CECIL ALDIN - THE STORY OF A SPORTING ARTIST
Written by Roy Heron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1404154
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A detailed biography of the famous illustrator of dogs. Green pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0906671469. A little bumping to spine. Front board is a little bowed. Pale page edge browning and some foxing otherwise contents are clean. Wrapper is edge worn and a little chipped. Uneven fading to spine and both panels. Foxing to verso.

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THE EMPTY COTTAGE
Written by Brian Read. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1504470
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Squirrel Series. Patrick and Andrew went to stay on a farm. They made friends with all the animals, and drove with Jill in a donkey-cart. George and Ron said town boys were silly, and they wouldn't let them play in Lonesome Cottage. But they all made friends when Harry came. Dark orange boards with dark titles and squirrel vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 62 pages. SIGNED by author on title page, in green pen with dedication and date. A little bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small chips and tears. Rear panel slightly grubby and spine lightly browned.

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MYSTERY ABOARD THE MURRABIT
Written by Nancy Parker. Illustrated by Nancy Parker.
Stock no. 1504467
Published by F.W. Cheshire. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Why did the uncle of 16 year old German acrobat Max Schiller try to murder him? and why did he set fire to the Murrabit, a paddle steamer on the Murray river. Grey boards with white map lines and titles. Illustrated endpapers. B/w illustrations. 132 pages. SIGNED by author on title page. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Heavy bump to top corner of front cover. Light page browning otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped at ends of spine and folds. Browning to spine, panels and edges of flaps.

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THE TWO BOUQUETS
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Reginald Woolley.
Stock no. 1504465
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A period novelette featuring the Gills of Twickenham and misunderstandings at a ball, based on the operetta by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon. Deep pink cloth covers with silver titles to spine and silver vignette. B/w chapter headers. 163 pages. SIGNED by author, with dedication and date, on front endpaper. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Pages are lightly browned but contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some tears and chips, tear across spine near top, slight loss from ends of spine. Bottom corner cut from front flap. Wrapper is a little grubby.

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NANCY CALLS THE TUNE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1404139
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1944. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, purple title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped. Front joint beginning to crack. Pages are lightly browned. Light foxing mainly to page edges. Dustwrapper is in two halves with the split being at the rear of the spine. The front flap is partially detached and the rear flap has tears along the join. The rear panel is grubby and torn piece of white paper to verso to strengthen it. Loss to top of spine and and front panel.

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NANCY AT ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1404138
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1933. Slightly better than good condition.

Cream cloth with black border lines and green swan design to front cover, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cloth at the top of the spine is beginning to split. Board edges lightly rubbed. Spine browned and covers grubby. Both joints are cracked. Endpapers are browned. Foxing throughout which is especially heavy to prelims and last few pages.

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THE BONGLEWEED
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Ann Stugnell.
Stock no. 1504461
Published by Faber & Faber. 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

When Jason asked Becky what the strange new seeds were called, she said 'probably the South American Bongleweed'. The plant was spreading joyously over the churchyard and looked equal to spreading over England. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 157 pages. ISBN: 057110374X. SIGNED by author with dedication and date on front endpaper. Bump to top of spine and bottom edge of front cover. Bottom edge of spine faded. Ink name stamp to front endpaper. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a faded spine.

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GYPSY AND GINGER
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Stock no. 1504460
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1920. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth covers with dark titles and decoration in box to front cover and spine. 7.5 x 4.5". B/w frontis and chapter headers. 151 pages plus publication list. SIGNED by author with dedication and date on half-title page. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Damp stains to edges of covers. Residue from label to top corner of front cover. A couple of tiny nicks to front edge of spine. A little browning to endpapers. Foxing to page edges. Just a very odd mark to contents.

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THE FIVE BLACK COUSINS
Written by J. Murray Allison. Illustrated by John Austin.
Stock no. 1504459
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1924. Very good condition.

And Other Bird Rhymes. White cloth covers with gilt vignette and titles to front cover. 7.75 x 5.5". Small b/w illustrations. 63 pages. Some page edges uncut. SIGNED by author to front endpaper, with dedication and date. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby with light stains along top edge of front cover. Endpapers browned. Some foxing and a very odd fingermark to contents.

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SONGS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN
Written by T.W. Stephenson. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey.
Stock no. 1314662
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloths pine, buff boards with black titles and decoration to front along with a large colour onlay. 20 children's songs set to music. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers just a little grubby. Small chip to spine edge of front cover (small patch of paper covering missing). Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to contents.

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CHILDREN'S PETS
No author listed. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1314661
Very good condition.

Large, oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps showing a monkey in a yellow dress with paints and palette, plus others pets. 14 pages each with a large colour illustrations with a couple of lines of text below. Corners worn at corners, covers ever so slightly grubby. Old price in crayon to top of front cover. Page corner tips ever so slightly creased. Staples rusty.

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OLD NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Jack Orr; Mabel Sims; et al..
Stock no. 1314660
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format, pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations to inside covers, colour illustrations throughout. 14 pages. Covers edge rubbed and very slightly grubby. There is a small crayon mark (old price?) to top of front cover. Contents clean.

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