THE WIDENING WORLD OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Written by Susan Ang.
Stock no. 1814715
Published by Macmillan Press Ltd. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Looking at the changing shape of children's literature in English from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. Black boards with gilt title to spine. 203 pages. ISBN: 0333687841. Creasing to rear blank page. Blue pictorial dustwrapper is grubby to rear panel.

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A GO-AHEAD SCHOOLGIRL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Harold C. Earnshaw.
Stock no. 1814714
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1919. Good condition.

Green cloth with decorations. 6 b/w plates. 376 pages. Spine & corners rubbed. Text block browned. Front endpapers have multiple inscriptions in ink and free endpapers are unevenly browned. A few grubby marks to margins and a few pulled hinges.

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THE CRY OF THE ICEMARK
Written by Stuart Hill.
Stock no. 1814712
Published by The Chicken House. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A glorious story of how 14 year old Thirrin becomes queen of the Icemark and finds some extraordinary allies. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 1904442560. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page.

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THE STORY OF EBENEZER BRISTLES
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1814708
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Circa 1937. Almost very good condition.

An Uncle Toby Book. Brown cloth spine, chequered pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations plus colour plates. Ebenezer Bristles is a hedgehog. Boards marked, edges rubbed, corners worn. Sticker over name to verso of frontispiece. A few margin marks. Binding a little loose to front hinge.

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THE BOY IN RED
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1814687
Published by Collins. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Boy in Red is Maurice St. Annalands, page to William the Silent, the heroic leader of the Netherlands in the fight for freedom. Pink cloth covers, blue titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 254 pages. 7.5 x 5". Corners bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, slightly faded to spine, foxed to verso.

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A LITTLE CHAFF
Written by Margaret Lavington. Illustrated by Helen Urquhart.
Stock no. 1814683
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

A cheerful little book of rhymes based on the farm and its animals. Green pictorial boards, cloth spine. 3 colour plates and 2-tone (black and yellow) illustrations to contents throughout. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown.

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THE BUNCH BOOK
Written by James Douglas. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1814680
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth boards with blue vignette. Superb doggy illustrations - colour frontis plate and many, many b/w text illustrations. Boards browned and unevenly faded. Small imperfection to cloth just above the vignette to front board. Front hinge pulled. A few grubby marks to contents.

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THE PRIZE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS VOLUME 62
Written by Bertha Leonard; et al. Illustrated by Marjorie Slade; Eve Garnett; V. Edgecombe Jenkins; et al..
Stock no. 1814679
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Limited. Very good condition.

Volume LXII. Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board shows two children on beach looking at sunset, pears soap advert to rear cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 140 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn, small nick to front edge of cloth spine. Front joint weak, front endpaper part detached. A few grubby marks.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - THIRTEENTH YEAR
Written by Edwin Chisholm; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy; Peter Fraser; Harold C. Earnshaw; Lawson Wood; Arch Webb; et al..
Stock no. 1814676
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1923. Very good condition.

Large format, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 16 colour plates. Spine and edges rubbed. Rear board browned. Front endpaper missing. All plates present. A few scattered foxspots.

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DANCER ON HOLIDAY
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Esme Verity.
Stock no. 1208797
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A broken ankle gives Annette Dancy an unexpected holiday at home in the lovely old peel tower where he family lives. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis and a couple of colour and b/w plates. Spine very slightly bumped. Light brown stain to lower corners of pages else a near fine copy. Wrapper, price-cut by publisher, has light brown stain at front corners, a closed tear repaired on verso and is rubbed at edges.

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AUCASSIN AND NICOLETE
Written by Harold Child. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1316854
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Translated and edited by H. Child. Cream cloth with blue titles and decoration. 6 beautiful colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. 131 pages. Text surrounded with decorative gilt. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned. Covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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JAN OF THE WINDMILL
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated by Mrs. Allingham.
Stock no. 1316853
Published by George Bell & Sons. 3rd 1884. Almost very good condition.

Town and Country Series. Third Edition. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette of windmill and black borders to front cover. 7 x 4.75". Eleven b/w illustrations. 310 pages plus 24 page book list. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Joints cracked. Name and date in ink to half-title page. Some light page browning.

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