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MY FIRST JIG-PUZ BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1202200
Published by John Leng & Co. Ltd.. 1936. Very good condition.

5 jigsaw puzzles and story verses. Large format. Red cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. First story/jigsaw is "The Fox Trot". All puzzles are complete with some edge-wear to a few pieces.

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THE MAGIC MERRY-GO-ROUND
No author listed. Illustrated by Ken Woodward.
Stock no. 1302690
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Pixie Book. Very small format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Minimal rubbing to corners. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a few tiny closed edge tears.

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HENRIETTA TAKING NOTES
Written by E. Crosby Heath.
Stock no. 1302678
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1912. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark blue cloth with gilt title to spine, cream title and illustration to front cover. 304 pages plus catalogue to rear. Top edge blue. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. "Compliments" label stuck to front endpaper from John Bull (insurance) Xmas 1915. Pale browning to endpapers. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little rubbed and marked. A nice copy of a scarce title.

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THE WHITE ADMIRAL
Written by H.E. Bates. Illustrated by Peggy Chapman.
Stock no. 1103199
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1968. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. The White Admiral used to visit the butterflies every year for his holidays! Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0234779543. Wrapper is price-cut.

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A BOY AND A BOX
Written by Mrs. Frank Lee.
Stock no. 1103198
Published by David C. Cook Publishing Co.. Circa 1924. Very good condition.

3/4 blue cloth, gilt titles, marbled boards. Some b/w illustrations. 93 pages. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front free endpaper.

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INDEX TO CHARACTERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Written by Arthur D. Mortimore.
Stock no. 1801957
Published by D. Mortimore. 1st 1977. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Indexing nearly 4000 books available in British libraries in 1975 and 1976 and intended to help librarians, teachers and parents to find the books that children ask for. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. 191 pages. ISBN: 0950566500. Ex-lib with library plate to front pastedown and stamps to text block & verso of title page. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is browned at spine and lightly scuffed.

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COLLECTING CHILDREN'S BOOKS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1801956
Published by Diamond Publishing Group. 3rd 2007. Very good condition.

Third Edition, completely revised and updated. Compiled by Book And Magazine Collector, Britain's Leading Publication for book and magazine collectors. Listing over 15,000 titles by the most collectable authors with values of first editions. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w photo illustrations. 413 pages. ISBN: 9780953260171. Top & tail of spine and corners worn. A couple of grubby marks to endpapers and text block, contents clean.

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ENGINES OF INSTRUCTION MISCHIEF AND MAGIC
Written by Mary V. Jackson.
Stock no. 1801950
Published by Scolar Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Children's Literature in England from its Beginnings to 1839. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 304 pages including index. ISBN: 0859678369. A clean copy in a black pictorial wrapper which is edge-worn and scuffed.

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TOBY AT TIBBS CROSS
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1302642
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1942. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth with green title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. An exciting story with a background of farm life in wartime. Spine and corners bumped and spine very slightly darkened. Covers just a little bit grubby. Foxing throughout else clean.

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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
No author listed. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1302629
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Pixie Book. Small format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Top corner tips very slightly creased. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with tear to top of spine and large closed tear to top rear corner.

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THE TESTING OF THE TORMENT
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1103039
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. Circa 1927. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The second in the 'Torment' trilogy. Grey decorated cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and 3 b/w plates. 214 pages. Information of reprint date on copyright page has been carefully erased, leaving impression that it is a 1st edition. Wrapper is torn with loss to top and tail of spine and corners of front panel.

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BUNTER THE BAD LAD
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1103026
Published by Cassell. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, yellow titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Rear cover lightly damp stained. Wrapper is damp stained with small area of loss to one corner.

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