THE PLAY'S THE THING!
Written by Enid Blyton; Alec Rowley. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1102900
Published by The Home Library Book Company; George Newnes Limited. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

12 musical plays for children aged 8 to 15. 24 full-page b/w drawings by Alfred Bestall and music by Alec Rowley. Very large format. Russet cloth, gilt title and decorations to spine. Pictorial endpapers. 240 pages. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

Price: £52.00 £39.00.

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THREE LITTLE DUTCH GIRLS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1102877
Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Title of first story is 'Little English Betty'. Split to base of spine for 2". Covers grubby. Some foxing. Colour illustrations are bright.

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THE KIDDIES' ANNUAL
Written by Fanny Hurrell; et al.
Stock no. 1102855
Published by The Epworth Press. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Front cover shows two children and a dog bursting out of a typed page. Cloth spine. First story is 'One of the Clan' by Fanny Hurrell. Wrapper is edge-torn with some loss.

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WINGED PRINCESS
Written by Anne Kennington. Illustrated by C. Conway Gordon.
Stock no. 1102851
Published by Nicholson & Watson. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown pictorial boards. Brown and white text illustrations. 40 pages. SIGNED by author, with dedication. A few marks to covers. Wrapper has a few marks and is edge-chipped.

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DO LOOK OUT, NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Tyndall.
Stock no. 1102837
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy book no. 15. Red pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Colour title to front cover, spine and title page. ISBN: 0361004168. Covers and corners are bumped and worn. Foxing to prelims. Wrapper is creased with half inch loss to top of spine.

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THE BIG BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Margaret Stuart Lane. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Allan Carter; et al..
Stock no. 1302567
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Very good condition.

The Big Books series edited by Herbert Strang. Pictorial boards and spine (monkey to spine). 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. First story is "Sai the Panther". Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Rear cover is just a tiny bit grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to page edges else contents clean.

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A PECULIAR GIFT
Written by Lance Salway.
Stock no. 1801717
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1976. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Nineteenth Century Writings on Books for Children. Selected and Introduced by Lance Salway. Beige/olive cloth boards, purple title to spine. B/w illustrations. 572 pages including index. ISBN: 0722651406. A nice, clean copy in a price-cut pictorial wrapper.

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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL VOLUME 1895
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Theodore Wood; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; Charles Robinson; et al..
Stock no. 1801707
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1895. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy cloth spine. Cream pictorial boards. Colour and b/w text illustrations. Most illustrations by W.J. Morgan, a few early Charles Robinson illustrations, many illustrations not attributed. First story is "Mr. Old Year" by Mrs. Molesworth. B/w and colour illustrations throughout. Edges rubbed with slight loss of surface paper.Joints cracked, hinges tight. A few margin marks but contents generally nice and clean.

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THE WIND IN THE WOOD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1801684
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

A collection of fairy-stories illustrated by 12 glorious colour plates plus b/w chapter head and tail decorations. 143 pages. Light blue cloth, silver titles. Edges rubbed and worn, boards scuffed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to text block and a few page margins. A few grubby margin marks. All plates present.

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CAPTAIN ANNE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by M.D. Johnston.
Stock no. 1102671
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1939. Good condition.

Brown cloth with dark titles and decorations to spine and front cover. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. 288 pages. Covers are grubby, marked and unevenly faded. Corners and spine are bumped and worn, with a little fraying to cloth. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Some foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

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TRIFFENY
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1102670
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Triffeny joins the family pottery firm and rather unexpectedly becomes an asset to the business in more ways than one... Brown cloth, silver title to spine and small vignette of a squirrel to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 275 pages. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some foxing and chipping to edges, with minimal loss.

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THE DUTCH CHEESE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1302521
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front cover. 5 stories. B/w drawings. 143 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Large (taking up the lower half of the page) but neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few small foxspots else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss at edges and also to centre of spine and to edge of rear panel, old tape stains to wrapper.

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