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A BOOK OF NAUGHTY CHILDREN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1108588
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. B/w illustrations. Light wear to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges; couple of brown marks/spots to outer page edges and some going through to some page margins. Wrapper is browned to spine, with some grubby marks; some closed tears and chips; minimal loss.

Price: £54.00 £40.50.

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PETER-KVAEK
Written by Louis Moe. Illustrated by Louis Moe.
Stock no. 1108586
Published by Henrik Koppels Forlag. 1921. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Text in Danish. A frog fairy tale. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. Some damp marking to covers and spine. Scuffing also to covers, with heavy wear to corners. Illustrations are still beautifully bright; a few grubby margin marks; one b/w illustration has been coloured in by a child.

Price: £84.00 £63.00.

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GAMES AND SONGS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN
Written by William Wells Newell.
Stock no. 1501726
Published by Harper And Brothers. 1st 1883. Almost very good condition.

Collected and compared by William Wells Newell. Beige cloth with pictorial front cover, brown titles to spine with decoration at top and bottom. Blue endpapers. B/w frontis. 242 pages. Covers are grubby with a couple of very small areas of damage. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Front joint is cracked between frontis and title page. Endpapers grubby with patch of tape residue to front endpaper. Small area of surface paper damage near top edge of title page. A few light marks and fingermarks to contents but generally clean.

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WILBERFORCE AND THE BLUE CAVE
Written by Leslie Coleman. Illustrated by John Laing.
Stock no. 1108570
Published by Blackie. 1st 1974. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 021689770X. A couple of fox spots to outer page edges. Wrapper is lightly browned.

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FORT WILBERFORCE
Written by Leslie Coleman. Illustrated by John Laing.
Stock no. 1108569
Published by Blackie. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0216902150. Some browning to wrapper.

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THE SECRET OF THE CASTLE
Written by R.A.E. Walker.
Stock no. 1108557
Published by Blandford Press Ltd.. Circa 1949. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, light blue covers with dark title and decoration. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Sticky tape marks to spine. Some foxing. Corners are bumped. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is badly torn, with much loss to spine; some visible repairs with magic tape; also foxed and creased; loss to edges and corners.

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WHISKERS TO THE RESCUE AND OTHER CHILDREN'S STORIES
Written by Elizabeth Kimber; W.H. Hunter; et al.
Stock no. 1108546
Published by Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Larger format. Red/brown cloth with black titles to spine and front cover, with rabbit vignette also to front cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Some damp marks to covers. Corners are bumped. Wrapper is nearly torn in two down one fold; chipping and some nicks; a little loss; creased.

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A YOUNG PRETENDER
Written by Dorothea Moore.
Stock no. 1108522
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. Some page browning and foxing. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped; both flaps have been detached (one now repaired with tape); some loss to tears along edges.

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PLOT FOR THE QUEEN
Written by Margaret J. Miller. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1108521
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 035602671X. Heavy bumping along bottom edge of front cover. Ink stamp to front endpaper.

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THE PINE STREET PAGEANT
Written by Mabel Esther Allan. Illustrated by Rosemary Chanter.
Stock no. 1108515
Published by Abelard-Schuman. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. A Grasshopper Book. ISBN: 0200725734. Light bumping and wear to corners and spine. Little drink stain to outer page edges, going into page margins. Wrapper is a little browned, with light edge-creasing.

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NOTHING TO DO
Written by Diana Ross. Illustrated by Constance Marshall.
Stock no. 1108512
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One minute there was nothing for the five children to do. The very next instant Billy and Ellen were off to the wood, and Nan was organising 'weddings', with the little ones. A Reindeer Book. B/w illustrations. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has a few small closed tears; grubby marks and small nicks.

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SIR JACKO AND THE WHIMSICAL WOLF
Written by Norman Hillas. Illustrated by Isobel Mount.
Stock no. 1108511
Published by The Pilgrim Press Limited. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour frontis and b/w plates. This volume contains a selection, in two sequences, from the wireless stories of an author who is known to radio audiences both as a dramatist and a story-teller. A few small marks to covers. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with minimal loss; some grubby marks and creasing.

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