GREYSTONES
Written by P.D. Logan. Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1704278
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with black titles and image showing 4 children at a signpost. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Corners bumped. Some foxing.

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THE ANIMALS (WILD AND TAME) OF BUTTERMILK HALL
Written by Kate Floyd Morton. Illustrated by Mary Shillabeer.
Stock no. 1803359
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Good condition.

Green boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Edges rubbed. Front endpaper missing. A few fingermarks to contents.

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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1303332
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A jovial domestic portrayal of Goldsmith's classic. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Dark green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 232 pages. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped else a bright copy. Light foxing to outer page edges and light browning to first few and last few pages. White pictorial wrapper is edge chipped, slightly grubby, price-cut and has a 2" closed tear to top edge of front panel.

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THE EARLY HERDSMEN
Written by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp.
Stock no. 1101646
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1923. Very good condition.

Green and black decorated cloth boards. B/w illustrations. 231 pages. Top and tail of spine have small splits with a little fraying to cloth.

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IN WHEELABOUT AND COCKALONE
Written by Grace Rhys. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant; Megan Rhys.
Stock no. 385242
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1918. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title and vignette to spine and large colour onlay to front cover (illus Tarrant). 4 colour plates featuring fairies by Tarrant. B/w text illustrations by Rhys. 238 pages, top edge green. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers are a bit grubby and gilt to spine has faded. Front free-endpaper removed. Front and rear joints cracked causing contents to be a bit loose. Some grubby fingermarks to contents. Hinges pulled/cracked. Pages 58 and 59 lightly scribbled on with blue crayon. A decent copy of a very scarce Tarrant item.

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WILMOT LAMB AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by Peter Thornhill. Illustrated by Peter Thornhill.
Stock no. 822068
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy cloth spine, blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Foxing to covers. Some light creasing to contents. Contents nice and bright.

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