TIM'S FRIEND TOWSER
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1314218
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format, Pink pictorial boards, blue spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Ex-Lib (school) with a couple of ink library stamps to front free-endpaper. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Light musty smell to contents and some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Dustwrapper is price-cut with new price sticker above, slightly edge worn with small piece of loss to base of spine.

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LITTLE MISS PINK'S SCHOOL
Written by Rodney Bennett. Illustrated by Astrid Walford.
Stock no. 1314213
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Good condition.

The Little Miss Pink Books series. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to text. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Slight loss of paper covering to spine. Edges of rear cover are discoloured. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and erased pencil writing to same. Endpapers lightly browned. Some spotting and other marks to contents which also have a musty smell. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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MY NEW HOME
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 1314206
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1894. Very good condition.

Orange cloth covers with black titles and picture of house. 7 b/w illustrations. 207 pages plus book catalogue. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Erased pencil mark to front fly-leaf. Contents clean.

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AIR ADVENTURES
Written by W.E. Johns; George E. Rochester; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw; et al..
Stock no. 1403311
Published by The Ace Publishing Company. circa 1940. Poor condition.

Red cloth spine with black titles. Pictorial front cover with red title. 4 colour and 4 b/w plates. Contains 5 W.E. Johns stories. Spine bumped and faded. Corners are bumped and worn. Board edges are rubbed. Title on front is partially faded. Marks to rear board. Joints and several hinges are cracked, some almost broken leading to some pages starting to be become detached. Inscription in ink to front endpaper with address written in pencil below. Drawings in pencil to rear endpaper. Evidence of bookwork damage on several pages. Two plates are missing - 1 colour and 1 b/w. Foxing and grubby marks throughout including several pencil marks. A reading copy.

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THE LION OF THE NORTH
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1403303
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus. Brown, green and gilt pictorial cloth. 12 b/w plates. 382 pages + 32 page booklist. All edges green. Early reprint - no date. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Couple of small splits to top of spine. Board edges are bumped and a little rubbed. A few marks to endpapers. Rear endpaper is creased at edge. Name stamp to top of half title page. A few foxspots and a little light fingering otherwise contents generally clean. Top corners of a few pages are lightly creased.

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BILL THE MINDER
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1314202
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Limited edition of 380 numbered and signed copies. Gilt decorated vellum. 16 superb tissue-guarded mounted colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. B/w text illustrations throughout. 254 pages. SIGNED by Robinson plus and inscription in ink "To Peter & Christopher Brinsmead, with best wishes for Xmas 1944 from Granny Heath Robinson". Copy no. 213. Very faint musty smell to contents. Covers are a little soiled. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Lacking silk ties. Joints are cracked but binding still tight. Endpapers browned. Foxspots to endpapers and some page margins. Pale page browning. A nice copy of this scarce item.

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THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS
Written by William M. Timlin. Illustrated by William M. Timlin.
Stock no. 1314201
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. 1st 1923. Good condition.

One of the classic works of fantasy and the author's solitary children's book. Only 2000 copies printed of which 600 were used for the American edition. Large format. Vellum spine with gilt titles and decoration. Grey paperboards. 48 magical colour plates. Both calligraphic text and plates are mounted on grey art paper making this a truly unusual item. Spine and corners bumped and worn, some chipping to top and tail of spine. Covers are grubby and marked, edges are rubbed. There is some surface paper damage to covers, particularly at edges. Binding re-stitched. Some damage to front endpaper. Small margin tears. Apart from some slight fingering all plates seem fine. A good copy of this scarce item.

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THE FAMOUS JIMMY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 1314195
Published by E.P. Dutton & Company Inc.. 1st USA 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

American edition. The story of Jimmy the famous duckling. Large format, white pictorial boards with red cloth spine. Yellow and black illustrations to text throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Some light foxing/browning to covers. Foxing/browning to endpapers and some spotting to page margins. Joints are cracking. Very scarce dustwrapper is slightly grubby and foxed, large tear to rear panel and loss to spine (slight loss at base and 2" loss at top.

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THE BOAT SEEKERS
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by B. Kay.
Stock no. 1314179
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Blue boards, dark blue titles and vignettes. 191 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers are badly faded. Spine and corners bumped. Textblock browned. A few corner tips creased.

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THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE AND THE ADVENTURES OF A BROWNIE
Written by Mrs. Dinah Craik. Illustrated by Lucille Corcos.
Stock no. 1403272
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. circa 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Little Lame Prince was banished to a solitary tower on a barren plain by his wicked uncle. He led a lonely life until one day his fairy godmother brought him a miraculous travelling cloak. The Brownie is full of tricks and mischief but never does anyone any harm. Purple spine black titles in cream text block and vignette of a prince. Crown symbols to boards. pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 291 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Top corners of many pages bumped or creased. Top of text block is dusty. Browning to some pages otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, creased with chipping and a couple of closed tears. Spine is browned. White label to verso to cover one of the tears.

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TWELVE HAPPY MONTHS
Written by Marjorie E. Kirtley. Illustrated by Audrey Brunton.
Stock no. 1314142
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A charming little book of verse and prose about the months of the year. Written with the idea of teaching children to entertain themselves with their own drawings. Pictorial boards. Green/orange illustrations. 7.5 x 6". Spine bumped, small split at top. Endpapers partly browned/foxed. Small mark to verso of front endpaper. A few light fingermarks but contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and torn to front panel, score marks to rear panel (where book has been lent on to write).

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UP THE CHIMNEY TO NINNY LAND
Written by A.S.M. Chester.
Stock no. 1314136
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1894. Good condition.

A Fairy Story for children. Green pictorial cloth. Floral decorated endpapers. 86 pages. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small ink name stamp to preliminary pages and some text page (top margins). Endpapers lightly browned. Grubby fingermarks to contents and light pencil marks to frontis. There are 5 plates in this copy (I believe that there is at least 1 missing, possibly 2).

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