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THE LITTLEST ONE
Written by Marion St. John Webb.
Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328781
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1918.
Very good condition.
4 pretty colour plates illustrate this collection of poems for young children. Dark brown boards with gilt title and silhouette vignette. Light brown spine with black title. Dark brown endpapers. 45 numbered pages. Cr 8vo. Spine slightly bumped, corners slightly worn. Fading to cover edges. Heavy foxing to contents.
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- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
HOW TO RECOGNISE YOUNG BIRDS
Written by Eric Pochin.
Illustrated by Eric Pochin.
Stock no. 1328780
Published by Brockhampton Press.
1st
1951.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The Young Naturalist series. Beige boards with brown title and vignette to front. 124 delightful colour pictures. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge-chipped, very slightly grubby with a few spots to front panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- ORNITHOLOGY
- BIRDS (CHILDRENS)
SEMOLINA SILKPAWS COMES TO CATSTOWN
Written by Gladys Williams.
Illustrated by Ronald Ferns.
Stock no. 1328779
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd..
1st
1962.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The first in the series. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers/ Delightful single-colour line drawings. Old tape marks to endpapers and to covers. Some foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has tape marks to flaps and a couple of foxspots to rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- CATS (CHILDRENS)
- CATS
STRAY
Written by A.N. Wilson.
Stock no. 1328778
Published by Walker.
1st
1987.
Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
One summer the proud old alley-cat Pufftail settles down to tell his young grandson story of his life. Humorous, exciting, poignant an shocking by turns, the account of his experiences makes a gripping and highly entertaining tale, with a cast of memorable feline characters. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 175 pages. ISBN: 0744508010. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Pale page browning throughout, light foxing to textblock.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- CATS
- CATS (CHILDRENS)
ESCAPE TO PERSIA
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock.
Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328774
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1942.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red cloth, black title to spine. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. 319 pages. Third impression. Spine very slightly bumped. Tiny, light spot to front cover. Endpapers are very slightly browned. Label to half title-page with inscription in ink on it. Contents otherwise lovely and bright. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby to rear panel and a tiny bit rubbed at corners.
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OXUS IN SUMMER
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock.
Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328773
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1939.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Salmon cloth, gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps of 'Country Round Peranwisa". B/w illustrations. 312 pages, top edge red. Spine slightly bumped and very slightly faded. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and just a little grubby to rear panel.
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THE FAR-DISTANT OXUS
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock; Arthur Ransome.
Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328772
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1942.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Introduction by Arthur Ransome. Red cloth, black title to spine. Pictorial endpapers are maps of 'Country round Peran Wisa'. B/w illustrations. 350 numbered pages, top edge red. Seventh impression (in a 6th printing wrapper). Spine is slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to top margin of half title-page. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little bit edge rubbed and very slightly grubby to rear panel.
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WITH BEATTY OFF JUTLAND
Written by Percy F. Westerman.
Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1328771
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd..
Circa
1935.
Very good condition.
A Romance of the Great Sea Fight. Blue cloth with pictorial front board and spine. 6 b/w plates. 284 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Book leans to one side a little. Slight browning to endpapers.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
- PICTORIAL BINDING
THE BABY'S CATALOGUE
Written by Allan Ahlberg.
Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1328768
Published by Kestrel Books.
1st
1982.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The lives of five families through the course of a day - and a night - showing a vast array of baby paraphernalia. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bold, easy to read text. ISBN: 0722657773. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with very slight loss to top of spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- EARLY READERS
OWLET THE GREAT HORNED OWL
Written by Irene Brady.
Illustrated by Irene Brady.
Stock no. 1328767
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
1st
1974.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A beautiful and realistic story of the inexorable ritual of life. Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine and vignette to front cover. Blue endpapers. Wonderful b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 039518519X. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some very faint spotting to covers. Foxing to textblock. Some erased pencil markings to half title-page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, browned to spine with tear at top of spine and just a little grubby.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANIMAL STORY
- OWLS
THE KINGDOM UNDER THE SEA AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Joan Aiken.
Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.
Stock no. 1328766
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1971.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Delightful retelling of traditional East European folk tales. Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. Full-page colour pictures - exquisitely beautiful, black silhouettes against marble colours, plus numerous other silhouette illustrations. 104 pages. ISBN: 0224618822. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light vertical mark to centre of front cover. Slight foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss. Small red ink mark to front panel of wrapper, authors name partially rubbed to spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- ILLUSTRATED
- SILHOUETTES
- FOLK TALES
- EUROPE
- KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER
SIMON THE SWAN
Written by Cicely Mary Barker.
Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1328765
Published by Blackie.
1st
1988.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Brown cloth. Gilt titles to spine. Colour illustrations. 9.5 x 7". The previously unpublished sequel to Lord Of The Rushie River. ISBN: 0216924553. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine, tear to lower corner of front panel.