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THE FAIRY DOLL
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Adrienne Adams.
Stock no. 1329070
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition.

Nobody knew where she came from, but for as long as the children could remember, the fairy doll had been at the top of the Christmas tree. Grey cloth, red title to spine and butterfly vignette to front cover. Pink pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations to text. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned and foxed. Brown spot to front cover. Light damp staining to lower cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper (also white typing fluid mark). Light foxing and fingering else contents clean.

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THE FAIRY DOLL
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Gary Blythe.
Stock no. 1329067
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1956, a delightful story for little girls. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780330442268. Remains of a small label to rear panel of wrapper, wrapper spine is very slightly faded.

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THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE FLOWER FAIRIES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1829246
Published by Frederick Warne; The Penguin Group. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cream boards, silver titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0723248397. A few foxspots to endpapers else contents are clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and front edges, has a few minor grubby marks and is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE CLOCK STRUCK TWELVE
Written by Paul Biegel; Patricia Crampton. Illustrated by Tineke Schinkel.
Stock no. 1328869
Published by Glover & Blair Limited. 1st UK 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fairy story about Ninochka, the fairy with broken wings who feared she would never dance again and her faithful companion Yaaling the frog. Translated from the Dutch into English by Crampton. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 115 pages. ISBN: 0906681006. Spine bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and just a little grubby to rear panel.

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FAIRY BLOSSOM'S PICNIC
Written by Marjorie Dawson. Illustrated by Marjorie Dawson.
Stock no. 1328795
Published by J. Arthur Dixon Ltd. Almost very good condition.

Small, thin format with paperwraps. 4 beautiful full-page colour illustrations (this includes the front cover). 8 pages including the covers. 6.25 x 4.75". Staple rusty. Inscription in ink to rear cover. Small tears to top and tail of spine, minimal loss to base of spine.

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A FLOWER FAIRY ALPHABET
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1328598
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue pictorial boards with colour illustrations throughout. Covers edge worn. Light marks to contents and some light creases to pages. Dustwrapper is lightly edge worn and creased, lightly browned to spine and edges.

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A FLOWER FAIRY ALPHABET
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1328542
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Brown chequerboard design with colour onlay to front. 24 colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Slight foxing to lower cover edges. Very neat inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxspots to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly worn at spine and corners with minimal loss, small closed tear to top corner of front panel.

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THE FAIRY SCALES AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Gladys Smythe. Illustrated by Catherina Patricchio.
Stock no. 1328535
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

10 short stories. 10 colour plates including frontis. Cream cloth boards, green titles, large pictorial onlay to front cover shows young boy picking a rose up from the road that has been dropped by a young girl clutching a handful of roses. Green & white fairy ring to endpapers. B/w illustrations to margins. 101 pages. First story is The Golliwog's Lesson. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of small dents to cover edges. Spine is bumped and rubbed. Damp stains to edge of front cover. Tiny piece of loss to top corner tip of front free-endpaper. A couple of small margin tears to prelims. Light foxing to prelims and textblock. Some grubby fingermarks and some large foxspots to pages but generally contents clean.

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ELIZABETH ANN'S DELIGHT
Written by Maud Dowson. Illustrated by Ethel F. Everett.
Stock no. 1828586
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A little girl makes friends with fairies. Cream pictorial cloth boards. 6 colour plates inluding the frontis and title page. 132 pages. Undated. Boars lightly grubby, slightly faded to spine. Contemporary school prize message in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to text block, prelims and a few more pages. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A charming copy.

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THE SEED FAIRIES
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328324
Published by The Modern Art Society Ltd.. Circa 1925. Almost very good condition.

Small format (16cm x 11.5cm). Grey boards, light blue titles and vignette to front cover. 6 tipped-in colour plates. 38 pages. Undated, possibly first edition. Covers slightly grubby. Spine bumped with small split repaired at base. Foxing to contents. Plates fine. Book opens to frontis/title-page.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE ROCK FAIRY AND THE SEA FAIRY
Written by Eila Mackenzie. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328094
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. 1937. Good condition.

Simple Reading Steps, Step 2. Red cardwraps. 11 pages. Colour illustrations. Covers faded, edge rubbed and slightly grubby. Old pencil price to top of front cover, some pencil scribbles to publisher's logo on rear cover. Heavy foxing to page edges and some light fingermarks to margins.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE GOBLIN AND HIS CAP
Written by Eila Mackenzie. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328093
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. 1940. Almost very good condition.

Simple Reading Steps No. 5. Red pictorial cardwraps. 11 pages, easy to read text. Colour text illustrations (featuring fairies). Covers slightly grubby, fading and rubbing to spine and crease to lower corner of front cover. Foxing to textblock. Some fingermarks to page margins. Old price in heavy pencil to top of front cover.

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