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ORIGINAL TRAVELS AND SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN
Written by Baron Munchausen. Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill.
Stock no. 384328
Published by Trubner & Co.. 1889. Very good condition.

The Lotus Series. Large paper edition, limited to 126 copies for sale. 253 pages, edges untrimmed. Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine. I believe that this copy has been rebound with new endpapers. Name and ddate in ink to front endpaper. Heavy foxing and page browning to first few and last few pages. This is copy no. 44.

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DITTIES FOR THE NURSERY
Written by Iona Opie. Illustrated by Monica Walker.
Stock no. 820373
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Some of the rhymes that delighted children in the reign of George III. Dark blue cloth, gilt title and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Front board bowed. Fading to edge of pink endpapers. Text block a little dusty else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is faded and edge-worn with loss.

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LITTLE SONGS FOR LITTLE VOICES
Written by Alfred Scott Gatty.
Stock no. 820381
Published by Metzler & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Books I - III bound as one volume. Burgundy leather boards with gilt title to front and initials 'E.B.'. Book II is printed in green ink and has green & white illustrations. Music scores. All edges red. Edges rubbed, small nick to top of spine. Small amount of damage at rear spine edge to rear cover. Page 33/34 of Book I is detached but present. Hinges pulled. A few minor marks to contents but generally a good working copy.

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DEW ON THE GRASS
Written by Eiluned Lewis.
Stock no. 820383
Published by Lovat Dickson Limited. 1934. Very good condition.

Pictorial endpapers. Light green cloth, white title to spine. 222 pages. Reprint in first year of publication. Covers a little browned, mark to rear cover. Foxing mainly to endpapers, text block and page margins else contents clean.

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MASTERWORKS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE VOLUME 1
Written by Francelia Butler; et al.
Stock no. 820352
Published by Chelsea House Publishers; The Stonehill Publishing Company. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Early Years C. 1550- c. 1739. Volume one ONLY. ISBN: 0877543755. Wrapper grubby.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1921
Written by Herbert Strang; et al.
Stock no. 447261
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1921. Almost very good condition.

13th year. Large format. Cloth spine. Covers are worn. 2" tear to rear base of rear joint. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. All plates are present.

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THE TIZZLE SISTERS & ERIK
Written by G.P. Taylor. Illustrated by Dan Boultwood.
Stock no. 447285
Published by Markosia Enterprises Ltd.. 1st 2006. Very good condition.

Adapted by Tony Lee. Glazed pictorial boards. Comic book style interspersed with normal text pages. St Dunstan's school for wayward children is not an ordinary school and Sadie and Saskia Tizzle are not ordinary young people... ISBN: 9781905692224. Front cover is faded.

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TIGRESS
Written by Helen Cowcher. Illustrated by Helen Cowcher.
Stock no. 820260
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1st USA 1991. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Tigress climbs with her cubs to the edge of the sanctuary. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0374375674. SIGNED by author to title page. Wrapper has minor damage to one corner. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 820294
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1926. Good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Written in rhyme. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Edges and corners are worn. Some grubby marks to covers. Front joint repaired. Rear joint is split for approx. 3". A few b/w illustrations have been neatly coloured in. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper.

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MY BABY BROTHER NED
Written by Sumiko. Illustrated by Sumiko.
Stock no. 384260
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1981. Fine condition.

A simple picture story in consultation with the National Childbirth Trust. A toddler tells about her new baby brother... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434965332.

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THE CORN DOLLY
Written by Margaret Elliot. Illustrated by Colin Dunbar.
Stock no. 384274
Published by Abelard-Schuman. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Grasshopper Book. Susan and her brother Jack find a corn dolly which has powers for good, which are tested to the utmost when the enemy struck. An unusual adventure story based on folk lore of the English countryside. Bright green boards, gilt title to spine. 128 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0200723715. SIGNED by author and illustrator on front pastedown - "To ann love Maggi and Colin xx". Name of previous owner also to pastedown. Contents clean. Spine and corners are slightly rubbed. Old tape mark to rear cover. Dustwrapper is edge worn, 5.5" closed tear to rear panel with old tape repair on verso.

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WITCH'S GOLD
Written by Margaret Elliot. Illustrated by Colin Dunbar.
Stock no. 384276
Published by Abelard-Schuman. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Grasshopper Book. A hilarious story of witchcraft and trickery. Bright green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 126 pages. ISBN: 0200726129. SIGNED by author and illustrator to front pastedown - "To Ann love Maggi & Colin xxx". A few tiny foxspots to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at top of spine else fine.

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