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PARDNER OF BLOSSOM RANGE
Written by Frances Charles.
Stock no. 1106071
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st USA 1906. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. 311 pages. Corners, top and tail of spine bumped and rubbed.

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THE DOGS OF WAR
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1105958
Published by Bradbury, Agnew & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1906. Good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine, red title to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine darkened. Rear board stained. Same area of damage to cloth on front cover. Pencil name to front endpaper, a few foxspots and fingermarks but otherwise contents very good.

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FORAGER HIS ADVENTURES
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1105953
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1912. Good condition.

Happy Family Series No. 6. Brown boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Title on cover is 'Cecil Aldin's Happy Family'. 8 x 7.5 inches. Joints badly cracked showing webbing. Lacks front endpaper. Rear endpaper detached and torn with loss. Three pages with an edge tear. Spine slightly split and worn at base. Corners rubbed. Covers grubby. Colour plates bright.

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DOROTHY DALE AT GLENWOOD SCHOOL
Written by Margaret Penrose.
Stock no. 1105885
Published by Cupples & Leon Company. 1st USA 1908. Good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w plates. A girls school story set in the USA. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Pencil marks to rear cover. Light inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Pencil scribble to rear pastedown. Front joint and some hinges cracked. One plate has possibly been reinserted as edges are ragged. Some foxing, occasional pencil marks and some grubby marks. Tear to one page. A reading copy.

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THE STORY OF DIMPLE DOT
Written by Penn De Barthe.
Stock no. 1105824
Published by Stecher Litho. Co.. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

Small format. Colour pictorial stiff card wraps. Cute colour illustrations. A bright copy of this early book.

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WHAT ACORN-CUP SAW
No author listed.
Stock no. 1105804
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. Circa 1949. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Delightful story about a little pixie. New staples. Rust marks where old staples were.

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THE PENDLETONS
Written by E.M. Jameson. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse; Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1105791
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Slightly better than very good condition.

Grey-green pictorial binding. 6 colour plates. 280 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A bright copy.

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PIRATES
Written by Colin Hawkins; Jacqui Hawkins. Illustrated by Colin Hawkins.
Stock no. 1105752
Published by Collins. 1st 1987. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0001956833. SIGNED by author with dedication.

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THE FIRE-EATERS
Written by David Almond.
Stock no. 1105699
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 2003. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

A tale of terror, joy and miracles. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 249 pages. ISBN: 0340773820. SIGNED by author.

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PADDLEFEET
Written by Christine Purkis.
Stock no. 1105696
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1997. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

The Water Folk who have made their home behind the waterfall. A story rooted in family life but branching into magic. ISBN: 0370324145. SIGNED by author.

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THE VALLEY OF SECRETS
Written by Charmian Hussey. Illustrated by Christopher Crump.
Stock no. 1105683
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st thus 2004. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

A unique tale beautifully decorated with Crump's highly detailed pen and ink drawings which sweeps from London to Cornwall, to the Amazonian rainforest on a journey which is unforgettable. Originally published in 2003 by Saint Piran Press and launched at Cornwall's exciting Eden Project. Blue boards, white title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 0340893494. SIGNED by author

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THE HAPPY FARM
No author listed.
Stock no. 1204409
Published by Collins. Nearly fine condition.

Magic Circle Books Series. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. 2 full page transforming pictures and two tone text illustrations. An immaculate copy of a scarce book. Undated but probably 1950s.

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