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THE BORROWERS ALOFT
Written by Mary Norton. Illustrated by Diana Stanley.
Stock no. 2128609
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, orange title to spine and vignette to front. The Borrowers Fourth Adventure. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 154 pages. Bottom of spine is browned. Bumping to corners. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is crased with tears and chips; some loss to base of spine; grubby marks to rear panel.

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A GALLERY OF CHILDREN
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 2128607
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue/green cloth, with orange titles and 3 children to front. B/w illustrations. Reprint. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Surface paper lifting to front pastedown, where an inscription has been rubbed out/erased. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with loss to top of spine and front panel; some creasing.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 5 - THE BIG GAME HUNT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2128604
Published by Daily Express. Circa 1950. Good condition.

Rupert's Big Game Hunt and Rupert and the Banjo. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Water damage to top of spine and radiating out through pages at top. A bit of loss to top of spine. Some foxing. Puzzle DONE in ink. Staples have rusted. Illustrations are still bright.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 6 - RUPERT AND THE BLACK MOTH
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2128598
Published by Daily Express. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

Rupert and the Black Moth and Rupert and the Iron key. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Couple of small nicks/chips to top and tail of spine. A little creasing to cover corners. Browning to rear cover. Staples have rusted. Contents are very good - illustrations are bright!

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A FISHY TALE
Written by Beryl Cooke. Illustrated by Nicholas Fisk.
Stock no. 2128593
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This book is about a game of cricket at the bottom of the sea and it also tells how a lady sea-horse met a nice gentleman sea-horse and got married. Blue boards with silver titles to spine. B/w and two tone illustrations. 69 pages. SIGNED by author to half-title page. A little bumping to top and tail of spine. Page edge browning. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-chipping and creasing, but minimal loss.

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JONADAB AND RITA
Written by Shirley Hughes. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 2128540
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 2008. Fine condition.

Toy donkey Jonadab is longing for adventure... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780370329284. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 2128535
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

Two Centuries of Children's Book Illustration. Large format. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0500270759. Contents are excellent. Light fading to spine.

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MAY GIBBS MOTHER OF THE GUMNUTS - HER LIFE AND WORK
Written by May Gibbs; Maureen Walsh. Illustrated by May Gibbs.
Stock no. 2128520
Published by Cornstalk Publishing. Circa 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Snatches of interviews, notes from sketchbooks, letters and autobiographical jottings. Large format. Green cloth, white title to spine. 228 pages. B/w photos plus b/w and colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0207151784. Wrapper is faded to base of spine.

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RUDE RAMSAY AND THE ROARING RADISHES
Written by Margaret Atwood. Illustrated by Dusan Petricic.
Stock no. 2128502
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Slightly oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0747572925. Spine faded. Small pencil inscription (now erased) to prelims. Illustrations are excellent!

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ESCAPADE
No author listed. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 2128485
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Red and white decorated boards. Silhouette illustrations. Story of a lost canary. No Text. ISBN: 0333285426. Light wear to cover edges. Contents are excellent!

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WATER-RAT'S PICNIC
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2128472
Published by Collins. 10th 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. 62 pages. Bumping and chipping to one corner. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing; a few fade marks; a few edge-tears and chips, but with minimal loss.

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HARE AND THE EASTER EGGS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2128467
Published by Collins. 5th 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 63 pages. ISBN: 0001941178. A few marks to covers. Wear along cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with a few chips to e4dges.

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