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CUCKOO CHERRY-TREE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1325528
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"A book of original fairy tales, imbued with country lore and magic, with a background of woods and fields and cottages where simple folk live". Green cloth, red title to spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Front free-endpaper removed. A couple of small margin tears and one of the b/w illustrations neatly coloured in (opposite page 48). Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and browned to spine and rear panel.

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THE LITTLE DOG OF FO
Written by Rosemary Harris. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325012
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1976. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How little lion made amends for his crime (he kills a gazelle when the animals are commanded by Fo not to kill) and won back the favour of Fo (Buddha). Brown pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0571108970. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed, spine slightly cocked. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly browned.

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CALICO THE WONDER HORSE OR THE SAGA OF STEWY SLINKER
Written by Virginia Lee Burton. Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton.
Stock no. 1324387
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1942. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Red pictorial cardwrap. B/w illustrations throughout in strip format. 5 x 8". Covers edge worn and foxed. A few pin holes to front cover affecting preliminary pages. Some pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE STREAM IN THE WILD WOOD
Written by Dorothy Clewes. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1323776
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tan cloth, blue titles and large vignette to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 52 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Spine and corners very sightly bumped and some faint spotting to covers. Foxing, mainly to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a little grubby, edge chipped and creased and foxed on verso.

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THE PIGEON ACE
Written by Enid Marx. Illustrated by Enid Marx.
Stock no. 1323524
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to covers. Foxing to contents. One page has a large tear and crease, two others have small tears. Still a nice copy of a scarce book.

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ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 1322973
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A selection of stories and rhymes chosen, arranged and in some part rewritten by Mare. Red decorated cloth with gilt title and vignette to spine. B/w text illustrations. 420 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby, browned to spine and has a name in red ink to front panel of wrapper.

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THE LAST EMPEROR OF MEXICO: A DISASTER IN THE NEW WORLD
Written by Edward Shawcross.
Stock no. 2138832
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st thus 2022. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards with dark orange to title to spine. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780571360574. Pale page edge browning.

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THE ADVENTURES OF DUDLEY AND GILDEROY
Written by Marion B. Cothren; Algernon Blackwood. Illustrated by Feodor Rojankovsky.
Stock no. 2138746
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Adapted from Algernon Blackwoods story. Yellow cloth with blue titles and vignette. B/w text illustrations to contents. 35 pages. Some browning to spine and edges. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut and very faded to edges; some grubby marks; edge-tears and nicks; foxing in places; some loss to top and tail of wrapper spine.

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ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare.
Stock no. 1322207
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A selection of stories and rhymes chosen, arranged and in some part rewritten by Mare. Red decorated cloth with gilt title and vignette to spine. B/w text illustrations. 420 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, browned to spine with some loss at top of spine.

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LOLLY POPKIN
Written by Dorothy Ann Lovell. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1321661
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

Lolly Popkin is a little girl who is given a woolly lamb which she discovers can talk! Green cloth. Dark blue title to spine and illustration to front cover. Full page colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 129 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few small spots to covers. Name and address in ink to front pastedown.

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HOW THE WHALE BECAME
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by George Adamson.
Stock no. 1321607
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of stories about the days when the world was brand new, and the animals were still making up their minds just what they wanted to be. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 72 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers partly browned with a few light foxspots. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss to base of spine, crease and tear to lower corner of rear panel and slightly grubby on rear.

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STORIES FOR BOYS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1317120
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

21 short stories for boys. Cream cloth with red title to spine. Authors include BB, Wodehouse, Trease, Capt. Johns etc. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small black mark to rear cover. Covers sunned and impression of dustwrapper to front cover. Name in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned, contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, faded to spine.

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