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FOURTEEN SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330359
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 6th 1925. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cloth spine, brown boards with title label to front. Songs with music and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight grubbiness to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge torn with minimal loss. Vertical crease to spine edge of front panel of wrapper.

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MESSENGER OF FEAR
Written by Michael Grant.
Stock no. 1830461
Published by Electric Monkey. 1st 2014. Very good condition.

The Messenger sees the darkness in young hears, and the damage it inflicts upon the world. If they go unpunished, he offers the wicked a game. Win, and they can go free. Lose, and they will live out their greatest fear... Matt black paper boards with black title to spine and decorations to boards. All edges dark red. 308 pages. ISBN: 9781405265157. SIGNED by the author to front fly leaf. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly worn. A few marks to text block. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN STORY BOOK
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330278
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A.A.Milne's favourite selection of stories and verses from When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six, Winnie-The-Pooh and The House At Pooh Corner. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 171 pages, top edge red. ISBN: 0416311709. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Light fingering to some page margins, light yellow stains to margin of page 58. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby to rear panel.

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THE LANTERN BEARERS
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1330172
Published by Oxford University Press. 1960. Almost very good condition.

An exciting chronicle bringing to life the turbulent period of the last Romans in Britain. Purple cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some spotting to covers, mainly at edges and spine. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock.

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TOM MERRY'S TRIUMPH
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1330160
Published by Spring Books. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Arthur Augustus D'Arcy, who in endeavouring to get his young brother, Wally of the Third, out of a scrape, finds himself compelled to do something of which he normally 'disappwoves vewy stwongly.' Red boards. Gilt title to spine. 216 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few light marks to covers. Top corner of front free-endpaper has been neatly removed. Light page browning throughout and some foxing to textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped with some tape repairs on verso and minimal loss at corners.

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COMMANDOS OF THE CLOUDS (HUNTER HAWK - SKYWAY DETECTIVE No. 4)
Written by Eric Leyland; T.E. Scott-Chard.
Stock no. 1830280
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1959. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

South America calls... and Skyways Investigation Limited, in the persons of Hunter Hawk and his bold young cousin Mike, fly off to investigate and exceedingly grave situation! Red cloth boards with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. Some foxing throughout else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and repaired to verso with clear tape, grubby to rear panel.

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THE KING'S BREAKFAST
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1830164
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

One of the most popular poems in that most popular book 'When We Were Young' is 'The King's Breakfast,' here is has been isolated with music written especially for it. Also contains 'Feed-my-Cow' set to music. Music by Fraser-Simpson. Cloth spine, pink pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. VI and 17 pages. A few minor foxspots to boards. Endpapers browned. Joints starting to crack but the binding is still tight. A few marks to contents but generally clean. Pink pictorial dustwrapper has a large piece missing from lower front panel and is edge-worn with a few closed tears (some of which have been repaired with clear tape to verso) and small chips, a little grubby.

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DRAGON RIDER
Written by Cornelia Funke. Illustrated by Cornelia Funke.
Stock no. 1330041
Published by The Chicken House. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Firedrake, a brave young dragon, and his loyal brownie friend Sorrell and a lonely boy called Ben are united as if by destiny. Together they embark on a magical journey to find the place where silver dragons can live in peace forever. Translated by Anthea Bell. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour folding pop-up map. B/w chapter headers and illustrations. ISBN: 1903434904. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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BATTLE OVER BAVARIA: THE B-26 MARAUDER VERSUS THE GERMAN JETS - APRIL 1945
Written by Robert Forsyth; Jerry Scutts.
Stock no. 1829980
Published by Classic Publications. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of the Martin B-26 Maruader, a much-maligned yet capable aircraft and its performance against one of the most controversial, mysterious and enigmatic units of the Luftwaffe. A story which aims to set the record straight about the Marauder's combat performance as well as the desperate efforts of young German airmen to shoot it down in the final days of the war. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. 200 pages. B/w photos, colour illustrations. ISBN: 0952686740. Minor mark to front board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel. A lovely copy.

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YOUNG JOHNNIE BIMBO
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1329645
Published by John Murray. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Michael and Mary Story. Mike and Mary and their friend Vicky are spending a holiday on the Grand Union Canal. Pale blue boards, red titles. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Some faint mottling to covers. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock. Some grubby marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with tape repairs on verso, rear panel is a bit grubby.

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A FREEDOM DEARLY BOUGHT
Written by Ernest Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1829803
Published by Ernest Ackroyd. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

In 1939 the 122 (West Riding) Field Regiment Royal Artillery TA was formed and on February 15, 1942, it ceased to exist with the fall of Sinapore. Only 13 members of the regiment were killed in action; more than 200 members who formed the regiment were to die a cruel and agonising death at the hands of their Japanese captors. The author was one of those young men who suffered but survived to tell the story. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. xiii and 136 pages. Covers lightly creased, lightly rubbed at corners. Contents clean.

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THE MAKING OF A NAZI HERO: THE MURDER AND MYTH OF HORST WESSEL
Written by Daniel Siemens; David Burnett.
Stock no. 1829796
Published by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.. 1st UK 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Originally published in German in 2009. This is the English translation, translated by David Burnett. Horst Wessel, was a young and ambitious member of the SA, shot point-blank at his home in Berlin in 1930. This is an account of the background to Horst Wessel's murder, uncovering how and why the Nazis made him a political hero. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. xvi and 316 pages including index. ISBN: 9781780760773. A lovely copy!

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