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THE SECRET OF THE PLATEAU
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 586361
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped, corners lightly worn. Faint marks to rear cover. Cloth at top of spine a little creased. Front endpaper missing and damage to front pastedown. Foxing to prelims and page edges.

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FAERIE WARS
Written by Herbie Brennan.
Stock no. 586397
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2003. As new condition in a fine dustwrapper.

An exciting story about the conflict of a group of unscrupulous faeries of the night and some demons. Pictorial boards. ISBN: 0747559449. A superb copy.

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A LITTLE CHAFF
Written by Margaret Lavington. Illustrated by Helen Urquhart.
Stock no. 737072
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

A cheerful little book of rhymes based on the farm and its animals. Green pictorial boards, cloth spine. 3 colour plates and 2-tone (black and yellow) illustrations to contents throughout. Cover edges rubbed, corners worn. A few small dents to cover edges. New endpapers front and rear (which are lightly foxed). Contents clean.

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THE WONDERFUL CASTLE
Written by Mary E. Murray. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 586278
Published by The Sunday School Union. Circa 1918. Fair condition.

The Red Nursery Series. Bright red pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Pages browned. Contents loose. Corners and edges worn.

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ALMANACK FOR 1924
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 737044
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1924. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations (originally used n the 1883 Almanack). Minimal rubbing to corners. Some light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Contained in original glassine wrapper which states "The coloured illustrations are the actual first printing of the 1883 Almanack. The text for the Year 1924 is now inserted". The wrappper is just slightly edge chipped but complete.

Price: £85.00 £63.75.

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LITTLE LADY MARIA
Written by Frances Marshall. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 586242
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. Gilt title to spine. B/w plates. Slight discolouration to top edge of rear cover.

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ZEBROLOGY
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 737037
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format. Cream pictorial card wraps. A story without words showing how the zebra came to be. 8 delightful colour pictures. Author's first English title. Inscription in ink (dated 1937) on front cover. Covers lightly creased with some slight scuffing on rear cover. Some light foxing to contents.

Price: £180.00 £126.00.

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QUINTILIAN AND THE CURIOUS WEATHER SHOP
Written by John Hatfield. Illustrated by John Hatfield.
Stock no. 736964
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 110 pages. ISBN: 0224616897. Spine slightly bumped. White pictorial wrapper is a little grubby and edge rubbed. A nice copy.

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THE AMBER SPYGLASS
Written by Philip Pullman.
Stock no. 736968
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. 1st USA 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

His Dark Materials Book Three. Brown pictorial boards. 518 pages. ISBN: 0679879269. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Gold wrapper with circular cut-out to front (to see design on front board of book) has a small closed tear to edge of cut-out and is very slightly creased at corners.

Price: £65.00 £48.75.

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TELLING THE TIME WITH NODDY
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 431626
Published by Macdonald Purnell. 1986. Very good condition.

A Cardboard book, shaped like a clock, with colour pictures of things that Noddy does at different times of day - so that they can be copied on the clock hands above! ISBN: 0361071353. Creasing to top of 'clock'.

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THE GOLLIWOGG'S 'AUTO-GO-CART'
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 431464
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1901. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine. pictorial front board. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11". Colour illustrations throughout. Covers have some brown marks and a few scuff marks. Corners have been protected with what looks like browning paper tape. Spine is a little worn and browned to base. Front joint has been repaired eith white cloth tape. Date in ink to front endpaper and a few to title page. One hinge internally reinforced with white cloth tape. A couple of small margin tear repairs. A few margin marks, else contents are still lovely and bright.

Price: £300.00 £210.00.

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THE GOLLIWOGG'S BICYCLE CLUB
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 431466
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1896. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial front board. Super colour illustrations throughout. Oblong format. 8.5 x 11". Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some scuff marks to covers. A few grubby marks. Date in ink to front endpaper and a couple of times to title page. Copyright date of 1896 to pages internally. Some hinges have been strengthened with tape. There are some page tears which have been repaired with sticky tape. Contents are still very good.

Price: £280.00 £196.00.

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