HOW THE WHALE BECAME
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by George Adamson.
Stock no. 1303954
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of stories about the days when the world was brand new, and the animals were still making up their minds just what they wanted to be. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 72 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Light page browning to half-title page else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little grubby on rear panel and slightly worn at top and tail of spine. A nice copy of the scarce first edition.

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MARGERY MERTON'S GIRLHOOD
Written by Alice Corkran.
Stock no. 1303938
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 b/w plates. 286 pages plus 32 page catalogue at rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few small bubbles in the cloth on rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown (name crossed out). Some fingering but contents generally clean. Last page of catalogue is slightly torn at inner margin.

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THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1601309
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1908. Good condition.

Red cloth covers with bevelled edges, pictorial onlay of Samuel Whiskers to front. 21 x 16.5cm. Colour and b/w illustrations. 69 pages. Spine bumped, edges rubbed, boards unevenly discoloured. Book is affected by damp with staining and red 'bleeding' to page edges (especially towards the front of the book). Inscription in ink (dated 1909) to front endpaper. Scattered foxing. Text is legible and illustrations are clean.

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THE MANOR HOUSE SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by F.G. Moorsom.
Stock no. 1303911
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1923. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial cloth, cream titles. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout (some heavy). First gathering of pages is loose. White pictorial wrapper is grubby, creased and edge worn, 1.5" loss to top of spine and slight loss to base, a few repairs on verso.

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PEEPS INTO FAIRYLAND
Written by E. Nesbit; F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy.
Stock no. 1303868
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1896. Almost very good condition.

A Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories. Nister book 633. Six stunning three-dimensional stand-up scenes. Large oblong format. Green cloth spine, colour pictorial paper boards. Front cover shows the Babes in the Wood riding on a leaf in the air harnessed to a pair of robins. Green/white floral endpapers. Spine has been rebacked with red cloth. Corners and cover edges are worn. There is some scuffing to the covers. Front free-endpaper is missing. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. One page has a large closed tear which has been neatly repaired. From the pop-up scenes there are some flowers missing at the top of the fairy's oar (in the swan picture) and the giant is missing from behind Jack (in the Jack and the Giant picture) otherwise the pop-ups are complete, bright and in excellent working order. The text pages are well fingered and thus a little grubby. A decent copy of a scarce pop-up book.

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ON HONOUR
Written by Ellinor Davenport Adams.
Stock no. 1303861
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with illustration to front and spine. Colour frontis and title page. 332 pages plus 4 page publication list to rear. A school and home story. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few light marks and an embossed school stamp to rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Some light foxing to page edges and prelims else contents clean.

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JIMMY JUMBO'S EXCITING DAY
Written by Ethel Butterworth. Illustrated by Ethel Butterworth.
Stock no. 1702907
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Fold out direction on how to may Jimmy to inside rear cover. Covers grubby. A few short tears to plan at rear. Small stain to top of page edges.

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THE BOY WHO DIDN'T LIKE RAIN
Written by Edith M. Bell. Illustrated by Barbara C. Freeman.
Stock no. 1202918
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1943. Good condition.

Oblong format, beige cloth spine with pictorial front board. 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners worn and cover edges rubbed. Covers are a little bit grubby. Front joint is partly broken causing front free-endpaper to be part detached. Foxing throughout. Colouring (mostly very neat) to the b/w illustrations.

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OUR GIRLS' HOBBY BOOK
Written by Ethel Talbot; J.T. Gorman; Bertha Leonard; et al.
Stock no. 1202915
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1928. Very good condition.

Collins Bumper Books Series. Yellow pictorial boards. Front cover shows girl swinging a sports club. First hobby is 'Gardening as a Hobby' by Talbot. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Prize plate to verso of frontis. Foxing, mainly to page edges.

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THE PEDLAR'S PACK
Written by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin. Illustrated by Charles Pears.
Stock no. 1202912
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. circa 1910. Almost very good condition.

Delightfully illustrated yellow cloth covers. Brown endpapers. 9 colour tissue-guarded plates and other b/w illustrations. 397pp + 2pp adverts. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and illustration to front is a bit rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown, name in ink to verso of frontis, name address and date in ink to title-page. Some fingermarks else contents clean.

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ASLAK WHERE ARE YOU?
Written by Viola Wahlstedt. Illustrated by Tessa Jordon.
Stock no. 1202899
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st UK 1971. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Aslak was disgusted - schools were no place for Lapps. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0333105672. Spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Dustwrapper has several small closed edge tears and is faded at spine and edges.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1202891
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. A few marks to covers. Page corner tips lightly creased. Foxing to contents else clean.

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