THE WEATHERCOCK AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 1501939
Published by University of London Press. 1946. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 12 stories. 128 pages Corners bumped. A little fading to some cover edges and top and bottom of spine. A couple of small marks to covers. Some foxing to endpapers, contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with a little loss at top and bottom of spine. Rear panel is very grubby, spine is darkened. Clear cover has been taped to inside of dustwrapper.

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OUT OF THE ARK BOOKS
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 2112212
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Boxed set of 6 think cardwrap books. Colour & b/w illustrations. Titles are: Teddy's New Job; Wally the Kangaroo; Grunty the Pig; Jenny the Giraffe; Ham and the Egg; Jimmy The Baby Elephant. Some wear to cover edges and spines. A few grubby marks. Contents have kept very nicely - protected by box. Nice and bright. Box is in fair-good condition - has been heavily repaired to edges with magic tape; Large tear to one edge of top of box. Still a cute set of Hulme Beaman illustrated books.

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A BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Mabel Quiller-Couch; Lilian Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by M. Etheldreda Gray.
Stock no. 1311385
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1920. Good condition.

Blue cloth with elaborate gilt decorations and titles. 20 beautiful colour plates mounted on grey card with captions below. Verses arranged by Mabel and Lilian Quiller-Couch. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Gilt to spine has dulled. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joint between fly-leaf and title-page is cracked causing frontispiece to be missing in this copy. Page edges are ragged from rough opening during binding process.

Price: £68.00 £51.00.

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FIRST YEAR UP
Written by D.W. Hackman. Illustrated by W.A. Sillince.
Stock no. 1402153
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Katherine and Jane meet on the train on their way to Setterfield College. They are both 'freshers' and this is the story of their first year at college. Mustard cloth boards with black titles to spine and vignettes of two girls and a school on the front board. B/w line drawings. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small patch of damp staining to bottom of rear board. Erased pencil marks to front endpaper. Couple of marks to edge of text block otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with loss to top and bottom of spine and folds. Couple of small holes to rear panel. Browning to panels and verso.

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THE GIRL'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 57
Written by Gladys M. Spratt; Elsie J. Oxenham; Alfred Bestall; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2112187
Published by The Girl's Own Paper Office. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large heavy format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Includes Oxenham story "Peggy and the Brotherhood". Light bumping and wear to spine and a couple of corners. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and page browning. Scarce wrapper is foxed, with some edge-creasing and closed tears; a few small chips of loss.

Price: £80.00 £60.00.

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OUR ZOO
Written by Edna Berry.
Stock no. 1501909
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

With the help of the son of the Zoo's Head keeper three children learn about animals and start their own little zoo. Orange cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped with a little wear. Small ink inscription to front pastedown. A little foxing. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge chipped with a faded spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby.

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PIGWIGGEN: HIS DASHING CAREER
Written by Arnrid Johnston. Illustrated by Arnrid Johnston.
Stock no. 1311373
Published by Country Life. 1942. Almost very good condition.

Pigwiggen the pig is the only one of his large family that could fly! Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers a little creased and grubby with a small tear to lower edge of front cover. Light creasing to top corner tips else contents clean.

Price: £94.00 £70.50.

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DARTON'S PARIS EXHIBITION
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311372
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. circa 1890. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. 13 colour illustrations with some text (not much), including a double-spread at centre pages. Covers slightly worn at spine, a couple of tiny edge chips. Some grubby marks to page margins.

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BOSKY GOLDFISH (POET)
Written by Peter Thornhill.
Stock no. 2112172
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. Large print. Byron Omar Shakespeare Kipling Yeats Goldfish was so small when he was born that if he hadn't been all shining gold...nobody would have known he was there at all. Bumping and wear to corners; a little chipping. Front cover is a little bowed. Odd foxspot and margin mark. Illustrations are remarkably bright!

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FRANK FLOWER THE BOY WAR-CORRESPONDENT
Written by A.B. Cooper.
Stock no. 2112167
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth with orange/black titles. Bumping and wear to covers; some scuffing. Front cover is a little bowed. Foxing and some page browning.

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THE HEROIC IMPOSTER
Written by Tom Bevan.
Stock no. 2112166
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles and vignettes. B/w frontis. Some fading to cover edges and spine; a little bumping. Foxing. Wrapper is creased with some edge-tears and chips; a little loss.

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THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Gustav Canton.
Stock no. 1311370
Published by Joseph, Myers & Co.. circa 1863. Good condition.

"An Invitation to the Youth of both Sexes to contemplate animated nature in 16 plates designed and engraved on stone by Gustavus Canton. Text according to the best and latest authorities on natural sciences". Large format. Embossed navy cloth with gilt title and decoration to front cover. 97 pages. Cream endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and worn, spine professionally re-backed retaining original cloth. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Covers a bit grubby. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Joints cracked and repaired, Small binders sticker to rear pastedown. There is foxing and grubby fingermarks throughout and there are light damp stains to the plates (mainly evident on verso but some do show stains to front, however, colours are still bright on all plates). A decent copy of a very scarce book.

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