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THE WORLD'S WORST CHILDREN
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1323832
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Are you ready to meet the world's worst children? 10 delightully dreadful tales within.... White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780008197032. A super copy.

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THE BEACHCOMBERS
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1323831
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

As soon as Ned set eyes on the Pickerings he knew there had been a mistake... They were everything his mother disliked. Yet he stayed on because of the Beachcombers - he found them on the beach with their enchanting boat "The Sea Queen"... B/w illustrations. Peach covers, gilt titles. 126 pages. Cr 8vo. ISBN: 0571099327. SIGNED by the author to half title-page (inscription to Stephen). Spine bumped. Some light/faint foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and a bit grubby/foxed on rear panel.

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RED SETTLEMENT
Written by Henry Treece.
Stock no. 1323821
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story set against the conflicts and hardships of early American history. Yellow boards, red title to spine. 192 pages. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is a little edge worn with tape repairs on verso and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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BERTHOLD THE GOATHERD
Written by Marianne Filleul. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 1323818
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Circa 1885. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Floral decorated endpapers. 208 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. B/w plates and small text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Mark to top edge of rear cover. Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents generally clean.

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THROUGH VELD AND FOREST
Written by Harry Collingwood. Illustrated by Archibald Webb.
Stock no. 1323810
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

An African story. Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 tinted plates. 351 pages, all edges green. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink (dated Xmas 1913) to half title-page. Frontis has been reinserted with glue leaving glue marks at inner margins of opposite pages. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight. Foxing to textblock.

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A LAD OF LONDON TOWN
Written by Evelyn Everett-Green. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 1323805
Published by The Pilgrim Press. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

"A Tale of Darkness and Light". Blue pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. 253 pages plus 10 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Tiny dent to top edge of rear cover. Small mark to rear cover. Large name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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THE SCHOOL'S BEST MAN
Written by R.A.H. Goodyear. Illustrated by Savile Lumley.
Stock no. 1323804
Published by Jarrolds Publishers. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 320 pages. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper by means of a dedication. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name plate and name in ink to front pastedown. Heavy foxing else contents clean.

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A BOOK OF SHIPS
Written by A.C. Hardy; M.J. Hardy. Illustrated by Laurence Dunn.
Stock no. 1323798
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 2nd 1942. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 11. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers slightly edge worn and chipped. Some light foxing to covers. Staples rusty. Some foxing to contents.

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ANIMALS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Arnrid Johnston. Illustrated by Arnrid Johnston.
Stock no. 1323795
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1944. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 7. Pictorial cardwraps. Covers edge rubbed. Staples rusty. Some foxing to contents.

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A BOOK OF INSECTS
Written by Richard James. Illustrated by James Holland.
Stock no. 1323793
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1944. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No.5 Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by W.S. Cowell. Paperwraps. Covers grubby and foxed. Inside covers also foxed. Slight pulling at staples.

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DICK O' THE FENS: A TALE OF THE GREAT EAST SWAMP
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by Frank Dadd.
Stock no. 1323790
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Gilt title to spine. Green text block. 8 b/w plates. 383 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Ink address stamp on the front free-endpaper has been partially erased. Heavy fox spots throughout.

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WHEN BEATTY KEPT THE SEAS
Written by Frank H. Shaw. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1323785
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1917. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 4 colour plates. 312 pages. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Child's heavy pencil inscription to front pastedown. Vertical crease to centre of front free-endpaper. Foxing. One plate is loose but all still present.

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