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A SHOOTING STAR
Written by Wes Magee.
Illustrated by Lorraine White.
Stock no. 426481
Published by Basil Blackwell.
1st
1985.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Poetry Two. Poems collected by Wes Magee. ISBN: 063190011X. SIGNED by Wes Magee - 'For David, Happy Daze!' on title page. Covers a little unevenly browned.
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- ANTHOLOGY - POETRY
WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
Written by Ted Hughes.
Illustrated by R.J. Lloyd.
Stock no. 426501
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st
1984.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A Farmyard Fable for the Young. Large oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0571131557. SIGNED by author - "For Jenny, David's Wife. Greetings from Ted Hughes 15th November 84" on front endpaper. Very small amount of red marking to one corner of outer page edges. Wrapper is a little creased to edges.
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- ANIMAL STORY
- FABLES
CLASSICS ONE
Written by Al Crabbie.
Illustrated by Lukas Kelly; Denham Kelly.
Stock no. 426511
Published by The Fairytale Company.
1st
2004.
Nearly fine condition.
Adapted Hans Christian Andersen fairytales. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Compact disc that follows the 'play' form of text in the book. Contains 'Jack the Dullard', 'The Tinderbox' and 'The Swineherd'. ISBN: 0954787404. Spine and corners very lightly bumped. Compact audio disc still present inside plastic case inside front of book.
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- AUDIO BOOK
MERRY STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Written by Ierne L. Plunket; Margaret Baker; Thora Stowell; et al.
Stock no. 426525
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press.
Circa
1937.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Pictorial boards, colour plates. B/w illustrations. First story is 'The Witch's Cottage' by Ierne L. Plunket. Board edges worn, a few corners bumped. Presentation plate to front pastedown. Some light browning to verso of frontis. A few light foxspots to contents. Contents are tight. A little chipping to edges of wrapper, with some foxing and grubby marks - but nice and complete!
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THE PLAY'S THE THING!
Written by Enid Blyton; Alec Rowley.
Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 576252
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. A few marks to front cover. Spine and corners just very slightly bumped. Small piece missing from lower margin of page 109. Small closed margin tears on pages 111, 113 and 161. A few faint foxspots to endpapers and a few faint margins marks else contents bright and clean. A very nice copy of this handsome book.
Price: £64.00 £48.00.
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- PLAYS
- MUSICAL SCORE (CHILDRENS)
- ENID BLYTON
THE GHOST OF TANTONY PIG
Written by Julia Jarman.
Illustrated by Laszlo Acs.
Stock no. 426379
Published by Andersen Press.
1st
1990.
Nearly fine condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Laurie Gell thinks he has problems enough...then a pig starts speaking to him - could the legend of Tantony Pig be true? ISBN: 0862642957. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Very corners a little bumped.
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- GHOST STORY
PIG
Written by Paul Geraghty.
Stock no. 426388
Published by Hutchinson.
1st thus
1991.
Nearly fine condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. When Michael's family has to move from the farm in the wild hills of Natel to the city of Cape Town, he leaves behind a lifelong Zulu friend and the old farm school to face a sinister and unwelcoming gang at his new school. ISBN: 0091763940. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page.
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NOBODY'S CHILD
Written by Patricia Miles.
Stock no. 426391
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1975.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Peach boards, gilt title to spine. A gripping adventure story set in the eighteenth century. ISBN: 0241891795. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Name in pen on front endpaper. Spine faded and a little bumped. Some foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, faded to spine, with a little creasing.
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THE STAR TRAP
Written by Marjorie Darke.
Illustrated by Michael Jackson.
Stock no. 426392
Published by Longman Young Books.
1st
1974.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Maroon boards, gilt title to spine. Frances Redmayne runs away from Mrs. Harpers Seminary for Young Ladies to seek success as an actress... ISBN: 0582162629. SIGNED by author on title page. JAB in pen on front endpaper. Pages 17-24 have not been cut properly when published - so these page edges stick out above the rest and are now creased. Some light foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine and a little chipped and creased to edges.
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A DISTURBING INFLUENCE
Written by Patricia Miles.
Stock no. 426394
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1978.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Black boards, silver title to spine. Andrew Gifford is 16 and bright beyond his years. A mathematician by direction - but what by inclination?... ISBN: 0241100224. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Name in pen on front endpaper. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut and faded to spine.
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JET, A GIFT TO THE FAMILY
Written by Geoffrey Kilner.
Illustrated by Mary Dinsdale.
Stock no. 426396
Published by Kestrel Books.
1st
1976.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. When his father brought home a greyhound, David dreaded what his mother would say... ISBN: 0722652011. Spine a little bumped. Some very light foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is faded to spine and a little chipped in a few places.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- DOGS
- DOGS (CHILDRENS)
LIONBOY: THE CHASE
Written by Zizou Corder.
Stock no. 426413
Published by Puffin Books.
1st
2004.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Green boards, red title to spine. Charlie is on the run from an amazing floating circus with six homesick, beautiful Lions. Second in the 'Lionboy' series. ISBN: 0141380527. Pictorial wrapper is a little creased to edges.