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FERGUS CRANE
Written by Paul Stewart. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 1208833
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Thrill to the Stupendous Adventure as young Fergus attempts to rescue his schoolfriends from a dastardly villain. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 215 pages plus epilogue. ISBN: 0385607199. SIGNED by author and illustrator on title page.

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THE CRY OF THE ICEMARK
Written by Stuart Hill.
Stock no. 1814712
Published by The Chicken House. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A glorious story of how 14 year old Thirrin becomes queen of the Icemark and finds some extraordinary allies. Blue boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 1904442560. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page.

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ARTHUR HIGH KING OF BRITAIN
Written by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1407071
Published by Pavilion Books Ltd.. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 143 pages. ISBN: 1862052301. Bumping to spine and corners. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge rubbed. Some light scratch marks to rear panel. Remains of a label to bottom of front panel.

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THE GIANT SURPRISE - A NARNIA STORY
Written by Hiawyn Oram. Illustrated by Tudor Humphries.
Stock no. 1406226
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Inspired by the stories of C.S.Lewis. Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 10" x 10" ISBN: 0007143206. Spine a little bumped. Contents excellent. Dustwrapper is a little edge worn. Chip to top rear corner.

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OBLIVION
Written by Anthony Horowitz.
Stock no. 1505671
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Power of Five: Book Five. The chilling conclusion to the epic supernatural series. Black boards with white titles and vignette. 667 pages. ISBN: 9781844286232. Light bump to base of spine. A little whitening to edges from dustwrapper (?). Light fox spots, mainly to text block. Dustwrapper is just slightly edge worn.

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A FINE LADY UPON A WHITE HORSE
Written by Enid Leigh Hunt. Illustrated by Gladys Peto.
Stock no. 2120451
Published by Dodge Publishing Company. Almost very good condition.

Her Journeying through the Realm of Fancy. Black cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A few marks to covers. Binding is a bit weak in places; some hinges are pulled. Heavy foxing to prelims and outer page edges. A few page margin tears.

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VOX
Written by Paul Stewart. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 1404856
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Book 6 of The Edge Chronicles. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385604610. SIGNED by author and illustrator to title page. Light browning to pages. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA PRINCE CASPIAN
Written by Ernie Malik.
Stock no. 1607292
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. The Official Illustrated Movie Companion. Colour illustrations throughout. 213 pages. ISBN: 9780007823970. Corners rubbed. Scratch and indentation marks to front cover. Contents fine.

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WAR BABIES
Written by Annie Wood Franchot. Illustrated by Mary Louise Davis.
Stock no. 1504579
Published by William R. Jenkins Company. 1st 1914. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The Adventures in the Air of Jacque and Jacqueline, two little children of Verdun. After both parents are killed in one day during the war the two children are picked up by a man bird with big wings and a man's body and fly around Europe. Red paper boards with gilt title to front cover. 6 Colour and 12 b/w illustrations. 61 pages. Spine bumped with slight damage to base. Wear to lower corners and a few small bumps and a nick to lower edges. Large ink inscription to front endpaper. Small patch of erased writing to pastedown. Small bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Contents are generally clean, just an odd mark. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with small tears and chips to ends of spine and folds. Spine browned, panels darkened with marks.

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QUEST'S END
Written by Alfred Brisco. Illustrated by Brian Fawcett.
Stock no. 1504468
Published by Brown and Brown. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A man, after being knocked out, wakes up as his horse. A fascinating tale which will at once appeal to lovers of Northern Rural England - the life of its people and animals and Lakeland Lanes. The veil of the occult running through the tale will grip, as also will the adventures of the main character depicted in Civil and Army Life. Orange cloth covers with dark titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. 83 pages. SIGNED by author, with date, on front endpaper. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A few white marks to covers. Light browning and foxing to endpapers, rest of contents very good. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with some stains to panels.

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FREEGLADER
Written by Paul Stewart; Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 1713404
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Book 7 of the Edge Chronicles series. Undertown is destroyed. Gnokgoblins, cloddertrogs, woodtrolls and others who live there prepare for a mass exodus to a new home in the Free Glades. Purple boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385604629.

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THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS
Written by William M. Timlin. Illustrated by William M. Timlin.
Stock no. 1314201
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. 1st 1923. Good condition.

One of the classic works of fantasy and the author's solitary children's book. Only 2000 copies printed of which 600 were used for the American edition. Large format. Vellum spine with gilt titles and decoration. Grey paperboards. 48 magical colour plates. Both calligraphic text and plates are mounted on grey art paper making this a truly unusual item. Spine and corners bumped and worn, some chipping to top and tail of spine. Covers are grubby and marked, edges are rubbed. There is some surface paper damage to covers, particularly at edges. Binding re-stitched. Some damage to front endpaper. Small margin tears. Apart from some slight fingering all plates seem fine. A good copy of this scarce item.

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