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THE GOLDEN AGE
Written by Kenneth Grahame.
Stock no. 1808462
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1925. Almost very good condition.

Yellow/black pictorial cloth. Delightful word sketches of child life. 196 pages. Boards a little scuffed. Name and date in ink to title page. Page 8 has edge tear with loss - affects a couple of words of the text, but still legible.

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RHODA
Written by E.L. Haverfield.
Stock no. 1502035
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

A Story for Girls. Blue pictorial cloth. Gilt title to front cover, gilt title block to spine. Floral decorated endpapers. 292 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped and worn. Covers marked. Endpapers browned. Some foxing and grubby marks to contents but generally clean. A couple of hinges starting to crack.

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THE FEUD IN THE FIFTH REMOVE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 1311635
Published by The R.T.S. Office. 1st 1932. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and black title to front cover. Colour frontis. 222 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Gilt to spine dulled. Frontis and front free-endpaper removed. Joints cracked and hinges pulled. Foxing throughout.

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MUMFIE'S UNCLE SAMUEL
Written by Katharine Tozer. Illustrated by Katharine Tozer.
Stock no. 1311601
Published by John Murray. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Mumfie returns home to find terrible things happening. Mummy Jumbo's house had been burnt down; Uncle Samuel was kidnapped and there were "lurkings"... Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Bright pink and blue full-page pictures plus b/w drawings. 190 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Spine bumped, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and some light foxing. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with slight loss to spine and tape repairs on verso. Uncommon in dustwrapper.

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ESCAPE FROM THE TEMPLE OF LAUGHTER
Written by Jerome Fletcher. Illustrated by Sue Heap.
Stock no. 1808442
Published by Andre Deutsch Children's Books. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Episodes from the life of J. Rathbone Fish. Paper board folder with blue cloth spine. Contains 153 page book plus game board, pieces and cards. ISBN: 0590540610. A few marks to boards. Appears complete.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1992
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1808433
Published by Annual Concepts Limited. 1992. Nearly fine condition.

Tall 4to pictorial laminated boards - Rupert carol singing with lantern. 1st story Rupert and the Falling Leaf. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 1874507007. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Contents fine.

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CHILD-LAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311588
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Fair condition.

Picture Pages for the Little Ones. Brown decorated cloth, gilt titles. Inset pictorial onlay. Crammed with b/w illustrations. 192 pages plus 16 page publication list. Sold with all faults. Spine and corners bumped and worn, scuffing to covers. Prelims missing and new front endpaper. Contents are grubby. There is a glue mark to the front pastedown. The binding repairs to the book are very amateurish.

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THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR
Written by Brothers Grimm; Audrey Claus. Illustrated by E. Probst.
Stock no. 1311587
Published by Mcgraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd.. 1st UK 1965. Very good condition.

Adapted by Claus. Pictorial boards, oblong format. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers just a little grubby. Some faint foxing to rear endpapers else contents clean.

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THE DAISY; OR, CAUTIONARY STORIES IN VERSE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311585
Published by John Harris. circa 1840. Good condition.

Small format, burgundy mottled boards. 30 b/w engravings on wood. 66 pages plus publication list. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Contents are worn and a bit grubby/foxed with paper repairs. Stitching is pulled causing contents to be loose but binding still holding.

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WINGS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Arch Whitehouse.
Stock no. 1311575
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Very good condition.

The "Ace" series. Blue cloth. Black title and small sundial vignette to spine. Four b/w plates. Spine faded. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

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TALES OF ST. CEDRICS
Written by L.C. Douthwaite. Illustrated by J. Phillips Paterson.
Stock no. 1311570
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An excellent school story, in which boxing plays a prominent part. Blue cloth, dark blue titles and borders. 253 pages. Colour frontis, some b/w chapter headers. Spine and corners bumped. Prize plate to front endpaper (with name blacked out). Heavy foxing at page edges. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and is grubby to rear panel.

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THE RIVER POST
Written by Hertha Von Gebhardt; Oliver Coburn. Illustrated by Irene Schreiber.
Stock no. 1502019
Published by Burke Publishing Company Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w and green and black illustrations. Translated and adapted by Oliver Coburn and Ursula Lehrburger. A little bumping to spine and corners. Two small spots of fading on spine. School stamp to front endpaper, contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut with revised price sticker above and school stamp. Edge worn and torn with a little loss and small hole in spine. Rear panel grubby.

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