QUAKE, QUAKE, QUAKE
Written by Paul Dehn; Edward Gorey. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1208712
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Leaden Treasury of English Verse. hair-raising parodies of familiar verses. Terrifying if they were not so funny - and funny if they were not so terrifying! Yellow mottled boards with green title to spine and vignette of tree to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 109 pages. A few faint margin marks to contents. Wrapper is price-cut, nicked and rubbed at corners with a small closed tear at lower spine.

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ELLEN AND THE QUEEN
Written by Gillian Avery. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1507389
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ellen felt convinced that she would be the first person to catch sight of Queen Victoria but she was banished from the school party. But she would see her by some means or another. Antelope Book. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 84 pages. Slight wear to lower edges of covers, light browning to top edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with light browning to top of spine and front panel.

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ELLEN'S BIRTHDAY
Written by Gillian Avery. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1507345
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Passionately angry that villagers were no longer allowed to gather firewood from the Earl's wood Ellen decided to take matters into her own hands. Pictorial covers. B/w illustrations. 86 pages. ISBN: 0241020891. Base of spine bumped. Front and rear endpapers MISSING. Erasure mark to top corner of half-title page. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slight loss from top of spine. Laminate lifting in places.

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THE RUNAWAY
Written by Dorothy Clewes. Illustrated by Peggy Beetles.
Stock no. 1316530
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Penny did not want to move so she ran away. Antelope Book. Yellow boards with green titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 94 pages. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper (dedication to Judy). Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing, mainly to textblock. Dustwrapper is faded to spine with some foxing.

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THE GRATEFUL SPARROW AND OTHER TALES
Written by Angela Thirkell. Illustrated by Ludwig Richter.
Stock no. 1813881
Published by Hamish Hamilton. Circa 1935. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Five German tales put into English by Thirkell. Red spine with silver title, pictorial paper boards. 24 full-page colour illustrations. 87 pages. Boards slightly damp stained and rubbed to top and tail. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at edges with slight loss and a few closed tears, browned to rear panel, grubby to front panel.

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NOAH'S ARK
Written by Jasper Dimond. Illustrated by Jasper Dimond.
Stock no. 1313650
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

A book and press-out model. Large oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0241109663. Spine and corners slightly bumped. The book originally came in a slipcase but this is missing. Contents are fine and unused.

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THE PATH OF GOLD
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1502589
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The sick King needs the Water of Life to restore him to full health but which of his three sons will find the water first. Taken from the Grimm tale, The Water of Life, this fresh and lucid retelling has all the ingredients of a classic fairy tale. Grey boards with blue titles to spine. B/w Illustrations. 104 pages. ISBN: 241021545. Light bumping to spine. A little foxing to text block. Dustwrapper has closed tear to front panel, is a little edge worn and original price has been crossed out on front flap.

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THE GIPSY CHILDREN
Written by Christine Pullein-Thompson. Illustrated by Janet Duchesne.
Stock no. 1402424
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1962. Slightly better than good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Ana and Georgie, gipsy children and their adventures after they crept away from their family one moonlit night on an errand of mercy. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. A Reindeer book. 112 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Board edges a little browned. Front endpaper creased. Library stamp to rear endpaper. Some hinges are cracked. A few small tears to bottom of pages. Foxing and some grubby marks to cntents. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn and chipped. Spine is faded. A little browning to edges and verso. A couple of grubby marks.

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THE PICNIC
Written by Charles Molin; William Mayne. Illustrated by Leslie Wood.
Stock no. 1402365
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1966. Very good condition.

Dormouse Tales series. Oblong format. Blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Molin is the pseudonym of William Mayne. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A little scuffing to board edges. Staples are rusty. Some foxing and page browning otherwise contents generally clean.

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ABOUT WISE MEN AND SIMPLETONS
Written by Brothers Grimm; Elizabeth Shub. Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian.
Stock no. 1207887
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1971. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. Simple b/w line drawings. A Caldecott medal winner. ISBN: 0241022169. Wrapper price-clipped and a little edge-chipped.

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IN LIMBO THE STORY OF STANLEY'S REAR COLUMN
Written by Tony Gould.
Stock no. 2112115
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. A most interesting study of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1887. Illustrated in b/w. ISBN: 0241101255. Bumping to spine. Some page browning and light foxing. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing.

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NOTHING TO DO
Written by Diana Ross. Illustrated by Constance Marshall.
Stock no. 1108512
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One minute there was nothing for the five children to do. The very next instant Billy and Ellen were off to the wood, and Nan was organising 'weddings', with the little ones. A Reindeer Book. B/w illustrations. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has a few small closed tears; grubby marks and small nicks.

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