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GOOD COMPANIONS
No author listed.
Stock no. 594481
Published by The Sunshine Press. Circa 1940. Almost very good condition.

A collection of short stories for children. First story is 'The Butterfly Hunters' by Cicely M. Drury. Blue pictorial paper boards showing young boy in his sailor outfit carrying a toy boat with a young girl in yellow dress holding hook and terrier on leash. B/w illustrations, colour plates. Edges rubbed, corners worn. 0.25" loss to top of spine affecting title, base of spine split to either side. Large inscription in ink to front pastedown has imprinted on to half-title page. Contents clean.

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THE CHILDREN'S LIFE OF CHRIST
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 626978
Published by Methuen. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Peach cloth with white titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Foxing to text block, top of text block dusty. Front hinge cracked. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby to rear panel and lightly edge-rubbed.

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WHEN TIMOTHY CAME TO STAY
Written by Ann Verrent.
Stock no. 626996
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Jane was very happy, because her little baby brother was too small to play with her. A Play-With_Me book. 'Make everything swing to and fro so Timothy plays with Jane'. A moveable book. Pictorial boards, colour illustrations. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean, moveables in excellent condition.

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JEREMY BEAR AND THE FIRE ENGINE
Written by Ursula Hourihane. Illustrated by Tudor Art Agency Ltd..
Stock no. 626997
Published by Queen Anne Press. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Corners rubbed & worn, 2" split to bottom front edge of spine. Light corner crease to first few pages else contents clean.

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ROSAMOND
No author listed.
Stock no. 594364
Circa 1816. Good condition.

A collection of four stories about a girl of seven years old - The Purple Jar, The Two Plums, The Injured Ass, and A Day of Misfortunes. Very small format, 4.25" x 3". Plain grey paperwraps. 127 pages. Joints broken, cover attached to contents by binding. Name in ink to first page. Covers worn. First page grubby else contents generally clean for a book of almost 200 years old.

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COMFORTING THOUGHTS
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 594371
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Nearly fine condition.

A Golden Thoughts Booklet. Small format. White pictorial paperwraps. Approx 5 x 3.5 inches. Lovely colour illustrations throughout. Small corner crease to bottom of front cover. Contents beautiful!

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RAINBOW ANNUAL 1954
No author listed.
Stock no. 594311
Published by The Fleetway House. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, red pictorial front cover. Colour frontis, numerous illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and worn, with a little chipping to corners. Name and address in ink in belongs to box. Maze puzzle has been completed.

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THE OLD GENIE HOTTABYCH
Written by Lazar Lagin; Fainna Solasko. Illustrated by B. Markevich.
Stock no. 594276
Very good condition.

A Story of Make-believe. Cloth spine, with black title to it. B/w illustrations. Translated by Solasko. Some wear to spine, with a little browning. Bumping to a couple of cover edges, with wear to corners. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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LITTLE SUSY'S SIX BIRTHDAYS AND OTHER STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 594292
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1901. Good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to front cover, with black picture. B/w plates. Original spine is missing, with new cloth spine (no title to it) has been put on. Some fraying to original cloth. Grubby marks and wear to covers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis, which has been repaired with glue. Some grubby marks and browning internally. Still a good reading copy.

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THE STORY OF EBENEZER BRISTLES
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 594297
Published by Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

A Uncle Toby Book. Brown cloth spine, chequered pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations plus colour plates. Ebenezer Bristles is a hedgehog. Some wear and light chipping to cover edges and corners. Browning to endpapers and foxing to outer page edges. Colour plates are still beautifully bright! Scuff marks to rear cover.

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ANGUS AND THE CAT
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Marjorie Flack.
Stock no. 594220
Published by The Bodley Head. 2nd Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Angus is an inquisitive Scottie dog who now has a cat living in his home - a cat who boxes Angus's ears and takes his food and sits in his sunshine... Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Rear cover a little grubby. Small name in ink to front endpaper. A few finger marks to contents. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby, a little edge-rubbed with a few tiny closed edge tears.

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A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE
Written by Myles B. Foster. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 594222
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1881. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Songs for a child's day with music. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 8.5 ". Green and yellow pictorial paper boards. 29 pages. Boards a little foxed. A few finger marks to margins. Page 12 and facing page 13 has paper residue to bottom corners and small mark. Pictorial wrapper is foxed and torn at edges with loss including most of spine missing (of dustwrapper).

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