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A DOZEN DINOSAURS
Written by Richard Armour. Illustrated by Paul Galdone.
Stock no. 1809615
Published by World's Work. 1975. Very good condition.

Dinosaurs in verse. Glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0437240010. Minor grubby marks to boards. Name in pencil to front pastedown. A few marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE MOUSEWIFE
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by William Pene Du Bois.
Stock no. 1313728
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red vignette of mouse and title to front. Superb b/w text illustrations throughout. 37 numbered pages. 9 x 6.5". Ink school stamps to pastedowns and to title-page. Endpapers lightly browned. Light musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher (with new price printed above), is slightly edge rubbed with small chip to top of spine.

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MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY TALES
Written by A. Pitt-Kethley.
Stock no. 1503263
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Told chiefly in words of one syllable for young children. Cloth spine with black title, colour pictorial boards. 25 illustrations (incl. covers). 15 stories including Cinderella, Blue-Beard, Puss in Boots, Three Bears etc. 94 pages. Spine bumped. Corners and cover edges are bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. A few hinges cracked so binding feels weak. Grubby marks to title page, endpapers and margins. Foxing to front endpaper.

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A HOUSE
Written by C.B. Parkes.
Stock no. 1503248
Published by The Educational Supply Association Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

How things are made. Information Book. From the architect's plans to the construction and the different trades involved. Stiff card wraps, b/w illustrations. 95 pages. Slight wear to corners and a couple of small marks to rear cover. Corner tips creased on last few pages. Contents clean.

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TOBY TWIRL'S DILLYPADDLE POP-UP BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1606130
Published by Sampson Low. 1954. Good condition.

Spiral bound, oblong format. 5 pop-up scenes. Covers bowed. Some splitting around spiral binding. Contents are generally very good, clean and bright. Pop-ups in working order.

Price: £75.00 £56.25.

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QUEEN OF THE WHEAT CASTLES
Written by Christobel Mattingley. Illustrated by Gavin Rowe.
Stock no. 1402931
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Cathy, with her friend Mrs. Tabbs assumes responsibility for a growing number of homeless cats. When she fails to find them homes in her own community she ventures further afield - across the Australian wheat plains. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340172045. A little bumping to spine and corners. Some foxing to endpapers and text block edge. Small pink mark to top of front endpaper. Light creasing to last few pages. Contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is edgeworn with chipping and a couple of small tears. Original price crossed out (on front flap) and new price added in blue ink. Wrapper slightly grubby.

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THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
Written by Ezra Jack Keats. Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats.
Stock no. 1606062
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1969. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Words and music by Katherine Davis, Henry Onorati and Harry Simeone. ISBN: 0370015118. Corners rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper has a couple of small edge tears.

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BRER RABBIT STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1712646
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Green pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. First story Brer Rabbit and the Paper Chase. Edges and corners worn.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1951
Written by G.E. Studdy; Christine E. Bradley. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1503215
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1951. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows Bonzo as a cowboy. Red cloth spine. Spine bumped, worn and marked. Wear to corners and cover edges. Lots of pin holes to front cover, ink marks and drawing to rear cover. Belongs to box completed in pen and crossed out, date above. Pencil drawings to rear endpaper. Light browning to endpapers. Just one or two small marks to contents.

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WINNING HIS SPURS
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1313680
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dean's Classics series. Red boards, black title to spine. B/w frontis. Spine very slightly bumped. Contents are browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed with evidence of removal of a small label to top corner of front panel.

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MISS MOUSE AND HER BOYS
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 1605976
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1897. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth with black illustration to front and spine, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. Corners bumped, some wear and splitting to spine. Spine scuffed with some fading of gilt. Joints cracked, inscription to front pastedown. One plate MISSING. One plate has been coloured.

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THE GIRLS AND I
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 1605969
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1892. Good condition.

Orange cloth with black decorations, gilt title to spine. 192 pages plus 44 page booklist & index to rear. 7 full-page b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some marks to rear board and light wear to cloth of spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Embossed stamp to front endpaper, inscription to verso. One plate missing.

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