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THE EASTER HARE
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Decie Merwin.
Stock no. 1323234
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. 112 pages plus 8 page publishers list to rear. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed and ever so slightly grubby. Child's name in pencil to front free-endpaper. One joint is cracked showing webbing. Endpapers and some page edges browned.

TIM'S FRIEND TOWSER
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1323231
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format, Pink pictorial boards, blue spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Light bumping to spine. Wear along cover edges. Later dustrapper (has printed price of £1.25) has publisher's original clear plastic still present and stuck to verso. Some edge-creasing to wrapper.

READING AND RIGHTING
Written by Robert Leeson.
Stock no. 1323224
Published by Collins. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. The past, present and future of fiction for the young. ISBN: 0001844156. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Covers a little edge rubbed and unevenly browned.

THE TALE OF NOAH AND THE FLOOD
Written by W.E. Williams. Illustrated by Clarke Hutton.
Stock no. 1323221
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 54. Oblong format. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w lithograph illustrations. Covers slightly edge rubbed and grubby. Name in ink to top edge of front cover. Slight creasing to corners of covers and some page corner tips creased.

ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA
Written by Sheila Hawkins. Illustrated by Sheila Hawkins.
Stock no. 1323215
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Puffin picture book no. 45. Oblong format, paper wraps. Colour and b/w lithographed illustrations. Lithographed by Brown & Bibby. Name in ink and old price in pencil to front cover. Foxing to covers, inside covers and to page edges.

AIRLINERS
Written by John Stroud. Illustrated by John Stroud.
Stock no. 1323198
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 86. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Staples rusty. Some edge rubbing and slight creasing to corner tips. Contents clean.

SAILING SHIPS
Written by Archie White. Illustrated by Archie White.
Stock no. 1323196
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 88. Pictorial paperwraps, oblong format. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Tiny corner tip of top front corner torn off. Cover and page corner tips lightly creased.

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
Written by G.E. Pallant Sidaway. Illustrated by G.E. Pallant Sidaway.
Stock no. 1323195
Published by Penguin Books. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 89. Oblong format. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some light creases to corner tips. Staples rusty. Rear cover is very slightly grubby.

THE SKY AND HEAVENS
Written by Peter Hood. Illustrated by Peter Hood.
Stock no. 1323192
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 92. Paperwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Some foxing to covers and contents. Some slight rubbing at edges and light creases to corner tips. Not sure if it is a light crayon mark or a scuff mark to the front cover.

SPADES AND FEATHERS
Written by Tyler Whittle. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard; Tyler Whittle.
Stock no. 1323186
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Searching for the lost plate of a ruined Norfolk monastery is the main theme of this story. Peach boards with black title to spine and small avocet vignette to front cover. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers are maps of Crome's Broad. Some slightly bumped. Some very slightly browning to lower cover edges. Small patch of white paper transfer to base of spine (from dustwrapper). Contents are foxed and browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed on verso with damp stains to edges and tape repairs on verso.

FLIGHT FIVE: AFRICA
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1323153
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1961. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed, sunned to spine and has remains of white label to top of front panel. Last title listed on rear panel is this one (5 titles listed).

THE DOWNFALL OF HARRY WHARTON
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2140956
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 6, containing Magnet Nos 1255-1261 inclusive and No. 1269. Includes: The Complete Outsider, Down on his Luck, Harry Wharton's Downfall, Bounder and Captain, The Swot of the Remove, The Bounder's Folly, Harry Wharton's Enemy, Truants of the Remove. ISBN: 0703000004. Some light tape glue marks to endpapers. Page browning. Wrapper has some light edge-browning and creasing.