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SONG DEVICES AND JINGLES
Written by Eleanor Smith. Illustrated by Florence Young; S.B. Pearse; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 687570
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1922. Good condition.

Large format. Light brown cloth spine. Paper boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. Spine a little faded. Boards scuffed. Corners bumped and worn. Front joint cracked. Front endpaper split next to spine for 6.5". Endpapers browned.

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THE YOUNG VISITERS OR MR SALTEENAS PLAN
Written by Daisy Ashford. Illustrated by Diana Brough.
Stock no. 692125
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1956. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, yellow decorative paper boards. 8 hand-coloured plates. A few foxspots. Contained in good slipcase which is split and faded.

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POLLYCON
Written by E.F. Stucley. Illustrated by Hugh Chesterman.
Stock no. 704921
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book for the young economist. Green cloth with red titles and illustrations to front. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some slight foxing. White pictorial wrapper is a little foxed and edge-worn with minimal loss.

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SONG DEVICES AND JINGLES
Written by Eleanor Smith. Illustrated by Florence Young; S.B. Pearse; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 706341
Published by Waverley Book Company Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine with black title. Paper boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Delightful colour plates. Words and music. Boards worn to edges, pictorial onlay to front is slightly scuffed. Writing on spine faded. Front joint beginning to crack. All eight plates are present. Some fingering to contents. Still a nice copy.

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THE MAGIC MOTH
Written by Virginia Lee. Illustrated by Richard Cuffari.
Stock no. 713130
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A direct, honest, unsentimental story about death and its aftermath. Cream boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0582164729. Edges very slightly rubbed. Dustwrapper edge-rubbed and grubby, closed tear to rear edge with tape repair on verso.

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YOUNG MOHAMED
Written by E. Gordon Savage. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 721685
Published by Noel Carrington. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pale page browning. Pictorial dustwrapper has small tear to top of spine and slightl loss at base.

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TEN OLD MEN
Written by Stephen Southwold. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 724845
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Circa 1948. Very good condition.

Being the Story of a Thousand Wonderful Years. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners just a little worn and covers very slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. "Old book" smell to contents else a nice clean copy.

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PILKIE'S PROGRESS
Written by Hazel Townson. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 730514
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

Benny Pilkington is worried that he is suffering from heart trouble, why else would the Test Your Heart machine have exploded when he tried it out? Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Andersen Young Readers' Library. ISBN: 0862641497. SIGNED by the author on title-page, "Thank you, David, for helping me through the conference! Best wishes Hazel Townson 7.4.90". Spine very slightly bumped.

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CARE OF HENRY
Written by Anne Fine. Illustrated by Paul Howard.
Stock no. 730782
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1996. Fine condition.

A funny story for young readers. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0744541484. SIGNED by author with inscription on title page.

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SIX FOR GOLD
Written by Jenny Oldfield.
Stock no. 730943
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

One For Sorrow series. Six missing days in a young rock star's life. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 034074409X. SIGNED with inscription by author on title page. Spine faded.

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THE BEAT OF THE DRUM
Written by Catherine Sefton.
Stock no. 730990
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The third book in a trilogy about the effects of the political and social situation in Northern Ireland today on young people and their personal lives. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0241126428. SIGNED with inscription by author on front endpaper. Spine very slightly bumped. Spine of wrapper just lightly sunned.

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GINNY'S EGG
Written by Pippa Goodhart. Illustrated by Aafke Brouwer.
Stock no. 731173
Published by Heinemann Young Books. 1st 1995. Fine condition.

When Ginny's dad arrives home with news that her baby brother has Down's syndrome it is her dragon that helps her to reunite the family and help them face the future with hope and optimism. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0434971529. SIGNED by the author on title page. Spine and corners slightly bumped.

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