THE THORNY PARADISE
Written by Edward Blishen.
Stock no. 1329199
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Writers on writing for children. Essays by distinguished writers on their craft or on special aspects of it. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 175 pages. ISBN: 0722654634. Spine and corners bumped. Pale page browning and foxing. Small, light mark to rear free-endpaper. White dustwrapper is just a little yellowed and edge rubbed.

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SONGS OF INNOCENCE
Written by William Blake. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329192
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Ex-lib with writing to front pastedown. Both pastedowns are damaged from removal of sellotape(?), also small brown marks to endpapers. Library stamp to rear pastedown. Finger creases to pages but contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, only minimal loss.

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GOOD COMRADES
Written by Felix Salten. Illustrated by Bob Kuhn.
Stock no. 1329185
Published by Transatlantic Arts Limited. 1944. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Translated by Paul R. Milton. Grey cloth, black titles. B/w text illustrtations. Spine and corners bumped. Some light fading to cover edges and some slight damp(?) staining to top corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with slight loss and grubby to rear panel.

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BENJAMIN BOUNCES BACK
Written by Alan Baker. Illustrated by Alan Baker.
Stock no. 1329184
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Benjamin might have saved himself a lot of trouble if he'd got his glasses changed when he realised that he couldn't read the sign on the door (which said No Entry). Pictorial boards. Cute colour illustrations. Oblong format. ISBN: 0233969977. Slight wear to cover edges. Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and has a light stain to top edge of rear panel.

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THE WILD SWANS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1329181
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Fairy Tale Gems Series. 2 colour plates plus b/w drawings. Other Stories are: The Storks; The Daisy and The Little Match Girl. Spine and corners bumped. Spine darkened, slight marking to cover edges. Front free-endpaper has been removed and now joint is cracked. Foxing to textblock and endpapers.

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THE SPRING HOUSE
Written by Ruth Tomalin.
Stock no. 1329180
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Ralph Oliver describing the holidays he spends with Aunt Lizard. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 254 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and grubby to rear panel.

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HENRY TREECE C.S. LEWIS BEATRIX POTTER
Written by Margery Fisher; Roger Lancelyn Green; Marcus Crouch.
Stock no. 1329179
Published by The Bodley Head Ltd. 1969. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Bodley Head Monographs. Revised and re-set. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. 224 pages. ISBN: 0370007980. Top edge of textblock is slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly grubby, foxing on verso of wrapper.

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LEWIS CARROLL E. NESBIT HOWARD PYLE
Written by Roger Lancelyn Green; Anthea Bell; Elizabeth Nesbitt.
Stock no. 1329178
Published by The Bodley Head. 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Bodley Head Monographs. Revised and re-set. Purple boards, gilt title to spine. 219 pages. ISBN: 0370008855. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF WOODLE BEAR
Written by G.E. Breary. Illustrated by G.E. Breary.
Stock no. 1329177
Published by George Newnes Limited. Circa 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Woodle was a Fairy King Bear and goes to the Toyshop where he once lived to take back a Girl Bear to Fairyland... Grey cloth with dark red titles and vignette to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some staining to lower edges of covers. Child's inscription in crayon to front pastedown (dated 1946). Light foxing to endpapers. Some light fingering to page margins and a couple of other marks also. Dustwrapper is worn and creased, grubby to rear panel and chipped with slight loss to spine and corners.

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SUMMER VISITORS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 1329172
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

It was another world and he didn't like it... Michael Taylor had looked forward for months to summer camp in Yorkshire, but now he was there he longed to be home again... Yellow boards, burgundy title to spine. 232 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Light damp staining to covers. Light creasing to lower corners of preliminary pages. Top edge of textblock is foxed. Dustwrapper is stained (tea/coffee?) but this shows mainly on the white rear panel.

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WILLIAM THE BOLD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1329170
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1950. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to spine. B/w text illustrations. 248 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed and lightly stained. Gilt titles faded. Foxing, mainly to textblock but affecting some pages as well.

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STORIES FROM OLD-FASHIONED CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Written by Andrew W. Tuer.
Stock no. 1329168
Published by Evelyn, Adams & Mackay. 1st 1899. Good condition.

Compiled from books for children dating from as early as 1770-1820's. Contains over 250 illustrations - woodcuts, drawings and silhouettes. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 439 pages, including index plus publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Light spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (dated '99). Endpapers browned. Foxing and fingering and one b/w illustration very neatly coloured in. Some page edges are torn from rough opening after the binding process.

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