DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 1323471
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

A Book of Fairy Poems. Limited edition of 325 copies, cream boards with gilt titles and vignette to front cover.. Colour frontis and 2 other plates. B/w illustrations throughout. 193 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by the author to the limitation page. This is copy no. 214. Spine and corners are slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine is browned, covers are grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers and tissue-guard of frontis are browned else contents are clean.

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BIGGLES SETS A TRAP
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323432
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1962. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biggles is on the trail of an extraordinary series of murders. History and excitement combine to make this a thrilling detective story. Red boards, black lettering. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and has some light creasing to front flap.

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GRAEME AND THE DRAGON
Written by Naomi Mitchison. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 1824131
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When Graeme found a baby dragon things stopped being just everyday-ish... Blue cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w illustrations. Ex-school library with just one school stamp to front endpaper. Piece of dustwrapper spine is stuck to base of cloth spine. Else boards nice and bright. Endpapers lightly browned. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents nice and clean, one or two minor margin marks. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, chip to tail of spine (chip itself stuck to base of book spine), rear panel is browned. A nice copy overall.

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PETER PAN'S POSTBAG
No author listed. Illustrated by Albert Rothenstein.
Stock no. 1323259
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1909. Good condition.

Letters to Pauline Chase when she was playing the part of Peter Pan. Brown pictorial cloth with white titles. Fold-out map of Never Never Land to rear of book. Colour frontis. Spine is browned and title to spine has rubbed away. Covers a bit grubby. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. SIGNED by Pauline Chase to lower margin of frontis. Frontis has been removed from original position and taped in between title-page and introduction page (old tape marks to margins of these pages and to margin of frontis). Foxspots to contents. Biro annotation marks to the last letter (page 63 & 64) and map at rear is creased and torn with old tape marks. Booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. A few small, light marks to page margins and one hinge is cracked showing webbing beneath.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140948
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

The Raphael House Library series. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. 12 charming colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 135 pages, publication list to rear. Spine is faded and bumped, with a few nicks to cloth at top and tail. Bumping and wear with scuffing and surface paper damage to edges and corners. Scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to belongs to box on front pastedown. Rear joint is a bit crack and looks partially repaired. Foxing and margin marks. One plate has slight damage, otherwise still bright; a few margin marks.

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THE BOO-BOOS AND BUNTY'S BABY
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140943
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pale blue/green boards with dark blue titles to spine and front cover. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. 14 colour plates, plus dark green line drawings. Spine and edges are browned; some foxing and fading to covers. Initials and date in ink to belongs to page. Foxing throughout, but not too much to colour plates, which are still lovely and bright! Small writing to top of title page in ink.

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BUNTY AND THE BOO-BOOS
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140942
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Good condition.

Small format. Dark green/grey boards with white titles to spine and front cover. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Contains 14 colour plates, including frontis, plus green line drawings. Bottom 1" of spine is MISSING; rest of spine has splits to side. Wear and loss of white title to spine and front cover. Foxing and some grubby marks to contents. Name in ink to belongs to page. All plates are present and generally bright - some grubby marks to margins. Small margin tear to front endpaper. Creasing to page and some plate corners.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S ANNUAL 1924
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140867
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1924. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Front cover shows little girl in green frock, holding green basket in which a pixie is riding. Another five pixies are walking alongside. Some 'creasing'/scuffing to covers, with browning and marks. Inscription in ink to belongs to box; browning. Foxing and browning to varying degrees throughout the book. Margin tear to top of one plate page.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S ANNUAL 1933
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140864
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1933. Almost very good condition.

Fuschia pictorial covers. Front cover shows little girl with green umbrella dog and slogan "Hul-lo everyone! Full of Good Things". Colour plates and two-tone illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping/surface paper damage. Some scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Name in ink to belongs to box. Foxing and browning to varying degrees throughout book.

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TOLD AGAIN
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 2140292
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition.

White cloth with gilt tiles to spine and front cover; vignette also to front cover. Traditional tales told by Walter de la Mare. Limited edition to 260 copies. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. SIGNED by author to verso of half-title page. This is Copy No. 88. Grubby marks and spots, with cup ring mark to covers. Foxing; heaviest to endpapers, prelims, outer page edges; some throughout.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) A CAMPING HOLIDAY
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 2140228
Published by Country Life. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

Very large format, approx 14.25" x 10.5". Green pictorial paper boards. Endpapers are b/w footprint design. Colour illustrations throughout. White spine. The first Orlando adventure. SIGNED by author 'With love to Katie' on verso of front endpaper. Spine is browned, with wear. Scuff/score marks to edge of rear cover. Bumping and chipping to corners and cover edges. Foxing and browning to outer page edges and some page margins.

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MOTHER GOOSE
Written by Peter Patch. Illustrated by Peter Patch; Jean Walmsley Heap.
Stock no. 2140213
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

A Panto-Peep book. Top edge of covers and contents shaped. Lift the flaps and peep through the windows. Brightly illustrated throughout. Oblong format, pictorial paperwraps. Peter Patch is Jean Walmsley Heap. Light wear to edges. Contents are lovely and bright with lift-the-flaps and see-through windows in very good working order.

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