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THE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN STORY BOOK
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1325765
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 2nd 1929. Good condition.

From When We Were Very Young, Now We are Six, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. Light blue cloth. Gilt titles and vignette to front. B/w illustrations. 171 pages plus publisher adverts. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine faded and grubby. Remains of a name plate to verso of front free-endpaper. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Small blue stain to top edge of textblock.

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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE SPRING
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1325711
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1930. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pale brown paper boards with black title and chequerboard design. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Blue pictorial endpapers. Beautiful colour pictures. Minimal bumping to spine and corners and slight rubbing to cover edges. Some slight pencil erasure damage to half title-page. Dustwrapper is NOT price-cut (1/6 net), is slightly edge chipped with only very minimal loss to top of spine and has a small mark to centre of spine. Last title listed on rear panel is "Mrs. Bunny's Refugee".

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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE SPRING
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1325641
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pale brown paper boards with black title and chequerboard design. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Blue pictorial endpapers. Beautiful colour pictures. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, a little grubby and slightly stained to rear panel. Name and date in ink to top edge of front panel. A nice copy of an early edition.

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THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
Written by Lewis Carroll; Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jeffrey Fisher.
Stock no. 1826047
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial boards. An agony, in Eight Fits. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Introduction by Rosen. Based on the Penguin Books edition first published in 1967 and reprinted with revisions in 1974, with minor emendations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few light marks and is lightly scuffed.

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THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
Written by Robert Browning. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325612
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 10 x 8.5". ISBN: 0723205868. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and has an edge tear to rear panel.

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THE HILL OF THE FAIRY CALF
Written by Charles Causley. Illustrated by Robine Clignett.
Stock no. 1325608
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1976. Almost very good condition.

The legend of Knocksheogowna. A story about a hill which is haunted by malevolent fairies. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340209372. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Heavy foxing throughout.

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MY HEART WAS A TREE
Written by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Yuval Zommer.
Stock no. 1325606
Published by Two Hoots. 1st 2023. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poems and stories to celebrate trees. Large format. Pictorial boards. 93 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781529094794. Dustwrapper has a small nick to lower corner of front panel.

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OLD POSSUM'S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS
Written by T.S. Eliot. Illustrated by Julia Sarda.
Stock no. 1325605
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st thus 2021. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. 81 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780571346134. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine.

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AESOP'S FABLES
Written by Aesop; John Vernon Lord; James Michie. Illustrated by John Vernon Lord.
Stock no. 1325599
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Introduced, selected and illustrated by John Vernon Lord, Retold in Verse by James Michie. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers and b/w illustrations. xvi and 160 pages including index. ISBN: 0224025872. Spine bumped. Small indentation to edge of front cover. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is edge creased with wear to top of spine and small tear to edge of front panel (to match dent in cover below).

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THE DICKIE-BIRDIE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1325538
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1916. Very good condition.

A book of poems about birds. Off-white cloth with green title and pictorial onlay to front. 12 beautiful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly browned at spine and edges. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed.

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KATE GREENAWAY'S BIRTHDAY BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Sale Barker. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325431
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1880. Fair condition.

Verses by Mrs. Barker, 382 illustrations by Greenaway (colour plates and b/w text illustrations). Small format (3.75 x 4"). Beige decorated cloth covers with bevelled edges. Turquoise endpapers. 125 numbered pages. All edges yellow. Covers are well worn and grubby with splits to spine (possibly relaid?). Joints have been repaired. There have only been a few ink entries made. Contents are generally clean.

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UNDER THE WINDOW PICTURES AND RHYMES FOR CHILDREN
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1325428
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1900. Fair condition.

Dark green cloth spine, pictorial boards. Green endpapers. 64 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some slight loss of surface paper to spine corners of front cover. Cover edges worn. Hinges are pulled causing binding to be loose. Some page margin tears and light stains.

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