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THE SILVER BRANCH
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff; Julia Eccleshare. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1827877
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Julia Eccleshare. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt title to spine. Full-page b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
Written by Lewis Carroll; Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jeffrey Fisher.
Stock no. 1827872
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial boards. An agony, in Eight Fits. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Introduction by Rosen. Based on the Penguin Books edition first published in 1967 and reprinted with revisions in 1974, with minor emendations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff; Kevin Crossley-Holland. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1827865
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Dark green pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Introduced by Crossley-Holland. Fourth printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1827834
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown paperboards with chequerboard design and colour pictorial onlay. Exquisite colour plates. Spine lightly browned. Contents and plate margins also browned. Hinges are lightly pulled but the binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor closed tears (no loss) and is just a little grubby.

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THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE MOUK
Written by Wilhelm Hauff. Illustrated by Monika Laimgruber.
Stock no. 1327536
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st UK 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. White pictorial boards. Translated & adapted by Elizabeth Shub. Colour illustrations. Little Mouk, short in stature but large in spirit, sets out to seek his fortune, wearing only his father's clothes cut down to fit him... ISBN: 024189106X. Spine bumped. Some light foxing to covers and foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a few foxspots, tiny tear to lower edge of rear panel.

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WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Written by Maurice Sendak. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1327535
Published by The Bodley Head. 1968. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

UK edition. Large oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370007727. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to cover edges. Tiny dent to lower edge of rear cover. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is grubby, foxed and worn and torn (tape repairs on verso).

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THE TOWER TO THE SUN
Written by Colin Thompson. Illustrated by Colin Thompson.
Stock no. 1327534
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st USA 1997. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The richest man in the world builds a tower to the sun. American edition. ISBN: 0679883347. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge worn.

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THE UGLY FIVE
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Stock no. 1327532
Published by Alison Green Books. 1st 2017. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A picture book celebrating real-life 'Ugly Five' animals in Africa (Wildebeest, Warthog, Hyena, Vulture and Marabou Stork. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781407174198. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is just a little rubbed at corners.

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TAKE JENNINGS FOR INSTANCE
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Mays.
Stock no. 1327525
Published by Collins. 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jennings joins the Natural History club. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. Red boards, black title to spine. 256 pages, top edge red. Endpapers partly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' price sticker above. Dustwrapper is edge creased and slightly chipped.

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JENNINGS' DIARY
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1327524
Published by Collins. 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis. Top edge red. 253 pages plus booklist. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Small brown spot (foxing?) to title-page. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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JENNINGS GOES TO SCHOOL
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1327521
Published by Collins. 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jennings arrives at Linbury Court School as the very new "new boy". Red cloth, black title to spine. Colour frontis. Top edge red. 255 pages. Corners bumped. Endpapers partly browned, page edge browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a couple of small tears and a tiny patch of surface paper damage to top of rear panel.

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JENNINGS AND DARBISHIRE
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1327520
Published by Collins. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jennings receives a printing set! Colour frontis. Red boards. Top edge red. 256 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight dent to top edge of front cover. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and creased with minimal loss.

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