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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1327535
Published by The Bodley Head. 1968. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

UK edition. Large oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370007727. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to cover edges. Tiny dent to lower edge of rear cover. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is grubby, foxed and worn and torn (tape repairs on verso).

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THE TOWER TO THE SUN
Written by Colin Thompson. Illustrated by Colin Thompson.
Stock no. 1327534
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st USA 1997. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The richest man in the world builds a tower to the sun. American edition. ISBN: 0679883347. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

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THE UGLY FIVE
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Stock no. 1327532
Published by Alison Green Books. 1st 2017. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A picture book celebrating real-life 'Ugly Five' animals in Africa (Wildebeest, Warthog, Hyena, Vulture and Marabou Stork. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781407174198. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is just a little rubbed at corners.

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HANSEL AND GRETEL
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Stock no. 1327528
Published by Omega Books. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Classic Collector's Series. Green boards, gilt title to spine and decoration to front board. 6 double-sided colour plates (12 different pictures). 275 pages. Green silk page marker. ISBN: 1850070814. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock and light page browning to margins. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly edge creased.

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TAKE JENNINGS FOR INSTANCE
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1327525
Published by Collins. 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jennings joins the Natural History club. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. Red boards, black title to spine. 256 pages, top edge red. Endpapers partly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price sticker above. Dustwrapper is edge creased and slightly chipped.

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JENNINGS' DIARY
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1327524
Published by Collins. 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis. Top edge red. 253 pages plus booklist. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small brown spot (foxing?) to title-page. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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JENNINGS GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1327521
Published by Collins. 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jennings arrives at Linbury Court School as the very new "new boy". Red cloth, black title to spine. Colour frontis. Top edge red. 255 pages. Corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned, page edge browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears and a tiny patch of surface paper damage to top of rear panel.

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JENNINGS AND DARBISHIRE
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1327520
Published by Collins. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jennings receives a printing set! Colour frontis. Red boards. Top edge red. 256 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight dent to top edge of front cover. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and creased with minimal loss.

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OUR FRIEND JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1327516
Published by Collins. 1960. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles to spine. Colour frontis plate. 4 full-page b/w illustrations. Top edge red. 256 pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Front cover is slightly dust marked to top and bottom edges. Pale page browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with tape repairs to tears on verso of front panel, small piece of loss to top corner of rear panel.

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BIGGLES SORTS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327515
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 184 pages. Some and corners bumped, some wear to cover edges. Textblock is foxed. Front joint has started to crack. Some heavy pencil marks to front free-endpaper erased (old price). Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with damp staining to spine and folds.

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THE BALLET TWINS
Written by Jean Estoril; Mabel Esther Allan. Illustrated by Lucy Su.
Stock no. 1827789
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st thus 1989. Very good condition.

Originally published as 'We Danced in Bloomsbury Square'. Debbie and Dorrie share a determination to be ballerinas... by the author of the Drina books. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0356168042. SIGNED with personal gift inscription and dated by the author to front endpaper. Boards lightly bumped at corners and a little scuffed. Tiny nick to top of spine. Contents browned.

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MOONSHADOW
Written by Angela Carter. Illustrated by Justin Todd.
Stock no. 1327482
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1982. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cream glazed pictorial boards. A magical hide-and-seek book, find Tom's moonshadow cat and lot more besides. Vivid colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575030267. Spine bumped. Heavy foxing to contents.

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