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WHO LIVES IN MR. NOAH'S ARK?
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311795
Published by Sampson Low. Almost very good condition.

A shaped book, pictorial cardwraps. Each page illustrated in colour with a 'peep-through' window. Covers are a bit grubby and lightly creased. Window flaps are creased but otherwise the contents are clean.

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THE MAGIC PENCIL
Written by Rose Fyleman.
Stock no. 1502157
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

And other plays from my tales. New plays adapted from eight of the author's tales. Blue cloth covers with dark blue titles. 145 pages. Top and bottom of spine faded, cover edges browned, spine a little stained. Some wear to corners. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and page edges. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped. Spine is faded and panels are grubby.

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ELOISE IN PARIS
Written by Kay Thompson. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Stock no. 1311789
Published by Max Reinhardt. 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Paris has just been discovered by Eloise the little girl from the Plaza... Here is what Eloise does in Paris: everything. The effect is rawther extraordinaire. If you come to Paris with Eloise you will always by glad you did. Large format. Blue boards with gilt titles. Pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations to text throughout. Minimal bumping to spine and corners, some fading to extreme lower edges of covers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and edge torn. Reprint in same year/month (October) as first edition.

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GREEN FIELDS
Written by Hilda T. Skae; Cecily M. Rutley; Theodora Wilson Wilson; et al. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb; A.E. Jackson; John Hassall; et al..
Stock no. 1311788
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1923. Almost very good condition.

Stories and verses. Large format. Green cloth spine, front board shows a girl with dolls and a puppy under an umbrella, sheltering from the rain. First story is "Peter's Adventure Under The Sea" by Rutley. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small, light damp stain to edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering, old price in biro to front pastedown.

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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1710302
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

Maroon pictorial boards, light blue cloth spine, wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Blue/grey pictorial endpapers, Very large format. 40 pages. Edges worn. Corners bumped. Covers scuffed. Front and rear joint partly cracked. Name in ink to top of title page. Some page have closed tears a couple neatly repaired.

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THE DEERSLAYER OR THE FIRST WARPATH
Written by James Fenimore Cooper. Illustrated by Louis Rhead.
Stock no. 1311785
Published by Harper And Brothers. circa 1929. Almost very good condition.

Black cloth with large pictorial onlay to front and green title to spine. 3 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 556 pages, top edge yellow. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Marks to rear cover. Inscription in ink and old price in biro to front endpaper, a few small crayon marks to pastedown. Textblock is grubby and there is some fingering to page margins. Some foxing also.

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TALES FROM BERNARD SHAW TOLD IN THE JUNGLE
Written by Gwladys Evan Morris. Illustrated by Phyllis A. Trery.
Stock no. 1311767
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

Yellow pictorial cloth. Striking colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Light foxing and some grubby fingermarks but generally contents clean.

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GETTING TO KNOW DOGS
Written by Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes.
Stock no. 1402327
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

All the necessary information and guidance for the boy or girl who is bent on acquiring the best friend and comrade a human can have outside his own kind. Beige cloth, green titles. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers a little faded at edges. Top edges are a little foxed. Inscription to front endpaper. A little foxing to endpapers otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with several tears. Small piece missing from spine which is browned. Panels are grubby. Couple of tape repairs to verso plus a couple of white labels at spine, one which covers the missing piece.

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THE VANISHING PUMPKIN
Written by Tony Johnston. Illustrated by Tomie De Paola.
Stock no. 1402322
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

When a 700 year old woman and a 800 year old man wanted to make pumpkin pie one bright Halllowe'en morning they couldn't find their pumpkin but just who had taken it?! Glazed black pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0192797972. Spine a little bumped. Couple of scratches to covers. Endpapers a little browned. Contents are clean.

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THE SAIL OF THE SILVER BARGE
Written by Florence Bone.
Stock no. 1502149
Published by The Religious Tract Society. circa 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covers with blind border decorations and titles. Gilt titles to spine. Colour frontis. 223 numbered pages. A little fading to top edge of spine. Gilt titles on spine dulled. A couple of small marks to covers. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Small hole to front joint. Top text block edge grubby. Some light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn but with very little loss. Spine and rear panel slightly grubby.

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TRAILER TRIO
Written by Emma Atkins Jacobs. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane.
Stock no. 1502137
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth with green title and caravan vignette. B/w illustrations. The three children trek across America in an old car and caravan. Light bumping to spine and corners. A couple of very small bumps to lower edge of rear cover. Spine and edges of covers are unevenly faded. A little light browning to endpapers. Small mark to text block edge. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge torn with some loss especially to top of spine and top edge of front panel. Spine slightly faded. Tape repair on verso.

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