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THE TOYMAKER
Written by Helen M. Angus. Illustrated by Helen M. Angus.
Stock no. 1328759
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

Decorated boards. A book of paper dolls/toys to make. Colour illustrations/diagrams. Covers slightly grubby and browned. Endpapers browned. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper.

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CATS AMONG THE TOYS
Written by Lesley Anne Ivory. Illustrated by Lesley Anne Ivory.
Stock no. 1328659
Published by Harper Collins Publishers Ltd. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red pictorial glazed boards. Delightful colour illustrations of cats throughout. A treasure trove of toys through the ages. ISBN: 0001936433. A couple of tiny indentations to top cover edges.

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THE PARK IN THE DARK
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Barbara Firth.
Stock no. 1328624
Published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books. 1st USA 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When the sun goes down and the moon comes up, that's when toy monkey and his friends like best to play in the park... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0688085164. Spine of dustwrapper is sunned.

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ENID BLYTON'S LITTLE BOOKS NO. 5 - TALES OF THE TOYS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Alfred E. Kerr.
Stock no. 1328163
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. Almost very good condition.

Small format. White pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Some foxing and page creasing.

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SIMPLE READING STEPS: THE BOX OF TOYS
Written by Mary W. McClure. Illustrated by Margaret L. Yardley.
Stock no. 1328062
Published by The Grant Educational Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Step 19; Reading primer. Blue pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 12 pages. Spine rubbed. Some light marks to page margins and foxing to page edges.

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POOR CECCO
Written by Margery Williams Bianco. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1327890
Published by George H. Doran Company. 1925. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt title and vignette to front cover. Tipped-in colour frontis plus 6 other colour plates. B/w chapter tailpieces. 2nd printing with 'B' to the colophon page. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. A nice, clean copy.

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MECHANICAL TOYS: HOW OLD TOYS WORK
Written by Athelstan Spilhaus; Kathleen Spilhaus.
Stock no. 1827855
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed and lavishly illustrated guide to the development of the mechanical toy of which the authors are owners of more than three thousand mechanical and antique toys. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0709038577. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has a small edge-tear (no loss) to top of spine, rear panel is lightly scuffed.

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FLOOR GAMES
Written by H.G. Wells. Illustrated by J.R. Sinclair.
Stock no. 1824228
Published by Frank Palmer. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gold titles. Pictorial onlay to front cover. B/w photos throughout plus marginal drawings by Sinclair. 71 pages. Some light mottling to front board, board corners lightly rubbed and worn. Endpapers browned, foxing throughout. Binding tight.

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DESIGNING & MAKING ROCKING HORSES
Written by Margaret Spencer.
Stock no. 1824087
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With detailed plans, instructions and explanations of the wood and tools required. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos plus b/w plans. ISBN: 1861263619. Some damp mottling to boards. Spine cocked. Minor foxing to text block. A few light marks to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a minor biro mark to front panel. Musty odour present.

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HAFFERTEE HAMSTER DIAMOND
Written by Janet Perkins; John Perkins. Illustrated by Gillian Gaze.
Stock no. 1321509
Published by Lion Publishing. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Haffertee is a soft-toy hamster made for Yolanda when her real pet hamster died... the first in the Haffertee series. Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone text illustrations. ISBN: 0856480657. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Spine faded. Contents clean.

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DIRTY WORK AT THE DOG AND WHISTLE
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by Ernest Noble.
Stock no. 1319676
Published by George Lapworth & Co. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Cream pictorial boards. The Adventures of Larry the Lamb - Toytown Series. Covers slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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THE ART OF THE TOY SOLDIER: TWO CENTURIES OF METAL TOY SOLDIERS 1770-1970
Written by Henry I. Kurtz; Burtt R. Ehrlich; Roy Selwyn-Smith.
Stock no. 2133485
Published by New Cavendish Books. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red cloth, gilt title. Colour photography throughout by Serge Nivelle. Based primarily on the Collection of Burtt R. Ehrlich. ISBN: 090456844X. Light bumping along cover edges.

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