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THE MAN OF SNOW
No author listed.
Stock no. 2110375
Almost very good condition.

Small format. Purple boards with black title strip to spine. Contains 3 delighful hand coloured plates. 124 pages. Boards faded. Contents foxed but generally clean.

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WORMWOOD
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 2110394
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Special Edition. A gripping tale of sorcery, treachery, intrigue and supernatural strife. Includes b/w illustrations and maps from the period (c1756). Navy blue boards, silver title to spine. 312 pages. ISBN: 0571223915. SIGNED by author to title page.

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THE FORESTER'S GIRL
Written by Mrs. W.F. Irvine Bell.
Stock no. 1401548
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Very good condition.

Blue boards. Red title to spine. Red borders to front board. 302 pages Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers browned. Blind stamp to title page saying Presentation Copy. Some foxing, mainly to page edges.

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MR. POPPLECORN TASKER AND MOO
Written by Margaret Musson. Illustrated by Kathleen Burrell.
Stock no. 1401544
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial boards with blue spine. Colour and line drawing throughout. Large format. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some scuffing to boards. Some foxing mainly to pages edges, else contents clean and bright.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS IN TOWN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 2110274
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. Colour frontis plate. 314 pages plus 5 page publication list to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Repaired split to top of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning and foxing.

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THE BELL OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1309979
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, fading to spine and top cover edges. Small stain affects rear cover, endpapers and rear page edges. Some light foxing otherwise contents clean.

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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TUNNEL
Written by Carol Kendall. Illustrated by Lilian Buchanan.
Stock no. 1309974
Published by The Bodley Head. 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Bodley Head Library Reprint. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 192 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0370009258. Minimal bumping to spine. Price-cut wrapper is lightly browned to spine and has a couple of tiny marks to panels.

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THE NEW HOUSE CAPTAIN
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Mary Strange Reeve.
Stock no. 1309965
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1st 1928. Fair condition.

Yellow and blue cloth with vignettes to spine and front cover. Colour frontis and 4 b/w plates. 288 pages. Covers are worn and grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown partially torn out. Frontis plate has been badly torn and now has tape repairs on vesro and a small hole to centre. Pencil scribbles erased from title-page. One plate missing and one has large section torn off (and missing) from lower corner. Contents foxed and fingered.

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1309940
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format. Orange boards, green titles. 84 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some slight wear to cover edges. A few small fingermarks to contents but generally clean. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby and is torn at front fold.

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NANCY AT ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1309937
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st thus 1965. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, green title to spine. 184 pages. Super Hampton Library. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Contents browned but clean. Price-cut wrapper is worn, torn and creased with loss at corners.

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THE WOODS OF WINDRI
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1309914
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A tale of the past with knights, monks, bandits and warriors flitting across the scene. Yellow cloth, brown title to spine. B/w illustrations. 255 pages, lower edges untrimmed (as originally published). Spine and corners bumped, foxing to covers. Pencil writing to front pastedown. Front free-endpaper missing. Pencil drawing (of a dog) to rear endpaper). A couple of small marks to page edges. Pencil tick marks to contents page. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with slight loss.

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DOROTHY DIMITY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1604627
c. 1923. Good condition.

Brown stiff card covers, with a 2 dolls to front. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Corners and edges scuffed with some surface damage. Inscription to inside front cover. Centre pages have become detached from staples and are grubby. Scattered foxing but contents generally very good.

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