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THE WISHING TABLE
Written by Brothers Grimm; Joan Cherry. Illustrated by Erhard Amadeus-Dier.
Stock no. 376912
Published by Polytint Limited. Circa 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Polytint Fairy Tales, No 1. Dark pink cloth spine, pictorial boards. Pink and white striped endpapers. Lovely colour illustrations. Unpaginated. 10.5 x 7.5". Edges very lightly rubbed with very slight wear. Contents clean and bright. Matching red pictorial wrapper lightly rubbed and worn at edges with a closed edge tear that has been repaired to verso with a wide label.

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TONS OF FUN FOR CHILDREN
No author listed. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Freda M. Rose; et al..
Stock no. 376925
Published by McCorquodale & Co.. Good condition.

Bright yellow pictorial boards. Front cover (illus by E. Dorothy Rees) shows children and a dog in a boat. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Corners rubbed. Pages browned. Title page has centre picture removed. One hinge cracked.

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JACK AND JILL
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 379298
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. Very good condition.

Large format (29 x 25.5cm). Brown cloth spine, blue pictorial boards - front shows black silhouettes of Jack and Jill (dog and cat) in front of full white moon. Cream pictorial endpapers. 24 short chapters each with a colour plate. Spine slightly bumped. Light rubbing to cover edges. Some foxing and discolouration to front board and light scuffing to rear board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint just starting to crack. Foxing to contents but plates beautifully bright and contents generally clean.

Price: £380.00 £266.00.

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TINY TADPOLE AND OTHER TALES
Written by Frances Freeling Broderip. Illustrated by Thomas Hood.
Stock no. 379614
Published by Griffith and Farran. 1st 1862. Almost very good condition.

Embossed green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. 176 pages, all edges gilt. 6 hand-coloured plates with tissue-guards. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers a little darkened. Grubby fingermarks to page margins throughout (including to plate margins but actual illustrations still lovely and bright). Foxing to tissue-guards. A light scratch mark to margin of frontis affects the picture a little bit.

Price: £125.00 £87.50.

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WILLY BEAR
Written by James Kenyon. Illustrated by G. Higham.
Stock no. 400614
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards, colour illustrations throughout. 61 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper edge worn with some closed tears and creasing.

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GRANNY BEAK COMES TO STAY
Written by Minter-Kemp. Illustrated by Minter-Kemp.
Stock no. 400629
Published by Tom Dickins Fine Art. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ponk is the head of the Duckins family and a master brewer by trade. He wants Messrs Mall & Lard to sell his new beer in their swanky emporium. But Ponk has not reckoned on the assistance of the eccentric Granny Beak... Glazed pictorial cream boards. Superb colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0954306708. SIGNED by author! Boards just slightly grubby. Neat inscription to front free endpaper. Spine faded. Otherwise a clean and bright copy.

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BEST FRIENDS
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 403058
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Blue pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385606060. SIGNED by the author to the title page "To Jenny and David, Special friends! Love Jacquline Wilson xxxx". Spine bumped, else fine.

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THE DARE GAME
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 403060
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Tracey Beaker is back! Purple pictorial boards. ISBN: 038540901x. SIGNED by AUTHOR and ARTIST to title page! "To my special friends Jenny and David, Love Jacqueline Wilson xxx", "and much love, Nick Sharratt". Slight bumping to spine and minimal rubbing to corners. Contents fine.

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DUSTBIN BABY
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 403065
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

April was unceremonisouly abandoned in a rubbish bin, can she forget the old labels and discover who she really is? Red pictorial boards. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0385600429. SIGNED by author on title page! "To Jenny and David, love Jacqueline Wilson xxx". Spine and lower corners bumped. Contents fine.

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THE LOTTIE PROJECT
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 403068
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Charlie and Lottie live a double life. Red glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385407033. SIGNED by AUTHOR and ARTIST on title page! "For Jenny with love, Jacqueline Wilson", " For Jenny, Best wishes, Nick Sharratt". Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine faded. Contents fine.

Price: £54.00 £40.50.

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DOUBLE ACT
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt; Sue Heap.
Stock no. 403069
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Ruby and Garnett are 10 year old identical twins and they do everything together. Yellow boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0385405375. SIGNED by AUTHOR and BOTH ARTISTS! "For Jenny and David, the best double act i know! With love, Jacqueline Wilson, June 1995", "For Jenny and Donny, best wishes Sue x", and "and Nick Sharratt". Spine very slightly bumped. Spine of wrapper faded.

Price: £58.00 £43.50.

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THE DINOSAUR'S PACKED LUNCH
Written by Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Nick Sharratt.
Stock no. 403070
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards, b/w illustrations. Everyone on the school trip has a packed lunch except Dinah, until a friendly Iguanodon decides to help. ISBN: 0385405626. SIGNED by AUTHOR and ARTIST on title page! "With best wishes Jacqueline Wilson", "and Nick Sharratt". Spine slihtly bumped and sunned.

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