THE HORKEY
Written by Robert Bloomfield. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1501264
Published by MacMillan. 1st 1882. Fair condition.

A Provincial Ballad. Beautiful colour text illustrations throughout. Illustrated boards. Cloth spine. All edges blue. Cr 4to. Spine, corners and covers very worn and grubby. Ink name to front cover. Joints and some hinges cracked. Two gatherings, pages 17 to 32, detached but present. Next gathering almost detached as is rear endpaper. Numerous marks to contents but all still perfectly readable. A reading copy.

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BOM GOES TO THE CIRCUS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1309597
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1961. Very good condition.

Small strip book format. Red cloth spine. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Two tone illustrations throughout. 92 frames. Covers slightly edge worn with light vertical creases and rear cover slightly browned. Some pale damp stains to page edges and light corner tip creases else contents clean.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2110088
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Very light mark to front cover else covers clean. Couple of tiny holes to spine. Front joint is partially cracked. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing, mostly to endpapers and prelims. Plates are bright and clean. Guards at gutter edges are worn in places and coming unglued. Plate XII has a green scuff vertically to verso (not affecting the illustration). Plate XVI is edge-worn. A few small closed edge tears to margins. Rear endpaper has been repaired at edges with magic tape and has one other closed tear. Despite faults this is a decent copy of a rare Aldin title.

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BILLY BUNTER IN BRAZIL
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 2110035
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 3rd 1957. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A trip to Brazil was an unexpected pleasure in the summer holidays. However when they got there they discovered that their host, Brian Mauleverer had disappeared. Peach boards. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small edge-tears and chips; minimal loss; some tears repaired to verso with small amounts of tape.

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WINTER HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 2110017
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1933. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth gilt title to spine, embossed title to front cover. B/w illustrations. 359 pages. Uneven browning to covers. Corners and spine are bumped and worn, with some chipping; nick to side of spine. Front joint next to half-title page is cracked. Some foxing - mostly to outer page edges. Contents are still very good.

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NICCOLO
Written by Karel Jaeger. Illustrated by Martin Wells.
Stock no. 1309585
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. 61 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light fingermarks to contents but generally clean. Dustwrapper has a large tear/crease to top edge of front panel which is tape repaired on verso and has slight loss at top of spine.

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CAPTAIN BOUNSABOARD AND THE PIRATES
Written by Ian Serraillier. Illustrated by Arline V. Bray; Michael Bartlett.
Stock no. 1309569
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, silver title to spine. 252 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of small dents to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed, foxing also at page edges. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, 2.5" tear to lower spine.

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THE TINY TEACHER GRAMMAR BOOK
Written by Violet Harford. Illustrated by Violet Harford.
Stock no. 2109978
Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. A book for toddlers small, with Mrs. Bunny to teach you all, While nursery friends and Woodland too, Will learn the simple rules with you. Colour illustrations throughout. Looks at nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs etc. Wear to spine; a couple of small splits to top and tail. Creasing to cover corners and edges. A few ink letters to a few pages internally.

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MRS WADDLE HOW SHE MAKES A FORTUNE
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1309550
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small square format (4" x 4"). Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Covers slightly grubby. New staples and very neat tape reinforcements to inner margins of some pages. Small tear to front edge of spine.

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THE AMERICAN TWINS OF 1812
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 2109950
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, dark titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Bumping to corners. Fading to top and tail of spine. Foxing to pages and wrapper, which is also chipped and torn, with a little loss.

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THE FILIPINO TWINS
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 2109947
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green/blue cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 151 pages. Spine is browned. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with browning to spine and grubby marks; a few edge-tears and nicks; creasing.

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HALF A MOON AND ONE WHOLE STAR
Written by Crescent Dragonwagon. Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Stock no. 1309540
Published by Macmillan Publishing Co.. 1st 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An exuberant celebration of night and the people and creatures who inhabit it. Blue cloth spine with silver title and blue boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0027331202. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper ever so slightly edge creased.

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