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THE UNTIDY GNOME
Written by Stella Gibbons. Illustrated by William Townsend.
Stock no. 1324616
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The only children's book by the author of Cold Comfort Farm. Gerda, a little girl who is taken prisoner by the Elves and kept in a cave with an old gnome, is rescued by the princess of the fairies. Beige cloth, red titles and illustration to front cover. 180 pages. Two-colour text illustrations throughout. Spine bumped, some very slight darkening to lower edge of front cover. Name in ink and small embossed booksellers stamp to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is browned, chipped and torn to front edge of spine with loss at top and tail of spine. There are splash marks to spine of wrapper. A nice copy of a very scarce children's book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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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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THE FAIRY KITES
Written by Ethel K. Crawford. Illustrated by Florence Harrison.
Stock no. 1321410
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine with blue title. Blue title and yellow/blue illustration of castle to front. Colour frontis, 6 b/w plates. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers browned and a little grubby with erased pencil marks to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned, foxing to contents. Large tear to one page has been neatly repaired.

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THE LITTLE GREEN ROAD TO FAIRYLAND
Written by Annie R. Rentoul. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 2130264
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1932. Almost very good condition.

Dedicated "to all who love fairies and have found The Little Green Road". 8 magical colour plates and 8 b/w plates, all of fairies. Pale green cloth, dark green titles and vignette to front cover. 102 pages. 10.75 x 8". Damp stain across bottom edge of front cover. Corners and spine are bumped, with wear. Other marks, especially brown spotting and splash marks to rear cover. Foxing to prelims, outer page edges and page margins. All plates present.

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THE LITTLE GREEN ROAD TO FAIRYLAND
Written by Annie R. Rentoul. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 1407025
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1932. Very good condition.

Dedicated "to all who love fairies and have found The Little Green Road". 8 magical colour plates and 8 b/w plates, all of fairies. Pale green cloth, dark green titles and vignette to front cover. 102 pages. 10.75 x 8". Bumping to spine and corners. Spine browned. Uneven fading to covers. Light browning to endpapers. Light browning to endpapers and some internal pages. Some light foxing mostly to prelims and page edges otherwise contents are very good. Plates are all present and in very good condition.

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CHRISTINA'S FAIRY BOOK
Written by Ford Madox Ford. Illustrated by Jennetta Vise.
Stock no. 1506934
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st thus 1949. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A collection of lovely fairy stories. Grey cloth covers, red titles to spine. 7.5 x 5". B/w illustrations. 60 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Crease to cloth at top corner of front cover with pinhole. Some faint marks to covers. Heavy erased pencil lines to front endpapers, half-title page, page 15 and one line to title page. Small part of line on half-title has torn paper which has been repaired on both side with clear tape. Just an odd mark and some foxing otherwise. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a little loss from base of spine. Grubby with a couple of light stains, foxed on verso. Surface paper damage from label removal on front panel.

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JANET AND THE FAIRIES
Written by Bertha M. Danks. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 1505178
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with dark blue title to spine and vignette to front, 7.5 x 5". 4 pretty colour plates featuring fairies. 64 pages. Spine bumped and faded. Light bumping and wear to corners. Stain to centre of front cover, possibly cup stain. Covers grubby with a few small marks and some browning/fading to edges. Tiny nick to bottom edge of front cover. Top of front joint starting to crack, 3 hinges cracked. Endpapers browned. A few fingermarks and some light foxing to contents but generally they are clean. All plates present.

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LUCIE ATTWELL'S TALES FOR ALL TIMES
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1710684
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. Circa 1922. Almost very good condition.

Beige/brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover - shows girl with two dolls and three birds sat on a branch. Pictorial endpapers. 4 colour plates. Spine edge chipped. A few marks to covers. Front joint a little weak. Belong to box completed. Endpapers browned.

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THE FAIRY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Dinah Craik. Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
Stock no. 1306490
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

"The best popular fairy stories selected and rendered anew by the author of John Halifax, Gentleman". Originally published in 1863, this is the first edition with Warwick Goble illustrations. Large, heavy format. Blue-green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to front cover and gilt title and decorations to spine. 32 beautiful colour plates with captioned tissue guards. 378 pages, top edge gilt. Large format. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few very light marks to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint is cracked as are a couple of hinges. Small piece of surface paper damage to page 100 and verso of plate where possibly pages were lightly stuck together. Foxing throughout else contents clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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PEEPS INTO FAIRYLAND
Written by E. Nesbit; F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy.
Stock no. 1303868
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1896. Almost very good condition.

A Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories. Nister book 633. Six stunning three-dimensional stand-up scenes. Large oblong format. Green cloth spine, colour pictorial paper boards. Front cover shows the Babes in the Wood riding on a leaf in the air harnessed to a pair of robins. Green/white floral endpapers. Spine has been rebacked with red cloth. Corners and cover edges are worn. There is some scuffing to the covers. Front free-endpaper is missing. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. One page has a large closed tear which has been neatly repaired. From the pop-up scenes there are some flowers missing at the top of the fairy's oar (in the swan picture) and the giant is missing from behind Jack (in the Jack and the Giant picture) otherwise the pop-ups are complete, bright and in excellent working order. The text pages are well fingered and thus a little grubby. A decent copy of a scarce pop-up book.

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THE ROSE AND THE LILY
Written by Mrs. Octavian Blewitt. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 1201458
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1877. Almost very good condition.

Pink cloth with elaborate gilt decorations. B/w frontis by Cruikshank. Believed to be the last book illustrated by him. The Rose And The Lily, How They Became the Emblems of England and France. A Fairy Tale. 62 pages + 36 page booklist dated October 1876. Top of spine chipped with loss. Spine browned and bumped and base. Small mark to front cover. Some page edges ragged from uneven opening.

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GUM TREE BROWNIE AND OTHER FAERIE FOLK OF THE NEVER-NEVER
Written by Tarella A. Quin. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 595653
Published by George Robertson & Co.. 1st 1907. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth covers with bevelled edges, red title to front with illustration of a Brownie swinging in a cobweb. Marbled endpapers. Packed with charming pen-and-ink illustrations, many full-page. A typically stylised Outhwaite fairyland. 184 pages. Oblong format. Spine bumped and rubbed at top and tail. Corners slightly worn. Two small dents to cover foredges, Contents near fine with just the occasional very pale mark. A super copy of this rare fairy book.

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