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THE LIFE & DEATH OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
Written by William Shakespeare; George Radford. Illustrated by G.B. Galizzi.
Stock no. 1816228
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Grey cloth. 14 colour plates. Introduction by George Radford. Boards a little grubby and edge-rubbed. All plates present.

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HANS BRINKER OR THE SILVER SKATES
Written by Mary Mapes Dodge. Illustrated by Hans Baumhauer.
Stock no. 1406624
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st thus 1955. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classic Series. Beige and orange decorated cloth with blue titles. 8 colour plates plus b/w line drawings. 295 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Wording rubbed at top of spine. Name and address and name and date to front pastedown and endpaper. Slight browning to endpapers. Foxing to prelims and page edges. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears. Spine is browned. Wrapper is foxed.

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ROVERS OF THE VALLEY
Written by Augustus H. Ball. Illustrated by Christine Chisholm.
Stock no. 2120758
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1928. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth with black and red titles and decoration. Scouting in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Canada. 2 colour plates and 7 b/w plates. Splash mark and some grubby marks to front cover. Bumping to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A little foxing and a few grubby margin marks.

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GRANNIE GRAY
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Joan Jefferson Farjeon.
Stock no. 2118628
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Plays and Singing-Games for Children. Dark pink cloth with dark titles. B/w illustrations. 148 pages. Bumping to corners. Uneven fading to covers. Paper 'snowflake' stuck to front endpaper. A few marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby to spine and edges. A few tears and chips; a little loss; some repairs to verso with sticky tape.

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THE CHILDREN'S GARLAND OF VERSE
Written by Grace Rhys; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Sir Walter Scott; Edward Lear; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2117994
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

A selection of work by well-known poets gathered by Grace Rhys. Pale grey cloth covers with blue, green and orange floral decorations. 8 colour illustrations. 296 pages. Spine is browned, with scuffing to title. Some scuffing also to title on front cover. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing/browning to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present.

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ROOM FOR THE CUCKOO
Written by Mabel Esther Allan.
Stock no. 1314741
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a Farming Year - a career story. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 181 pages. B/w photographic frontis and a few b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers lightly browned, foxing to contents. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with slight loss, slightly grubby to rear panel and is foxed (showing mainly on verso).

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GYPSY AND GINGER
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Stock no. 1504460
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1920. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth covers with dark titles and decoration in box to front cover and spine. 7.5 x 4.5". B/w frontis and chapter headers. 151 pages plus publication list. SIGNED by author with dedication and date on half-title page. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Damp stains to edges of covers. Residue from label to top corner of front cover. A couple of tiny nicks to front edge of spine. A little browning to endpapers. Foxing to page edges. Just a very odd mark to contents.

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THE CHILDREN'S GARLAND OF VERSE
Written by Grace Rhys; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Sir Walter Scott; Edward Lear; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1504300
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1921. Slightly better than good condition.

A selection of work by well-known poets gathered by Grace Rhys. Pale grey cloth covers with blue, green and orange floral decorations. 8 colour illustrations. 296 pages. Spine is bumped and worn with small splits at either end. Vertical crease to centre, small nick to cloth near middle, also darkened. Wear to corners. Some small marks to covers including repair to tear in cloth on front cover. Front joint and a couple of hinges cracked, rear joint partially cracked. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Contents very good, all plates present.

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PRINCE PRIGIO AND PRINCE RICARDO
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1504006
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classics series. Illustrated by D. Watkins-Pitchford (BB). Cream and orange decorated cloth. 4 colour plates and numerous line drawings. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small dark mark to base of spine. Water/damp mark to edge of front cover which also affects first few pages. Name and address in blue felt pen to half title page. Foxing and light marks to text block. Just a very odd mark to contents. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a faded spine. Clear tape stuck to verso of front fold to strengthen damage. Small ink stamp to front fold, blue felt pen squiggle to rear fold. Rear panel slightly grubby.

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THE PROCESSION
Written by Margaret Mahy. Illustrated by Charles Mozley.
Stock no. 1312787
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The story of a little girl who joins a colourful procession, which takes her through woods and desert, over the sea, up and mountain, etc. Large oblong format. Blue boards with gilt titles to spine. Colour illustrations to every page. ISBN: 0460057804. Slight bumping to spine and corners. A few small light marks to covers. Pale browning at inner margins of endpapers else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with large pieces of loss at edges.

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WHEELS FOR THE ROAD
Written by Gareth Adamson. Illustrated by Gareth Adamson.
Stock no. 1502539
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1973. Almost very good condition.

This short history tells all about the ancestors of today's cars - coaches, cabs, bikes, trams - as well as explaining the newest developments in motor manufacture. Large format. Yellow pictorial covers with red, black and white illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0460057499. Spine bumped and worn with small splits. Wear to corners and cover edges. Contents very good.

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PRINCE PRIGIO AND PRINCE RICARDO
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2113793
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classics series. Illustrated by D. Watkins-Pitchford (BB). Cream and orange decorated cloth. 4 colour plates and numerous line drawings. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is a bit damp, with some edge-creasing and a few chips and nicks.

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