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THE MAN FROM THE NORTH POLE
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Prudence Seward.
Stock no. 2140264
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. A few marks to covers. Grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browned spine and edges.

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THE LAST BUS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 2140263
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Antelope Book. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpaper and to some pages throughout. Wrapper is edge-creased with some wear and small nicks.

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THE CHILDREN'S CARGO
Written by Cynthia Asquith; A.A. Milne; Walter De La Mare; Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by A.H. Watson; Margaret Tempest; Daphne Jerrold.
Stock no. 2140258
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1930. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth boards, with paper title to spine and front cover. 8 tipped in colour plates and b/w illustrations. Paper title labels are very browned, with some to spine missing. Marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present.

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ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2140235
Published by The Children's Press. Circa 1930. Good condition.

Yellow cloth spine. Paperboards with large colour onlay to front. 8 pretty colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Bumping and wear to cover edges, corners and spine; damp staining to rear cover and to some page edges internally. Inscription in ink to prelims. Foxing and browning.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) A CAMPING HOLIDAY
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 2140228
Published by Country Life. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

Very large format, approx 14.25" x 10.5". Green pictorial paper boards. Endpapers are b/w footprint design. Colour illustrations throughout. White spine. The first Orlando adventure. SIGNED by author 'With love to Katie' on verso of front endpaper. Spine is browned, with wear. Scuff/score marks to edge of rear cover. Bumping and chipping to corners and cover edges. Foxing and browning to outer page edges and some page margins.

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PICNIC AT BABAR'S
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Laurent De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2140226
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large folio format. Dark blue cloth spine, bright red pictorial boards. Green pictorial endpapers. Wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to cover edges; some chipping; Some scuffs to covers. Foxing to various degrees throughout the book and to outer page edges.

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MOTHER GOOSE
Written by Peter Patch. Illustrated by Peter Patch; Jean Walmsley Heap.
Stock no. 2140213
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

A Panto-Peep book. Top edge of covers and contents shaped. Lift the flaps and peep through the windows. Brightly illustrated throughout. Oblong format, pictorial paperwraps. Peter Patch is Jean Walmsley Heap. Light wear to edges. Contents are lovely and bright with lift-the-flaps and see-through windows in very good working order.

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THE GHOST DOWNSTAIRS
Written by Leon Garfield. Illustrated by Antony Maitland.
Stock no. 1323129
Published by Longman. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pale grey mottled boards with silver title to spine. 91 pages. B/w illustrations. A superb and chilling study in the supernatural that will haunt the reader long after the last page has been turned. ISBN: 0582150949. Minimal bumping to spine. Light page browning to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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WHEN IT RAINED CATS AND DOGS
Written by Nancy Byrd Turner. Illustrated by Tibor Gergely.
Stock no. 2140208
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. 1st USA 1946. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some small splits. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some small pieces of loss.

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ALGERNON AND THE PIGEONS
Written by Valdine Plasmati. Illustrated by Kazue Mizumura.
Stock no. 2140205
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Some light wear to cover edges. Page edge browning. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and browning.

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FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 2140187
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The sunshine series. Pictorial boards with cloth spine. 16 Colour plates. Contains 10 classic fairy tales. 128 pages. 10 x 7.25". Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some scuffing and browning. Partially erased inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 2140155
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st thus 1921. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 12 b/w and colour plates, including frontis. 275 pages. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author, with inscription in ink to front endpaper. Also includes a letter from Walter de la Mare to a previous owner (letter dated 1931). Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning to spine. Front joint next to free front endpaper is cracked. Page edge browning. Foxing/browning to some pages internally.

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