MUMFIE'S UNCLE SAMUEL
Written by Katharine Tozer. Illustrated by Katharine Tozer.
Stock no. 1311601
Published by John Murray. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Mumfie returns home to find terrible things happening. Mummy Jumbo's house had been burnt down; Uncle Samuel was kidnapped and there were "lurkings"... Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Bright pink and blue full-page pictures plus b/w drawings. 190 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Spine bumped, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and some light foxing. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with slight loss to spine and tape repairs on verso. Uncommon in dustwrapper.

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ESCAPE FROM THE TEMPLE OF LAUGHTER
Written by Jerome Fletcher. Illustrated by Sue Heap.
Stock no. 1808442
Published by Andre Deutsch Children's Books. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Episodes from the life of J. Rathbone Fish. Paper board folder with blue cloth spine. Contains 153 page book plus game board, pieces and cards. ISBN: 0590540610. A few marks to boards. Appears complete.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1992
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1808433
Published by Annual Concepts Limited. 1992. Nearly fine condition.

Tall 4to pictorial laminated boards - Rupert carol singing with lantern. 1st story Rupert and the Falling Leaf. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 1874507007. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Contents fine.

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CHILD-LAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311588
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Fair condition.

Picture Pages for the Little Ones. Brown decorated cloth, gilt titles. Inset pictorial onlay. Crammed with b/w illustrations. 192 pages plus 16 page publication list. Sold with all faults. Spine and corners bumped and worn, scuffing to covers. Prelims missing and new front endpaper. Contents are grubby. There is a glue mark to the front pastedown. The binding repairs to the book are very amateurish.

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THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR
Written by Brothers Grimm; Audrey Claus. Illustrated by E. Probst.
Stock no. 1311587
Published by Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd.. 1st UK 1965. Very good condition.

Adapted by Claus. Pictorial boards, oblong format. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers just a little grubby. Some faint foxing to rear endpapers else contents clean.

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THE DAISY; OR, CAUTIONARY STORIES IN VERSE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311585
Published by John Harris. circa 1840. Good condition.

Small format, burgundy mottled boards. 30 b/w engravings on wood. 66 pages plus publication list. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Contents are worn and a bit grubby/foxed with paper repairs. Stitching is pulled causing contents to be loose but binding still holding.

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WINGS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Arch Whitehouse.
Stock no. 1311575
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Very good condition.

The "Ace" series. Blue cloth. Black title and small sundial vignette to spine. Four b/w plates. Spine faded. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

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TALES OF ST. CEDRICS
Written by L.C. Douthwaite. Illustrated by J. Phillips Paterson.
Stock no. 1311570
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An excellent school story, in which boxing plays a prominent part. Blue cloth, dark blue titles and borders. 253 pages. Colour frontis, some b/w chapter headers. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front endpaper (with name blacked out). Heavy foxing at page edges. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and is grubby to rear panel.

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THE RIVER POST
Written by Hertha Von Gebhardt; Oliver Coburn. Illustrated by Irene Schreiber.
Stock no. 1502019
Published by Burke Publishing Company Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w and green and black illustrations. Translated and adapted by Oliver Coburn and Ursula Lehrburger. A little bumping to spine and corners. Two small spots of fading on spine. School stamp to front endpaper, contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut with revised price sticker above and school stamp. Edge worn and torn with a little loss and small hole in spine. Rear panel grubby.

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IVANHOE
Written by Sir Walter Scott.
Stock no. 2112665
Published by David McKay Company. 1972. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine and partial sword to front cover. B/w and two-colour illustrations. This is a reprint of the edition published by The Felix Gluck Press Limited. American edition. Contains The story of Ivanhoe; Armour, Shields, Weapons, Tournaments and Jousts, Coins, Fortresses and Castles. A Glossary of Chivalry and much more... ISBN: 067920394X. Light bumping along cover edges. Some page browning. Wrapper is faded to spine, with couple of closed edge-tears.

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MR NOAH AND THE SECOND FLOOD
Written by Sheila Burnford. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2112655
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

"Mr and Mrs Noah, true descendants of the original Noah, live on an isolated mountain-top. They are visited once a year by their Bank Manager who brings them a gold bar, a years supply of The Farmers Monthly, and a cake from Mrs Bank Manager wrapped up in an old Sunday Newspaper". Oblong format. Burgundy boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575015667. Bumping to spine. Bookplate to front endpaper, with some inscriptions in ink. Page browning. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing and some browning.

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BIRD, BEAST AND FLOWER
Written by Ian Parsons. Illustrated by Marie Angel.
Stock no. 2112600
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles. Watercolours by Angel. Poems chosen by Parsons. ISBN: 0701124113. Wrapper is a bit edge-creased, with a few grubby marks.

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