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ELSIE AT VIAMEDE
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310430
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black titles and surrounds to front cover and spine. Colour frontis. 293 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing and top edge of textblock dusty else contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and slightly edge chipped.

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HAPPY THOUGHT AND OTHER POEMS FOR CHILDREN
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson; Victor Gad. Illustrated by Victor Gad.
Stock no. 1807453
Published by Midway. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Poems selected and illustrated by Gad. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 1" closed tear to lower edge of title page, else contents fine.

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POTTER PINNER MEADOW
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1401657
Published by Collins. 1st 1937. Fair condition.

Large square format. Cloth spine. Green and white pictorial boards. Cute colour pictures. Corners bumped, board edges worn and rubbed. Spine browned. Boards are grubby with a couple of stains to rear board. Front joint cracked, causing first gathering of pages to feel a little loose. A few pages a little detached. One page has large tear which affects a little of the text. Couple of erased pencil marks. Some grubby marks.

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OUR DARLINGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; Ambrose Dudley; et al..
Stock no. 1501367
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front board shows children carol singing. Tipped-in colour plates plus b/w illustrations throughout. Includes 3 colour plates by Wain plus some b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners and board edges worn. Small pieces of paper missing from both front and rear board. Front board lightly scratched. Tiny hole near to centre of front endpaper. A little foxing and one or two marks otherwise contents generally clean.

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OBOLI, BOBOLI AND LITTLE JOBOLI
Written by Bernard Darwin. Illustrated by Elinor Darwin.
Stock no. 1401654
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 1942. Good condition.

Five short stories. Red pictorial card wraps. Black titles to spine. Five full page colour illustrations plus b /w text illustrations. 79 pages. Spine is split at top and bottom with slight loss of backstrip. Covers a bit grubby. Some joints are broken where backstrip is missing but binding generally firm. Bookplate to front endpaper. 5cm x 1.5cm piece missing from bottom of one page. Large crease to top of a page. Pages a little browned.

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THE BOY IN RED
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 2111072
Published by Collins. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Boy in Red is Maurice St. Annalands, page to William the Silent, the heroic leader of the Netherlands in the fight for freedom. Yellow cloth with red title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Some grubby marks to covers. Spine is bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. Colouring to some b/w illustrations. Wrapper is edge-torn with over 1" loss to top of spine; price-cut; edge-creased with chips that have some small loss.

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THE SCHOOL ON THE MOOR
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 2111071
Published by Oxford University Press. 1934. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth with swan decoration. Colour frontis. 285 pages. Spine is creased, with some bumping. Grubby marks and foxing to covers. Some foxing also to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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GRANDMOTHER ELSIE
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310420
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 298 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss. Slightly grubby to rear panel.

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ELSIE'S KITH AND KIN
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310417
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 388 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing and some fingering else a clean copy. Dustwrapper is edge torn, tear and creases to base of spine. Rear panel is slightly grubby with some loss to lower edge.

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ELSIE'S MOTHERHOOD
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310416
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black title to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 376 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Frontis is almost detached. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is chipped at spine with slight loss and faded at spine.

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THE PRINCESS'S BIRD
Written by Phyllis R. Mann. Illustrated by Phyllis R. Mann.
Stock no. 1310412
Published by Museum Press Limited. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The beautiful legend of how Ping Mei fell in love with the Princess, was put to death by her father and how his prayer was answered. Slim format. Pink cloth, gilt title/vignette to front cover. 16 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine bumped. Some browning to cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is a little bit grubby, edge chipped with loss, was torn in two pieces at spine but has been taped together on verso.

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ELSIE'S CHILDREN
Written by Martha Finley.
Stock no. 1310410
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. 340 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to contents, mainly at page edges. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some slight loss, large tear to front panel has been repaired on verso.

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