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RAIN MAKES APPLESAUCE
Written by Julian Scheer. Illustrated by Marvin Bileck.
Stock no. 1327684
Published by Holiday House, New York. Circa 1964. Almost very good condition.

Pink pictorial cloth, red titles. Wonderful colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with slight fraying of cloth to spine ends. Some light finger creasing to endpapers.

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LUCKY BUTTON
Written by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1327682
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Can one lucky token change two lives? White pictorial boards. 168 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781406371680. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased.

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THE FOUR-LEAVED CLOVER AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Gladys Peto. Illustrated by Gladys Peto.
Stock no. 1327652
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. 8 colour plates. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, small nicks to top and tail of spine. Child's name in biro to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock and contents else contents clean.

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WHO'S AFRAID?
Written by Ron Van Der Meer; Atie Van Der Meer.
Stock no. 1327651
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

A Lift-The-Flap counting book. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0241107318. Minimal bumping to spine and corners and minimal grubbiness to covers. Foxing else contents clean.

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ENID BLYTON'S LITTLE BOOKS NO. 1 - BRER RABBIT
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Alfred E. Kerr.
Stock no. 1327649
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. Circa 1942. Very good condition.

Small format. White pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Covers ever so slightly grubby/browned. Contents clean.

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A HEAD GIRL'S DIFFICULTIES
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1327616
Published by Friends Of The Chalet School. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

The second of the La Rochelle books. Complete and unabridged. Pictorial cardwraps. 202 pages. ISBN: 095362692X. Minimal fading to spine and minimal rubbing to cover edges.

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PUFF (TIMBUCTOO SERIES)
Written by Roger Hargreaves. Illustrated by Roger Hargreaves.
Stock no. 1827965
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

A story in the life of Puff - a sort of Panda from Timbuctoo! Small format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340238836. Covers lightly browned. Edges very lightly rubbed. Light creasing to rear cover. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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THE SCARLET HERRING AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Edward Abbott Parry. Illustrated by A. D. Rusden.
Stock no. 1827946
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 1st 1899. Very good condition.

Green cloth with red and black title and vignette to front; gilt title to spine. All edges gilt. 252 pages. Boards a little grubby. Gilt text block nice and bright. Light browning to endpapers. Top margin of prelims a little chipped and torn (likely from being prised open). Front joint is pulled between verso of front endpaper and half-title page else binding is tight.

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THE GREY KING
Written by Susan Cooper. Illustrated by Laura Carlin.
Stock no. 1827938
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Fourth book in "The Dark Is Rising" series. New preface by the author. Grey cloth spine, silver title. Grey pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Small mark to base of text block. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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SILVER ON THE TREE
Written by Susan Cooper. Illustrated by Laura Carlin.
Stock no. 1827937
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Fifth and final book in "The Dark Is Rising" series. New preface by the author. Purple cloth spine with silver title, purple pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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HELEN, BALLET STUDENT
Written by Linda Graeme.
Stock no. 1827900
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Junior Novel. Helen's sixteenth birthday present is an audition at the Lincoln School of Ballet. Readers will be enchanted with this story and its true atmosphere of a real ballet school. Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Third impression (undated). Boards a little mottled and marked. Spine is a little cocked. Name in pencil to top edge of front endpaper (erasure has been attempted unsuccessfully). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss, repaired to verso with clear tape, rear panel is a little grubby.

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TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
Stock no. 1827899
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Illustrated Classics series. Dark red boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 281 pages. Wonderful double-spread colour illustrations. Borad corners lightly bumped. Cloth to top edge of rear board is discoloured. Foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and rubbed to top of spine.

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