MERRY HOURS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1506815
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1924. Very good condition.

Stories and Pictures for the Little Ones edited by Mabel Mackintosh. Stiff card covers, pictorial front shows boy and girl collecting mussels. B/w illustrations, at least six by Wain. Staples rusty. Covers slightly grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Contents very good, just an odd fox spot.

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LITTLE PETS
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1506814
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Brown stiff card wraps with black titles and decoration, onlay of dog in basket. Advert to rear. 4 colour plates, 1 is by Wain. Short stories and rhymes. Repaired split to base of spine. Contents generally clean. Foxing to verso of three plates but not the Wain one.

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PAPER MODELLING FOR SIX-YEAR-OLDS
Written by Clare Craig.
Stock no. 1506813
Published by A. Brown & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Beige stiff card wraps with dark blue titles and diagrams. 6.75 x 8.25". B/w frontis. Instructions and diagrams to make simple furniture and buildings. 31 pages plus publication list. Covers grubby with some marks and browning. Wear to spine and corners. A couple of ink blots, some fingermarks and small marks to contents. Small amount of foxing from binding thread to centre pages.

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THE ZOO BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1406349
Published by George Newnes Limited. circa 1926. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows chimpanzee dressed in red jacket and hat. 6 Colour plates plus 49 b/w plates. 96 pages. Spine is bumped and faded with a little fraying to top of spine. Corners bumped and very worn. Some rubbing to board edges. Covers scuffed and grubby. Front endpaper removed. 1 colour plate is MISSING. Front joint and several hinges cracked. Erased blue pencil marks to front endpaper and verso of frontis. Colour pencil lines to front and rear joint. Some marks to page margins. Browning to endpapers.

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PIPPY AND THE GNOME AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1406344
Published by Pitkin. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition.

A Pitkin Pleasure Book. Blue leatherette look boards with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some rubbing to board edges. Small bumps to couple of book edges. Front board slightly scuffed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Neat colouring to a couple of pictures. Marks to some page margins. Creasing to corners of a few pages.

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ADAM AND PARADISE ISLAND
Written by Charles Keeping. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1506809
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition.

The story of a muddy creek with a small island in the middle called Paradise. How the local people fought against the decision to build a motorway. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Striking colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0192798421. Light page edge browning and some light browning to spine.

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WILLIE'S FIRE-ENGINE
Written by Charles Keeping. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1506804
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1980. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 019279728X. Spine lightly browned. Laminate has a lot of small vertical creases, production error. Light browning to some page edges otherwise contents clean.

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NEW GIRLS AT WOODEND
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1406308
Published by Frederick Books; Blackie & Son. 1st 1957. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A country school, entirely of seniors, is suddenly invaded by five juniors, of 12 years old or less, accepted by the headmistress for various reasons. Green boards with red titles to spine. 240 pages. Spine a little bumped. Slight bump to top corner of first thirty pages. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a little chipped. Rear panel is browned. Wrapper is generally grubby.

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THE SNOB
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1406296
Published by Laurence and Bullen. 1st 1904. Slightly better than good condition.

Some episodes in a Mis-spent Youth. Green pictorial boards with typical Aldin full page illustrations. Rebacked spine is bumped. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges worn. Covers scuffed. Joints cracked. Staples are rusty. Name to front pastedown. Crease to top corners of front endpaper. Light browning to pages. Some foxing and grubby marks.

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I LEONARDO
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1506771
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Raucous, anarchic, exquisite and moving... Large oblong format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0224019163. SIGNED by Steadman with dedication and date. He appears to have torn page with pen when signing so has written oops!! alongside. Contents clean. Dustwrapper ever so slightly edge worn.

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THE GIRLS OF SQUIRREL HOUSE
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1406291
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

Bright yellow cloth with brown lettering and vignette of galleon to front. Colour frontis. 128 pages. Story taken from part of the Abbey Girls On Trial. Spine and corners bumped. Light browning to endpapers. Some foxing, mainly to text block edge. Some light fingering.

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DAME SLAP AND HER SCHOOL
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1406285
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1943. Slightly better than good condition.

There was no school on Breezy Hill for the children, so Dame Slap, a dear kindly old rabbit opened one. Pictorial pink boards, dark blue titles. Two b/w illustrations per page with sentence of text below. 89 numbered pages. 7.75 x 5.5". Backstrip missing. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Bumping to top edge of front board. Board edges rubbed. Covers are grubby, Browning to endpapers and some pages. Rear joint beginning to crack. Some fingering to contents.

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