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ENID BLYTON READERS 2
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1319087
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1953. Almost very good condition.

Decorated cardwraps. Two-tone text illustrations throughout. 128 pages. 13 short stories, the first being "Billy The Goat". Covers are creased, staples rusty, brown marks to rear cover and a small biro mark to box on rear cover. White label stuck to base of spine. Name plate to inside front cover. Small hole to lower margin of last text page. Child's messy writing and scribbling to inside rear cover and a few biro marks to last page.

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ENID BLYTON READERS 1
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1319086
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Almost very good condition.

Decorated cardwraps. Two-tone text illustrations throughout. 128 pages. 13 short stories, the first being "The Peppermint Party". Spine and corners a little worn. Covers a little grubby. School ink stamp to verso of front cover. Small nick to the top of the first few pages. Tick marks to contents list and occasional margin mark but contents generally clean.

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THE LIFE IN THE WOOD WITH JONI-PIP
Written by Carrie King. Illustrated by David Durnford.
Stock no. 2133345
Published by Bothy Books. 1st 2008. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

First book in the Circles trilogy. Introducing us to characters from 3 different centuries in their Quission to unravel the Mysteries of Time and the Secret of the Stars. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Some b/w illustrations. 463 pages. ISBN: 9780955524684. SIGNED by author with inscription on front endpaper. A fine copy in pictorial wrapper which is just slightly rubbed at edges.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Written by J.K. Rowling.
Stock no. 1819742
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fifth in the Harry Potter serie. Adult binding: black boards (instead of pictorial), gilt title to spine. 766 pages. ISBN: 0747569401. Page browning throughout. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and panel spine edges. Slight musty odour present.

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STRUWWELPETER
Written by Heinrich Hoffmann.
Stock no. 1319068
Published by George Routledge and Sons Limited. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing Shock-Headed Peter. Colour printed on one side of page only. 24 numbered pages. The English Struwwelpeter or Pretty Stories. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Cover edges rubbed. Light finger creases to pages and some foxspots but generally contents clean.

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GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Written by Jonathan Swift; W. Dingwell Fordyce.
Stock no. 1319067
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Red boards, cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour tipped-in plates by "BS". 64 pages. 10.5 x 8". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed. Last text page and rear of frontis mount are browned. Foxing to contents. One plate has had a pencil grid drawn onto it. Light tobacco smell to contents.

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TOPSY THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A WINTER LAMB
Written by Muriel Catling. Illustrated by Muriel Catling.
Stock no. 1319066
Published by Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd.. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with green title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 11.25 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few small spots to covers. Foxing to contents else clean.

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THE FIRELIT FOREST
Written by Norah K. Colman. Illustrated by B. Ross Jones.
Stock no. 1319065
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. Delightful colour plates and b/w illustrations of forest animals. Spine and corners bumped, some slight fading at cover edges. Damp staining to rear cover, and rear pastedown has become pale pink from damp. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small mark to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby and damp stained on rear panel. Loss to top and tail of spine.

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THE QUEST OF THE WHITE MERLE
Written by Lilian Gask. Illustrated by Dorothy Hardy.
Stock no. 1319064
Published by George G. Harrap & Co.. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

Green decorated cloth and spine with pictorial onlay to front. 15 b/w plates. 282 pages. 8 x 6". Spine and corners bumped. A few small black spots to front cover and a tiny patch of surface paper damage to edge of pictorial onlay. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents.

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PLAYTIME STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harry B. Neilson; Levine Helmer; et al..
Stock no. 1319054
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Front cover shows girl walking a large dog in the snow. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. First item is "Cheerful Conversation". 1 b/w Louis Wain illustration entitled "A bogus Father Christmas". Spine slightly bumped and grubby. Corners worn. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Endpapers have been professionally replaced. Contents are browned and foxed.

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THE GREAT GEPPY
Written by William Pene Du Bois. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois.
Stock no. 1319052
Published by Robert Hale Limited. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, red titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Large black ink 'File Copy' stamp to front free-endpaper., plus red ink GXXII. A few foxspots to outer page edges. Price-cut wrapper is slightly grubby and edge worn with minimal loss.

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WIGWAM ISLAND
Written by Elinore Havers. Illustrated by Phyllis Ladyman.
Stock no. 1319041
Published by Country Life. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The adventures of the four Conways and two Westwood boys. Brown boards with black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Slight fading to spine and cover edges. Front free-endpapers have been replaced. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is worn with loss to spine and corners and heavily foxed on verso (showing through on panels a little).

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