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THE LITTLE TRAIN
Written by Graham Greene. Illustrated by Dorothy Craigie.
Stock no. 1316398
Published by Max Parrish. 1st 1957. Slightly better than good condition.

Red boards, gilt vignette of train to front cover. Large colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Easy to read text. 36 pages. 8.5 x 7.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers slightly grubby and with little indentation marks to fore-edges (teeth marks?). A brown spot to page edges/margins and some light foxing and fingering. Blue crayon marks to pages 4&5 otherwise contents clean.

Price: £74.00 £55.50.

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LONE STAR AND THE STAR OF THE SEA
Written by Ant Belmont. Illustrated by Ant Belmont.
Stock no. 1813342
Published by ABC. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A graphic novel in which magic and hope conquer many troubles in a journey of peace and freedom. Oblong format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Full page colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780957550520. SIGNED by the author with dedication to verso of front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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PLAYWAYS ANNUAL
Written by Enid Blyton; et al.
Stock no. 1813337
Published by Playways Office. 1955. Very good condition.

Full length Blyton story is 'The very big secret'. Blue spine, pictorial boards, colour plates and two tone text illustrations. Edges and corners of boards worn. Boards a little scuffed. Name and address in belongs to box. Crossword puzzle on page 41 neatly completed in pencil.

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THE CHANGE-CHILD
Written by Jane Louise Curry.
Stock no. 1813331
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. ISBN: 0234774797. Name & address in ink to front pastedown is hidden by front flap of dustwrapper. A few foxspots to text block. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and lightly rubbed at corners.

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THE FOOLISH MEN OF AGRA AND OTHER TALES OF MOGUL INDIA
Written by Rina Singh. Illustrated by Farida Zaman.
Stock no. 1506987
Published by Key Porter Books. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 10 delightfully funny and poignant stories drawn from the traditional tales of Mogul India. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 48 pages. ISBN: 1550137719. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly edge worn.

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BY RIVER AND SEA STORIES OF FAR-OFF BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Mary Entwistle. Illustrated by Helen Jacobs.
Stock no. 1406506
Published by Edinburgh House Press. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Round the World Series No. 5. Cream pictorial board with black title to spine. Blue and black titles to front cover. B/w pictorial endpapers and text illustrations. Colour frontis. 62 pages. 7 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Small split to top of spine. Light foxing to covers. Light foxing and some fingering to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some tears. Area of loss to bottom of rear panel. White labels to verso to cover tears and loss. Some spots to front panel (possibly grease). Wrapper is grubby.

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THE BOXER OF GREYFRIARS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1506967
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 15. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Magnet issue nos. 985-990, 994 + 995 from 1927. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001280. SIGNED by publisher, copy no: 270. Bump to top edge of rear cover. Light rippling to top of pages at start of book. Tissue paper dustwrapper is edge worn with a little creasing to top corner. Spine lightly browned with small tear near rear edge. Contained in slipcase that is edge worn with some fading to edges.

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THE FALL OF THE BOUNDER
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1506958
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st 1979. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 24. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Maget issue nos. 487 - 494. Simulated green leather, gilt title. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001655. SIGNED by publisher, copy no: 251 P. Tissue paper dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small nicks and tears, spine lightly browned. Contained in a slipcase which is edge worn with a tiny split to top corner of open edge.

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THE ADVENTURES OF BINKLE AND FLIP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1406491
Published by George Newnes Limited. circa 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red covers with black titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped. A few light marks to covers. Light browning to endpapers and some pages. A few light foxspots and a little light fingering otherwise the contents are generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with some tears. Spine is faded and rubbed. Rear panel is grubby. Dark marks to verso of spine.

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THE PROMISED ONE
Written by David Alric.
Stock no. 1813297
Published by Bladon Publishing. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Lucy, a schoolgirl of eleven, finds that the animals of the world have been expecting her for more than a million years. She is the only person on earth with her awesome and extraordinary powers and her destiny is to save the planet. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. 310 pages. ISBN: 1904218393. SIGNED by the author with dedication to title page. Corners bumped & rubbed. Prologue page lightly creased. Small name in ink to front pastedown.

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THE MARIGOLD PAINTING BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1506949
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1919. Almost very good condition.

Orange pictorial covers show two children sat on brick steps. Kate Greenaway illustrations to paint, some in colour with same illustration opposite. Instructions on rear pastedown. 33 pages. Covers grubby with browning and stains. Bumping and wear to spine and corners, small sharp bump to front edge of faded spine. Front cover is slightly bowed. Small dark mark to text block. Light stains to outside edges of endpapers and a few pages otherwise contents clean and unused.

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CITY OF GOLD AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
Written by Peter Dickinson. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1813291
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 10 x 7 ins. 24 full page colour illustrations and b/w textual illustrations throughout. A highly unusual rendering of 33 Old Testament stories by the author, who has fused the individual stories into an account of the development of the scattered Tribes of Israel, who were to build the Temple in Jerusalem; suffer a decline, culminating in the destruction of the City of Gold. Each story is re-told with vigor from a different contemporary perspective, as would have been the case in the earliest oral traditions before these stories were written down. A Carnegie Medal winner. ISBN: 0575028831. Minor foxing to top edge of text block and endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn.

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