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PIGEON POST
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1404304
Published by Jonathan Cape. 2nd 1936. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers of the Hill Country. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and a little faded. Slight bumping to corners. Small mark to rear board. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Enapapers lightly browned and foxed. Some foxing and marks to contents but many pages are clean.

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THE FIVE BLACK COUSINS
Written by J. Murray Allison. Illustrated by John Austin.
Stock no. 1504459
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1924. Very good condition.

And Other Bird Rhymes. White cloth covers with gilt vignette and titles to front cover. 7.75 x 5.5". Small b/w illustrations. 63 pages. Some page edges uncut. SIGNED by author to front endpaper, with dedication and date. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby with light stains along top edge of front cover. Endpapers browned. Some foxing and a very odd fingermark to contents.

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ONE OLD OXFORD OX
Written by Nicola Bayley. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1504452
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

A counting book featuring a tongue-twister and lovely colour illustrations for each number from 1 to 12. Glazed pictorial boards. Unpaginated. 10 x 7. 5 inches. ISBN: 022401353X. SIGNED, with best wishes, by illustrator on title page. Spine is faded and some uneven fading to front cover. Small erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper. Bookplate with name on to verso of front endpaper. A few light fox spots to prelims.

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ONE OLD OXFORD OX
Written by Nicola Bayley. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1504446
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

A counting book featuring a tongue-twister and lovely colour illustrations for each number from 1 to 12. Glazed pictorial boards. Unpaginated. 10 x 7. 5 inches. ISBN: 022401353X. SIGNED by illustrator on title page. Very light indentation line to rear cover. Erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper otherwise contents clean.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MICHAEL AND THE PIRATES
Written by Terence Tiernan.
Stock no. 1503999
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Peter, Michael and their mother's aeroplane trip ended when their plane landed out at sea. They were rescued by pirates who ordered them to walk the plank but Michael's piano playing saved them. Oblong format 8.75 x 6", white pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners, some loss of surface paper from base of spine, small split to top. Covers grubby. Front endpaper is MISSING. Rear endpaper is creased. A few marks to contents but most pages are clean.

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THE CUCKOO TREE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1402899
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dido Twite and Captain Hughes set out from Chichester Harbour with urgent dispatches for London. Their coach overturns in the middle of nowhere leading Dido to become involved in some 'havey cavey goings in' with smugglers, witches, kidnappers and treasonous pirates. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illus. 251 pages. ISBN: 0224005146. Spine and corners bumped. Ex -Library with stamps to front and rear endpapers. Textblock edge a little grubby but contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge worn. Spine is darkened.

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THE LITTLE PAGAN FAUN & OTHER FANCIES
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by L. Hummel.
Stock no. 1313201
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1927. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w scissor-cuts (silhouettes). 196 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded. A couple of hinges are starting to crack. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is very edge worn with loss to top and tail of spine, tears to folds and grubby/browned.

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LA CORONA AND THE TIN FROG
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1808945
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Nicola Bayley Miniature Collection. Small format. Glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Slight loss to lower corner of free front endpaper and small hole to spine otherwise a fine copy.

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PIPER
Written by Laura Cecil. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1109352
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1ST 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224038168. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to endpapers. Contents are excellent.

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN TWINS
Written by Daphne Rooke. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1402576
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Bottom of spine and boards are a little faded. Rear board is marked. Foxing throughout. Yellow dustwrapper is edgeworn, chipped and grubby. Spine is browned and has yellow tape at bottom. Crayon marks to top of front panel. Verso is browned and has white sticky label at top of rear panel and flap.

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NICOLA BAYLEY'S BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2113886
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1975. Good condition.

Nicola Bayley's first book. Favourite nursery rhymes illustrated by glorious full-colour pictures. Proof copy in paperwraps. ISBN: 0224011731. Contents detached from covers. Browning and a little creasing to paperwraps spine.

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EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES
Written by Erich Kastner.
Stock no. 1312102
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1947. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth. Black titles and vignettes. B/w text illustations. 222 pages. New and Cheaper Edition. With an introduction by Walter de la Mare. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine discoloured. Booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers. A couple of page corners are creased. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped and has most of the spine missing and old tape stuck to inside edges (glue has browned).

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