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GYP'S HOUR OF BLISS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1305264
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1919. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Buff boards with blue title and white vignette of Gyp (a young white Aberdeen terrier) to front cover. 15 colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Some browning/foxing to endpapers. Two leaves have small patches of damage to them. A couple of hinges are cracked. Some fingering to contents but generally clean. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby, is edge chipped and rubbed and has a large closed tear to rear panel which has been repaired.

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THE ALL-NITE CAFE
Written by Philip Gross.
Stock no. 1204361
Published by Faber & Faber. Circa 1993. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Poetry for teenagers. Winner of the Signal Poetry Award 1994. ISBN: 0571167535. SIGNED by author. 4th printing.

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CHASING VERMEER
Written by Balliett. Blue. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 1204343
Published by The Chicken House. 1st 2005. As new condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Tipped in colour illustration to verso of front endpaper. B/w illustrations. Two children are caught up in an international art sensation. ISBN: 1904442714. SIGNED by author and illustrator. Complete with original wraparound band.

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THE CURSE OF SALAMANDER STREET
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 1204342
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2006. As new condition in a as new dustwrapper.

Sequel to Shadowmancer. Colourful, dramatic, relentless, accessible to children and more frightening for their parents. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780571228737. SIGNED by author

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ASK DOCTOR PETE
Written by Peter Rowan. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1204337
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1986. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224028693. SIGNED by author 'To Alexander for a very happy christmas 1993 love Dr Peter. I've written in the book my favourite parts - which are yours?' Small annotations by the author throughout the text.

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MAD SUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Written by Ruth Brown. Illustrated by Ruth Brown.
Stock no. 1305240
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862648033. SIGNED by author to title-page.

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AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1305231
Published by Pavilion. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Foreman continues his spellbinding memoir from where his award-winning "War boy" ended. Dark blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1857935535. SIGNED by the author to verso of front endpaper (dated 1995). Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at top and tail of spine.

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THREE CHEERS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1305222
Published by Lewis's Ltd.. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. First story is "The Fairies and the Frying Pan". 6 plates, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn, there is a tiny hole to front edge of spine. Contents are browned and foxed but otherwise clean.

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HIDE AND SEEK
Written by Christine Chaundler; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1305221
Published by Lewis's Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, white pictorial boards. First story is "The Kid in Fancy Dress" by Chaundler. 6 colour plates (including one possible cat one by Wain entitled "Having a good time" although there is no signature). B/w illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners slightly worn. Covers are a little grubby and there is a patch of surface paper damage to spine edge of rear cover. Contents are foxed and browned but otherwise clean.

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THE CHILD OF THE CARAVAN
Written by E.M. Green. Illustrated by Edith Scannell.
Stock no. 1305210
Published by Griffith Farran Browne & Co. Ltd.. circa 1897. Very good condition.

Attractive blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. 189 pages. All edges gilt. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Foxing and some fingering throughout. Some of the hinges are cracked.

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THE DUNGEON
Written by Lynne Reid Banks.
Stock no. 1305183
Published by Collins. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A powerful medieval tragedy. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 000713777X. SIGNED by author to title-page. Heavy bumping to top and tail of spine of book and wrapper else a fine copy.

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TROLL MILL
Written by Katherine Langrish. Illustrated by Tim Stevens; David Wyatt.
Stock no. 1305170
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Dark secrets, gruesome grindings, troll trickery. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0007170742. SIGNED by author to title-page.

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