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THE CABBAGE PRINCESS
Written by Errol Le Cain.
Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1830902
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st
1969.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of a King with a very bad temper who offended a powerful enchanter. Matt colour pictorial boards. Bright colour illustrations and endpapers. Not paginated. ISBN: 0571091555. Clean pictorial boards. Minor spotting to text block and inside edge of boards. Name in ink to half-title page. Else a beautiful, clean copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners, lightly browned to spine and unevenly faded to rear panel witha few minor marks. Overall, a very nice copy.
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- FAIRY TALES
MRS. FOX'S WEDDING
Written by Brothers Grimm; Sara Corrin; Stephen Corrin.
Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1830899
Published by Faber & Faber.
1st thus
1980.
Very good condition.
A very sweet teling of a lady fox with many tails who is a widow. She soon finds herself facing many suitors, most of whom she rejects, until finally she finds one who reminds her of her late husband. As well as being a lovely story there are beautiful illustrations. Adapted from Grimm's Fairy Tales. Re-told by Sara and Stephen Corrin. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Superb colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0571114571. Spine faded. Small nick to top rear edge of spine. Name in ink to front pastedown. Else contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
- FOXES
- ANIMAL STORY
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS
Written by Raymond Briggs.
Illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
Stock no. 1830897
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1982.
Very good condition.
A graphic account of one ordinary couple's attempt to stand firm in the face of nuclear annihilation. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Story related in cartoon script. Not paginated. ISBN: 0241107210. Boards lightly scuffed. Small name & address label to front pastedown. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- GRAPHIC NOVEL
HOW RABBIT STOLE THE FIRE
Written by Joanna Troughton.
Illustrated by Joanna Troughton.
Stock no. 1830896
Published by Blackie.
1st
1979.
Very good condition.
As the leaves fall from the trees and the wind blows colder, the animals wish they had fire to keep them warm. But only the Sky People living high in the mountains have fire, and they guard it jealously. Rabbit has a plan, however: he makes a special resin-covered headdress, tricks the Sky People and steals some fire. A North American Indian folk tale. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Not paginated. ISBN: 0216907071. Spine faded else boards clean. Old price label to rear board. Endpapers browned. Name in ink to front pastedown. Else contents are clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- RABBITS (CHILDRENS)
- FOLK TALES
BIGGLES DELIVERS THE GOODS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330741
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1952.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 182 pages. 5th impression. Minimal bumping to spine. Child's name in ink to front free-endpaper. Rear free-endpaper is missing. Old tape marks to front free-endpaper and last text page (because the endpaper is missing). Price-cut wrapper is slightly wrinkled and has a light vertical crease to front edge of spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330740
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1950.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 223 pages. 3rd impression. Spine and corners bumped. A few foxpspots to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is in several pieces and is edge chipped and torn with slight loss to top of spine and tiny chip to lower edge of front panel. Rear panel is slightly grubby. Front flap is detached but held in place by old tape (which is now browned and loosing the glue!).
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES THE AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY
Written by John Pearson.
Stock no. 1330737
Published by Hamlyn Paperbacks.
1st PB
1980.
Very good condition.
Paperback edition. ISBN: 0600200620. Covers are edge rubbed. Tiny printed price to rear cover has been scratched off. Contents are lightly browned else clean.
COMRADES IN ARMS
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330735
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1951.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Green boards, red titles. Stories of Biggles, Worrals and Gimlet. Colour frontis and title pages plus double-page green and black illustrations. 2nd impression. Fading to spine and a couple of cover edges. 'Letter' from Johns taped to front endpaper; tape is yellowing and brittle. Wrapper has taped to edges and is browned/yellowed. Some marks to cover edges from old tape. Some chipping to wrapper.
BIGGLES' SPECIAL CASE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330734
Published by Brockhampton Press.
1st
1963.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Pale grey boards, green title to spine. Colour frontis. Bombarded by jet fighters, grounded by a sand-storm, involved in a desert gun battle - another exciting Biggles adventure. 170 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light browning to cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with only minmal loss at corners (where rubbed).
BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330733
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1951.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue boards, darker blue titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light browning to spine and a few marks to front cover. Some foxing otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge scuffed, faded to spine and just a little grubby to rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES FORMS A SYNDICATE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330732
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1961.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biggles finds himself at 'Hells Gates'. Red boards, black title to spine, small vignette to front board. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Some very light browning to endpapers and a few very tiny foxspots to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a bit grubby to rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES IN THE JUNGLE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330729
Published by Brockhampton Press.
Circa
1963.
Almost very good condition.
Glazed pictorial boards. Hampton Library edition. The book has been covered with clear laminate (which is slightly wrinkled) and also has another set of grey endpapers.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE