MORE PRAYERS AND GRACES
Written by Allan M. Laing. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1107009
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Second Little Book of Unusual Piety. Blue boards, gilt title to spine; vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Some uneven fading to covers. Foxing to pages. Wrapper is unevenly faded with some foxspots and edge-nicks.

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ARCADIAN BALLADS
Written by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1307512
Published by Heinemann Educational Books. 1st thus 1978. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Tall format. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 48 pages. ISBN: 0435147722. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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NICOLA BAYLEY'S BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1307490
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Nicola Bayley's first book. Favourite nursery rhymes illustrated by glorious full-colour pictures. Dark blue glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0224011731. Spine and corners bumped. Some erased pencil writing to top margin of title-page. Some very light foxing. Contents clean.

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A DANGEROUS GAME OF FOOTBALL
Written by Barbara Spencer.
Stock no. 1805509
Published by Ryelands. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Jack's best mate, Saleem, fails to return after a visit to his home. Jack is drawn into a journey to a land ruled by sun and peopled with tyrants, sorcerers and giant crows. Now he must find Saleem, coach a team of boys for a football match - and stay alive!... which might just prove rather difficult if your only ally is a cantankerous camel! Red pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9781906551001. SIGNED by the author with dedication to title page.

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LAUGHS! SCREAMS!! YELLS!!!
No author listed.
Stock no. 1307388
Published by McCorquodale & Co. Ltd.. Fair condition.

The Flip-Flap Series. Over 2,500 funniosities. Contents are in 3 sections, you can turn each section to make funny animals/people. Top 2 sections are no longer attached with rusty staples, but held in with some stitching. Covers grubby and creased.

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THE GRANDMOTHER STONE
Written by Margaret Greaves.
Stock no. 1805506
Published by Methuen. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A finely perceived drawing of adolescent love against a turbulent background of witch-craft and passion. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0416660606. SIGNED by the author (with dedication) to front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine.

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HELLO NELLIE AND THE DRAGON
Written by Elizabeth Lindsay. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 1805505
Published by Back To Front. 1st thus 2003. Fine condition.

Nellie loves Gertrude the dragon who lives in her shed but she is always having to get her out of trouble! What would you do if your dragon friend burnt her bottom on a hot air balloon, stole a mattress and broke your stilts? Yellow cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 190452902X. SIGNED by the author (with dedication) to title page.

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SLAVES OF THE MASTERY
Written by William Nicholson.
Stock no. 1805493
Published by Mammoth. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Wind On Fire II. Blue boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. ISBN: 074974152X.

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SPIDER IN THE SKY
Written by Anne Rose. Illustrated by Gail Owens.
Stock no. 1805487
Published by Harper & Row. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Based upon the story 'How the Sun Came' from American Indian Mythology by Alice Marriott and Carol K. Rachlin. Relates how Grandmother Spider brought fire and light to the animals in the long ago. Matt blue pictorial paper boards. B/w and two tone illustrations. ISBN: 0060250739. Corners lightly rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is a little grubby and worn at corners.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2106668
Published by Van Holkema & Warendorf. 1st 1906. Almost very good condition.

Full leather binding with gilt titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. Ribbon ties weaved into binding of covers. 50 colour plates; tipped-in. Heavy, hand-made paper. Text is in Dutch. A lovely edition! Limited edition to 325 copies. 8" split to top of spine next to front cover. 3-4" split to base of spine on rear side of covers. Bumping and wear to corners and spine. A little chipping along cover edges. Original ribbon ties are still present on binding - one to bottom of front cover has partly torn off, so can not be tied to ribbon on rear cover; original piece of torn of ribbon still present inside, but detached. A few marks to covers. Looks like repair work has been professionally done at some point; new overlap edges have been very neatly added, so protecting more original corners. The book also appears to have new endpapers. Some foxing to outer page edges and a few to some pages internally. Some creasing to uncut page edges. All plates are present and in excellent condition!

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KING STORK
Written by Howard Pyle. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.
Stock no. 1805448
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story that is filled with all the things a good tale should have - magic, a handsome hero, a beautiful, heartless princess and an evil witch! Dark green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0437676730. Corners lightly rubbed, covers nice and bright. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn with a little loss to top & tail of spine.

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JUMPING MOUSE
Written by Brian Patten. Illustrated by Mary Moore.
Stock no. 1805435
Published by The Hawthorn Press. 2nd 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Second Edition. A folk-tale. Purple pictorial boards and endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781903458990. Light scuffing to covers, contents fine.

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