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MY MOTHER
No author listed.
Stock no. 733729
Published by McLoughlin Bros.. Very good condition.

Mother's Series. Small format (6 x 5 inch) pictorial paperwraps. 8 pages with 7 colour half-page illustrations. A verse to "My Mother" with "The Mother's Reply". Light rubbing to spine. A couple of tiny holes penetrate the whole book (so small that they do not detract from the overall condition of the book).

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CATS
Written by Tabitha Grimalkin. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 577483
Published by Sands and Co.. Circa 1901. Good condition.

Large format. Blue pictorial cloth, red title to front. Verses by Grimalkin. Full-page super b/w illustrations by Wain. 47 pages. REDUCED FROM £580. Corners rubbed. A few marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Rear joint starting to crack. Some hinges pulled. Page 37 has 2.25 inch loss from lower edge, not affecting text or illustration. A few grubby marks to contents but generally a bright clean copy.

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TALES OF WAYBEYOND
Written by Eileen Hunter. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 733189
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, green title to spine. B/w illustrations, 87 pages. ISBN: 0233970843. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and sunned to spine.

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A LITTLE CHAFF
Written by Margaret Lavington; Helen Urquhart.
Stock no. 576950
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. Children's poetry about animals. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Corners rubbed.

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A PAIR OF SINNERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 576783
Published by Granada. 1st 1980. Fine condition.

Full title on title-page of book: 'The history of A Pair of Sinners forgetting not their Ma who was one also'. Cream pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations to verse throughout. ISBN: 0246113251.

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DRAGON'S SMOKE
Written by Wes Magee. Illustrated by Catherine Brighton.
Stock no. 426480
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. An anthology of poems collected by Wes Magee. Poetry One. ISBN: 0631900098. SIGNED by Wes Magee - 'For David' 1996 on title page. Spine a little faded. A couple of corners lightly creased.

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A SHOOTING STAR
Written by Wes Magee. Illustrated by Lorraine White.
Stock no. 426481
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Poetry Two. Poems collected by Wes Magee. ISBN: 063190011X. SIGNED by Wes Magee - 'For David, Happy Daze!' on title page. Covers a little unevenly browned.

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WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by R.J. Lloyd.
Stock no. 426501
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Farmyard Fable for the Young. Large oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0571131557. SIGNED by author - "For Jenny, David's Wife. Greetings from Ted Hughes 15th November 84" on front endpaper. Very small amount of red marking to one corner of outer page edges. Wrapper is a little creased to edges.

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NIFFS AND WHIFFS
Written by Jennifer Curry. Illustrated by Susie Jenkin-Pearce.
Stock no. 426363
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1991. Very good condition.

Compiled by Jennifer Curry. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Smells evoke memories - this is an anthology of poems - a plethora of pongs, both pleasant and putrid! ISBN: 0370315561. SIGNED by compiler, with inscription on verso of half-title page. Small bump with a little wear to top of spine. Contents are fine.

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THE BEST OF FRIENDS
Written by Tony Bradman. Illustrated by Madeleine Baker.
Stock no. 426364
Published by Blackie. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. The 'Poems for me' series. Poetry for younger readers that explores just what friendship means to a child... ISBN: 0216923301. SIGNED by Bradman with inscription on title page. A little bumping to base of spine, else fine.

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SILVER AND GOLD
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Ethel F. Everett.
Stock no. 575203
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st USA 1927. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. 8 colour plates. Poetry for children. Spine very lightly faded. Contents really nice. A super copy of this early Blyton title.

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THE BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER OF BEONALL GREENE
Written by William Harvey.
Stock no. 990512
Published by William Tegg. 1ST 1865. Very good condition.

Pages: 24, 24, 24, 24. 19 full page engravings, with many other in the text.bound in blue cloth, A collection of 4 illustrated poems. Title on front of book is "Poetry for Children". Corners rubbed.

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