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MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL
Written by Virginia Lee Burton. Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton.
Stock no. 2119368
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Circa 1939. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cloth with illustration to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Foxing to spine. Mark along bottom edge of front cover. Bookplate to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is badly edge-torn and chipped; piece of loss to top edge of front panel; smaller loss to corners and top and tail of spine. Tape repairs.

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NUMBER FOURTEEN JOY STREET
Written by Olive Dehn; Madeleine Nightingale; Margaret Baker; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Mary Baker; A.H. Watson; et al..
Stock no. 2119367
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green decorated cloth and endpapers. Tipped-in colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading/browning to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned with edge-tears and chips; some tape repairs to verso; small pieces of loss.

Price: £65.00 £48.75.

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CHILDREN'S PRAYERS
Written by Sarah Wilson. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy; Fred Marriott.
Stock no. 1404808
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. circa 1887. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 7.5" x 6" Small split to bottom of spine. Corners worn. Covers grubby. Ribbon binding book is worn and frayed so contents almost detached. Inscription in ink to inside front cover. Some foxing and browning to contents.

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THE AVENUE
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1811394
Published by Collins. 1st 1952. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Top of spine lightly rubbed. Lower edge of text block deckle edged. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with a couple of closed edge tears to rear panel.

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BOB BUSHTAIL'S ADVENTURE
Written by A.J. Macgregor; W. Perring. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1811380
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 401. Revised verses. Buff boards with square pictorial onlay to front. Colour illustrations. Minor fading to rear board. Otherwise boards clean and bright. Browning to endpapers. A few grubby marks to margins (minor). Contents generally nice and clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed at spine and corners and slightly creased to rear panel.

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MY OWN BOOK OF COLOURED PICTURES
No author listed. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; Honor C. Appleton; Frank Hart; et al..
Stock no. 1505281
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial covers, front shows baby with toy monkey. 12 full page colour illustrations with title below. Spine worn with 3.5" split to rear edge which has been glued into place, small split with some fraying to top. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers grubby and marked. Split to tape at bottom of most hinges. 3.5" split to top of one hinge. Crack to one board alongside spine. Small margins to margins, illustrations still bright.

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BOM AND HIS MAGIC DRUMSTICK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1505274
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Bom book no. 2. 61 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small dent to bottom edge of both covers. Covers lightly browned. First gathering slightly pulled. Very light crease to bottom corner of a few pages. Contents generally clean.

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TOBY THE TRAM ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby.
Stock no. 1315337
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 4th 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No 7. Blue boards, light blue title and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. Small, oblong format. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge rubbed and creased.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE BURNT COTTAGE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 1315317
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The First Adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog. Discoveries, Shocks, Surprises and Excitements by the dozen! Blue cloth, magnifying glass vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 164 pages. SIGNED by the author on an autograph slip which has been stuck to the front free-endpaper and dedicated to Ria. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Autograph slip is foxed but contents are fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and torn with some slight loss and tape repairs on verso.

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WHAT PET SHOULD I GET?
Written by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 1505251
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Every pet looks like fun, so how in the world do you pick just one? It isn't easy but it can be done - as Dr. Seuss shows in this newly discovered story about an age-old problem. Matt pictorial boards, 11.25 x 8.25", colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780008170783. Bottom edges of two pages are stuck together otherwise a nice copy.

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MAKING MISCHIEF A MAURICE SENDAK APPRECIATION
Written by Gregory Maguire. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1505250
Published by William Morrow. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An inspired visual tribute to the work of the legendary writer and illustrator. Black cloth, gilt titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 200 pages. ISBN: 9780061689161. Front cover ever so slightly bowed. Dustwrapper has small tear to top of rear fold, remains of label to rear panel and a few marks, both barely visible. 2" stain to bottom edge only visible of verso.

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THE REAL FAIRY STORYBOOK
Written by Georgie Adams. Illustrated by Sally Gardner.
Stock no. 1404786
Published by Orion Children's Books. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Well known fairy tales as told by 'real' fairies. Pink pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 93 pages. ISBN: 1858816246. Dustwrapper is slightly edgeworn. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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