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MARY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 2139973
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1893. Almost very good condition.

A nursery story for very little children. Orange cloth with black decorations, gilt title to spine. 180 pages plus catalogue to rear. 7 full-page b/w illustrations. Spine is browned with some wear. Marks to covers. Small nick to spine on rear. Marks and foxing to outer page edges. Inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Some margin marks and browning.

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CARROTS JUST A LITTLE BOY
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 2139972
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1934. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt title to spine; blue decorations to front cover. 7 b/w plates. Spine is faded. Some marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE ROBIN AND THE WREN
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by Fritz Wegner.
Stock no. 2139971
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of the authors poems. Pictorial boards. Brown endpapers. Colour and b/w text illustrations. 64 pages. ISBN: 0722650086. Browning and foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine; a few nicks to edges.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S STORIES FOR EVERYDAY
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Charles Griffiths; Dorothy M. Shepherd. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2139968
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition.

9.75 x 8.75". Light grey pictorial boards showing a boy and a girl peeping around from a door with elves and pixies to either side of picture. First story is "The Star That Fell At Christmas". Colour illustrations throughout. Front cover is a bit bowed. Small damp stain to top of spine. Inscription in ink top of title page and to front pastedown. Some grubby margin marks. Foxing in places.

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THE LITTLE SCISSORS MAN
Written by Alec Buckels; Constance Buckels.
Stock no. 2139966
Published by Jarrold and Sons Limited. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

Card wraps. 22 numbered pages. Novelty book. On the first and last page there are coloured shapes to cut out and add in the correct places to the illustrations (follow the instructions to the text). Uneven browning to covers; a few other marks. Corners are creased. Cut-out pages are both UNUSED!

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TOM AND THE PRETTY PERSIAN
No author listed.
Stock no. 2139964
Published by Purnell. Circa 1974. Almost very good condition.

A Shape Book. Card wraps. Colour illustrations. Tom and Jerry characters. ISBN: 0361027427. Some wear to covers; small stain to one edge. Remains of old label to bottom of front cover. A bit of creasing.

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THURSDAY RIDES AGAIN
Written by Michael Bond. Illustrated by Beryl Sanders.
Stock no. 2139963
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The second book about Thursday the orphan mouse. Pale green boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 128 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0245593403. A few small knocks along cover edges, with a bit of browning. Some marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine with some creasing; a few small nicks.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 2139960
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver titles and vignette. 8 blue & white full page illustrations, other b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Some white spots to covers. Corners are bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and marks to outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is creased with tears; 1" loss to base of spine; smaller loss to corners; some grubby marks.

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MISTER ICY-COLD
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Will Nickless.
Stock no. 2139941
Published by Shakespeare Head Press. 1948. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 16 short stories. Reprint. Spine is faded and worn. Bumping to corners and cover edges. Foxing and some marks to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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SWEET WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2139937
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1949. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth black title to spine. 252 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded. A few marks to covers. Foxing throughout. Wrapper is creased and torn and chipped with a few small pieces of loss; small area of surface paper damage to rear panel.

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THE TALE OF KITTY-IN-BOOTS
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2139849
Published by Frederick Warne. Circa 2016. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Kitty's owner thinks she is a serious, well-behaved cat but Kitty sneaks out at night to go hunting. Beatrix Potter wrote this in 1914 but did not find time to illustrate it, over 100 years later Quentin Blake has brought Kitty to life. Blue matt boards with white titles and mock pictorial onlay. Colour illustrations. 69 pages. ISBN: 9780241247594. 3rd printing. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Wrapper has some uneven browning and a few nicks at edges.

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AWFUL AUNTIE
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1323023
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Do you have an awful Auntie? However awful your auntie might be, she will never be in the same league of awfulness as Aunt Alberta. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 410 pages. ISBN: 9780007453603. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn/creased.

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