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THE BEWITCHED BROOMSTICKS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Charles Duncan. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 2130668
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Stories of unusual happenings including a clock which makes faces, a duck which loses its quack and trees which run away. Light brown cloth. B/w illustrations. 8 x 5". 109pp. Spine is faded. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks to corners.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE WOODEN LEGS
Written by Griselda Gifford. Illustrated by Barry Wilkinson.
Stock no. 2130664
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1964. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

All Sue could see from the basement flat were the legs and feet of the people walking past. One morning Sue saw something very odd. Two sticks were walking along the pavement followed by four furry paws, the wheels of a tricycle, two small feet in dirty sandals and a rope which twitched. Blue boards with gilt titles to spine and acorn vignette to front. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. Foxing to outer page edges. Light wear to wrapper edges.

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MOTHER GOOSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130654
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of classic nursery rhymes selected and illustrated by Hague. Red cloth spine with gilt title, cream boards with blind stamp vignette of a ship to front board. Colour illustrations to text throughout. ISBN: 0416494307. Wrapper is unevenly browned.

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MR POPPLECORN & FOUR LITTLE HENS
Written by Margaret Musson. Illustrated by Kathleen Burrell.
Stock no. 2130652
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

How Mr Popplecorn pretended he was a boy again by keeping hens and collecting their eggs. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour and two-tone text illustrations. Wear along cover edges. Bookplate to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with creasing, edge-tears and chips; a little loss and some grubby marks.

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AESOP'S FABLES
Written by Aesop; Michael Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130628
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards. Gold title to spine. Pretty full-page colour illustrations. 27 pages. ISBN: 041652950X. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Wrapper is faded to spine.

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A CHRISTMAS TREE
Written by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by Robert Ingpen.
Stock no. 2130603
Published by Paper Tiger; Dragon's World. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, white title to spine. Superb full-page colour pictures. Large format. ISBN: 1850280649. Wear to top and tail of spine. Small white scuff mark to top edge of front cover. Wrapper is edge-creased, with small tear to top of spine.

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NUMBEARS - A COUNTING BOOK
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130600
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1ST 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A charming counting book which children (and adults) will treasure. Blue boards, gilt to spine. Cream endpapers. Lovely full-page colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 10.5 x 8.25". ISBN: 0416956904.

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CALENDARBEARS A BOOK OF MONTHS
Written by Kathleen Hague. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130599
Published by Henry Holt and Company. 1st USA 1997. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0805038183.

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THE LITTLE MERMAID
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 2130598
Published by Henry Holt and Company. 1st USA 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Purple cloth spine, blue boards. Colour illustrations. American edition. ISBN: 0805010106. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased to front flap; couple of nicks to corners.

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SCALLYWAG SOCK AND OLD HOLEY
Written by David Murray. Illustrated by David Murray.
Stock no. 2130580
Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Self-published.

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TINA AND NINA
Written by Hans Baumann. Illustrated by Wanda Zacharias.
Stock no. 2130574
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth spine, colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Some spotting to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with foxing.

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ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Joyce Mercer.
Stock no. 2130573
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth with dark title to spine and pictorial onlay to front cover. 5 colour plates and many b/w illustrations. 320 pages. Spine is faded, with foxing. Uneven fading and foxing to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present.

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