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SO GUY CAME TOO
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Joanna Curzon.
Stock no. 1315919
Published by Burke. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black title to spine. 189 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper has been covered with an ex-libris label (which has name in ink on it). Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and a bit grubby to rear panel.

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BLACK BEAUTY
Written by Anna Sewell. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1405520
Published by Jarrolds. Slightly better than good condition.

18 colour plates, specially drawn for this edition. Dark green cloth. Gilt titles to spine. Elaborate gilt decoration to front cover. 291 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small splits in cloth to top and bottom of spine. Gilt from spine has is very worn. Fading to spine and edge of rear cover. A few hinges are cracked. Foxing throughout including margins of plates. 2.5" closed tear to side margin of page 49/50.

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STOLEN HOLIDAY
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1404283
Published by A. & E. Publishers Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, blue title to spine. Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 198 pages. Spine is foxed. Corners a little rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers and page edges otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn and a little torn. Spine is browned and a little grubby. Rear panel is grubby.

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SAMBO AND SUSAN AND OTHER TALES
Written by Katharine Harrison-Wallace. Illustrated by Katharine Harrison-Wallace.
Stock no. 2116403
Published by Apple Tree Press. 2012. Fine condition.

Contains: The Adventures of Sambo and Susan, Jim The Huntsman and The Story of a Disobedient Salmon. A modern republication of the original. ISBN: 9780957306509.

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HAZY MOUNTAIN
Written by Donald Bisset. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1710978
Published by Puffin Books. 1975. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. 31 pages. ISBN: 0140501436. Light creasing to covers.

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THE RED PONY
Written by John Steinbeck. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis.
Stock no. 1312595
Published by The Viking Press. 1st thus 1945. Very good condition.

Grey cloth, blue title label and gilt title to spine, pictorial onlay to front cover. Superb colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light foxing to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. There are some light fingermarks to page margins and there is a small orange felt-tip(?) mark to edge of textblock.

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ON'Y TONY AND THE DRAGON
Written by Brenda E. Spender. Illustrated by Barbara Turner.
Stock no. 1502426
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

On'y Tony meets Bell's brother, known as the Dragon, and through him did a great many very naughty things. Pale blue marble effect boards with blue spine and dark blue titles. B/w illustrations. 80 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Top of spine darkened, edges of covers browned and foxed. Endpapers browned. One hinge cracked. Dustwrapper has loss from top and bottom of spine and is also torn along the spine. Also loss at bottom of front panel, tears and chipping elsewhere. Spine very browned, rear panel a bit grubby.

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ON'Y TONY
Written by Brenda E. Spender. Illustrated by B. Turner.
Stock no. 1311832
Published by Country Life Limited. 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of three ponies and a little boy. Green cloth spine, brown marble effect boards. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing else contents clean. Yellow dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped and faded to spine and edges.

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TERRY, THE TROOP-HORSE
Written by Beatrix De Burgh. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy.
Stock no. 1108925
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1902. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth with black titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks and some scuffing to covers. Prize plate to front endpaper. Some page browning; couple of pages are creased.

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DIMPLES
Written by Dora Olive Thompson. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1704445
Published by Every Girl's Paper Office. Circa 1929. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with black titles and image of boy and girl. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Covers grubby and scuffed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing. A few b/w illustrations have been coloured.

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ROBBIE AND DOBBIE
Written by Harry Golding. Illustrated by G.E. Shepheard.
Stock no. 1301330
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Little Wonder Books series. Small format. Light brown decorated boards with dark brown titles and colour onlay to front. 30 colour illustrations. 85 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some light foxing. Top corner tip of front endpaper lightly creased. Wrapper is edge worn with closed tears and a little grubby.

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THE BEST-KEPT SECRET
Written by Emily Rodda. Illustrated by Noela Young.
Stock no. 631106
Published by Angus & Robertson Publishers. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Pink boards, white title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0207158096. Corners a little worn.

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