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FOUR TO FOURTEEN
Written by Kathleen Lines; Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1322951
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A library of books for children compiled by Lines, introduction by De La Mare. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge faded and chipped with minimal loss.

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THE DUTCH CHEESE
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 1322949
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st USA 1931. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover, embossed vignette to front. Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 75 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Light foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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THE STORY OF MISS JEMIMA
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Nellie H. Farnam.
Stock no. 1322947
Published by Grosset & Dunlap. 1st USA 1940. Good condition.

Blue cloth spine, yellow pictorial boards. 55 numbered pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Child's pencil writing to front free-endpaper. Some light fingermarks at page margins else contents clean.

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NURSERY RHYMES FOR CERTAIN TIMES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Elinor Darwin; Moyra Leathem.
Stock no. 1322946
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st thus 1956. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The most completely satisfying book of nursery rhymes and jingles that have ever been published! Grey cloth. Two-tone line drawings throughout (coloured by Leathem). Introduction by De La Mare. 124 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Slight fading to cover edges. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed, edge chipped with loss to top and tail of spine.

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AN ELEPHANT IN THE GARDEN
Written by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2139571
Published by The Book People Ltd.. Circa 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Elizabeth, Karli and their mother are avoiding the Russian troops which would be hard enough to do, even if they didn't have an elephant to look after! Glazed pictorial boards. 232 pages. B/w illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE REPTILE ROOM
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 2139557
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Second in the series. Three siblings endure a car accident, a terrible smell, a deadly serpent and lots of other miseries. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0749746122. ISBN sticker to rear board. Spine faded.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE BAD BEGINNING
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 2139556
Published by Egmont Children's Books Ltd.. 1st UK 2001. Nearly fine condition.

The first in the series. An unhappy tale about unlucky children. Pictoral boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0749746114. Very slight rubbing and slight fading to spine else as new.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE REPTILE ROOM
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 2139529
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Second in the series. Three siblings endure a car accident, a terrible smell, a deadly serpent and lots of other miseries. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0749746122. Spine is faded. ISBN sticker to rear cover. Page edges are browned, with a few foxspots.

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PETER PAN IN SCARLET
Written by Geraldine McCaughrean. Illustrated by David Wyatt.
Stock no. 2139512
Published by Oxford University Press. Circa 2006. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The official sequel to J.M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan'. Red cloth with metallic red title to spine and vignette of Peter pan to front cover. B/w illustrations. Return to Neverland for an adventure you will never forget! ISBN: 019272620X. SIGNED by author to page between half-title and title page. A couple of small knocks to corners, with a few small marks to outer page edges.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1937 (FACSIMILE) - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2139510
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1986. Slightly better than very good condition.

A limited and numbered reproduction of the 1937 Rupert annual. 123 pages. Red cloth spine, pictorial paper boards. Red and black illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0850791650. Some fading to base of spine. This is Copy No. 13383. Wraparound band is still present - very good - some chipping and wear along edges; a bit of fading to spine.

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UNDER THE STARS
Written by Richard Paterson. Illustrated by Sylvia Green.
Stock no. 1322924
Published by A.R. Mowbray & Co. Limited. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

First broadcast by the South African Broadcasting Corporation for Christmas 1947. Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners just a little bumped and rubbed. Some light fading and foxing to spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to prelims and last few pages.

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THE SCARECROW AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1322912
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Includes The Lovely Myfanwy and Broomsticks. Yellow cloth with light blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. Tiny dent to lower edge of front cover. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is just a little grubby to rear panel.

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