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SAND
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 1328819
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 206 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Slight fading to spine. Small booksellers sticker to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss, brown paper reinforcements to edges on verso, rear panel is a bit grubby.

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THE ROLLING SEASON
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Christopher Brooker.
Stock no. 1328818
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The drought had lasted for many weeks and there was practically no water left in the wells of the village of Bourne Bridge. Hiram, Sykes, Michael and Ernest went down the canal each day to the town for water. One day Hiram found an ancient book which told how a wheel with a bell on it was rolled down the hill to find water. So he sets out to find water.... Cream boards, brown title to spine. B/w illustrations to text. 175 pages. Spine bumped and slightly damp stained. A few small spots to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Textblock slightly foxed and a bit dusty to top edge. Dustwrapper is worn at spine and corners with small tears.

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IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES
Written by W.B. Yeats; Paul Muldoon. Illustrated by Linda Farquharson.
Stock no. 1829094
Published by Folio Society. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Selected and edited, with an introduction by Yeats. Foreword by Paul Muldoon. Black, red & silver pictorial boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. xxvi and 336 pages. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is scuffed (VG).

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THE BEACH DOGS
Written by Colin Dann.
Stock no. 1328816
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compelling animal adventure story. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 144 pages. ISBN: 0091736234. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Heavy foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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FRIDAY'S TUNNEL
Written by John Verney. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328815
Published by Collins. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Callendar novel. Blue cloth, silver title to spine. 320 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Pale browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is a little worn at corners and is grubby to rear panel.

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A FOREST WORLD
Written by Felix Salten; Paul R. Milton; Sanford Jerome Greenburger. Illustrated by Bob Kuhn.
Stock no. 1328813
Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt titles and embossed decoration to front. 274 pages, fore-edge untrimmed. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Last few pages have been roughly opened after the binding process causing ragged edges. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge worn and torn with minimal loss. Rear panel is a bit grubby.

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ISMO
Written by John Verney. Illustrated by John Verney.
Stock no. 1328811
Published by Collins. 1st 1964. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Callendar novel. Partly a straight adventure story, partly a study of adolescent psychology and partly a fable of our time. Red/orange mottled boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and rubbed. Small mark to top edge of front cover. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with 'new' (80p) price printed alongside. Wrapper is well worn, rubbed and creased with tears at top of spine.

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MOLE'S CASTLE
Written by Elleston Trevor. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 1328807
Published by The Falcon Press Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Woodland Series. Yellow boards, black title to spine. 4 colour plates plus 2 colour double-spreads which were used as endpapers in the cloth edition. B/w text illustrations. 167 numbered pages. 2nd printing (cheap binding). Endpapers browned. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby at edges. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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THE CURSE OF SALAMANDER STREET
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 1328803
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sequel to Shadowmancer. Colourful, dramatic, relentless, accessible to children and more frightening for their parents. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780571228737. SIGNED by the author to title-page (dedicated to Johnny(?)). Spine and corners bumped. Pages lightly browned but clean. Dustwrapper is bright, just a tiny bit rubbed at edges.

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THE EDUCATED PIG
Written by Monica Walker. Illustrated by Monica Walker.
Stock no. 1328800
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a little pig whose adventures began when it was found that he could count. Pictorial boards. Colour text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn.

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THE RAM OF SWEETRIVER
Written by Colin Dann.
Stock no. 1328799
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compelling story of the flock's long and arduous journey to find new pastures and safety from the floods. By the author of the award-winning Animals of Farthing Wood. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 214 pages. ISBN: 0091650704. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers and slight foxing to top of spine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and slightly creased, there is a mark to top edge of rear panel.

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THE WHITE DRAGON
Written by Richard Garnett. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1328798
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mark Rutter's adventures at Fen Burton. Red boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 166 pages. SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to front free-endpaper. Slight bumping to spine. Printed price on front flap of dustwrapper has been covered with a 'new' price stick (£2.50 net). Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges and slight browning to spine of wrapper.

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