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FIFTH FORMERS OF ST. CLARE'S
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1330310
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1947. Almost very good condition.

Yellow cloth, dark titles and vignette of sleep-walking girl. B/w illustrations. The 6th book of St. Clare's. Spine and corners bumped. Cloth slightly grubby. Inscription in ink and a faint ink name stamp to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. A few margin tears and creases.

THE TALE OF JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1330305
Published by Frederick Warne. Circa 1995. Nearly fine condition.

Deluxe edition. Yellow cloth with gilt titles and vignette. Colour illustrations. 58 pages. All edges gilt. ISBN: 0723242488. Small foxspot to front spine edge of slipcase. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners of book and slipcase.

LITTLE YELLOW WANG-LO
Written by M.C. Bell. Illustrated by M.C. Bell.
Stock no. 1330304
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1903. Good condition.

The Dumpy Books for Children. Small format. Green cloth. The whimsical adventures of a little boy named Little Yellow Wang-lo who lives with his father, a duck merchant, on a houseboat. Colour illustrations. 95 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint has been repaired with glue. Some light fingering and foxing else contents clean.

HOW IT WORKS: THE ROCKET
Written by David Carey. Illustrated by B.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 1330301
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1967. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird Series 654. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine sunned. Rear cover slightly scuffed. Contents clean. Tally 190.

HOW IT WORKS: THE COMPUTER
Written by David Carey. Illustrated by B.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 1330300
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1975. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird Series 654. Pink pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721402860. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine is faded and rubbed with slight loss of paper. A few small marks to front endpapers (possibly blood??). Contents otherwise clean.

HOW IT WORKS: THE TELEPHONE
Written by David Carey. Illustrated by B.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 1330299
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series 654. Yellow pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721403093. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, covers lightly edge rubbed. Rear cover is scuffed. Child's name and address written to front pastedown. Some foxing else contents clean. Tally 300, printed price 15p.

HOW IT WORKS: FARM MACHINERY
Written by David Carey. Illustrated by B.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 1330298
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1970. Good condition.

Series 654. Yellow pictorial paper boards. ISBN: 0721402658. Spine and corners bumped, some rubbing to cover edges. Pencil score marks and some crayon marks to front free-endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Tally 260, printed price 2'6/12.5p.

FLIGHT SIX: THE HOLY LAND
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1330294
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1962. Fair condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine and cover edges browned. 2 pages are loose, 1 has loss to top edge (text and illustration slightly affected). Dustwrapper is edge worn.

FLIGHT FIVE: AFRICA
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1330293
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Tiny foxspot to rear free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, sunned to spine and slightly scuffed on rear panel.

FLIGHT THREE: USA
Written by David Scott Daniell. Illustrated by Jack Matthew.
Stock no. 1330291
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 587. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

A BOOK OF NONSENSE
Written by Edward Lear. Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1830412
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st thus 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reproduced from a rare copy, published around 1870, in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the first in which the drawings appeared in colour. Large format. Red cloth boards with gilt titles. Cream endpapers. Bold colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0723227152. Very light fading to boards. Minor pencil erasure mark to half-title page. Else a clean copy. Red pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, lightly faded to spine and a small nick, minor wear to top of spine.

SARAH AND SIMON AND NO RED PAINT
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1330287
Published by Tate Publishing. 1st thus 2012. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

How Sarah and Simon helped their father to become a successful painter. Pictorial boards. Two tone colour illustrations throughout. 48 pages. ISBN: 9781849760027. Minimal rubbing to corners of wrapper and a light vertical crease to spine of wrapper (not at all obvious).