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THE FOUR CATS OF THE TIPPERTONS
Written by Julia Goddard.
Stock no. 2129993
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. Almost very good condition.

Two blue cloths with gilt titles. Leaf vignette. And Other Stories about Animals. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping/fraying to cloth. Scuffing. Grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and grubby marks to pages.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BENEFIT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1208883
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light blue boards with dark blue titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 236 pages plus booklist. Cover edges browned, loss of colour at top edge of front and rear covers. Some faint marks to prelims and a few foxspots to egde of textblock. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is badly soiled with loss at corners and closed tears repaired on verso.

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A WESTMINSTER CHILDHOOD
Written by John Raynor. Illustrated by Dennis Flanders.
Stock no. 2122454
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When John Raynor, composer of nearly 700 song settings, died so tragically in a road accident in 1970, he left behind not only his lifetime's musical work, but the manuscript of this enchanting account of the years of his childhood. ISBN: 0304291838. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with a little edge-creasing.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOL 84
Written by D.H. Parry; Geoffrey H. White; Nancy M. Hayes; Eveline M. Williams; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; C.E. Brock; E. Dorothy Rees; A.C. Michael; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1505823
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1916. Very good condition.

Green cloth, front shows onlay of young girl and boy listening intently to service man, white titles, black and white decoration. 9 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 415 pages. 4 serial stories, The Adventures of Madcap Guy, Bobbie and Betty Under the Sea, Gilbert the Outlaw and The Rabbits That Ran Away. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine slightly darkened and gilt dulled. Covers slightly grubby with wear to onlay and title. Rear joint cracked. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Just an odd mark and fox spot to contents.

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LITTLE FOLKS 1912
Written by Dorothea Moore; John Comfort; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; et al. Illustrated by Harry B. Neilson; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Noel Harrold; et al..
Stock no. 1405232
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1912. Good condition.

Volume 76. Green pictorial cloth. Gilt titles. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. First story is 'Penelope - Poet' by Dorothea Moore. 10" x 7" Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. A few light marks to rear board. Both joints cracked. Title page and prelims missing. Inscription to verso of frontis. Colouring to a few b/w illustrations. Biro has been used to outline some smaller illustrations. Biro drawing on reverse of one illustration which does affect a small part of text. Small hole to one colour plate. Some foxing and grubby margin marks.

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LITTLE FOLKS VOL 26
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; et al. Illustrated by Alice Havers; Walter Paget; et al..
Stock no. 1315182
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1888. Almost very good condition.

Issues 609 to 631 bound together and including "The House of Surprises" by L.T.Meade bound in at the back "being the Little Folks Annual for 1888" which includes a colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Brown pictorial cloth with gilt. 2 other colour plates. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Ink name stamp to front endpaper. Some foxing.

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MY FAVOURITE
No author listed. Illustrated by Percy Holland; Victor Prout; et al..
Stock no. 1314965
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1906. Very good condition.

Stories for Little People. Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board shows two young girls huddled under brolly on ferry crossing in snow scene. B/w & two-tone illustrations. Spine slightly bumped, some slight rubbing to corners. Rear cover is lightly browned. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light page browning and fingering but generally contents clean.

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BALLADS AND SONGS
Written by William Makepeace Thackeray. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1404554
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1896. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles and decorations to spine and front. Grey and white patterned endpapers. B/w illustrations. All edges gilt. 276 pages plus 14 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 'Heffer' and 'Cambridge' written in ink beside a small bookseller' label to the front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Couple of joints are cracked. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to some pages including prelims and frontis tiissue guard.

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THREE-POINTED STAR: THE STORY OF MERCEDES-BENZ CARS AND THEIR RACING SUCCESSES
Written by David Scott-Moncrieff; St. John C. Nixon; Clarence Paget.
Stock no. 1810823
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of the rise of Mercedes-Benz begins in the middle of the 19th century with the early years of two great motoring pioneers, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 360 pages including index. Vertical crease to spine where the book has been read. Small inscription in ink to front endpaper. Text block a little grubby but contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-chipped with fading and large amount of loss to spine (see photo) - tape repair now yellowed to verso, grubby to rear panel.

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LITTLE MOTHER BUNCH
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Stock no. 1313183
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1890. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth. Gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w frontis with tissue-guard. 240 pages plus publication list to rear. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light scuff marks to spine and front cover and a very pale splash mark to front cover. Prize inscription in ink to front endpaper. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Contents clean.

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THREE-POINTED STAR: THE STORY OF MERCEDES-BENZ CARS AND THEIR RACING SUCCESSES
Written by David Scott-Moncrieff; St. John C. Nixon; Clarence Paget.
Stock no. 1711495
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of the rise of Mercedes-Benz begins in the middle of the 19th century with the early years of two great motoring pioneers, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 360 pages including index. Spine and corners lightly shelf-worn. Foxing mainly to text block, prelims and endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge-creased, spine faded and rear panel a little grubby.

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LOUD LAUGHTER
Written by C. Errington Pegler. Illustrated by G.L. Stampa.
Stock no. 1311447
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1907. Good condition.

Humorous drawings illustrating "Easy French Exercises" with verses by Pegler. Pictorial boards. 8 colour plates. Spine professionally rebacked with red cloth. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Covers a little grubby and marked. Joints cracked and endpapers slightly torn. A couple of small margin tears (including 1 plate). Heavy foxing and fingering to contents.

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