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A MEMOIR OF JANE AUSTEN
Written by J.E. Austen-Leigh; Fay Weldon.
Stock no. 1830779
Published by Folio Society. 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduction by Fay Weldon. Peach cloth boards with silver title to spine, portrait silhouette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. xx and 202 pages including index. Sixth impression. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase, in very good condition with some discolouration and a few marks.

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ROBERT FROST: SELECTED POEMS
Written by Robert Frost; Paul Muldoon; C. Day Lewis. Illustrated by Jonathan Gibbs.
Stock no. 1830778
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Paul Muldoon, Foreword by C Day Lewis. Green cloth spine with gilt title and vignette, cream & green pictorial paper boards. Green two tone illustrations. xxix and 272 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with very minor scuffing.

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RHYME STEW
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1330560
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Hare likes a flutter, the Tortoise cheats, and they're racing for right of veto on a vegetable patch; the Emperor's new ski clothes tickle the court ladies but leave him cold on the slopes... Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 0224026607. Very slight rubbing to cover edges. Couple of small dents to top edges. Foxing and a few grubby marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is foxed to flaps and slightly edge rubbed.

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THE FORBIDDEN FOREST
Written by William Pene Du Bois. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois.
Stock no. 1330559
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Lovely colour pictorial covers. Full colour illustrations throughout, many double page spreads. 56 pages. Large format. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, small foxspot to front flap and tear to top edge of rear panel.

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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
Written by C.S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 1330558
Published by Ted Smart. 2000. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2 Volume set - comprising of TWO of the Narnia stories; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Magician's Nephew. Colour pictorial boards. Illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0007658397. Books are fine. Wrappers are slightly edge rubbed. Contained in pictorial slipcase which is slightly sunned to spine.

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CASSELL'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 1923
Written by Enid Blyton; Marjorie Seymour; Walter Copeland; Agnes M. Miall; et al. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; Florence Mary Anderson; E. Dorothy Rees; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Harry Rountree; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1330557
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1923. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine with dark titles and vignette. Front cover shows three children in a canoe. First story Tom's Pigs by Marjorie Seymour. Illustrated endpapers by Anne Anderson. Colour plates, colour and b/w illustrations. 200 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Slight scuffing to front cover, rear cover slightly grubby. Light foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1330556
Published by David McKay Company. 1st 1931. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Subtitled: The Contemplative Man's Recreation Being a Discourse of Rivers Fishponds Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. The spirit of the book is admirably captured by Rackham's pastoral scenes. 12 colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. Green pictorial endpapers. 224 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn with slight loss, tiny hole to centre of rear panel.

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THE BORROWERS OMNIBUS
Written by Mary Norton. Illustrated by Diana Stanley; Tim Parker.
Stock no. 1330555
Published by Guild Publishing. 1990. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The four classic stories about the Borrowers' precarious existence. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations with some coloured by Tim Parker. 632 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A few tiny white spots to front cover. Marks to textblock. Sticker to front free-endpaper (monogram?). Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby.

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LIEDJES AAN HET RAAM
Written by Nelly Van Der Linden. Illustrated by Rie Cramer.
Stock no. 1330554
Published by W. De Haan. Very good condition.

Second Edition. Oblong format. Red cloth spine and pictorial boards. Lovely colour and two-tone illustrations. Text in DUTCH. Looks like the binding may have been professionally repaired with stitching (there are white stitches to the red cloth spine). Slight wear to cover edges. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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BEASTS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY
Written by Henry Tegner. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1330553
Published by Galley Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From Whales to Shrews. Dealing with warm-blooded land and sea animals found in, and off the coast of, Durham and Northumberland. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine on black surround. Six pages of b/w plates, 26 drawings by D. Watkins-Pitchford (also known as BB) and one engraving by Bewick. 144 pages. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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MODEL AIRCRAFT FOR BOYS
Written by W.E. Johns; W. Rigby. Illustrated by W. Rigby.
Stock no. 1330552
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1935. Good condition.

Foreword by Captain W.E. Johns (editor of Popular Flying and author of Biggles). Pictorial boards. 96 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers are grubby and worn. Backstrip is browned and has possibly been re-glued. Some light foxing but contents generally very good.

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PETER RABBIT PAINTING AND DRAWING BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1208965
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Circa 1925. Poor condition.

Oblong format, shaped book. Black cloth spine, pictorial front board. B/w illustrations of everyday objects throughout to be coloured in. Contents are disbound from covers. Covers are edge worn, spine is frayed. Light damp staining to rear cover. Inscription in pencil and a Christmas sticker to front pastedown. Contents are used (all illustrations coloured in with crayons). Light page browning throughout. Some grubby marks to title-page.

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