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PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1323713
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st thus 1946. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth, red title to spine and black vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations to text. Covers are grubby at edges and slightly spotted. Spine slightly bumped and browned. Endpapers are foxed. Pencil erasure mark to front free-endpaper else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped with loss, browned to spine and edges. Loss to spine as well.

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A SNOWDROP
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Claudia Guercio.
Stock no. 1323711
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

No. 20 of The Ariel Poems. Large-paper edition limited to 500 copies. Green boards with gilt title to front. 2 text pages, edges untrimmed. B/w text illustrations and a full-page colour illustration. SIGNED by the author to limitation page, this is copy no. 70. Light, old tape marks to corners of endpapers. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed.

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A CHILD'S DAY
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Carine Cadby; Will Cadby.
Stock no. 1323710
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

A book of rhymes. B;ue cloth with dark blue titles and pictorial onlay to front. 56 numbered pages. Lovely b/w tipped-in photography plates of a young girl in different poses. Printed on grey paper. Spine and corners bumped, spine slightly darkened. Rear cover is partly discoloured with a few small pink marks. Small mark to pictorial onlay. Front cover is slightly warped. Some light foxing to the plates and light browning to the endpapers.

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POSTAGE STAMPS
Written by L.N. Williams; M. Williams. Illustrated by Sydney R. Turner.
Stock no. 1323709
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1957. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book 69. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w pictures. Staples slightly rusty. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Some grubby marks to page margins and light corner creases to first few pages.

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THE THEATRE AT WORK
Written by James Cleaver. Illustrated by James Cleaver.
Stock no. 1323703
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Picture Puffin Book No. 75. Pictorial paperwraps. 31 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Staples rusty. Covers slightly pulled at staples. Publisher's 'new' price sticker to front cover (stating 2/-). Contents clean.

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ENGLISH FASHIONS
Written by John Mortimer. Illustrated by Victor Ross.
Stock no. 1323702
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 76. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Lithographs. Name in ink to front cover. Foxing to covers and contents. Ink address stamp of previous seller to inside front cover. Publisher's 'new' price sticker inside rear cover stating 2/-.

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OUR PONIES
Written by Allen W. Seaby. Illustrated by Allen Seaby.
Stock no. 1323701
Published by Penguin Books. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 78. Illustrated covers. B/w textual illustrations. Pictorial paperwraps. Foxing to covers and contents. Small tear to edge of front cover.

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THE STORY OF IRON
Written by J.B. Fortune. Illustrated by Paul B. Mann.
Stock no. 1323700
Published by Penguin Books. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 79. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Heavy foxing to covers and contents. Staples rusty. Small piece torn (and missing) from lower spine corner of front cover.

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MUSIC TIME
Written by Prudence Hemelryk. Illustrated by Sheila Jackson.
Stock no. 1323699
Published by Penguin Books. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 80. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Music with a comment on the tune. Covers slightly grubby with a couple of small chips at spine edges. Sum in ink to front cover (21-1=20). Annotations in ink to first few music pieces.

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CHIMPY
Written by Harry Fleming.
Stock no. 1323692
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The idea of selling Chimpy to a zoo was altogether too much to bear... so Trudy and Dennis look to team up with the circus. Blue boards, black titles and vignettes. 135 numbered pages. Spine very slightly bumped and browned. Endpapers partly browned and foxed. Top edge of textblock is foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped with minimal loss, a little grubby to rear panel and browned to spine. Verso of wrapper is heavily browned/foxed.

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WILLIAM THE EXPLORER
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1323690
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition.

Green boards, gilt titles and vignette of William to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Some margin marks and small piece missing from one margin.

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PEACOCK PIE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Rowland Emett.
Stock no. 1323688
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st thus 1941. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book of rhymes. Beige cloth with dark green titles. B/w line drawings. Spine and corners bumped. Small dent to lower edge and stain to top edge of front cover. Light page browning and fingering else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss, rubbed at edges and a little grubby to rear panel.

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