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THE MERRY MINSTREL
Written by Haydn Perry. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop; Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1827903
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Anthology of Verse for Children. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. Two-tone illustrations to text throughout. 376 pages, top edge blue. Reprint. Corners bumped, top & tail of spine shelf worn. Text block browned, blue top edge has faded. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily foxed, browned to spine and worn at corners. A musty odour present.

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THE SIEGE OF MONTSEGUR
Written by Inge Ott.
Stock no. 1827902
Published by Floris Books. 1st UK 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The historical story of the besieged Pyrenean castle of Monsegur in 1244. Originally published in German under the title Geier uber dem Montsegur. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0903540630. Small nick to cloth at lower edges. Light black mark tlo rear board. Page browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and just a little scuffed to rear panel.

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HELEN, BALLET STUDENT
Written by Linda Graeme.
Stock no. 1827900
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Junior Novel. Helen's sixteenth birthday present is an audition at the Lincoln School of Ballet. Readers will be enchanted with this story and its true atmosphere of a real ballet school. Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Third impression (undated). Boards a little mottled and marked. Spine is a little cocked. Name in pencil to top edge of front endpaper (erasure has been attempted unsuccessfully). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss, repaired to verso with clear tape, rear panel is a little grubby.

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TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
Stock no. 1827899
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Illustrated Classics series. Dark red boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 281 pages. Wonderful double-spread colour illustrations. Borad corners lightly bumped. Cloth to top edge of rear board is discoloured. Foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and rubbed to top of spine.

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THE SILVER BRANCH
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff; Julia Eccleshare. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1827877
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Julia Eccleshare. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt title to spine. Full-page b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN
Written by George MacDonald; Maria Tatar. Illustrated by Madalina Andronic.
Stock no. 1827874
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with silver title to spine. 168 pages. Colour plates. Introduced by Maria Tatar. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase whichh has a small tear to middle of one edge (relatively minor).

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THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
Written by Lewis Carroll; Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jeffrey Fisher.
Stock no. 1827872
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial boards. An agony, in Eight Fits. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Introduction by Rosen. Based on the Penguin Books edition first published in 1967 and reprinted with revisions in 1974, with minor emendations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff; Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1827865
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Dark green pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Introduced by Crossley-Holland. Fourth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1827834
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown paperboards with chequerboard design and colour pictorial onlay. Exquisite colour plates. Spine lightly browned. Contents and plate margins also browned. Hinges are lightly pulled but the binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor closed tears (no loss) and is just a little grubby.

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BILLY BUNTER AFLOAT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1827831
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Book 21. Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Text block browned. Page edges lightly browned. Pale black ink stamp to front endpaper which is also just a little grubby. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few minor closed tears, browned, faded to spine, grubby to rear panel.

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THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE MOUK
Written by Wilhelm Hauff. Illustrated by Monika Laimgruber.
Stock no. 1327536
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. White pictorial boards. Translated & adapted by Elizabeth Shub. Colour illustrations. Little Mouk, short in stature but large in spirit, sets out to seek his fortune, wearing only his father's clothes cut down to fit him... ISBN: 024189106X. Spine bumped. Some light foxing to covers and foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a few foxspots, tiny tear to lower edge of rear panel.

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THE NEVERENDING STORY
Written by Michael Ende. Illustrated by Roswitha Quadflieg.
Stock no. 1827817
Published by Allen Lane. 1st UK 1983. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in German in 1979. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Marble effect endpapers. Full-page illustration of the first letter of each chapter. Green and pink text. A wonderful fantasy story about a magical kingdom. ISBN: 0713915099. Damp staining across top edge of boards and spine. One hinge pulled but binding is tight. Text block lightly grubby and with minor foxing to top edge. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly edge-rubbed.

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