ADVENTURES OF PUFFIN
Written by Ursula Moray Williams. Illustrated by Mary Shillabeer.
Stock no. 1328884
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, dark blue title to spine and border lines to front cover. 197 numbered pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Spine slightly browned. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Looks like a section from the original dustwrapper(?) has been cut out and stuck to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Top edge of textblock is dusty and also slightly stained (does not affect page margins).

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THE NOBLE HAWKS
Written by Ursula Moray Williams.
Stock no. 1328883
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1959. Very good condition.

'The brilliant and spectacular art of falconry is the theme of this colourful, detaild and gripping novel for children set in the fourteenth century'. Orange boards, silver title and black vignettes of hawks to spine. 231 pages. Spine bumped. Some fading to spine and cover edges. Name and address in ink to front endpaper. Also 'from Ursula Moray Williams' below the address but I have been unable to verify that this is a genuine signature. Grubby marks to rear free-endpaper and to textblock. Rear joint is cracking showing webbing but is still very tight. Foxing to textblock and endpapers.

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LUDO AND THE STAR HORSE
Written by Mary Stewart. Illustrated by Gino D'Achille.
Stock no. 1328882
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A superb story of a boy and his love for his horse and their dangerous journey together through the star-country of the Zodiac. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0034091708. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Light foxing to textblock and prelims. Dustwrapper is edge creased and foxed on verso, has been folded incorrectly during the binding process so that the title goes round onto the front board (see photo).

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THE QUEEN OF THE PHARISEES' CHILDREN
Written by Barbara Willard.
Stock no. 1328881
Published by Julia MacRae Books. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 130 pages. Moll Swayne was a magical creature to her children, a creature of light and air and sunshine, the Queen of the Pharisees who danced in a fairy ring... Winner of the Whitbread Award 1984. ISBN: 0862031486. Spine and corners bumped. Top edge of textblock is dusty and foxed. Dustwrapper has a blue felt-tip pen mark crossing out the printed price on the front flap.

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THE ELDEST SON
Written by Barbara Willard.
Stock no. 1328880
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Mantlemass Series. Brown boards, silver title to spine. 205 numbered pages. ISBN: 0722652577. Spine slightly bumped. Top edge of textblock is dusty and slightly foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed at edges and is faded to spine.

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JACOB FAITHFUL
Written by Captain Frederick Marryat. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1829120
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1895. Very good condition.

Maroon embossed cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Pages uncut (not trimmed). xxvi and 414 pages plus publisher adverts to rear. Fading to board edges. Endpapers browned. Bookplate to front pastedown. One or two foxspots to contents. Tissue guard removed from frontis.

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WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328879
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1937. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps. 34 b/w illustrations. 351 pages. 4th impression, same year and month (November) as first edition. Minimal shelf bumping to spine. Very light foxing to top edge of textblock. Name and date in ink to front fly-leaf. Minimal edge rubbing to wrapper and very light browning to spine.

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PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328878
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt title to front. Front endpaper is a chart of the atlantic ocean. B/w text illustrations throughout. 431 pages. 8 x 5.5". 5th impression, March 1935. Spine very slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Newspaper clipping (Ransome relevant) to half title-page. Top edge of textblock is slightly foxed. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and very slightly browned to spine.

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GREAT NORTHERN?
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328877
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 351 numbered pages. Third impression, same year and month (August) as first edition. Spine and corners bumped. Some very neat ink writing to top margin of front free-endpaper. Very light foxing to top edge of textblock. Neat pencil writing to front flap of wrapper. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly browned to spine with chips at base.

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PIGEON POST
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328876
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Green boards with gilt titles to spine and blind titles to front board. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224021249. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to textblock and to dustwrapper. Wrapper is edge rubbed, faded to spine and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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SWALLOWDALE
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328875
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth gilt title to spine. Blind title to front. B/w illustrations. 453 pages. 18th impression. Minimal shelf bumping to spine. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly browned to spine.

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SECRET WATER
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328874
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

The Swallows and Amazons are busy again, in a book which Explorers and Savages, of whatever age, will enjoy! Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine and blind title to front. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations throughout. 380 pages. Spine bumped, lightly browned and very slightly scratched. Top edge of textblock is very slightly dusty.

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