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RHYME STEW
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2135815
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Hare likes a flutter, the Tortoise cheats, and they're racing for right of veto on a vegetable patch; the Emperor's new ski clothes tickle the court ladies but leave him cold on the slopes... Blue boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 79 pages. ISBN: 0224026607. A few spots to covers. Bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with small chips to top and tail of spine.

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ROBINSON CRUSOE RETOLD FOR LITTLE FOLK
Written by Edith Robarts. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 2135788
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1909. Fair condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Full-page colour and b/w text illustrations. Heavy staining to top corner of cover, which goes through to prelims. Smaller stain to bottom. Bookplate to front endpaper. Foxing. Margin marks - couple of pages are starting to come loose, where hinges are cracked. This is a reading copy ONLY!!

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FABLES DE LA FONTAINE
Written by Jean De La Fontaine. Illustrated by Pierre Noury.
Stock no. 2135787
Published by Ernest Flammarion. Circa 1947. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Text in French. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Stains and fading to rear cover. Name in ink to front pastedown. Page browning and a few grubby marks.

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THE JOKER AND JERRY AGAIN
Written by Eleanor Helme; Nance Paul. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2135781
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. Circa 1941. Good condition.

Grey cloth, red title to spine. Two-tone frontis and b/w illustrations. Front cover is a bit bowed. Staining to covers with other grubby marks. Bookplate with name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and some margin marks to pages. A reading copy.

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DOG NELSON, A.B.
Written by Gordon Vice-Admiral Campbell. Illustrated by Peter Fraser.
Stock no. 2135780
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1938. Good condition.

Cream boards with blue vignette to front. Red cloth spine. Colour frontis plate, contains many b/w text illustrations and colour plates throughout. 91 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Chipping/heavy bump to top edge of front cover. Staining and browning to covers and to pages throughout. Stains get larger to page near rear of book. A reading copy. Frontis is nearly detached.

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AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
Written by Gian-Carlo Menotti; Frances Frost. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
Stock no. 2135779
Published by Andrew Dakers Limited. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition.

A narrative adaptation preserving the exact dialogue of the opera. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and edges of covers are faded. Splash marks to front cover. Some foxing.

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THE MOOCHERS ABROAD
Written by Jane Shaw.
Stock no. 2135776
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black title to spine. Colour frontis. 3 numbers in ink to front pastedown. First few pages have light corner tip creasing. Wrapper is edge-creased with couple of small closed tears; some wear.

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THE MOOCHERS
Written by Jane Shaw.
Stock no. 2135775
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black title to spine. Colour frontis. Couple of small knocks to base of spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small chips and nicks; a few marks to rear panel.

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SUMMER TERM AT ST. CLARE'S
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 2135773
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, white titles, vignette of two schoolgirls to front cover. B/w illustrations. 153 pages. Spine and cover edges have varying degrees of fading. Some spotting to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Some browning. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips - inches of loss to top and tail of spine; other loss along edges and to corners. Wrapper is also grubby.

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1976
Written by Frank Richards; Peter Todd; Martin Clifford; et al.
Stock no. 2135741
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Omnibus Volume. ISBN: 0703000756.

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HUMBERT MISTER FIRKIN & THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 2135706
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1969. Very good condition.

The story of a scrap-iron dealer and his working horse, Humbert. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 022460726x. Bumping and wear to covers. Foxing also to covers. A few foxspots also to endpapers, prelims and outer page edges.

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ANOTHER FINE MESS
Written by Jan Needle. Illustrated by Roy Bentley.
Stock no. 2135668
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1981. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0233973702. A few stains to cover edges and page edges/margins. Foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.

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