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THE GATES OF BANNERDALE
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 1330545
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. One of the Bannerdale series. 223 pages. ISBN: 9781847450234. Very slight creasing to corner tips of cover, and also to first few page corner tips.

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NO BOATS ON BANNERMERE
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1330544
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Why were boats forbidden on Bannermere Lake?... ISBN: 1904417442. Light vertical crease to spine edge of front cover (just where book has been held open to read). Light mark to top edge of textblock else contents clean.

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A WHIFF OF BURNT BOATS
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 1330231
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

An early autobiography. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. A few b/w photos. 191 pages. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Evidence of a small label removed from front free-endpaper and a larger label removed from pastedown.

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A WHIFF OF BURNT BOATS
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 1330208
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2009. Good condition.

An early autobiography. Originally published by Macmillan in 1971. Cardwraps. 163 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781847450715. EX-LIB with labels and stamps to prelims. Covers and contents otherwise clean.

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UNDER BLACK BANNER
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1330207
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2005. Fine condition.

Card wraps. B/w illustrations. This Girls Gone By edition also contains Foreword, Further Reading and Publishing History, as well as the story itself. ISBN: 1904417655.

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BRITAIN YESTERDAY
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1330204
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1975. Very good condition.

Blackwell's Learning Library No. 86 (edited by John Cutforth and J.C. Gagg). Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations throughout, some colour plates. 61 pages. ISBN: 0631133305. Spine bumped, faded and slightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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MIST OVER ATHELNEY
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Stewart Sherriffs; J.L. Stokle.
Stock no. 1330203
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story from the dark winter of A.D. 878, when Danish King Guthrum launched his treacherous attack on the kingdom of Wessex. Orange cloth, black titles and vignettes. 243 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped with tiny nicks to top and tail of spine. Some slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to textblock, endpapers and prelims else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and a little edge rubbed.

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THE MAYTHORN STORY
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1330202
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 217 pages. B/w illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to textblock and endpapers, affecting some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, very slightly grubby to rear panel with a crease and light stain to rear flap.

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CHANGE AT MAYTHORN
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1330200
Published by The Children's Book Club. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Little Maythorn is a quiet country railway station and for Mike and his family it is a case of 'All Change' when his father becomes the station master there. Red boards, black titles. B/w illustrations. 215 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is a little grubby to rear panel with a few tiny closed tears.

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THE ARPINO ASSIGNMENT
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Paul Leith.
Stock no. 1330178
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A story based in the time of World War II. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 074450810X. Light bumping and fading to top of spine. Ink name stamp and date in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning and light foxing to textblock. Wrapper is very slightly edge-creased with a couple of small nicks.

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LAUGHTER AT THE DOOR: A CONTINUED AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Written by Geoffrey Trease.
Stock no. 1330177
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1974. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The second instalment of the authors autobiography, written in response to numerous individuals who enjoyed A Whiff of Burnt Boats and demanded more. Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. 186 pages. ISBN: 0333168119. EX-LIB with stamps and damage. Front free-endpaper torn out. Spine and corners bumped. Contents well fingered, textblock grubby. Dustwrapper has a small piece of tape to rear flap and remains of a library label to front flap. Wrapper is lightly browned.

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THE CROWN OF VIOLET
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1330171
Published by Penguin. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition.

Puffin Story Book PS330. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Page browning else contents clean.

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