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THE BORROWERS AFLOAT
Written by Mary Norton. Illustrated by Diana Stanley.
Stock no. 1313961
Published by Readers Union. 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. 176 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly browned to spine and has a tiny spot to front panel.

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JAPHET AND HAPPY ANNUAL 1951
Written by J.F. Horrabin; Kathleen Starr. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin.
Stock no. 1313946
Published by News Chronicle Ltd.. 1951. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. Front board shows the Japhet & Happy gang dancing around a tree. First story is 'Quiet As A Mouse'. 80 pages. 9.5 x 7.25". Covers slightly edge rubbed and lightly scuffed. Inscription in ink inside front cover (dated Xmas 1950). Light page browning to inside of covers, title-page and last text page. Musty smell to contents.

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THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES
Written by Jean M. Auel.
Stock no. 1809787
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

6th book in the Earth's Children Series. ISBN: 9780340824252. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE GIANT, THE DWARF AND THE WHISTLING BIRD
No author listed. Illustrated by V. Edgecombe Jenkins.
Stock no. 1809779
Published by The Featherstone Press Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small, slim format (5.5 x 4.25"). Pictorial paperwraps. Full-page colour illustrations. Contains a short story told in verse and other childrens verse. Covers lightly creased and scuffed. Staples rusty. Front hinge pulled but binding still tight. Generally a clean copy.

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JOHN O'LONDON'S CHILDREN'S LIBRARY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1313914
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Four volumes: Tales From the Arabian Nights; The Knights of the Round Table; Tales of Ancient Greece; Tales of Robin Hood. Each edited by Enid Blyton. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Those in "Knights" illustrated by Robinson. Each volume has red covers with black titles. Slight bumping to spine and a little rubbing to cover edges. Colouring to the b/w illustrations. Dustwrappers are edge worn with slight loss to top and tail of spine of "Knights", tears to "Arabian Nights" but generally bright and clean. Contained in a slipcase (custom made?) which is slightly worn.

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ENID BLYTON'S HOLIDAY ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2114862
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to text. 63 pages. Wear to spine and cover edges; a little creasing. Some page browning.

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THE ADVENTURES OF OLD MAN COYOTE
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Harrison Cady.
Stock no. 2114861
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. Circa 1932. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Bedtime Story Books series. Green pictorial cloth. 6 colour plates. 120 pages. A few marks and some wear to covers. Foxing to a few pages. All plates present. Wrapper is grubby with edge-tears and a few little bits of loss.

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FLANNELFEETE THE WIZARD
No author listed.
Stock no. 1712905
Published by Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Beige boards, large colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis. Green text and illustrations. Rear cover grubby. Contents slightly pulled from covers.

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MRS. ORANGE
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Robert Stewart Sherriffs.
Stock no. 1313856
Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited. 1st thus 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations to text throughout. 45 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Name plate to front endpaper. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little chipped at top and tail of spine, is a bit grubby and foxed to front edge of spine fold.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1313852
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Contains the Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House That Jack built; An Elegy on the Death Of A Mad Dog and The Babes In The Wood. Large, square format. Cream pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Sepia line drawings. Spine and corners bumped. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Some light fingering and foxing else contents clean.

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MY DOG ROVER AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1313846
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Front pictorial board showing 3 children throwing sticks for a dog. A few colour but mainly b/w illustrations including 2 by Wain (one of a hippo and the other of bears). Short stories. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date in heavy pencil to top margin of title-page. A few light foxspots else contents clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1941 (FACSIMILE) - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1313837
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Enjoy Rupert's rarest and most sought-after adventures with this beautiful facsimile of the 1941 annual, widely considered to be the best ever. Everything from the colour of the ink to the specially selected paper is true to the original, the only difference being the addition of a slipcase to keep this collector's item in perfect condition. ISBN: 1874507112. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Slipcase is edge rubbed and tab at base of spine has been removed.

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