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BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Chopping. Illustrated by Richard Chopping.
Stock no. 1321264
Published by Penguin. Circa 1947. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Pictorial boards. Slight wear to corners. Contents clean.

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BOYS' AND GIRLS' STORY BOOK NO. 3
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda McGavin; Ernest A. Aris; Sylvia Venus.
Stock no. 1321195
Published by News Chronicle. 1st 1935. Good condition.

Blue cloth spine with black title. Pictorial boards. Three colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges worn. Scuffing to front cover. Rear cover is grubby with some ink marks. Front joint is broken but webbing is still holding the binding together. Some hinges pulled and some foxing. Contained in original posting box which is in good condition.

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NICHOLAS AND THE FAST MOVING DIESEL
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1321194
Published by Oxford University Press. 1966. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This edition partly re-written and entirely re-drawn. Yellow pictorial boards with red spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light finger creases/marks to endpapers. Some foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly creased.

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PETER THE WANDERER
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1321193
Published by Oxford University Press. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Peter finds a golden key lying in the road near his home and sets off to find its owner. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0192796062. Spine bumped. Some foxing to covers. Covers slightly edge worn. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at top, small tear to lower edge of front panel and a few light marks.

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THE PIONEERS
Written by R.M. Ballantyne. Illustrated by Henry Austin.
Stock no. 2134840
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Limited. Circa 1917. Almost very good condition.

A Tale of the Western Wilderness. Blue cloth with black/cream titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis. Scuffing to onlay to front cover. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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THE GOLDEN DREAM
Written by R.M. Ballantyne.
Stock no. 2134837
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Limited. Good condition.

Or Adventures in the Far West. Green pictorial cloth with white titles. 4 b/w plates. Split to top 1" of spine. Smaller nicks and chips to corners. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Joint/hinge next to title page is cracked. Browning and foxing. A reading copy.

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ROLLO IN LONDON
Written by Jacob Abbott.
Stock no. 2134795
Published by Homewood Publishing Company. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, black titles. B/w plates. Spine is faded. A little fraying to cloth on spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page edge browning. Some margin browning.

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LUCY BROWN AND MR. GRIMES
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2134789
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1937. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Very large format (14 x 8.25"). Pictorial boards, green spine. Delightful colour illustrations with text in script. Printed on one side of pages only. Text later changed as this story of a little girl who was befriended by an old gentleman is now considered to be "politically incorrect". Ardizzone's second book. Page edge browning, with a few foxspots to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips to cover edges; small loss along top edge of rear panel.

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LITTLE TIM AND THE BRAVE SEA CAPTAIN
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2134788
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour lithographs throughout. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Scuff marks and browning to rear cover. Red mark to front cover. Front joint is partially cracked. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Green crayon to verso of one page (plain page). Margin marks to some pages.

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THE LITTLE TRAIN
Written by Graham Greene. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2134786
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st thus 1973. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A beautiful book! Pictorial boards, Colour illustrations throughout. Oblong format, 7.25 x 9.5". ISBN: 0370020200. Light bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is browned, with fading to spine; creased at edges and corners; a few closed tears, but virtually no loss.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK MINGO
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 2134776
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. 4th Almost very good condition.

Small format (5.25 x 3.5"). Green cloth, red title and black vignette to front cover, black title to spine. 143 pages. Colour illustrations. Printed on one side of the paper only. Spine is browned with spotting. Wear along cover edges. Front joint is a bit cracked. Small repair to tear to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Some foxing throughout and to outer page edges. Rear endpaper has torn torn off (with loss).

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VISIT TO THE FARM
No author listed.
Stock no. 1321167
Published by Dean & Son. Good condition.

Dean's Gold Medal Series. Red pictorial paper wraps. Large colour illustrations to each page with names of animals featured below. Covers are worn. Spine has been reinforced.

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