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THE DAY THE CRAYONS MADE FRIENDS
Written by Drew Daywalt. Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers.
Stock no. 1331299
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2025. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Special Edition. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780008768942. SIGNED by the author and the illustrator on a 'crayon' sticker which is stuck to the title-page. A super copy.

LUCIE ATTWELL'S STORY BOOK
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell; R.F. Brown; Bertha Leonard. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1331297
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows children in a circle holding hands. First story is The Fiery Little Dragon. Colour illustrations throughout. 29 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name has been erased from belongs to box. Small brown marks affect margins of most pages.

JOHN LYON; OR, FROM THE DEPTHS
Written by Ruth Elliott.
Stock no. 1331296
Published by T. Woolmer. 1882. Good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w plates. 495 pages, publication list to rear. Fourth Thousand. Spine is worn at top and tail with fraying of cloth. Covers edge rubbed. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some page browning and textblock slightly grubby, dusty to top edge.

THE IMPERIAL GEOGRAPHY
Written by George Gill.
Stock no. 1331295
Published by George Gill & Sons Limited. 1904. Good condition.

For use as a class text book and for preparation for the examinations. Revised 47th edition. Yellow cloth with black titles and borders. 496 pages. B/w maps. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed with small split to top of spine. Covers slightly grubby. Insciption in ink(?) has been covered with a blank name plate to front pastedown. Name in ink to top margin of title-page. Endpapers browned and some slight cracking of joints. Textblock is grubby and dusty.

EXPELLED: BEING THE STORY OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN
Written by Bernard Heldman.
Stock no. 1331293
Published by James Nisbet & Co.. Circa 1894. Good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title label to spine and gilt title to front cover. Black decoration to spine and black illustration to front cover. B/w plates. 347 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, small split to top of spine. Some spotting to covers. Initials and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing, page browning and fingering to contents. Some hinges cracked and pulled but binding still tight.

UNCLE REMUS
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1331292
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1908. Good condition.

Or, The Story of Mr. Fox and Brer Rabbit. Small format. Blue cloth covers, gilt titles and large onlay to front. 8 colour plates. 155 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Tiny nick to top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Both joints cracked but binding still tight. Browning to verso of last page and to half title-page. Name plate to rear pastedown (upside-down). One plate is lightly creased. Grubby fingermarks to page margins.

THE THRESHOLD OF HISTORY
Written by H.R. Hall. Illustrated by Nancy Smith; Hilda Booth.
Stock no. 1331291
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1918. Good condition.

Beige pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates and b/w text illustrations. 159 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby with name and address in ink to top of front cover. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Half title-page is browned. Textblock is grubby/dusty. A few foxspots else contents clean.

BERIC THE BRITON
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1331290
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A story of the Roman Invasion. Blue pictorial cloth. 384 pages. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and endpapers browned. Front joint is cracked, binding still tight.

WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 1331289
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1895. Good condition.

Blue and gilt pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates. 388 pages plus 32 page booklist. A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers a little grubby and scuffed. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing. Some hinges cracked. Binding still tight.

LOST IN THE WILDS
Written by Edward S. Ellis.
Stock no. 1331288
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1904. Almost very good condition.

Great River Series. Green pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w frontis with tissue-guard. 331 pages plus publisher catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Cloth slightly grubby. Prize inscription in ink to front pastedown (ink line through). Some light foxing. A couple of hinges cracked but binding still tight.

HALF-A-DOZEN SISTERS
Written by Evelyn Everett-Green.
Stock no. 1331287
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Good condition.

Brown cloth with green titles and decorations and pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. 338 pages plus book list. Spine and corners bumped. Rubbing to spine edges. Light vertical crease to front cover. Name in ink and another with address. Front joint cracking. Some foxing but contents generally clean.

KINGS AND QUEENS BOOK 2
Written by L. Du Garde Peach. Illustrated by Frank Hampson.
Stock no. 1331286
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1969. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 561. Blue pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 072140183X. Spine bumped. Slight rubbing to cover edges and small nick to rear edge of spine. Contents clean. Tally 230 to rear cover.