PLIMPLOMPLIMPS THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JACK-IN-THE-BOX
Written by Julius Berstl; Compton Mackenzie. Illustrated by Wilgart Hofheinz.
Stock no. 1711471
Published by The Bodley Head. Circa 1938. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Scissor-cut b/w illustrations. Foreword by Mackenzie. Covers and edges worn. A few marks to covers. Ink inscription and marks to front endpaper.

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NEW PLAYS FROM OLD STORIES
Written by Hermon Ould. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1402702
Published by Oxford University Press. 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

Contains three stories (Peter the Pied Piper, The Princess in the Sleeping Wood, Rip van Winkle) adapted into plays. Black boards with gilt titles to front and spine and vignette to front cover. Colour plates. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Fading to gilt on spine and some of gilt on front cover. Front endpaper is MISSING. Browning to endpapers which are also a little grubby. Some foxing and a few margin marks.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1502852
Published by Peter Lunn Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

World favourite Library for Boys and Girls. Beautiful colour frontis and 9 b/w full-page illus. Grey cloth covers, gilt vignette and title. 224 pages. Cr 8vo. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. 15 written in pen plus grubby fingermark to front endpaper. One hinge cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a grubby rear panel and spine.

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FARAWAY FARM
Written by Hilary Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Peter Biegel.
Stock no. 1502844
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This is a further story of The Home Farm children who find themselves solely responsible for a small farm with all its pleasures and difficulties. Pale blue boards with white titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 141 pages. Some bumping to spine and corners. A couple of small faded patches to top edge of front cover. Name in ink to front pastedown. Yellowed tape marks to endpapers. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of tears and slight loss. Some yellowed tape marks, spine slightly browned, rear panel a little grubby.

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DONALD DUCK TRANSFERS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1402693
Published by Tower Press. Very good condition.

A booklet containing transfers of Donald Duck - place in saucer of water to use. Shaped card wraps showing Donald with a book. Covers are a little worn. Small tear to Donald's Head which id also creased. Rear cover is grubby. A little foxing to inner covers and bottom of transfers.

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A FAIRY GARLAND
No author listed. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1711382
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Being nine Fairy Tales from the Old French. 12 superb colour plates throughout. 251 pages. 9.5 x 7". Modern bindning. SIGNED by illustrator ''To my friend Isaac Jones this '20 year old' with all best wishes Edmund Dulac Xmas 1948". This copy has been rebound with new endpaper, it has been done in the style of the original with 3/4 cloth and cream spine with the original title part of the spine laid on to the new spine. A little light foxing. All plates present.

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THE SACRED BULLOCK AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Mazo De La Roche. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1313014
Published by The Macmillan Company Of Canada Limited. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories. Blue cloth, black title to spine. 221 numbered pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Pastedowns very lightly browned else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is browned on verso and is lightly worn.

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SUNNY MEMORIES OF FOREIGN LANDS
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Stock no. 1313013
Published by Milner And Sowerby. 1861. Good condition.

Small format. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w frontis. 384 pages plus 32 page publisher catalogue to rear. A series of travel letters. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joints cracked. Some pale foxing and light page browning else contents clean. A couple of pages have not been trimmed correctly (binding error) causing the lower margins to be slightly misaligned.

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HOW WE USED TO DRESS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1502816
Very good condition.

Presented by OXO Ltd. Pictorial card wraps, rear cover is advert for Oxo. From 10th Century - Anglo Saxons to early 20th Century - Edwardian. Colour illustration, small amount of text, illustration to paint and short rhyme to each page. 14 pages. A few light spots to front cover. Light crease to top corner of rear cover and last couple of pages. A few fox spots to contents and covers. Contents used.

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WILLIAM AND CHERRY
Written by Merula Salaman. Illustrated by Merula Salaman.
Stock no. 1711375
Published by The Cresset Press. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards with red cloth spine. Charming colour and two tone illustrations. Text in script. The Story of William Matthew Walker and his Cow Cherry Brandy. Corners worn. Front joint cracked.

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MANDRAGORA'S DRAGON
Written by Irene Elmer. Illustrated by Ruth Van Sciver.
Stock no. 1402689
Published by Abingdon Press. circa 1964. Very good condition.

Porridge, the horse, has been retired and is bored. He persuades the gray barn cat to tell him a story. Oblong format. Blue boards with silver titles to front and spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few marks to the covers. Front endpaper is heavily creased with a tear. Couple of small marks otherwise contents are clean.

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RED VAGABOND
Written by G.D. Adams. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1312992
Published by The Batchworth Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A vividly told tale of a fox set against the background of wild life on the Welsh border. Red cloth. Gilt title to spine. Superb b/w wood engravings. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers and contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine with loss at top and bottom, slightly edge chipped with minimal further loss. Price not cut.

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