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A FAMILY CONCERT IN DWARFLAND
Written by Ilse Schneider. Illustrated by Ilse Schneider.
Stock no. 1502908
Published by Georg Fischer, Wittlich. circa 1940. Good condition.

Snowhite goes back to visit the dwarfs. Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board. Illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations. Spine and covers bumped, worn and grubby. Binding is pulled causing contents to be a bit loose but still firmly attached. Endpapers browned. Clear tape stuck to rear endpaper and some surface paper damage to rear pastedown. Contents are grubby, marked and a bit foxed.

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CONQUEROR'S GOLD
Written by Dan Corby.
Stock no. 1502904
Published by Max Parrish. 1st 1965. Slightly better than good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Four boys and an old man are trapped in a cellar with no obvious escape route and water seeping in. Brown boards with gilt titles to spine. 128 pages. Ex-library with stamps and remains of label to prelims. Rear endpapers grubby. Text pages very good. A couple of small dents to text block. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with one small tear.

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PUPPY TAILS
Written by George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1313203
Published by John Swain & Son Limited; Brentano's. Very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth spine, grey pictorial boards. Colour plates. Pictorial endpapers. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers edge rubbed with wear to corners, slightly browned and grubby. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE LITTLE PAGAN FAUN & OTHER FANCIES
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by L. Hummel.
Stock no. 1313201
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1927. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w scissor-cuts (silhouettes). 196 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded. A couple of hinges are starting to crack. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is very edge worn with loss to top and tail of spine, tears to folds and grubby/browned.

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LITTLE MOTHER BUNCH
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Stock no. 1313183
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1890. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth. Gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w frontis with tissue-guard. 240 pages plus publication list to rear. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light scuff marks to spine and front cover and a very pale splash mark to front cover. Prize inscription in ink to front endpaper. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Contents clean.

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THE WONDERFUL LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF TOM THUMB
Written by Paul Britten Austin. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1313168
Published by Radiotjanst. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

2 volumes. Summer course in English for Swedish radio. Small format. Cream cardwraps. B/w text illustrations. Includes a mounted miniature book in 2nd volume. Covers very slightly edge rubbed and grubby, spines lightly browned. Small partially erased pencil mark to front cover of volume 2. Illustration on page 15 of 2nd volume has been very neatly coloured in with crayons. A nice set. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1313165
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1911. Good condition.

Brown boards, white lettering. Pictorial onlay of Timmy Tiptoes the little grey squirrel. The year 1911 appears on the title-page. The first two printings are believed to be identical. Small format. 85 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Prelims are part detached. Front joint (between frontis and title-page is cracked and a couple of hinges are just starting to crack. Title-page is slightly finger-creased. Contents are generally clean.

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KATE GREENAWAY'S BIRTHDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Sale Barker. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1313162
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1880. Almost very good condition.

Verses by Mrs. Barker, 382 illustrations by Greenaway (colour plates and b/w text illustrations). Small format (3.75 x 4"). Beige decorated cloth covers with bevelled edges. Turquoise endpapers. 125 numbered pages. All edges yellow. Spine and corners bumped, spine split along rear edge (but not detached). Covers foxed. Initials and date in ink to verso of front endpaper. Front joint is broken at lower half, rear joint is cracking. There are a few neat ink entries but generally the contents are clean and mainly unused.

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JIMMY
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1313153
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Green cloth covers. Title to front and spine, vignette of Jimmy also to spine. 272 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed, a few tiny dents to cover edges. Fading to gilt on front cover. Heavy foxing to endpapers and page edges/margins.

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GRUNTY THE PIG
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 1502893
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Out of the Ark series. Small format. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Covers are a little grubby with creasing, especially to front cover. Spine worn, staples starting to rust. Contents very good.

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MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Mary Smith.
Stock no. 1502891
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine with pictorial boards. Illustrated endpapers. Full page illustrations by Mary Smith. Two colour plates plus b/w and two-tone text illustrations. 76 pages. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Spine grubby. Pen mark to rear endpaper. Light page browning, contents generally clean.

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THE PRIZE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS VOLUME 62
Written by Bertha Leonard; et al. Illustrated by Marjorie Slade; Eve Garnett; V. Edgecombe Jenkins; et al..
Stock no. 1502889
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Limited. Almost very good condition.

Volume LXII. Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board shows two children on beach looking at sunset, pears soap advert to rear cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 140 pages. Spine bumped and worn with small splits and some fraying. Corners worn, piece chipped from outside edge of slightly bowed front cover. Spine and covers a little grubby. Front joint and a couple of hinges starting to crack. Some foxing. A few grubby marks to contents page but rest of contents generally clean.

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