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MR NOAH AND THE SECOND FLOOD
Written by Sheila Burnford. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2108969
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"Mr and Mrs Noah, true descendants of the original Noah, live on an isolated mountain-top. They are visited once a year by their Bank Manager who brings them a gold bar, a years supply of The Farmers Monthly, and a cake from Mrs Bank Manager wrapped up in an old Sunday Newspaper". Oblong format. Burgundy boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0575015667. Browning to page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with closed tear to front panel; repaired to verso with tape.

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THE YOUNG MAN OF CURY AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Charles Causley. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1501092
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0333538129. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Odd fox spot to contents. Wrapper is foxed on verso and a little edge creased with tiny split near top of spine.

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MORE FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 1308700
Published by The Nonesuch Press. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Nonesuch Cygnet. Chosen from the Colour Fairy Books of Andrew Lang by Kathleen Lines with an epilogue by Roger Lancelyn Green. Pink cloth, gilt titles and attractive gilt swan vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Ex-lib with stamps to prelims and textblock and removal of labels to front endpaper. Spine bumped. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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THE MOUSE'S HOUR
Written by M. Fitzgerald. Illustrated by K.F. Barker.
Stock no. 1308676
Published by Country Life Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A fantasy in rhyme. Pale grey cloth, green titles to spine and front cover. B/w pencil sketches. Very small green mark to front cover. Light damp stain to base of spine, affecting front and rear covers. Endpapers lightly browned, a few foxspots to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut (large section cut from front flap), is foxed and slightly grubby and has a few small marks to rear panel.

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BASIL MAKES A FILM
Written by Peter Firmin. Illustrated by Ivan Owen.
Stock no. 1806659
Published by World Distributors Ltd.. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

A Big Television Book. Basil Brush. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 16 pages. ISBN: 0723522316. Pictorial covers are lightly creased. Contents fine.

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THE FOREST AND THE KINGDOM
Written by Meriol Trevor. Illustrated by Philip Hepworth.
Stock no. 1806638
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Burgundy cloth with gilt title to spine. Sketch map of the World of Dionysus to endpapers. B/w chapter headers, map to frontis. Small white spots to spine and spine edge of boards. Name in ink to front pastedown. Front hinge pulled. Binding nice and tight. Contents clean.

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LIONBOY
Written by Zizou Corder.
Stock no. 1806627
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Charlie Ashanti can speak Cat... when his mum and dad go missing the cats are the only friends he can turn to. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 0141380241. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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LIONBOY: THE CHASE
Written by Zizou Corder.
Stock no. 1806626
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, red title to spine. Charlie is on the run from an amazing floating circus with six homesick, beautiful Lions. Second in the 'Lionboy' series. ISBN: 0141380527. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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SYLVIE AND BRUNO CONCLUDED
Written by Lewis Carroll. Illustrated by Harry Furniss.
Stock no. 2108799
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1893. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt vignettes and borders. 46 b/w illustrations. All edges gilt. Spine is faded, with a little chipping to cloth at top and tail. A little cracking to joints. Gilt still bright. Wrapper is browned, with some edge-tears and chips; a bit of loss to spine and corners. Creasing next to spine down front panel.

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GAMES FOR PLAYTIME & PARTIES
Written by Stanley V. Wilman. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1308598
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. Circa 1920. Good condition.

With and Without Music. Large format. White cloth spine, white pictorial front board. Tipped-in colour frontis, colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 82 pages. 12" x 9". Corners worn. Spine bumped. Covers a bit grubby. Child's name in ink to front pastedown. Book opens to verso of frontis so possibly free-endpaper is missing? Some light fingering to contents and a couple of corners lightly creased. Slight surface paper damage to title-page and a small tear at base of margin. A decent copy of a scarce book.

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THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1308562
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1915. Almost very good condition.

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Rebound with white cloth spine and gilt title, red cloth covers. Grey endpapers. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Spine bumped and slightly grubby, some slight fading to top edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Front joint (between fly-leaf and frontis) cracked. Foxing and some fingering throughout. Erased crayon name to verso of frontis.

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A FAIRY GARLAND
Written by Charles Perrault; Madame D'Aulnoy; et al. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2108586
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Being nine Fairy Tales from the Old French. Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine. 12 superb colour plates throughout. 251 pages. 9.5 x 7". Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges, prelims and some page margins.

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