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KENT: A SHELL GUIDE
Written by Pennethorne Hughes.
Stock no. 1824395
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth boards, navy blue title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w photos. ISBN: 0571090915. Text block browned. Some foxing to contents. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and faded to spine.

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THE BEACHCOMBERS
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1323831
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

As soon as Ned set eyes on the Pickerings he knew there had been a mistake... They were everything his mother disliked. Yet he stayed on because of the Beachcombers - he found them on the beach with their enchanting boat "The Sea Queen"... B/w illustrations. Peach covers, gilt titles. 126 pages. Cr 8vo. ISBN: 0571099327. SIGNED by the author to half title-page (inscription to Stephen). Spine bumped. Some light/faint foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and a bit grubby/foxed on rear panel.

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DESERT ISLANDS AND ROBINSON CRUSOE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 1323483
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1930. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration. B/w title-page illustration plus 4 other text illustrations. Spine bumped, worn and browned. Some fading to top edge of front cover. Vertical mark to centre of rear cover. Tissue-guards are browned. Some slight foxing. Dustwrapper is chipped and torn with loss at edges and to spine/rear panel. Light foxing to verso of wrapper.

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THE VOICE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Catherine Brighton.
Stock no. 1824068
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

A sequence of poems by De La Mare, chosen and illustrated by Brighton. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0571139736. Boards slightly grubby. Foxing to top edge of verso of half-title page and title page. Else contents clean.

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SWORDS FROM THE NORTH
Written by Henry Treece.
Stock no. 1824067
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The life of the famour Norseman Harald the Stern - Harald Hardrada - during the years 1034 to 1044, which he spent in the Byzantine Empire as captain of the Greek Emperor's northern guard. Dark grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. Spine cocked. Text block browned and with minor foxing. Endpapers browned. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is browned and a little grubby.

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MOLLY WHUPPIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 2140374
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

Molly and her two sisters find themselves lost in the forest.... they come across a house which isn't the safe refuge they hoped for! Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Oblong 7.5 x 9.75". ISBN: 0571119425. A little fading to spine. Contents are still excellent.

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THE LORD FISH
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rex Whistler.
Stock no. 2140153
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

Contains: The Lord Fish, A Penny A Day, The Jacket, Dick and the Beanstalk, Hodmadod, The old Lion, Sambo and the Snow Mountains. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 4 full-page b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing. Brown marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to outer pages edges.

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YOUR BOOK OF BRIDGES
Written by Eric De Mare. Illustrated by Gordon Cullen.
Stock no. 1823883
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

The Your Book Series. Dark orange boards, yellow title to spine and vignette to front. B/w photos and drawings. Written for children. Spine slightly faded. Boards lightly bowed. Corners lightly rubbed. A couple of small foxspots to endpapers, text block browned. Else contents clean.

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FIFTY YEARS WITH MOTOR CARS
Written by A.F.C. Hillstead.
Stock no. 2139877
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. The author's life in motoring and motor sport. Browning and a little foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has a few chips and nicks to edges; light foxing.

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NURSERY RHYMES FOR CERTAIN TIMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Elinor Darwin.
Stock no. 1322974
Published by Faber & Faber. 1947. Almost very good condition.

The most completely satisfying book of nursery rhymes and jingles that have ever been published! Peachy-orange cloth. Brown line drawings throughout. Introduction by De La Mare. 120 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light finger creases to page margins.

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THE STORY OF JOSEPH
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1322955
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial paper boards with peach spine. B/w line drawings. 83 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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NURSERY RHYMES FOR CERTAIN TIMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Elinor Darwin; Moyra Leathem.
Stock no. 1322946
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1956. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The most completely satisfying book of nursery rhymes and jingles that have ever been published! Grey cloth. Two-tone line drawings throughout (coloured by Leathem). Introduction by De La Mare. 124 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed, edge chipped with loss to top and tail of spine.

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