THE QUEEN WHO CAME TO TEA
Written by Helen Bradley. Illustrated by Helen Bradley.
Stock no. 1507704
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The delights of an Edwardian childhood captured by Helen Bradley's incomparable pictures. Large oblong format. Burgundy boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 0224015451. Top of spine bumped. Slight fading to bottom edges of covers and small mark near title. Just a few fox spots to margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn, base of spine and bottom edge of front panel slightly faded, flaps browned.

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THE WATERBOYS AND THEIR COUSINS
Written by Charles Dickens Lewis. Illustrated by E.H. Suydam.
Stock no. 1507701
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. circa 1918. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Stories to help children understand and enjoy the wonders of country life and the growing of food products in the garden. The Waterboy is a water molecule that dances down from the clouds and visits all the plant folk i.e. The Bean-Baby, Mother Corn Stalk etc. Beige cloth covers with brown and blue vignettes and titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 172 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Light browning to endpapers and page edges. A lot of foxing to verso of half-title and title page, just a couple of spots elsewhere. Dustwrapper has a few tears and some loss, mostly from ends of spine and folds. A bit grubby and spine and folds darkened.

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THE CHILD'S LIVINGSTONE
Written by Mary Entwistle. Illustrated by Ernest Prater.
Stock no. 1507690
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige matt boards with large pictorial onlay and dark titles, 8 x 7.25". Illustrated with 6 colour and 6 b/w full page illustrations, incl. front cover. 32 pages. Minimal bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few fox spots to covers and contents. Endpapers browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, chipped and slightly grubby, front panel and spine darkened.

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THE EPIPLECTIC BICYCLE
Written by Edward Gorey. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1407173
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st UK 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 4.75 x 7". ISBN: 0747541655. Board edges slightly grubby. A lovely copy.

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RUPERT LITTLE BEAR'S ADVENTURES NUMBER ONE
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1208720
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1924. Very good condition.

The first book of Rupert's Library. Grey boards with pictorial onlay to front showing Rupert with a Golly and the Magic Toy-Man in the distance. Contains four stories: Rupert and the Magic Toy-Man, Rupert and the Princess, Rupert At School and Rupert and the Old Miser. 3 colour plates plus two-tone illustrations throughout. Rebacked with blue cloth. A few minor scuff marks to front cover, small mark to rear cover. Corners a little worn. Front joint repaired as part of rebacking. Original pictorial endpapers retained. On verso of frontis plate there is an inscription in ink dated 1924 and offsetting from the picture. The outer margin of the frontis is grubby. Prelims and endpapers are foxed. Some foxing to contents but the pages are generally clean. Overall a bright copy of this scarce early Rupert book.

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THE EPIPLECTIC BICYCLE
Written by Edward Gorey. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1316829
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st UK 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 4.75 x 7". ISBN: 0747541655. Minimal fading to spine. Contents fine.

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POLLYANNA OF THE ORANGE BLOSSOMS
Written by Harriet Lummis Smith.
Stock no. 1507668
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark titles and border to spine and front cover. 208 pages. Spine faded. Top rear corner bumped. A little foxing/darkening to top edges of covers. 1" square blue label to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers. A few fox spots to text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears to ends of spine and folds. Spine faded. A couple of small marks to rear panel.

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NODDY AND TESSIE BEAR
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Lee.
Stock no. 1609606
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book no. 12: Pink pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Board edges scuffed. Spine bumped, unevenly faded, and split at base (about 2cm). Belongs To box completed in pencil. Wrapper is creased, edge torn and chipped with loss; faded to spine.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Florence Harrison; Ethel Talbot; Angela Brazil; Violet M. Methley; et al. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; Warwick Reynolds; Frank Wiles; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1507661
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paper boards show girl in red blazer with tennis racket, cloth spine. 4 colour plates, 1 colour plate by Florence Harrison. B/w and two tone illustrations. First story is 'The Socialist' by Mrs. J.D. Westwood. 208 pages. Spine bumped, worn and browned with a few marks. Corners and cover edges worn. Marks to covers. Small amount of crossed out writing to front endpaper. Grubby mark to top corner of half-title page. Rear joint and a couple of hinges cracked but binding is firm. Light foxing and a few marks to contents. All plates present.

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LITTLE TALES FROM LONG AGO
No author listed. Illustrated by W. Foster.
Stock no. 1407149
Published by Methuen. 1982. Almost very good condition.

Reproduced from antique books first published in the 1890's by Ernest Nister. 4 small books contained in a pictorial slipcase: Three Friends; Cats' Cradle; The Tale of a Dog; Three Little Maids. Colour pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations to each volume. ISBN: 0416886604. Spines and corners bumped. Small split to bottom of spine of Three Friends. Slipcase is bumped. Edges are scuffed.

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THE DAY TRIP
Written by Peter Hayden.
Stock no. 2123421
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. It was Michael's first school trip and first time abroad... ISBN: 0192715100. SIGNED by author, with dedication to previous owner to title page.

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SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO & JULIET
Written by William Shakespeare; Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jane Ray.
Stock no. 1407146
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A re-telling of the story by Michael Rosen. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 9.25 x 8". ISBN: 0744588243. Light bumping to spine and corners. Name to top corner of front endpaper. Dustwrapper is a little edge rubbed.

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