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THE MICE AND THE FLYING BASKET
Written by Rodney Peppe. Illustrated by Rodney Peppe.
Stock no. 1824949
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

The mice who live in a shoe are in trouble. The earn their living making baskets for D. Rat the junk merchant but it is very hard work and they are paid so little. So they try to think of other ways to make money and decide to build a flying basket and learn to fly! Slim format. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations and little text. ISBN: 0670801909. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. A few minor marks to front board. Contents clean.

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DEAR MILI
Written by Wilhelm Grimm. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2140110
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st thus 1988. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A previously unknown tale discovered in 1983. The story of Mili who is sent into the forest by her mother to save her from a terrible war. She is given shelter by an old man and serves him faithfully for what she thinks are three days but are in fact thirty years. Large oblong format. Grey cloth with gilt title to spine and embossed vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0670801682. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Slight odour to book. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks - pen to rear panel.

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THE JUNGLE BOOK
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2135611
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st thus 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations throughout. 9.5 x 6.25". 175 pages. ISBN: 0670802417. Light edge-creasing to wrapper; spine a bit sunned.

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STARTING SCHOOL
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 2135571
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

White glazed pictorial boards. Charming colour pictures. Easy to read text telling children what to expect when they start school. ISBN: 0670816884. A few grubby marks to endpapers. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks; browned to top of panels.

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THE CLOTHES HORSE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 2124375
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1ST 1987. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Stories for young and old. Glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations throughout. 31 pages. ISBN: 0670812676. Some bumping along cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased and has large tear to base of spine, which has been repaired to verso with sticky tape.

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GAFFER SAMSON'S LUCK
Written by Jill Paton Walsh. Illustrated by Brock Cole.
Stock no. 2112398
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A warm and satisfying story for young readers. Blue boards. B/w pictures. ISBN: 0670801224. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing.

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EARLY IN THE MORNING
Written by Charles Causley; Anthony Castro. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1501204
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A collection of new poems, set to music by Castro. Beautifully illustrated in full colour and b/w throughout. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Cream endpapers. 63 pages. 8 x 10". ISBN: 0670808105. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to text block edge. Some pale page edge browning contents otherwise clean and bright. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with fading to spine and adjoining panel edges. Foxing to inside of flaps.

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THE MIGHTY SLIDE
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Charlotte Voake.
Stock no. 584542
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1988. Fine condition.

Stories in verse about a mighty slide, a couple of baby-skinners, a thing that lived under a school and more... B/w pictures throughout. Glazed boards. 96 pages. 8 x 5". ISBN: 0670816779.

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GIDEON AHOY!
Written by William Mayne.
Stock no. 578453
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1987. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Gideon is deaf and brain-damaged. He starts his first job on a barge canal and then one day has a horrifying accident... A warm and moving story. Green boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670811653.

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THE MIGHTY SLIDE
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Charlotte Voake.
Stock no. 572010
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

Stories in verse about a mighty slide, a couple of baby-skinners, a thing that lived under a school and more... B/w pictures throughout. Glazed boards. 96 pages. 8 x 5". ISBN: 0670816779. Spine lightly bumped.

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THE MIGHTY SLIDE
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Charlotte Voake.
Stock no. 618781
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

Stories in verse about a mighty slide, a couple of baby-skinners, a thing that lived under a school and more... B/w pictures throughout. Glazed boards. 96 pages. 8 x 5". ISBN: 0670816779. Spine bumped. Faint smell of tobacco.

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TORCH
Written by Jill Paton Walsh.
Stock no. 731031
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Cal and Dio are to marry but the Guardian of a secret treasure says that Dio must be the new Guardian - the treasure is the Torch... Orange boards, metallic blue title to spine. ISBN: 0670815543. SIGNED by author with inscription on title page "For David - carry a torch... Jill Paton Walsh". Spine slightly bumped. Very pale page-edge browning. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed at edges.

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