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SUNDAY STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by E. Stewart.
Stock no. 1502757
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Good condition.

Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Mounted on Linen Untearable Paper. 16 Pages inc covers. Warne's Playtime Toy Books. Spine very worn, most of surface paper missing. Creasing to corners and covers a bit grubby. Staples are missing so contents detached. A few marks to contents.

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MUFF THE CIRCUS MONKEY
Written by Lurline McGuinness. Illustrated by Galina Herbert.
Stock no. 1502756
Published by Angus & Robertson Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Muff is sure everyone knows about circus monkeys, and is surprised to find he is wrong. When he meets Australian bush animals and birds there is plenty of excitement. Black boards with gilt titles. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 29 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Light browning to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with loss from base of spine. Tears have been repaired on verso with clear tape.

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SOME CHILDREN OF THE BIBLE
Written by Katherine Kennedy.
Stock no. 1502754
Published by A.R. Mowbray & Co. Limited. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

Beige boards with brown titles and pictorial onlay. White spine, brown titles. B/w illustrations. 72 pages. A little bumping to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers a bit grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Some foxing to page edges and margins. Book has a slight odour.

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JACKIE AND ME
Written by Constance M. Lowe; Cecily M. Rutley; et al.
Stock no. 1502747
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial front board, pale blue spine, adverts to rear cover. Title page says Under the Big Hat or Jackie & Me. Short stories and nursery rhymes. B/w illustrations. Backstrip is damaged with a few patches of loss. Corners and cover edges worn. Covers grubby. Staples rusty. Top 3.5" of front joint is broken. A few grubby marks to contents and pages are lightly browned.

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MIXED PICKLES
Written by Mildred Dennis Burton. Illustrated by Doris Burton.
Stock no. 1502737
Published by Roffey And Clark Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial front board shows white elf holding jar in circle surrounded by elves, animals, fairies etc., blue cloth spine, multi-coloured title. 5 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 83 pages. First story is Dulcie's Party. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Light browning to endpapers. One hinge a little cracked. Contents generally clean.

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TWO YEARS IN THE INFANT SCHOOL VOLUME FOUR
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1502735
Published by George Newnes Limited. Very good condition.

Topics 64 to 84 and Special Subjects. Prepared under the supervision of Blyton. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 1309 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine is faded and gilt dulled. Various marks to covers. Endpapers browned. Contents very good.

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THE FAIRY RING
Written by Brothers Grimm; John Edward Taylor. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 1312924
Published by John Murray. 1st 1846. Fair condition.

"A New Collection of Popular Tales" translated from the German by Taylor. 3/4 leather binding with gilt title and decoration to spine. Blue cloth to covers. B/w plates. Spine is rubbed and slightly darkened. Corners are slightly worn. There are a few light marks to the front cover. Both joints are cracked but not broken. Most of the tissue-guards to the plates have been removed. I think there may be an illustration to the prelims missing. Plate to page 200 has been repaired (was in two pieces has been laid down on a white piece of paper) and the last plate has lower corner torn off (actual illustration not affected). There is foxing and fingermarks to the contents. A decent copy overall of this very rare Brothers Grimm item.

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WITH ZIP AND HIS MASTER IN SWEDEN
Written by Nils Hansson; Karen Hansson.
Stock no. 1312888
Published by The Royal Swedish Commission. 1st 1939. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Covers lightly creased and edge rubbed. Small patch of surface paper damage to top front corner. Staples rusty. There are very neat ink annotations to top margins of the pages.

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SAUCERS OVER THE MOOR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1402640
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A gripping and fast-moving adventure story about the Lone Pine Club set on Dartmoor. Cream boards, red titles. Endpapers show sketch of the Moor. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. Spine and corners are bumped. Spine is a little browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Top corners of first three pages are lightly creased. Some light fingering else contents are generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased. Rear panel is grubby.

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THE SECRET OF GREY WALLS
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1402637
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The fourth title in the Lone Pine series. Grey/beige cloth, red titles and Lone Pine vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 248 pages. Endpapers are maps. Spine, corners and bottom of front board are bumped. Slight browning to board edges. Name, address and date in ink to front endpaper. Couple of hinges are cracked. A few foxspots and some light page browning. Creasing to a few pages (caused by binding process). Dustwrapper is worn and creased with loss to top of spine and front panel. Some closed tears. Rear panel is grubby.

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A PRINCESS IN TATTERS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1402630
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1908. Slightly better than good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, with gilt title labels. Front cover shows artist being watched by girl, spine shows lady with girl. 4 colour plates. 336 pages. Purple endpapers. Spine and corners bumped. Corners and board edges rubbed. Scuffing to boards. Gilt worn in places. Prize plate to front pastedown. Rear joint beginning to crack. Some hinges are cracked. Heavy browning to half title and last page of text. Some foxing and grubby marks. Slight musty smell. Five colour plates present with one plate ("What a dear coat") appearing twice.

Price: £94.00 £70.50.

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LA CORONA AND THE TIN FROG
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1808945
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Nicola Bayley Miniature Collection. Small format. Glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Slight loss to lower corner of free front endpaper and small hole to spine otherwise a fine copy.

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