THE MAGIC CROOK OR THE STOLEN BABY
Written by Greville Macdonald. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes.
Stock no. 1201459
Published by A.C. Fifield. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

A Fairy Story. Green cloth, white titles. B/w illustrations. 273 pages + 2 page booklist. Top edge gilt. Free endpapers lightly browned. A few scattered foxspots but contents generally clean and bright. Top and tail of spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed.

Price: £95.00 £71.25.

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THE ROSE AND THE LILY
Written by Mrs. Octavian Blewitt. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1201458
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1877. Almost very good condition.

Pink cloth with elaborate gilt decorations. B/w frontis by Cruikshank. Believed to be the last book illustrated by him. The Rose And The Lily, How They Became the Emblems of England and France. A Fairy Tale. 62 pages + 36 page booklist dated October 1876. Top of spine chipped with loss. Spine browned and bumped and base. Small mark to front cover. Some page edges ragged from uneven opening.

Price: £128.00 £89.60.

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PONTO PAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A PET DOG
Written by Kate J. Fricero. Illustrated by Kate J. Fricero.
Stock no. 1801106
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, brown boards, yellow pictorial onlay to front cover. Delightful full-page colour illustrations in french-fold format. Stapled binding. Unpaginated. 11 x 8.5". Edges rubbed, corners worn. Boards a little marked. Spine a little discoloured. Staple binding rusty. Bottom staple broken therefore some sections splitting from base as seen in the photos. A few minor foxspots else a beautiful copy!

Price: £70.00 £52.50.

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THE FAVOURITE PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Helena Maguire; William Foster.
Stock no. 1301482
Published by E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1896. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

'Untearable'. Green cloth spine, pictorial front board. 16 full-page colour illustrations plus sepia line drawings. Floral decorated endpapers. All edges dyed pink. Short animal tales told in verse. Spine slightly bumped, corners just a little worn. A tiny dent to lower edge of front cover. Endpapers are lightly browned with a couple of small crayon marks to front free-endpaper, also light vertical crease to edge of front free-endpaper which has a tiny tear at base. Staples are rusty. Contained in original paper dustwrapper (b/w illustration to front) which has a couple of small closed edge tears. Dustwrapper has done its job and kept the covers beautifully bright and clean!

Price: £150.00 £105.00.

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CAROLA STORMS THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1301476
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1951. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black titles to spine. 253 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Pale browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Price-cut wrapper (with new publisher price above) is edge worn and torn with slight loss at corners and just a little bit grubby on rear panel.

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DIANA THORNE'S DOG-BASKET
Written by Diana Thorne; Albert Payson Terhune. Illustrated by Diana Thorne.
Stock no. 1801103
Published by William Edwin Rudge. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

A Series of Etchings (18 in total) with an Introductory Note on The Mind of the Dog by Terhune. Limited Edition of 1500 copies. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to front, spine untitled. B/w illustrations. Lower edge of boards slightly mottled by damp. Corners lightly worn. A few minor foxspots and light page edge browning else a very presentable copy.

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BEYOND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
Written by L.T. Meade.
Stock no. 1201400
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1893. Very good condition.

Four children who set off, at the invitation of the King, to join their parents in the land beyond the Blue Mountains. On the way they meet various characters, both good and bad, such as Mrs. Discipline and her father Mr. Penalty, Fungus the Ferryman, Mrs. Steadfast, Mrs. Modesty and Charity the guide. An allegorical tale reminiscent of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Green and blue pictorial cloth, gilt title blocks to front cover and spine. 6 full page b/w engravings plus chapter head and tailpieces. 191 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front endpaper browned. Small price label 'awarded in connection with Chums Empire Map Scheme' on front pastedown. Small foxspots to endpapers and half-title page otherwise the contents are beautifully clean and bright with all plates present. A super copy of this title, exceptionally rare in first edition.

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THE CHALET SCHOOL AND BARBARA
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1301463
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 208 pages. Spine just slightly bumped. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Page browning else contents clean. Wrapper is torn with large sections of loss to lower edges of spine and panels, some slight loss to top edges. Neat tick marks to title list on rear panel which is also slightly grubby.

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BRANDY TELLS HIS STORY
Written by Kenneth Hare-Scott. Illustrated by Nigel C. Mould.
Stock no. 1801096
Published by Peter Garnett. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brandy and the author meet at Battersea Dogs' Home when the author was looking for a dog. This is Brandy's story as told by Brandy to his Master. Green paper boards wtih black title & vignette to front. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations to text, two full page two-tone illustrations. Boards nice and clean, endpapers lightly browned. Contents fine. Yellow pictorial wrapper is grubby and has a closed edge-tear to rear panel.

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ROBBIE AND DOBBIE
Written by Harry Golding. Illustrated by G.E. Shepheard.
Stock no. 1301330
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Little Wonder Books series. Small format. Light brown decorated boards with dark brown titles and colour onlay to front. 30 colour illustrations. 85 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light foxing. Top corner tip of front endpaper lightly creased. Wrapper is edge worn with closed tears and a little grubby.

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WATTY A WHITE PUPPY
Written by Mrs. Ernest Ames. Illustrated by Mrs. Ernest Ames.
Stock no. 1801080
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

Watty was the fat white puppy that lived with Dicky the woolly fox-cub and the little blue girl called Betty... Blue cloth spine, white pictorial paper front board. Full page colour illustration every other page. Covers a little grubby and creased. One line inscription in ink to front pastedown. Prelims grubby with a closed tear to gutter edge of title page. A few finger marks present. Illustrations clean and bright.

Price: £130.00 £91.00.

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JANE EMERGES
Written by Margaret Ironside. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1301311
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Through school feuds and hockey matches, trials and tribulations, Jane emerges to prove that she is well able to stand on her own feet. Red boards with black titles. 276 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and page edges. Front joint was cracked, neatly repaired. Dustwrapper is worn and chipped at edges, damp stain to top edge of front panel and to centre of rear panel.

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