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CLEVER SUE
No author listed.
Stock no. 2106123
Circa 1927. Almost very good condition.

Small cardwraps in shape of a girl with her dog. Only a few pages in length. Two-tone illustrations. 3" split to base of spine. Creasing and wear to covers. Some page browning. Inscription in ink to inside front cover.

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AUTUMN SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 2106107
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1926. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From Flower Fairies of the Autumn. Grey paper boards with blue titles, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plates and music by Linnell. A lovely book. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper has some edge-tears and chips, with a little loss; browned; creased; some grubby marks.

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1973
Written by Frank Richards; Edwy Searles Brooks.
Stock no. 2106079
Published by Howard Baker. 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Omnibus No 21. Best-loved works from the Golden Years of boys' fiction. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 235 pages. 10 x 7.25". ISBN: 0703000144. Uneven fading to cover edges. Foxing and a few grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with edge-creasing.

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THE NEST OF THE SCARECROW
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 2106059
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An exiting adventure involving a remote and lonely bungalow and a cruel sea. Dark red cloth, black titles to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations. 214 pages. A little bumping to spine. Small hole to spine cloth. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Wrapper has some tears, with a little loss to top of spine and 1" hole loss to spine. Wrapper is also marked with some scuffs.

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THE PICTS AND THE MARTYRS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 2106037
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine, blind title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers depicting map for the book. B/w illustrations throughout. 303 pages. 8 x 5.5". Bumping to spine. Name in ink to half-title page. Foxing/brown markings to outer page edges.

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GOLDEN PAVEMENTS
Written by Pamela Brown. Illustrated by Newton Whittaker.
Stock no. 2106024
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Green boards with cream cloth spine and gilt title. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. What look like dart/pin holes to front cover and some pages to prelims. Corners are bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. Tape residue to front pastedown. Foxing throughout.

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AVENTURES DE TROIS RUSSES ET DE TROIS ANGLAIS DANS L'AFRIQUE AUSTRALE
Written by Jules Verne. Illustrated by Jules Ferat; Francois Pannemaker.
Stock no. 1306717
Published by J. Hetzel Et Cie. Very good condition.

Possibly rebound? Green cloth with red title label and 7 gilt stripes to spine. 202 pages. 53 b/w illustrations engraved by Pannemaker. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A couple of tiny dents to lower edges of covers. Some slight rubbing to covers. Name plate to front pastedown. Rear joint is cracked. Light page browning throughout else contents clean.

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PLAYFELLOWS
Written by Hilda Hart; Norman Gale; Grace C. Floyd. Illustrated by G.H. Thompson; Agnes Richardson; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1306716
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Father Tuck's Golden Gift series. Red cloth spine, pictorial boards with front showing dog and puppy. Colour frontis plate, b/w and two-tone illustrations to text. First verse is "Good Manners and Bad". Quite a few cat illustrations by Wain. Spine slightly bumped. Corners worn and cover edges rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (ink thumb print to top edge of same page). Page browning and some small marks to margins else clean.

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MY PRETTY AND HER LITTLE BROTHER TOO, AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Lewis Baumer.
Stock no. 1306706
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. circa 1901. Almost very good condition.

Orange pictorial cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations throughout. 229 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped, spine darkened, covers a little grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to preliminary pages.

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ROBINS IN THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1306596
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver titles and borders. Three b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and ever so slightly rubbed. There is a tiny white mark to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Top corner tip of title-page is lightly creased. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a bit grubby, with some loss to spine and corners.

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FRIENDS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by MacDowell.
Stock no. 1306542
Published by W. & A.K. Johnston; G.W. Bacon Ltd. circa 1952. Very good condition.

Old Thatch Series. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 64 pages. Covers clean. Contents lightly browned else clean.

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FLYING STORIES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 2105981
Published by John Hamilton. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

A collection of stories edited by W.E. Johns, including 4 stories by him. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w plates, 6 colour plates plus other b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Covers are worn, with some chipping and loss of paper; cloth showing through. Some foxing and browning to pages.

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