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GOING GANGSTER
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 2125707
Published by John Lane; The Bodley Head. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

What are they - Kidnappers or Rescuers - the Lockett family find themselves launched upon a most unusual enterprise... Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Decorated endpapers, b/w illustrations, 267 pages. Spine is browned. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn in two pieces down spine, with pieces of loss to spine and edges and corners. Wrapper is also foxed and browned.

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THE COMPASS POINTS NORTH
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 2125706
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. Scuffing and marks to covers. Bumping and wear to corners. Inscriptions in ink to prelims. Foxing. A couple of hinges are a bit pulled.

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CRUSOE ISLAND
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 2125703
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1941. Very good condition.

Blue cloth. B/w illustrations. A story of the Locketts family. Spine is browned with some bumping. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to page edges.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS AT HOME
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 2125678
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1932. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth with black titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 276 pages plus book list. Fading to spine and cover edges. Bumping also to spine, with some wear. Ink writing to front pastedown. Some foxing and page browning.

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THE COCKPIT FLYING ADVENTURES FOR YOUNG PILOTS
Written by W.E. Johns; Arch Whitehouse; Rudolf Stark; et al. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw; Howard Leigh.
Stock no. 2125672
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Flying Adventures For Young Pilots. Large format. Blue cloth with dark blue titles and vigette of a plane to front cover. Eight coloured plates by Bradshaw, other illustrations by Leigh. Johns story is "The Ace of Spades". Spine is bumped and faded with browning. Front cover is a bit bowed, with fading to edges. Rear cover also has fading to edges. Page browning.

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JOSEPHINE KEEPS HOUSE
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 2125664
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

Buff paper-covered boards with cream cloth spine. Colour onlay to front cover. 8 exquisite colour plates plus 16 b/w illustrations. 64 pages. Damp/splash mark to top corner of front cover and along top of rear cover. Spine is grubby. Some foxing. All plates present.

Price: £54.00 £40.50.

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THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Written by Francis Turner Palgrave. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
Stock no. 2125650
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1928. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth with black titles. 12 beautiful tipped-in and tissue-guarded colour plates. Darkening to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; edge-tears and chips; a bit of loss to top edge and some corners.

Price: £80.00 £60.00.

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ROBIN HOOD HIS MERRY EXPLOITS
Written by Charles Wilson. Illustrated by R.C. Smith.
Stock no. 2125367
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Blue leather spine and corners, blue cloth. Gilt title and decorations to spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. All Time Tales Series. Top little piece of spine MISSING. Wear and some splitting to base of spine. Browning to corners. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some page edges are torn, into margins. Appears some pages and uncut edges, and they've been 'opened' untidily for someone to read the story.

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PETER PAN'S ABC
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Flora White.
Stock no. 2125360
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Good condition.

Pale cloth covers with gilt titles. Oblong pictorial onlay to front cover, with other decorations bordering it. Colour plates throughout, which accompany the alphabet. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Erased pencil drawing to front endpaper. Foxing throughout. Binding is a little weak; a few hinges are pulled; some chips and tears where plates are bound in. A few plates have margin tears and grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

Price: £90.00 £67.50.

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THE GOLLIWOGG AT THE SEA-SIDE
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 2125350
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1898. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Oblong format. Bold colour illustrations throughout. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Dark damp marks along cover edges. A few foxspots. Some margin marks; one margin tear to page 5/6 (around 1"). Light page corner creasing.

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THE BOOK OF BETTY BARBER
Written by Maggie Browne. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 2125348
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1910. Good condition.

Brown cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. 6 colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spne and corners are bumped and worn. A few marks to covers. Colour frontis is MISSING. Some foxing and margin marks. Creasing to some page margins. All b/w illustrations have been coloured in. A reading copy.

Price: £54.00 £40.50.

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THE QUEEN OF HEARTS AND OTHER PLAYS
Written by Edgar A. Browne. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1317376
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Contains: Queen of Hearts; The Frog Prince; Beauty and the Beast; Bluebeard. Beige cloth, brown titles and vignette to front within a yellow oval. 4 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 142 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing and some fingering to contents.

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