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SONGS OF JOLLY BOY LAND
Written by Peter Broom. Illustrated by Yvonne Gough.
Stock no. 1402175
Published by Paterson's Publications. 1st 1930. Almost very good condition.

Seven songs with words and music. Blue and cream pictorial boards with blue cloth spine. Black title to front board. Large format. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges a little scuffed. Name in ink to top of front board plus pencil mark and small scratch. Few marks to rear cover. Covers are a little grubby. Couple of grubby marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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THE PERKY LITTLE ENGINE
Written by Margaret Friskey. Illustrated by Becky.
Stock no. 1402174
Published by Frederick Muller Limited. 1st Uk 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Perky Little Engine is a mere four wheeler, a shunting engine, as little as they come. But this one goes off and has an adventure. Blue and yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 30 pages. Muller's Junior Reading Series. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges a little rubbed. Slight creasing to top inner corner else contents clean and bright. Pictorial dust wrapper is edge worn and creased with a few closed tears and a little chipping. Large mark to rear cover - more noticeable on verso. A little scuffed and grubby. Magic tape to top of spine and white label to bottom, both on verso. Price-cut.

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BABY BALLADS
Written by Ruth Cobb. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb.
Stock no. 1402173
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Brown boards with red titles and picture of a girl with her teddy bear to front board. Short rhymes on one page with colour illustration opposite. Paper covering boards is split at spine and is coming off both front and back boards. Spine and corners are bumped and rubbed. Covers a bit grubby. Small cracks to top of front and rear joints, Grubby marks to some pages. Browning to verso of endpapers. Front endpaper is lightly creased.

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THE WEATHERCOCK AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Margaret Baker. Illustrated by Mary Baker.
Stock no. 1501939
Published by University of London Press. 1946. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 12 stories. 128 pages Corners bumped. A little fading to some cover edges and top and bottom of spine. A couple of small marks to covers. Some foxing to endpapers, contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with a little loss at top and bottom of spine. Rear panel is very grubby, spine is darkened. Clear cover has been taped to inside of dustwrapper.

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OUT OF THE ARK BOOKS
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 2112212
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Boxed set of 6 think cardwrap books. Colour & b/w illustrations. Titles are: Teddy's New Job; Wally the Kangaroo; Grunty the Pig; Jenny the Giraffe; Ham and the Egg; Jimmy The Baby Elephant. Some wear to cover edges and spines. A few grubby marks. Contents have kept very nicely - protected by box. Nice and bright. Box is in fair-good condition - has been heavily repaired to edges with magic tape; Large tear to one edge of top of box. Still a cute set of Hulme Beaman illustrated books.

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A BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Mabel Quiller-Couch; Lilian Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by M. Etheldreda Gray.
Stock no. 1311385
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1920. Good condition.

Blue cloth with elaborate gilt decorations and titles. 20 beautiful colour plates mounted on grey card with captions below. Verses arranged by Mabel and Lilian Quiller-Couch. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Gilt to spine has dulled. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joint between fly-leaf and title-page is cracked causing frontispiece to be missing in this copy. Page edges are ragged from rough opening during binding process.

Price: £68.00 £51.00.

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FIRST YEAR UP
Written by D.W. Hackman. Illustrated by W.A. Sillince.
Stock no. 1402153
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Katherine and Jane meet on the train on their way to Setterfield College. They are both 'freshers' and this is the story of their first year at college. Mustard cloth boards with black titles to spine and vignettes of two girls and a school on the front board. B/w line drawings. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small patch of damp staining to bottom of rear board. Erased pencil marks to front endpaper. Couple of marks to edge of text block otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with loss to top and bottom of spine and folds. Couple of small holes to rear panel. Browning to panels and verso.

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THE GIRL'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 57
Written by Gladys M. Spratt; Elsie J. Oxenham; Alfred Bestall; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2112187
Published by The Girl's Own Paper Office. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large heavy format. Blue cloth with gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Includes Oxenham story "Peggy and the Brotherhood". Light bumping and wear to spine and a couple of corners. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and page browning. Scarce wrapper is foxed, with some edge-creasing and closed tears; a few small chips of loss.

Price: £80.00 £60.00.

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OUR ZOO
Written by Edna Berry.
Stock no. 1501909
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

With the help of the son of the Zoo's Head keeper three children learn about animals and start their own little zoo. Orange cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped with a little wear. Small ink inscription to front pastedown. A little foxing. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge chipped with a faded spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby.

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PIGWIGGEN: HIS DASHING CAREER
Written by Arnrid Johnston. Illustrated by Arnrid Johnston.
Stock no. 1311373
Published by Country Life. 1942. Almost very good condition.

Pigwiggen the pig is the only one of his large family that could fly! Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers a little creased and grubby with a small tear to lower edge of front cover. Light creasing to top corner tips else contents clean.

Price: £94.00 £70.50.

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DARTON'S PARIS EXHIBITION
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311372
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. circa 1890. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. 13 colour illustrations with some text (not much), including a double-spread at centre pages. Covers slightly worn at spine, a couple of tiny edge chips. Some grubby marks to page margins.

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BOSKY GOLDFISH (POET)
Written by Peter Thornhill.
Stock no. 2112172
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. Large print. Byron Omar Shakespeare Kipling Yeats Goldfish was so small when he was born that if he hadn't been all shining gold...nobody would have known he was there at all. Bumping and wear to corners; a little chipping. Front cover is a little bowed. Odd foxspot and margin mark. Illustrations are remarkably bright!

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