THE PLAY'S THE THING!
Written by Enid Blyton; Alec Rowley. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 576252
Published by The Home Library Book Company; George Newnes Limited. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

12 musical plays for children aged 8 to 15. 24 full-page b/w drawings by Alfred Bestall and music by Alec Rowley. Very large format. Russet cloth, gilt title and decorations to spine. Pictorial endpapers. 240 pages. A few marks to front cover. Spine and corners just very slightly bumped. Small piece missing from lower margin of page 109. Small closed margin tears on pages 111, 113 and 161. A few faint foxspots to endpapers and a few faint margins marks else contents bright and clean. A very nice copy of this handsome book.

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THE GHOST OF TANTONY PIG
Written by Julia Jarman. Illustrated by Laszlo Acs.
Stock no. 426379
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Laurie Gell thinks he has problems enough...then a pig starts speaking to him - could the legend of Tantony Pig be true? ISBN: 0862642957. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Very corners a little bumped.

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PIG
Written by Paul Geraghty.
Stock no. 426388
Published by Hutchinson. 1st thus 1991. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. When Michael's family has to move from the farm in the wild hills of Natel to the city of Cape Town, he leaves behind a lifelong Zulu friend and the old farm school to face a sinister and unwelcoming gang at his new school. ISBN: 0091763940. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page.

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NOBODY'S CHILD
Written by Patricia Miles.
Stock no. 426391
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Peach boards, gilt title to spine. A gripping adventure story set in the eighteenth century. ISBN: 0241891795. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Name in pen on front endpaper. Spine faded and a little bumped. Some foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, faded to spine, with a little creasing.

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THE STAR TRAP
Written by Marjorie Darke. Illustrated by Michael Jackson.
Stock no. 426392
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon boards, gilt title to spine. Frances Redmayne runs away from Mrs. Harpers Seminary for Young Ladies to seek success as an actress... ISBN: 0582162629. SIGNED by author on title page. JAB in pen on front endpaper. Pages 17-24 have not been cut properly when published - so these page edges stick out above the rest and are now creased. Some light foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine and a little chipped and creased to edges.

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A DISTURBING INFLUENCE
Written by Patricia Miles.
Stock no. 426394
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. Andrew Gifford is 16 and bright beyond his years. A mathematician by direction - but what by inclination?... ISBN: 0241100224. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Name in pen on front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut and faded to spine.

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JET, A GIFT TO THE FAMILY
Written by Geoffrey Kilner. Illustrated by Mary Dinsdale.
Stock no. 426396
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. When his father brought home a greyhound, David dreaded what his mother would say... ISBN: 0722652011. Spine a little bumped. Some very light foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine and a little chipped in a few places.

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LIONBOY: THE CHASE
Written by Zizou Corder.
Stock no. 426413
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, red title to spine. Charlie is on the run from an amazing floating circus with six homesick, beautiful Lions. Second in the 'Lionboy' series. ISBN: 0141380527. Pictorial wrapper is a little creased to edges.

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JACOB'S LADDER
Written by Brian Keaney.
Stock no. 426421
Published by Orchard Books. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Silver and red 'fingerprint' covers with white title to spine. A boy wakes up in the middle of a field. He can't remember how he came to be there, what his life was like before. Only one thing remains in his memory - His name is Jacob. ISBN: 1843627205. SIGNED by author - 'To David and Jenny' best wishes on title page.

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NIFFS AND WHIFFS
Written by Jennifer Curry. Illustrated by Susie Jenkin-Pearce.
Stock no. 426363
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1991. Very good condition.

Compiled by Jennifer Curry. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Smells evoke memories - this is an anthology of poems - a plethora of pongs, both pleasant and putrid! ISBN: 0370315561. SIGNED by compiler, with inscription on verso of half-title page. Small bump with a little wear to top of spine. Contents are fine.

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THE BEST OF FRIENDS
Written by Tony Bradman. Illustrated by Madeleine Baker.
Stock no. 426364
Published by Blackie. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. The 'Poems for me' series. Poetry for younger readers that explores just what friendship means to a child... ISBN: 0216923301. SIGNED by Bradman with inscription on title page. A little bumping to base of spine, else fine.

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WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Written by Christopher Morley. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 575952
Published by William Heinemann. 1st UK 1925. Very good condition.

Gissing lived alone on the Canine Estates, had an income of 1000 bones a year but was not happy... A story about dogs. 4 unusual colour plates and 16 b/w line drawings. Bright blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover and spine. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 227 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly darkened with a few faint spots at base. Otherwise covers bright and clean. Endpapers browned. First hinge is cracked at the top. Contents and plates are fine.

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