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THE BOOK OF THE SAGAS
Written by Alice S. Hoffman. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1830279
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Good condition.

Library binding. Terracotta cloth boards with gilt title to spine. First story is The Story of Odin and the Gods and of the Making of Heaven and Earth. 6 striking chromolithograph plates, many other b/w plates and illustrations. 320 pages. Ex-lib with the usual stamps and markings. Removal of label to front endpaper has led to surface paper damage and a chip to lower edge. All plates present. Spine is leaning. Contents are grubby. A reading copy only.

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RUPERT AND PRINCE HUMPTY-DUMPTY - RUPERT LITTLE BEAR LIBRARY No. 8 (WOOLWORTH)
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1830265
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 62 pages. ISBN: 0361024555. Board corners lightly bumped. Couple of minor indentations to boards. Minor smudge to verso of title page and vertical edge of first page of story. Page 23/24 has a diagonal crease across top margin. Else contents clean.

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RUPERT AND THE MAGICIAN'S UMBRELLA - RUPERT LITTLE BEAR LIBRARY No. 6 (WOOLWORTH)
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1830263
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Small scratch to 'T' of 'Rupert' to front board. Corners bumped. Contents clean.

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RUPERT AND BILL AND THE PIRATES - RUPERT LITTLE BEAR LIBRARY No. 5 (WOOLWORTH)
Written by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1830262
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 62 pages. Corners bumped. Blue biro scribble to title page and biro marks to facing front pastedown. Otherwise contents clean.`

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DUKE THE LOST ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1330139
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No. 25. Small oblong format. Blue boards with red title and vignette of Duke to front. Plain endpapers, colour illustrations. 56 pages. ISBN: 0718208404. Minimal bumping to spine. Tiny dent to top edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased and rubbed, rear panel is slightly grubby with a small edge tear to top.

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SIX TALES OF THE FOUR PIGS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Alec Buckels.
Stock no. 1330128
Published by Faber & Faber. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, blue title to spine and vignette of pigs to front. B/w illustrations. 128 pages. 5th impression. Fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock and some preliminary pages. Inscription in ink and a name and address in biro to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is foxed and has a large closed tear to front panel, minimal loss to spine and corners.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT TO THE RESCUE A PLAY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1330126
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey pictorial boards, blue titles. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. Blue text. Colour illustrations. 64 pages. ISBN: 0001941135. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly edge worn and slightly grubby.

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LITTLE GREY RABBIT'S SPRING-CLEANING PARTY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Katherine Wigglesworth.
Stock no. 1330125
Published by Collins. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards. Delightful colour pictures throughout. 63 pages. ISBN: 0001941313. Covers are edge rubbed else bright. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby to rear panel.

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NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330124
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1927. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles, vignette and border. Top edge gilt. Pink pictorial endpapers. Delightful b/w illustrations throughout. 103 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Fading to spine and cover edges. Some light scuffing to rear cover. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Browning to last (blank) page and to half title-page. Some very light fingering to pages and some of the hinges are slightly pulled. A nice copy of the second edition (published same year as first edition).

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THE WANDERINGS OF ODYSSEUS
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
Stock no. 1330123
Published by Frances Lincoln. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Odyssey. Large format. Brown boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 071120862X. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, edge creased and faded to spine.

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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR BABY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; Anne Anderson; Nina K. Brisley; E. Dorothy Rees; et al..
Stock no. 1330122
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Good condition.

Front cover shows two babies playing with building bricks and an orange ball. 12 full-page colour illustrations with a short sentence of text below. 7 full pages of easy to read text. Spine and corners are worn, covers edge rubbed. Rear cover is slightly grubby. The binding has been repaired and the pages are now quite 'stiff' to open. There is paper damage to the margins of the last two pages (an illustration and text) but the illustration is not affected.

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SQUEAKER'S LONG LEGS
Written by Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1330121
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1941. Good condition.

The story of Squeaker the jolly little pig and his adventures with his stilts. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 63 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Covers are grubby and foxed. Light foxing to contents which are otherwise clean.

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