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A TREASURY OF KATE GREENAWAY
Written by Kate Greenaway. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1824950
Published by Robert Frederick Ltd.. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

A collection of extracts from favourites by Greenaway (including Apple Pie, Mother Goose, Under the Window etc). Large format. Title to boards is A Treasury of Kate Greenaway Stories. White pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 265 pages, printed on yellow paper. ISBN: 0907789137. Two or three pages has a tiny closed tear to lower margin. Else a fine copy.

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THE MICE AND THE FLYING BASKET
Written by Rodney Peppe. Illustrated by Rodney Peppe.
Stock no. 1824949
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

The mice who live in a shoe are in trouble. The earn their living making baskets for D. Rat the junk merchant but it is very hard work and they are paid so little. So they try to think of other ways to make money and decide to build a flying basket and learn to fly! Slim format. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations and little text. ISBN: 0670801909. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. A few minor marks to front board. Contents clean.

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KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
Written by Anthony Mockler. Illustrated by Nick Harris.
Stock no. 1824946
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford illustrated classics. Blue boards, gilt titles. Full page colour and B/W illustrations. 294 pages. ISBN: 019274531X. Lower corners and base of spine lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE OTHER WAY ROUND
Written by Judith Kerr.
Stock no. 1824943
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. 1983. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In this book, Judith Kerr describes how the family introduced in her first novel, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, lived through the war. Brown cloth baords, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0001846043. Third impression. Minor mark to rear free endpaper else a nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut.

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THE SWORD OF FREEDOM
Written by Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324666
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the English Revolution. Brown pictorial coth with gilt titles. 6 colour plates. xi + 420 pages. Spine bumped. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked showing webbing beneath. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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THE CHANCELLOR'S SPY
Written by Tom Bevan. Illustrated by Richard Tod.
Stock no. 1324665
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

A vivid picture of life in the reign of Henry the eighth. Green pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. 2 colour plates. 263 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing and page browning. Some hinges pulled.

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UNDER THE WHITE ENSIGN
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Edward S. Hodgson.
Stock no. 1324664
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Fair condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. A Naval story of the Great War. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few light marks to covers. Name plate to front pastedown, name and address in pencil to front free-endpaper. Hinges pulled and joints cracked causing contents to be a little loose. Frontis has been re-inserted with tape which has now browned with age. Unfortunately 2 of the b/w plates are MISSING.

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THE ABBEY ON THE MOOR
Written by Lucie E. Jackson.
Stock no. 1324657
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1900. Very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth with silver titles. Green floral decorated endpapers. B/w frontis and title-page (with tissue-guard). 232 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown, prize plate to front free-endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to textblock and some pages.

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HALF HOURS UNDERGROUND: VOLCANOES, MINES AND CAVES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1324656
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Limited. 1900. Very good condition.

The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for Young Readers. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 369 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine bumped and slightly darkened. Prize plate to front pastedown. Floral decorated endpapers. Small mark to lower edge of first few pages.

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MARTIN THE SKIPPER
Written by James F. Cobb.
Stock no. 1324655
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Very good condition.

A tale for boys and seafaring folk. 5 b/w plates. Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title block to spine and title to front, gilt vignettes. 403 pages plus 2 catalogues at rear. Spine bumped and very slightly browned. Name plate and tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Small red ink stamp (and blue ink marks) to front free-endpaper. Textblock is foxed. Some spots to margins.

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TINY TOILERS AND THEIR WORKS
Written by G. Glenwood Clark.
Stock no. 1324654
Published by J. Coker & Co.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow covers with black/brown titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Looks at different little creatures/insects. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light spotting to spines. Pencil scribbles to rear free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and some fingermarks to page margins. Red dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly browned.

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COMRADES IN CAMP AND BUNGALOW
Written by Edith E. Cuthell. Illustrated by Paul Hardy.
Stock no. 1324652
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Limited. Circa 1924. Good condition.

Pictorial green cloth. Four b/w plates. 183 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped, rubbing to spine edges. Light scuffing to covers, small white mark to rear cover. Prize inscription in ink to front pastedown. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Foxing throughout.

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