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THE HOME OF THE WOLVERENE AND BEAVER
Written by Charles Henry Eden.
Stock no. 732707
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Circa 1885. Good condition.

Sub-titled Fur Hunting In The Wilds Of Canada. Green decorated cloth with gilt title label to spine. 254 pages plus booklist to rear. B/w frontis. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few tiny brown spots to front cover and very faint splashmark to rear cover. Front joint broken, name and date in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to contents.

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SEPTIMUS HONEYDEW
Written by Susan Hill. Illustrated by Carol Thompson.
Stock no. 426238
Published by Julia MacRae Books. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. When Septimus Honeydew can't sleep - he makes sure that no one else in the house sleeps either! ISBN: 0862034574. SIGNED by illustrator, with inscription on title page. A few light marks to covers. Contents fine.

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GEORGE AND JULIET
Written by Geraldine Middleton. Illustrated by Peter Green.
Stock no. 426258
Published by S.P.C.K.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

George and Juliet move to the country and make friends with the Vicar and his wife. They learn about lots of different festivals... Yellow pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. SIGNED by author, with inscription on front endpaper. Corners a little bumped. A few light finger marks to endpapers. Wrapper has a closed tear to spine and is a little chipped at edges.

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THE WICKED ONE
Written by Mollie Hunter.
Stock no. 426263
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colin Grant was a hot-tempered man, and the wicked one called the Grollican delights in troubling any man with such a temper!... Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0241895707. SIGNED by author, with inscription on half-title page. A couple of corners bumped, edges a little rubbed. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, faded to spine and a little edge-creased.

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THE HAUNTING OF NADIA
Written by Julia Jarman. Illustrated by Michael Charlton.
Stock no. 426264
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

Chillers series. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713645997. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page.

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THE TRANSFORMATION OF JENNIFER HOWARD
Written by Anthony Masters.
Stock no. 426267
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When Jennifer's brother dies of Aids, her world is overturned. She can only see one way out...then she meets the Gleaners... Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0416187528. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Three small indentation marks to front cover, with corresponding ones on wrapper.

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THE WELL
Written by Gene Kemp. Illustrated by Chantal Fouracre.
Stock no. 426272
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Memories of the childhood of Annie Sutton (Alias Gene Kemp), living in Tyburn Cottage in a Midlands village, in the years before World War II. Green boards, gilt title. ISBN: 0571132847. SIGNED by author on front endpaper. Score mark to front of wrapper.

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JASON BODGER AND THE PRIORY GHOST
Written by Gene Kemp.
Stock no. 426274
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1985. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Jason Bodger was the boss of Class 4Z and the terror of student teachers, until the fatal day when 4z went to visit the Priory... Grey boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0571136451. SIGNED by author on front endpaper.

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SONG DEVICES AND JINGLES
Written by Eleanor Smith. Illustrated by Florence Young; S.B. Pearse; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 575842
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Light brown cloth spine. Paper boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. One plate missing. Frontis has margin tears repaired with tape. Corners rubbed. Contents bright and clean.

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NODDY'S GARAGE OF BOOKS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 575870
Published by Sampson Low. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition.

Five small format paperwrap books contained in pictorial box. Book covers a little grubby, pages lightly browned. Book 2 has clear tape on spine. Box is rubbed at corner with a couple of small edge-tears. Lower small side flap is missing.

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JAPANESE CHILD LIFE
Written by Alice Calhoun Haines. Illustrated by Alice Mar.
Stock no. 732629
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Stories and verses with full-page colour plates. Large format. 12.5 x 10". Green cloth spine. Pictorial boards. B/w decorative borders to text. Cover edges worn. Spine slightly frayed at top and tail. Covers a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Margin tear on two plates have been neatly repaired. Some light fingering to page margins. A nice copy of this attractive book.

Price: £78.00 £58.50.

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MR NOAH AND THE SECOND FLOOD
Written by Sheila Burnford. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 732651
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1973. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

"Mr and Mrs Noah, true descendants of the original Noah, live on an isolated mountain-top. They are visited once a year by their Bank Manager who brings them a gold bar, a years supply of The Farmers Monthly, and a cake from Mrs Bank Manager wrapped up in an old Sunday Newspaper". Oblong format. Burgundy boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575015667. A lovely copy.

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