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HOW TO RECOGNISE GARDEN FLOWERS
Written by . Illustrated by Will H. Stevens.
Stock no. 1323271
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Young Naturalist series. 101 of the most popular garden flowers in colour. Beige boards with brown cloth spine. 31 numbered pages, colour illustrations. Endpapers partly browned and foxed. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, slightly edge rubbed and grubby.

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LEGIONS OF THE EAGLE
Written by Henry Treece. Illustrated by Christine Price.
Stock no. 1323270
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The story of Gwydion, son of a Belgic chieftain. Blue boards, red titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. 172 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut dustwrapper is very worn and edge chipped, front flap is almost detached.

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THE BOMBARD
Written by Henry Treece. Illustrated by Christine Price.
Stock no. 1323269
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

King Edward III and his son struggle against the French, the Welsh and the Scotts. Dark red boards, gilt to spine. B/w text illustrations. 187 pages. 8 x 5.25". Minimal bumping to spine. Rear endpapers are browned. Foxing to textblock. Old pencil price erased from front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby to rear panel, browned to spine and slightly worn at head of spine.

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PETER PAN'S POSTBAG
No author listed. Illustrated by Albert Rothenstein.
Stock no. 1323259
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1909. Good condition.

Letters to Pauline Chase when she was playing the part of Peter Pan. Brown pictorial cloth with white titles. Fold-out map of Never Never Land to rear of book. Colour frontis. Spine is browned and title to spine has rubbed away. Covers a bit grubby. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. SIGNED by Pauline Chase to lower margin of frontis. Frontis has been removed from original position and taped in between title-page and introduction page (old tape marks to margins of these pages and to margin of frontis). Foxspots to contents. Biro annotation marks to the last letter (page 63 & 64) and map at rear is creased and torn with old tape marks. Booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. A few small, light marks to page margins and one hinge is cracked showing webbing beneath.

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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323256
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers, preliminary pages and to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, slightly faded to spine and rear panel is very slightly grubby. The wrapper is slightly foxed.

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BIGGLES GETS HIS MEN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323254
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Tiny brown spot to front cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown (covered by wrapper flap). A few light foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss and rear panel is grubby.

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BIGGLES AND THE BLACK RAIDER
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323252
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Black vignette of aeroplane to front. 8 colour plates. Endpapers are maps. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on flaps, is slightly edge worn and creased with a tear to front panel, rear panel is grubby.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323250
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1948. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Dark blue textured boards, gilt titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, corners rubbed. Neat inscription in pencil to top margins of front endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn with large tears to front panel, loss to top of spine and some loss to edges. Rear panel and spine of wrapper are a bit grubby.

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RHYME BOOK FOR ADAM
Written by Rose Fyleman.
Stock no. 1323239
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Rhymes for nursery children (or older). Small format. Yellow pictorial boards. 42 pages. Small b/w text illustration to title page. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge chipped with a few small tears.

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TIMOTHY'S CONJUROR
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Mary Clark.
Stock no. 1323238
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1942. Good condition.

Small format. Yellow cloth, red title to spine and small rabbit vignette to front cover. 118 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers are grubby and damp stained, spine bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing to textblock else contents clean.

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THE EASTER HARE
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Decie Merwin.
Stock no. 1323234
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. 112 pages plus 8 page publishers list to rear. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed and ever so slightly grubby. Child's name in pencil to front free-endpaper. One joint is cracked showing webbing. Endpapers and some page edges browned.

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TIM'S FRIEND TOWSER
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1323231
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format, Pink pictorial boards, blue spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Light bumping to spine. Wear along cover edges. Later dustrapper (has printed price of £1.25) has publisher's original clear plastic still present and stuck to verso. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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