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THE BEAR WHO WENT BOO!
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1325401
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2015. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A mischievous picture book packed with snow and surprises. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780008149536. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at edges.

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THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 47
Written by Geoffrey R. Pocklington; Charles Gilson; E. Talbot; et al. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell; Gordon Browne; Alfred Pearse; T.H. Robinson; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1325376
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1925. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Large format. 11 colour and b/w plates plus b/w illustrations. Vol XLVII on spine. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges slightly rubbed. Light marks to rear cover. Some slight foxing else contents clean.

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KATE GREENAWAY
Written by M.H. Spielmann; G.S. Layard. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1825653
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1905. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe limited edition of 500 copies, SIGNED by Kate Greenaway's brother, John Greenaway. Cream cloth with gilt titles and blind decorations. With an original sketch by Kate Greenaway. Beautiful plates that have captioned page guards. Spine browned and worn with fraying to top & tail. Boards are grubby. Text block browned. Joints cracked but binding tight. SIGNED by John Greenaway and number 275 (?) of 500. Some minor foxing and age related marks presnt. All plates present. Plate on page 88 has a repaired closed tear which does not affect the actual illustration. Plate and tissue guard facing page 166 is creased at edges with a few tiny closed tears.

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GREGORY OF THE FORETOP AND OTHER TALES
Written by J. Erskine Clarke.
Stock no. 1325344
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Circa 1902. Very good condition.

Attractive blue pictorial cloth with gilt title to front. 52 pages plus 4 page publication list to rear. Some b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned but clean.

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PEG-LEG AND THE FUR PIRATES
Written by Peter Dawlish. Illustrated by Norman Hepple.
Stock no. 1325332
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Captain Peg-Leg takes his ship into the Arctic seas to find out why certain valuable cargoes of furs have never reached port. Blue cloth. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing. Price-cut wrapper is grubby and slightly worn at spine and corners.

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THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS
Written by Vera Southgate. Illustrated by Robert Lumley.
Stock no. 1325329
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1974. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird series 606D. The original 'well-loved tales' classic! Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402402. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Marks to rear cover. Last title listed on rear cover is The Princess and the Frog, Tally 360 and price 18p. Some light foxing to contents.

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THE SWEDISH FOSTER-BROTHERS
Written by Sarah S. Baker.
Stock no. 1325262
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1899. Very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth with gilt title to spine. 127 pages. B/w frontis and title-page. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown, prize plate to verso of front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Contents clean.

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EVA AND HER PLAYFELLOWS A BOOK OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE YOUNG
Written by C.M. Smith.
Stock no. 1325259
Published by Dean & Son. Circa 1862. Good condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt decoration. Cream endpapers. 4 hand-coloured plates (including the title-page). 255 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped, wear to top of spine. Covers scuffed. Glue marks to joints. Some hinges pulled.

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NIGHTLIGHT TATTOO
Written by M.T. Candler. Illustrated by John Benison.
Stock no. 1325256
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth covers with red title to spine and vignette of toy soldier to front. B/w text illustrations. 197 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, slight fading to lower cover edges. Foxing to textblock. A couple of pages have slightly ragged edges where they have been opened after the binding process. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, slightly grubby and edge rubbed.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Written by J.K. Rowling.
Stock no. 1825569
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fifth in the Harry Potter series. Pictorial boards. 766 pages. ISBN: 0747551006. Light vertical crease to spine. Tiny nick to lower front board joint. Lower board and spine lightly bumped. Page edge browning else cotnents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and slightly edge-creased.

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THE TRAGEDY OF MR. PUNCH
Written by Russell Thorndike; Reginald Arkell. Illustrated by Arthur Watts.
Stock no. 1825542
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1923. Almost very good condition.

A Fantastic Play in Prologue and One Act. The classic tale of Punch and Judy. Introductory essay by Max Beerbohm. 9 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown paper. Large format. Beige cloth spine, grey marble effect boards. 61 pages. Board edges rubbed. Three flower stickers/decoupage to lower half of front pastedown. Text block and endpapers browned. Small burn mark to top margin of page 13-17 with minor loss. One or two closed tears to page edges (no loss), a few grubby marks to contents. All plates present, some have a lower corner crease.

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THE DULCIMER BOY
Written by Tor Seidler. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1825535
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st UK 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story for children set in New England at the turn of the century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224019333. Slight fading to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to spine and a little scuffed.

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