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FAVOURITE FAIRY STORIES
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Stock no. 1330216
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

An All Colour Book. Yellow glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to each page. Contents have been pulled away from binding a bit (stitching loose at top and tail). Page browning to title-page. Light musty smell else contents clean. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers are slightly grubby.

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THE LITTLE RED HEN AND THE GRAINS OF WHEAT
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1330215
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1969. Fair condition.

Ladybird Series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Full-page colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721400841. Covers are well worn with marks to rear. Child's name and address in green ink inside front cover. Some light foxing and light finger creasing throughout. Tally 240 and price of 2'6 net to rear cover.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF AIRCRAFT
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1330214
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 23rd 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers series no. 11. Describing 137 aircraft with 246 illustrations. Twenty-third edition. Small format. Blue boards. ISBN: 072321526X. Spine bumped with slight fading to top and tail. Top edge of textblock is slightly foxed/grubby. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso, slightly faded to spine and slightly creased at edges.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF AIRCRAFT
Written by William Green. Illustrated by Dennis Punnett.
Stock no. 1330213
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 16th 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers series No. 11. Describing 155 aircraft with 279 illustrations. 16th edition. Small format, dark blue boards. Spine slightly bumped and faded at top and tail. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and to flaps, is edge rubbed and slightly grubby to spine.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF AIRCRAFT
Written by William Green; Gerald Pollinger.
Stock no. 1330212
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers Series No. 11. 15th edition January 1966, New Edition. Describing 156 aircraft with 279 illustrations. Small format. Dark blue boards. Slight bumping to spine. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to endpapers and heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, slightly browned to spine, marked to rear panel and foxed on verso.

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A WHIFF OF BURNT BOATS
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 1330208
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2009. Good condition.

An early autobiography. Originally published by Macmillan in 1971. Cardwraps. 163 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781847450715. EX-LIB with labels and stamps to prelims. Covers and contents otherwise clean.

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UNDER BLACK BANNER
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1330207
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2005. Fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations. This Girls Gone By edition also contains Foreword, Further Reading and Publishing History, as well as the story itself. ISBN: 1904417655.

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BRITAIN YESTERDAY
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1330204
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Blackwell's Learning Library No. 86 (edited by John Cutforth and J.C. Gagg). Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations throughout, some colour plates. 61 pages. ISBN: 0631133305. Spine bumped, faded and slightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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MIST OVER ATHELNEY
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Stewart Sherriffs; J.L. Stokle.
Stock no. 1330203
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story from the dark winter of A.D. 878, when Danish King Guthrum launched his treacherous attack on the kingdom of Wessex. Orange cloth, black titles and vignettes. 243 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with tiny nicks to top and tail of spine. Some slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock, endpapers and prelims else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and a little edge rubbed.

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THE MAYTHORN STORY
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1330202
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 217 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to textblock and endpapers, affecting some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, very slightly grubby to rear panel with a crease and light stain to rear flap.

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CHANGE AT MAYTHORN
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1330200
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Maythorn is a quiet country railway station and for Mike and his family it is a case of 'All Change' when his father becomes the station master there. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 215 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby to rear panel with a few tiny closed tears.

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RALPH'S YEAR IN RUSSIA
Written by Robert Richardson.
Stock no. 1330199
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1893. Almost very good condition.

Our Boys' Select Library. Red pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 9 b/w engravings. 351 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded, affecting cover edges a little. Large prize plate to front pastedown. Booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock else contents clean.

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