UNCLE AND HIS DETECTIVE
Written by J.P. Martin. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1827904
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Uncle (the elephant) is trunkdeep in trouble again! Bright yellow boards, silver title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. 172 pages. Vertical crease to spine, lower edges lightly rubbed, boards just a little grubby. Spine slightly cocked. Text block lightly browned. Name in ink to top edge of front endpaper. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn with a few tiny chips and closed tears, light browning.

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THE MERRY MINSTREL
Written by Haydn Perry. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop; Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1827903
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Anthology of Verse for Children. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Green pictorial endpapers. Two-tone illustrations to text throughout. 376 pages, top edge blue. Reprint. Corners bumped, top & tail of spine shelf worn. Text block browned, blue top edge has faded. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily foxed, browned to spine and worn at corners. A musty odour present.

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THE SIEGE OF MONTSEGUR
Written by Inge Ott.
Stock no. 1827902
Published by Floris Books. 1st UK 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The historical story of the besieged Pyrenean castle of Monsegur in 1244. Originally published in German under the title Geier uber dem Montsegur. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0903540630. Small nick to cloth at lower edges. Light black mark tlo rear board. Page browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and just a little scuffed to rear panel.

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SKIPPER AND THE HEADLAND FOUR
Written by Judith M. Berrisford. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1827901
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Appleby family may have to sell their farm! That is the catastrophe which the four children are determined to avert. How they suceed - helped by their white Alsation, Skipper - is an exciting story. Green cloth boards, yellow title block and decoration to spine with black title. B/w illustrations. Boards unevenly faded, small white stain to top front edge. Foxing mainly to endpapers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, has a large closed tear to front panel and smaller tear to base of spine (no loss and repaired to verso with clear tape), rear panel grubby.

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HELEN, BALLET STUDENT
Written by Linda Graeme.
Stock no. 1827900
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Junior Novel. Helen's sixteenth birthday present is an audition at the Lincoln School of Ballet. Readers will be enchanted with this story and its true atmosphere of a real ballet school. Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Third impression (undated). Boards a little mottled and marked. Spine is a little cocked. Name in pencil to top edge of front endpaper (erasure has been attempted unsuccessfully). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss, repaired to verso with clear tape, rear panel is a little grubby.

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TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
No author listed. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
Stock no. 1827899
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford Illustrated Classics series. Dark red boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 281 pages. Wonderful double-spread colour illustrations. Borad corners lightly bumped. Cloth to top edge of rear board is discoloured. Foxing to text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and rubbed to top of spine.

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BIGGLES GOES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1827898
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Black vignette on front cover - Biggles in a parachute. Colour frontis, b/w chapter headers. 160 pages. Sunlight on title to dustwrapper spine has imprinted title on to spine of book (faint). Neat name in ink to front endpaper, Some minor rust marks to front flap of dustwrapper and endapers. Text block lightly browned and foxed. Damp staining to edge of prelims and rear endpaper (light). Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, rubbed at corners, repaired with clear tape to verso, damp stain to verso (not visible to front). Sounds worse than it is.

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THE BOOK OF ELVES AND FAIRIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827897
Published by Geddes & Grosset. Circa 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Old favourites like Cinderella and The Sleeping beauty, plus legends, myths and wonderful tales selected and re-told from around the world, all of which will appeal to the child's love of a well-told story. Pictorial laminated boards, grey spine. Ten colour plates. 160 pages. 7.5 x 6". ISBN: 1855345455. Second printing. Text block and page margins browned else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed and lightly scuffed.

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BALLET SHOES: A STORY OF THREE CHILDREN ON THE STAGE
Written by Noel Streatfeild; Jacqueline Wilson. Illustrated by Inga Moore.
Stock no. 1827893
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by Jacqueline Wilson. Pictorial paper board to front, purple cloth spine and rear cover with gilt vignette of ballet shoes and gilt title to spine. Colour plates. 206 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has some minor scuffing (NR F).

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THE LANTERN BEARERS
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff; Penelope Lively. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1827882
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

An exciting chronicle bringing to life the turbulent period of the last Romans in Britain. Brown decorated cloth. Introduced by Lively. This follows the text of the first edition (1959), with minor emendations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with some minor scuffing (NR F).

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THE SILVER BRANCH
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff; Julia Eccleshare. Illustrated by Roman Pisarev.
Stock no. 1827877
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Julia Eccleshare. Grey pictorial cloth with gilt title to spine. Full-page b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN
Written by George MacDonald; Maria Tatar. Illustrated by Madalina Andronic.
Stock no. 1827874
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with silver title to spine. 168 pages. Colour plates. Introduced by Maria Tatar. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase whichh has a small tear to middle of one edge (relatively minor).

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