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ALL ABOUT MISS FLORA BROOM
Written by K.A. Lund.
Illustrated by Gordon Robinson.
Stock no. 1330403
Published by Dean & Son.
Circa
1914.
Good condition.
Green cloth spine, grey boards with red titles and colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. 47 pages. Uneven browning to cover edges. A few scuffs to covers. Possibly the spine has been replaced professionally (very difficutl to tell!). Front joint is broken but rear joint holding (just starting to crack at top). Contents clean.
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- ILLUSTRATED
- CHILDRENS
THE FABER BOOK OF FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
Written by Stephen Corrin; Sara Corrin.
Illustrated by Juan Wijngaard.
Stock no. 1330401
Published by Faber & Faber Limited.
1st
1988.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
26 of the best-loved fairy tales. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Decorations to chapter headings. 15 full-page colour illustrations. 243 pages. 9.5 x 6.5". ISBN: 0571148549. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut. There is a label to the front flap which has caused a light brown patch to facing endpaper.
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- CHILDRENS
- FAIRY TALES
THE ROALD DAHL TREASURY
Written by Roald Dahl.
Illustrated by Quentin Blake; Raymond Briggs; Babette Cole; et al..
Stock no. 1330399
Published by Jonathan Cape.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Complete stories, extracts, rhymes and memoirs in four themed sections: Animals; Magic; Family, Friends and Foes; and Matters of Importance. Red boards with white title to spine. 444 pages. Cream endpapers. Packed full of colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780224046916. 21st printing. Spine bumped. Covers edge rubbed. Small mark to lower edge of textblock, top edge slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANTHOLOGY - STORY
THE BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Michael Morpurgo; Quentin Blake; et al.
Illustrated by Nicola Bayley; Emma Chichester Clark; et al..
Stock no. 1330398
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st thus
2008.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An illustrated treasury of stories and poems in aid of The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts in celebration of HRH The Prince of Wales's sixtieth birthday. Edited by Morpurgo and Blake. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780224083607. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small marks to prelims else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is creased at edges and very slightly faded to spine
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- CHILDRENS
- ANTHOLOGY - STORY
- ANTHOLOGY - POETRY
THERE WAS MAGIC IN THOSE DAYS
Written by Norrey Jephson O'Conor.
Illustrated by J. Gower Parks.
Stock no. 1830480
Published by Elkin Mathews & Marrot.
Circa
1928.
Almost very good condition.
An Irish fairy tale based on The King of the Leprecane's Journey to Emania. Orange cloth spine, green patterned paper boards, white title blocks with orange titles. Colour plates. 62 pages. Boards and spine browned. Top & tail of spine lightly frayed, title block to spine has loss and is unreadable (faded). Board corners lightly worn, edges of boards rubbed. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing present. A few small marks to contents.
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- CHILDRENS
- FOLK TALES
THE BEAVER TWINS
Written by Jane Tompkins.
Illustrated by Enos B. Comstock.
Stock no. 1830479
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1944.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A lively and amusing story of the doings of two little beavers in their native wilderness home. Brown cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 111 pages. Board corners lightly rubbed, boards clean. Text block browned. One hinge pulled but binding tight. Gift inscription in ink to half-title page else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, 1.75" loss centre of spine and a small yellow sticker with a green cross through to lower spine.
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- CHILDRENS
- BEAVERS
- ANIMAL STORY
THE GIRL OF INK & STARS
Written by Kiran Millwood Hargrave.
Illustrated by Olia Muza.
Stock no. 1830478
Published by The Chicken House.
1st thus
2022.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Special Gift Edition. Isabella's island is no longer a happy place. Even the songbirds have gone - fllying backwards into the sea. When her best friend disappears, Isabella is determined to help find her. As the daughter of a map-maker, she knows how to navigate by the stars. But nothing can prepare her for the dangers ahead, the love that she will feel - or the sacrifices that must be made. For beyond the dry rivers and dead forests, a fiery myth is stirring from its sleep. Also contains new story: Joya's Firest Snow. Blue paper spine with silver title and stars, pictorial paper boards. Ribbon page marker. Colour illustrations. 323 pages plus acknowledgments. ISBN: 9781913696313. Spine a little cocked. Tiny mark to top edge of text block. Contents clean.
WILLIAM AND THE TRAMP
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330390
Published by George Newnes Limited.
1956.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w illustrations. 248 pages. 4th impression (cheap edition). Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with minimal loss and small tear to top edge of rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
THE MOULDY
Written by William Mayne.
Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1330389
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1983.
Very good condition.
In the great garden of the world there was peace before Mouldy came... Mouldy is a mole. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Blue endpapers. 10 x 7.5". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0224020927. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. White (plain) label stuck to title page just above publisher details. Contents otherwise fine.
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- CHILDRENS
- MOLES
- FAIRIES
- ANIMAL STORY
GREAT GRANDMOTHER GOOSE
Written by Helen Cooper.
Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1330388
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
80 rhymes from medieval sources. Brown mottled boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations ISBN: 0241895502. Minimal rubbing to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at corners.
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- CHILDRENS
- RHYME
- MOTHER GOOSE
GALLANT OLD ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry.
Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1330387
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd..
1st
1962.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Small oblong format. Black boards, white titles and vignette to front. Colour pictures throughout. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Light marks to front cover. Endpapers foxed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is torn and creased to front panel which patch of loss to top edge.
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- CHILDRENS
- TRAINS (CHILDRENS)
THE TWIN ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry.
Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1330386
Published by Edmund Ward.
1st
1960.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Small oblong format, Railway series No. 15. Dark brown boards with orange titles and vignette. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small, light marks to front cover. Dustwrapper is complete, just a little edge rubbed with a vertical crease to front edge of spine and a small tear to top edge of rear panel.
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- CHILDRENS
- TRAINS (CHILDRENS)