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THE LITTLE GREEN ROAD TO FAIRYLAND
Written by Annie R. Rentoul. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 1407025
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1932. Very good condition.

Dedicated "to all who love fairies and have found The Little Green Road". 8 magical colour plates and 8 b/w plates, all of fairies. Pale green cloth, dark green titles and vignette to front cover. 102 pages. 10.75 x 8". Bumping to spine and corners. Spine browned. Uneven fading to covers. Light browning to endpapers. Light browning to endpapers and some internal pages. Some light foxing mostly to prelims and page edges otherwise contents are very good. Plates are all present and in very good condition.

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CONTES BLANCS DE JULES LEMAITRE
Written by Jules Lemaitre. Illustrated by Henry Morin.
Stock no. 1407024
Published by Boivin & Cie, Editeurs. 1st 1924. Very good condition.

Cream cloth with gilt titles to spine and front. Coloured illustration to front cover. Patterned endpapers. Tipped in colour plates and b/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. 158 pages. Text in french. 11.5" x 9". Bumping to spine and corners. Covers are grubby and marked. Small booksellers sticker to top of verso of endpaper. Couple of hinges beginning to crack. Light browning to page edges and some fingering otherwise contents are very good. Corner crease to one plate otherwise they are in fine condition.

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ENTERPRISING ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1507539
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1968. Nearly fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with yellow vignette to front and full page colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. 4 x 5.5". Oblong format. ISBN: 0718200225. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing to text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tiny chips at ends of spine and folds, small tear at top of spine, rear panel grubby, mark where label has been on front flap, foxing to rear fold.

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THE POLLINATION OF FLOWERS (NN 54)
Written by Michael Proctor; Peter Yeo.
Stock no. 1609579
Published by Collins. 1979. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New Naturalist series. Green cloth. ISBN: 0002195046. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine; contained in laminate sleeve which is attached at verso.

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YOU'RE A GOOD FRIEND NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Lee; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1406998
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; D.V. Publications Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Noddy book no. 16. Pale blue/green pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures. Bumping to spine, corners and top of rear board. Spine and corners worn. Board edges rubbed. Name in belongs to box. Some foxing, mainly to page edges. Some grubby margin marks. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with some tears and creasing. Wrapper is grubby. Light browning and foxing to verso.

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DITTIES FOR THE NURSERY
Written by Iona Opie. Illustrated by Monica Walker.
Stock no. 1507497
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Some of the rhymes that delighted children in the reign of George III. Dark blue cloth, gilt title and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Ex-Library with ink stamp, tape and labels removed from front endpapers, writing to publisher's page, rest of contents unmarked. Some light foxing, mainly to text block. Dustwrapper has fading to spine and panels alongside, also small tear to front panel.

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MASTER MOUSE THE MADCAP
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 1507494
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1913. Very good condition.

Blue cloth covers, gilt titles, pale green decoration and large pictorial onlay. 8 stories. Colour plates. 96 pages. Spine bumped, wear to spine and corners. Spine slightly darkened. Covers a little grubby with scratch to rear cover. Browning to endpapers and bookseller's label to front endpaper. Foxing, mainly to text block. Just a few marks to contents.

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LITTLE DUTCHY - NURSERY SONGS FROM HOLLAND
Written by Will Ransom. Illustrated by Rie Cramer; Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1507493
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Nursery Songs From Holland. Large format. Blue cloth spine. Brown boards with very large colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis plus 12 mounted colour plates. Poems plus songs and music. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name to top edge of front cover. A few small marks to covers. Contents are clean but there is foxing throughout.

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THE AMC DH6
Written by Bruce Robertson.
Stock no. 1814211
Published by Albatros Productions Ltd.. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Windsock Datafile 103. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w photos and plans. 33 pages including inside rear cover. ISBN: 1902207580. Old price label to rear cover.

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AVIATIK B-TYPES
Written by Peter M. Grosz.
Stock no. 1814210
Published by Albatros Productions Ltd.. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Windsock Datafile 102. Large format. Stapled cardwraps. B/w photos and plans. 32 pages. ISBN: 1902207572. Minor bump to top of spine, old price label to rear cover.

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A BEDTIME PICTURE BOOK
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1507486
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. circa 1944. Very good condition.

Large format 13 x 10", pictorial card wraps. Full page colour illustrations and short stories. Wear to spine, staples rusty. Covers very slightly grubby with some darkening to front cover alongside spine. Neat, large ink inscription to inside of front cover. Just a few fingermarks to contents.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 7 - RUPERT AND THE LITTLE 'PLANE
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1609555
Published by Daily Express. 1950. Good condition.

Two stories: Rupert and the Little Plane and Rupert and the Mystery Voice. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Name to front and rear cover, number to corner of rear cover. Contents detached. Staples rusted. Foxing to rear cover.

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