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THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER AND OTHER TALES
Written by John Ruskin; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1329933
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Also contains: The Golden Touch by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Ten Pieces of Gold by Mrs. Craik; The Golden Apples of Lough Erne told from traditional sources. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates, 4 by Rountree to the first story. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cloth covers marked. Plates all present, a couple have creased/ragged margins. Some grubby marks to contents. Hinges cracked but binding still tight.

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PARLICOOT
Written by Alex W. MacLeod. Illustrated by Alex W. Macleod.
Stock no. 1329919
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

And How He Set Out to Find A Playmate. Parlicoot is a strange little creature who appears in the Dell one day looking for a Playmate. An enchanting story delightfully illustrated. 23 pages. Slightly oblong format. Foxing to cloth spine. Light scribble marks to front cover, scuff marks to rear. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Marks to front pastedown and half-title page. Contents generally clean. A nice, bright copy of a scarce little book (not as bad as it sounds!).

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THE TYGER TRAY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1329917
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A rich blend of mystery and excitement involving an Indian tray, a tiger skin and some very powerful hocus-pocus! Purple boards with gilt title to spine. B/w woodcut illustrations. ISBN: 041665830X. Minimal shelf bumping to spine and corners. Pale page browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. A few small, light marks to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly faded to spine.

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BIGGLES-AIR DETECTIVE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1329914
Published by Marks & Spencer. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards, red cloth spine. Two-colour illustrations. 93 pages. 10 x 8". Covers are edge worn and slightly grubby. Cloth spine is starting to fray at edges. Foxing to textblock. Slight musty smell to contents.

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WE'RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT: 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Written by Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
Stock no. 1329913
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large oblong format. Matt pictorial boards with title to spine. Full page colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781406319408. Slight rubbing to corners of book. Contents are fine. Slipcase is just a little bumped at corners.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1329911
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1926. Very good condition.

12 very pretty colour plates plus b/w decorations. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decoration to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. 125 pages. 8.5 x 6.25". A New Edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small 'bubbles' in the cloth to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to contents, mainly at textblock. Front joint is cracked at lower 3". A nice copy of an early reprint.

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GOLD GOLD IN CARIBOO
Written by Clive Phillipps-Wolley. Illustrated by Godfrey C. Hindley.
Stock no. 1329909
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of adventure in British Columbia. Red cloth with black title to spine and black border lines. 6 frontis. 288 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge rubbed, slightly marked to spine.

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RUPERT, THE MANIKIN AND THE BLACK KNIGHT - RUPERT LITTLE BEAR LIBRARY No. 18 (WOOLWORTH)
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1329905
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1970. Almost very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 62 pages. ISBN: 0361029608. Spine and corners bumped with slight wear to corners. Contents are browned, fox(?) spots to last text page else contents clean.

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DON'T GO OUT TONIGHT
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 1329885
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

A Creepy Concertina Pop-Up. Unfold this clever pop-up book into six hilarious scenes, all in full dimension and with moveable parts! Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0241107326. Slight wear to corner tips of covers and pages. Pop-ups in excellent working order.

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SAUCERS OVER THE MOOR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1830022
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A gripping and fast-moving adventure story about the Lone Pine Club set on Dartmoor. Cream boards, red titles. Endpapers show sketch of the Moor. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. Boards a little browned. Text block foxed. Front endpaper browned. Some foxing to contents. Two small pieces of tape repair to gutter of last page and verso of rear endpaper. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has a tape mark to front flap, is edge-worn iwth a small tape repair to front lower edge, and is grubby to rear panel.

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THE BROTHERS GRIMM - POPULAR FOLK TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm; Brian Alderson. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1329879
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1978. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w throughout. Illustrated endpapers. 192 pages. 10 x 7". ISBN: 0575024461. SIGNED by the artist to title-page. Spine very slightly bumped. Slight evidence of some pencil erasure to verso of front free-endpaper.

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THE LILAC FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1329874
Published by Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Good condition.

Lilac covers with gilt titles and vignette to spine. Embossed decoration to front cover. 6 coloured plates and numerous illustrations. xv and 369 pages. 7.5" x 5". All edges gilt. Covers have faded to white (a normal problem with this volume!). Gilt still bright. Covers grubby and spine bumped. Both free-endpapers are missing. There is some foxing to the prelims and the last couple of pages. The b/w plate opposite page 6 has been coloured in neatly. All other plates are present and untouched.

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