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THE BEST OF FRIENDS
Written by Tony Bradman. Illustrated by Madeleine Baker.
Stock no. 426364
Published by Blackie. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. The 'Poems for me' series. Poetry for younger readers that explores just what friendship means to a child... ISBN: 0216923301. SIGNED by Bradman with inscription on title page. A little bumping to base of spine, else fine.

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WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Written by Christopher Morley. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 575952
Published by William Heinemann. 1st UK 1925. Very good condition.

Gissing lived alone on the Canine Estates, had an income of 1000 bones a year but was not happy... A story about dogs. 4 unusual colour plates and 16 b/w line drawings. Bright blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover and spine. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 227 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly darkened with a few faint spots at base. Otherwise covers bright and clean. Endpapers browned. First hinge is cracked at the top. Contents and plates are fine.

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THE VOYAGE OF THE ARCTIC TERN
Written by Hugh Montgomery. Illustrated by Nick Poullis.
Stock no. 732681
Published by Walker Books. Slightly better than very good condition.

Uncorrected Proof. Cream card wraps. B/w illustrations throughout. 212 pages. A nice copy.

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SEPTIMUS HONEYDEW
Written by Susan Hill. Illustrated by Carol Thompson.
Stock no. 426238
Published by Julia MacRae Books. 1st 1990. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. When Septimus Honeydew can't sleep - he makes sure that no one else in the house sleeps either! ISBN: 0862034574. SIGNED by illustrator, with inscription on title page. A few light marks to covers. Contents fine.

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GEORGE AND JULIET
Written by Geraldine Middleton. Illustrated by Peter Green.
Stock no. 426258
Published by S.P.C.K.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

George and Juliet move to the country and make friends with the Vicar and his wife. They learn about lots of different festivals... Yellow pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. SIGNED by author, with inscription on front endpaper. Corners a little bumped. A few light finger marks to endpapers. Wrapper has a closed tear to spine and is a little chipped at edges.

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THE WICKED ONE
Written by Mollie Hunter.
Stock no. 426263
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colin Grant was a hot-tempered man, and the wicked one called the Grollican delights in troubling any man with such a temper!... Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0241895707. SIGNED by author, with inscription on half-title page. A couple of corners bumped, edges a little rubbed. Pictorial wrapper is price-cut, faded to spine and a little edge-creased.

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THE HAUNTING OF NADIA
Written by Julia Jarman. Illustrated by Michael Charlton.
Stock no. 426264
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

Chillers series. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713645997. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page.

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THE TRANSFORMATION OF JENNIFER HOWARD
Written by Anthony Masters.
Stock no. 426267
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When Jennifer's brother dies of Aids, her world is overturned. She can only see one way out...then she meets the Gleaners... Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0416187528. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Three small indentation marks to front cover, with corresponding ones on wrapper.

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THE WELL
Written by Gene Kemp. Illustrated by Chantal Fouracre.
Stock no. 426272
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Memories of the childhood of Annie Sutton (Alias Gene Kemp), living in Tyburn Cottage in a Midlands village, in the years before World War II. Green boards, gilt title. ISBN: 0571132847. SIGNED by author on front endpaper. Score mark to front of wrapper.

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SONG DEVICES AND JINGLES
Written by Eleanor Smith. Illustrated by Florence Young; S.B. Pearse; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 575842
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Light brown cloth spine. Paper boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. One plate missing. Frontis has margin tears repaired with tape. Corners rubbed. Contents bright and clean.

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NODDY'S GARAGE OF BOOKS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 575870
Published by Sampson Low. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition.

Five small format paperwrap books contained in pictorial box. Book covers a little grubby, pages lightly browned. Book 2 has clear tape on spine. Box is rubbed at corner with a couple of small edge-tears. Lower small side flap is missing.

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JAPANESE CHILD LIFE
Written by Alice Calhoun Haines. Illustrated by Alice Mar.
Stock no. 732629
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Stories and verses with full-page colour plates. Large format. 12.5 x 10". Green cloth spine. Pictorial boards. B/w decorative borders to text. Cover edges worn. Spine slightly frayed at top and tail. Covers a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Margin tear on two plates have been neatly repaired. Some light fingering to page margins. A nice copy of this attractive book.

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