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MCTOAD MOWS TINY ISLAND
Written by Tom Angleberger. Illustrated by John Hendrix.
Stock no. 2117904
Published by Abrams Books For Young Readers. 1st 2015. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large square format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781419716508.

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HOW TO BE A HERO
Written by Florence Parry Heide. Illustrated by Chuck Groenink.
Stock no. 2117902
Published by Chronicle Books. 1st USA 2016. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large square format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781452127101. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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AN AFTER BEDTIME STORY
Written by Shoham Smith. Illustrated by Einat Tsarfati.
Stock no. 2117901
Published by Abrams Books For Young Readers. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Slightly oblong. Colour pictorial boards. Easy-to-read text with colour illustrations throughout. Translated by Annette Appel. ISBN: 9781419718731.

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IT WAS SO QUIET I COULD HEAR A PIN DROP
Written by Andy Goodman. Illustrated by Andy Goodman.
Stock no. 2117899
Published by Princeton Architectural Press. Circa 2016. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Square format. Pictorial boards. Large easy-to-read text. Simple colour illustrations by Goodman. Translated from the Italian. ISBN: 9781616894801. Wrapper has some light edge browning and a couple of marks to rear panel.

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ARTHUR RACKHAM HIS LIFE AND WORK
Written by Derek Hudson. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1314867
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

An introduction to the man behind the work with comments on his technique and achievements. Bibliography at rear. Re-issued with a revised checklist of Rackham's work. Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour tipped-in plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0434353507. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with a few small tears and is faded to spine, laminate has started to lift at front edge of spine.

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TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST
Written by Richard Henry Dana. Illustrated by Charles Pears.
Stock no. 1314856
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1911. Good condition.

A personal narrative of life at sea. Attractive blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration, pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Top edge gilt. 415 pages plus 5 page catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and worn with gilt faded to spine. Scuffing of pictorial onlay to front. Light damp(?) stain to edge of rear cover. Name in ink to front endpaper. Bookworm damage(3 small holes) to front joint which is cracked. Some browning and fingering to contents which are generally clean. Embossed "presentation copy" stamp to title-page. 2 tissue guards missing.

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RANDOLPH CALDECOTT 'LORD OF THE NURSERY'
Written by Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1811257
Published by Bloomsbury Books. 1st thus 1988. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An account of Caldecott's life. Large format. Red boards with gilt title to spine. Full of colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1870630459. Dustwrapper spine lightly faded.

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FEARLESS FREDDY'S SUNKEN TREASURE
Written by Bamber Gascoigne. Illustrated by Christina Gascoigne.
Stock no. 2117716
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Walker Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416065104. Bumping to spine and corners. Middle binding is a bit pulled.

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THE WICKED GIANT AND OTHER TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2117687
Almost very good condition.

Hard card covers. Full colour pictorial front cover, showing giant sitting on a rock giving directions. B/w illustrations. First story is 'The Wicked Giant and the Mountain'. Some creasing to covers; Colour front cover is starting to come away from rest of boards at corners. Scuffing. Page browning with a few grubby marks.

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JENNY AND THE SHEEP THIEVES
Written by Griselda Gifford. Illustrated by Carol Lawson.
Stock no. 2117683
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 3rd 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0575020199. Small patch of surface paper damage to front cover. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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PETER PAN IN SCARLET
Written by Geraldine McCaughrean. Illustrated by David Wyatt.
Stock no. 2117655
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The official sequel to J.M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan'. Red cloth with metallic red title to spine and vignette of Peter pan to front cover. B/w illustrations. Return to Neverland for an adventure you will never forget! ISBN: 019272620X. 5th printing. Very light wear to cover edges. A little light creasing to wrapper edges.

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BLUE BIRD
Written by Maurice Maeterlinck; Brian Wildsmith. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
Stock no. 1811237
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Vivid colour illustrations. Maeterlink's play retold by Wildsmith. ISBN: 001927914X. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is browned and edge-worn.

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