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THE BORROWERS AFLOAT
Written by Mary Norton. Illustrated by Diana Stanley.
Stock no. 1401603
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red title and vignette. Illustrated endpapers. Colour frontis and many b/w illustrations throughout. 176 pages. Spine a little bumped. Board edges a little browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears and grubby. A few scratches to front panel and a little surface paper damage to bottom of spine.

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SONGS FOR THE NURSERY
Written by Robert Ellice. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway; Miss Bennett; Robert Barnes; et al..
Stock no. 1401596
Published by W. Mack. circa 1891. Almost very good condition.

A Collection Of Children's Poems, Old & New. Small format. Cloth spine and corners, marble effect boards. B/W illustrations throughout. 142 pages. Small font text. Spine and corners bumped. Cloth a little grubby. Bottom of boards scuffed. Name to front endpaper. Foxing mainly to prelims and page edges. Some fingering and grubby marks. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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SOLOMON
Written by M.K. Mountain. Illustrated by M.K. Mountain.
Stock no. 1310288
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Little Grey Cat searches for his real home. Square format. Pictorial boards. B/w and black, white and yellow illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is worn, torn and foxed.

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WILLIAM AND HIS KITTEN
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Marjorie Flack.
Stock no. 1310286
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Small splits at top and tail of spine. Lower corner tips very slightly creased. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, pink stain to front panel (a couple of smaller pink spots to both panels), small piece torn from lower corner of front flap. Covers are slightly curved (book doesn't sit flat on the desk).

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THE PIXIES OF WILLOW WOOD
Written by Anne Hope. Illustrated by Madge Williams.
Stock no. 1310278
Published by J. Salmon. Very good condition.

"And How The Children Really Met Them". Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. Pretty colour illustrations. Covers grubby and marked. Foxing to contents. Covers and pages are slightly wrinkles.

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DROLL DOINGS
Written by The Cockiolly Bird. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 1310267
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1900. Good condition.

Animal tales in verse. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. Spine has been professionally rebacked. Corners worn, covers scuffed. New endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Contents are foxed and lightly fingered. Musty smell to contents.

Price: £58.00 £43.50.

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DOWN THE BRIGHT STREAM
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1310253
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Continuing the the story of the Little Grey Men who find themselves as refugees when they receive the appalling news that their beloved Folly is drying up and they must move at once. Fully illustrated with exquisite water-colours and fascinating little b/w sketches. 16 colour plates. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 200 pages. Wonderful! Spine and corners bumped. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn, loss to top and tail of spine.

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AN ELEGY ON THE GLORY OF HER SEX MRS. MARY BLAIZE
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1310234
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Very good condition.

R. Caldecott's Picture Books. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 22 pages. Covers just a little grubby. Small piece chipped from lower edge of rear cover. Foxing to contents else clean.

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JUST SMITH
Written by Dorothy Burroughes. Illustrated by Dorothy Burroughes.
Stock no. 1310220
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. circa 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a friendship between a lamb and a deer. Oblong format. Green cloth, yellow titles. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 47 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is creased and edge worn, tear to front panel repaired on verso.

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AN ELEGY ON THE GLORY OF HER SEX MRS. MARY BLAIZE
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1310209
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1900. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Grey boards, green title and pictorial onlay to front. 6 tipped-in colour plates mounted on beige paper. B/w illustrated endpapers and text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Very pale browning to endpapers. A nice, clean copy.

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LITTLE SEA DOGS
Written by Anatole France. Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Stock no. 1310208
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth spine with black title, beige boards with black title and vignettes to front. B/w illustrated endpapers. 8 colour plates, b/w chapter header and footers. 149 pages plus publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Some discolouration to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn/chipped with tape repairs on verso and small piece of loss to top edge of rear panel.

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THE ARKVILLE DRAGON
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by Kenneth Lovell.
Stock no. 1310207
Published by Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Toytown Book (20). Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Ex-lib with remains of labels to front endpapers and old tape mark to rear pastedown. Contents bright and clean. Some light rubbing to spine and corners.

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