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FINDING THE GREEN STONE
Written by Alice Walker. Illustrated by Catherine Deeter.
Stock no. 1502564
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Johnny lives in a town where everyone has a glowing green stone. Johnny has one too - until his mean-spirited behaviour causes him to lose it. Large format, purple paper boards with green cloth spine. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0340513632. Slight bumping and wear to spine. Dustwrapper is a little edge creased with a small stain bottom of front panel, more visible on verso.

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GIRL ANNUAL No. 7
Written by Marcus Morris.
Stock no. 1710770
Published by Hulton Press Ltd.. 1959. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine, red pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 173 pages. Corners worn, covers scuffed. Belong to box completed in pencil.

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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1312475
Published by Harry N. Abrams. 1st 1980. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Sendak's life and work are explored in affectionate detail in this charming fun-filled book. 94 full-colour illustrations and more than 165 b/w illustrations. Large oblong format. Pictorial cloth showing scene from "Where The Wild Things Are". ISBN: 0810916002. A few very light scartch marks to the heavy plastic original dustwrapper.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1312474
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1915. Very good condition.

Published for the Daily Telegraph by Hodder & Stoughton. Large format. Cream cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. 16 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown stiff paper with decorative border. 11 x 8.5". Spine bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers browned, heavy name in pencil to front endpaper has been partially erased. Pale page edge browning. Plates all present and in fine condition. Includes "National Bands" - a speech by Rudyard Kipling, delivered at the Mansion House on Jan 27 1915.

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COMPLETE VERSION OF YE THREE BLIND MICE
Written by John W. Ivimey. Illustrated by Walton Corbould.
Stock no. 1312442
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Pink pictorial boards. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped, some very slight fading to cover edges. A few large but light foxspots to contents. Light musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price sticker above and is just a little grubby.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S ANNUAL 1972
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1312419
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1972. Very good condition.

Copyright date is 1972. Pictorial glazed boards showing two children with big umbrella. ISBN: 0603070051. Spine and corners bumped. Margin tear to one page. Name in belongs to box. One small margin tear. Browning to contents but otherwise clean, puzzles untouched. 1972 written in heavy pencil to top corner of front pastedown.

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WHY WEEPS THE BROGAN?
Written by Hugh Scott. Illustrated by Hugh Scott.
Stock no. 1710737
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

ISBN: 0744512808.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE MOATED GRANGE
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1312412
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1942. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 271 pages. Spine and corners bumped and cover edges slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby and there are some grubby fingermarks to page margins but contents generally clean. Chipped and torn wrapper is grubby and has loss to spine and corners and also sticky white label repairs on verso.

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LIVINGSTONE OF AFRICA
Written by C.T. Bedford. Illustrated by Ogle.
Stock no. 1312411
Published by Seeley, Service & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Heroic missionary, intrepid explorer and black man's friend. Remarkable Missionary Books series. Pictorial boards. 4 b/w illustrations and a double-spread map. 59 pages. Covers edge rubbed. Vertical split to centre of backstrip and slight wear to top and tail of spine. Pale browning to endpapers and light foxing to contents.

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HAPPY HEARTS AND MERRY EYES
Written by L.T. Meade; Evelyn Everett-Green; L.L. Weedon; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; W. Foster; Gordon Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1312407
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1922. Good condition.

A book of stories and verses. Large format. Cloth spine with pictorial front board showing children in a cart being pulled by a donkey. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Goose Step". Spine , corners and cover edges are worn. Name and address in pencil to front endpaper. Contents lightly browned and a bit grubby. Some inner margins are partly torn. Front joint split at top and bottom 2". Some hinges cracked/pulled causing contents to be a little loose.

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X-MEN THE ULTIMATE GUIDE
Written by Peter Sanderson.
Stock no. 1710689
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 2014. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. A Guide to the Marvel characters. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 9781409370529. Wrapper edge-creased.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S TALES FOR ALL TIMES
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1710684
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

Beige/brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover - shows girl with two dolls and three birds sat on a branch. Pictorial endpapers. 4 colour plates. Spine edge chipped. A few marks to covers. Front joint a little weak. Belong to box completed. Endpapers browned.

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