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EYES LIKE STARS
Written by Lisa Mantchev.
Stock no. 1320679
Published by Feiwel And Friends. Circa 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards with metallic blue title to spine. 356 pages. 17-year-old Bertie strives to find a useful role for herself at the Theatre Illuminata. ISBN: 9780312380960. SIGNED by the author, another signature and small fairy drawing below but we are not sure who that is by! Spine bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed to top and tail of spine.

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SHADOW WAVE
Written by Robert Muchamore.
Stock no. 1320678
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Not suitable for the younger reader. James must choose between loyalty to CHERUB, and loyalty to his oldest friend (CHERUB agents are highly trained professionals with one essential advantage: adults never suspect that kids are spying on them. Black boards with metallic copper titles. 343 pages. ISBN: 9780340956472. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1320626
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 561. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Some browning to covers. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is not price-cut, last title listed on rear flap is this one. Wrapper is slightly edge worn with browning to spine and some foxing.

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WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1320622
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 561. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine very slightly bumped. Some light foxing to textblock and page margins. Pictorial wrapper is not price-cut, is slightly edge rubbed and last title listed on rear flap is "Stone Age Man in Britain".

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THE MIDNIGHT BELL
Written by Francis Lathom; Devendra P. Varma.
Stock no. 1821343
Published by Folio Press. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition.

A German Story Founded on Incidents in Real Life in three parts. The Northanger set of Jane Austen Horrid Novels series. Introduced by Devendra P. Varma. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Top edge black. Spine browned, small repair at lower corner of spine. Contents clean. No slipcase.

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THE AGE OF SCANDAL: AN EXCURSION THROUGH A MINOR PERIOD
Written by T.H. White.
Stock no. 1320565
Published by Folio Society. 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Introduction by Reay Tannahill. Spine slightly bumped. Contained in publisher's cream slipcase which is slightly grubby.

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CASTLE OF WOLFENBACH
Written by Eliza Parsons; Devendra P. Varma.
Stock no. 1821332
Published by Folio Press. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition.

In two parts. The Northanger Set of Jane Austen Horrid Novels series. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Top edge black. Spine browned. Faint scuff marks to boards. Front hinge pulled between front endpaper and half-title page causing some surface paper from the endpaper to be left on the Half-title. No slipcase.

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THE GOLLIWOGG IN WAR!
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1320555
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11". Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Covers are edge worn with slight loss of surface paper at corners. Covers grubby with a pink mark to top edge of front cover. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Joints cracked. Small margin tears to some pages. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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A LONDON GARLAND
Written by W.E. Henley.
Stock no. 1821321
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1895. Good condition.

Selected from Five Centuries of English Verse with pictures by members of the society of illustrators. Large format. Vellum boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. All edges gilt. Boards heavily scuffed and marked, 1" split to base of spine and also to middle of front edge of spine. Endpapers browned. Scattered foxspots. Pages 83 -86 detached from binding (center of a section). Some hinges pulled.

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WILLIAM AND THE BRAINS TRUST
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2134371
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st thus 1945. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Front cover is a little bowed. Spine is browned. A few marks to covers. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to outer page edges.

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CARAVAN SCHOOL
Written by Carol Forrest.
Stock no. 2134370
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. 192 pages. Some browning to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning and a few foxspots. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; edge-tears and chips/nicks, but minimal loss.

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SKETCHES FROM ST. GEORGE'S FIELDS
Written by Giorgione Di Castel Chiuso.
Stock no. 1821315
Published by Robert Stodart. 2nd 1820. Almost very good condition.

First Series, Second Edition. Three-quarter leather binding, marbled paper boards. small b/w illustrations. A book of poetry. xix and 170 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Slight loss to top & tail of spine, edges rubbed. Boards scuffed. Loss to rear lower corner (nibbled?), other corners worn. Contents a little grubby.

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