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THE MARGARET TARRANT NURSERY RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 2140075
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

Blue cloth. Large format. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading/browning to spine and some cover edges. Bumping to page corners, especially corresponding to spine. Browning to outer page edges.

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SAVING SINBAD!
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2140074
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A doggy-eyed view of life in a busy Cornish fishing village. ISBN: 1842700081. SIGNED by author to title page. Some fading to spine.

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HENRY'S WAGON
Written by Peg Dikeman. Illustrated by Margie.
Stock no. 2140073
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A beautiful book. Pictorial boards with green spine. Large format. Delightful colour illustrations throughout, with simple text. Unpaginated. Some browning to pages. Wrapper has some marks, with scuffing along spine.

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MY FIRST JIG-PUZ BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2140072
Published by John Leng & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

5 jigsaw puzzles and story verses. Large format. Red cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. First story/jigsaw is "The Fox Trot". Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Number '35' in pencil to top of spine. Some light scuffing to covers. Name and date in ink to top of first page. A few page marks. All jigsaws are complete.

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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by J.R. Monsell.
Stock no. 2140069
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1910. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. Vignette to front cover and small square vignette to rear cover. 2 colour plates. 312 pages. Foxing and browning to outer page edges and endpapers.

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PEGGY OF THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 2140065
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. B/w frontis illus. 7.5 x 5 inches. 256 pages. Spine is bumped and faded. Some bumping along cover edges. Spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with chips and nicks; some fading to spine; grubby marks and scuffs to rear panel.

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THE ROLLING SEASON
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Christopher Brooker.
Stock no. 1323109
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The drought had lasted for many weeks and there was practically no water left in the wells of the village of Bourne Bridge. Hiram, Sykes, Michael and Ernest went down the canal each day to the town for water. One day Hiram found an ancient book which told how a wheel with a bell on it was rolled down the hill to find water. So he sets out to find water.... Cream boards, brown title to spine. B/w illustrations to text. 175 pages. Slight bumping to spine. Endpapers are light and partly browned. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at top of spine and a little faded at base.

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SALT RIVER TIMES
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Elizabeth Honey.
Stock no. 1323108
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

21 interlocking stories about the children and adults who live around the Salt River. 177 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0241101964. Minimal bumping to spine and minimal rubbing to corners. Erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and very slightly rubbed at corners.

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THE GOBBLING BILLY
Written by William Mayne; Dick Caesar.
Stock no. 1323107
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1959 under the pseudonym Dynely James. The Gobbling Billy is a powerful vintage racing car. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 160 pages. ISBN: 034004232X. Light spotting to covers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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RAVENSGILL
Written by William Mayne.
Stock no. 1323106
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A compelling story set in Yorkshire. Green boards. 174 pages. ISBN: 0241017467. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper and rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge worn and foxed on verso.

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THE FARM THAT RAN OUT OF NAMES
Written by William Mayne.
Stock no. 1323103
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a farmer's bitter-sweet victory over the men from the city. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 90 pages. ISBN: 0224027573. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with some creasing to rear panel.

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THE ADVENTURES OF HERR BABY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 2140039
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1881. Almost very good condition.

Pale pink pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 171 pages, all edges stained pink. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; Browning to covers, with some other marks. Ex-Lib. with some usual markings; surface paper damage and inserts to prelims. Some foxing and margin marks.

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