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THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1208894
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1919. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Deluxe edition with original gilt decorated grey cloth, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and 26 illustrations. All edges gilt. 84 numbered pages. Light fingering to the contents but still bright and clean. Spine slightly bumped with slight rubbing to spine and corners. Cloth is beautifully bright having been protected by original printed glassine wrapper which is chipped and torn in places, with archival tape repair to rear panel, large tears to spine and corners. Printed 1/6 net at base of wrapper spine and Timmy Tiptoes is the last title listed on the wrapper. Published between 1911 and 1919 (Timmy Tiptoes published in 1911 and Warne went Ltd in 1919). A very nice copy of a deluxe edition with an exceptionally scarce glassine wrapper.

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THE SONGS OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Dudley Glass. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1830502
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1979. Very good condition.

Based on "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" by Beatrix Potter. Large format, pictorial card wraps. Musical scores with words and b/w text illustrations. 31 pages. ISBN: 0723210357. Reprint. Foxing to covers and a few spots to contents. Light pencil marks to front cover. Light damp stains to lower edge of rera cover (not bad). Else contents clean.

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KING ARTHUR: THE SWORD IN THE STONE
Written by Hudson Talbott. Illustrated by Hudson Talbott.
Stock no. 1830501
Published by William Morrow & Company Inc. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The only person able to draw a sword from an anvil, a young boy proves himself to be the successor to the throne of all Britain. Books of Wonder; Morrow Junior Books. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0688094031. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, lightly edge-worn to top & tail of spine, lightly scuffed, grease spot to top edge of rear panel, previous bookseller's label to rear.

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A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC
Written by Shel Silverstein. Illustrated by Shel Silverstein.
Stock no. 1830500
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st USA 1981. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Here in the attic of Shel Silverstein you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. A collection of poems and drawings. Blue boards with gilt title to spine & author name to front board. B/w illustrations. 167 pages plus index. ISBN: 0060256737. Base of spine shelf rubbed. Damp mottling to lower vertical edge of front board and damp to front pastedown. Contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is damp marked to verso, faintly visible to front panel.

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IN THE LAND OF THE MERFOLK
Written by Daniela Drescher; Polly Lawson. Illustrated by Daniela Drescher.
Stock no. 1830499
Published by Floris Books. 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Follow the secret watery world of the merfolk through the seasons in amongst the lilypads, reeds and rushes. Oblong format. Pictorial glazed boards. Full page colour illustrations with four lines of text per double spread. Originally published in German in 2006 under the title Im Land der Nixen by Verlag Urachhaus. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9780863155581. Second printing. A lovely, bright copy.

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SQUEAKER'S PYJAMAS
Written by Joy Trotman; Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1830498
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 3rd 1945. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Squeaker's parents are worried because he is getting too fat and has outgrown his nightie... (Squeaker and his family are pigs). Matt white pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. 63 pages. Board edges browned, corners lightly worn, small knock to top front edge. Small name in ink to front pastedown. A few finger marks/grubby marks to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is in two halves, separated at spine and repaired with aged tape, browned, edge-worn, tape repair across top front panel and corners.

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ENID BLYTON'S STORY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1830497
Published by Purnell & Sons, Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red pictorial boards (bathtime for the toys). Green/black, orange/black pictorial endpapers. Two-tone illustrations. First story is 'She Wouldn't Believe It'. Contains Noddy story: Noddy and Mrs. Monkey's Troublesome Tail. ISBN: 0361002602. Boards just a little grubby, spine lightly faded, corners lightly rubbed. Name in ink in belongs to box. Crossword puzzle completed in ink. pencil erasure to rear pastedown. Contents browned.

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THE NIGHTINGALE
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 1830496
Published by Edmund Ward. Circa 1945. Very good condition.

A 'Lyn' Book. Arranged from the story by Hans Andersen. Cream cloth spine. Brown oriental style pictorial boards. Pretty colour illustrations to text. 19 pages. Cream cloth spine is a little grubby. Board corners lightly worn. A few scuff marks to boards. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown dated 1945. Staple binding is rusty. Contents nice and bright.

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DO YOU HAVE THE TIME, LYDIA?
Written by Evaline Ness. Illustrated by Evaline Ness.
Stock no. 1830495
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st UK 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Lydia never had enough time. She always always painting pictures, reading books, hammering nails, gathering shells, sewing clothes and baking cakes, but she never managed to finish anything. And she was too busy to care. The day came when she really needed some time. Against the background of a sunny tropical island, this is the tale of how Lydia finds out that "If you make time, you will have time." Matt colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0370020022. Light browning to board edges and some faint foxspots to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is foxed and lightly worn to top & tail of spine.

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THE LAND OF LONG AGO
Written by Elsa Beskow. Illustrated by Elsa Beskow.
Stock no. 1830494
Published by Floris Books. 1st UK 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

One day the old tree trunk outside Kelly and Kai's cottage is magically transformed into a dragon and carries them off to the Land of Long Ago. On their incredible journey the children meet a princess, resuce a knight and trick the king of the trolls. But will the old tree dragon stay alive long enough to bring them home again? First published in Swedish in 1923 under the title Resan Till Landet Langesen. Red cloth spine with gilt title, glazed pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9780863157714. Very slight scuffing to boards else contents lovely and bright.

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THE CHURCH MICE AND THE RING
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1830493
Published by Pan Macmillan Children's Books. 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Another splendid pictorial account of the exploits of Sampson the cat and the church mice. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Super colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0333539036. Reprint in the same year as the first printing. A lovely copy. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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GOLDEN SUNBEAMS VOL. I 1897
Written by E.A. Bulley; Christina Rossetti; Maud Carew; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; T.H. Robinson; George Soper; et al..
Stock no. 1330406
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1897. Very good condition.

December 1896 (no. 1) to Novemeber 1897 (no. 12). Blue pictorial cloth with gilt title to front cover. 192 pages. Packed full of b/w illustrations, including some early work by Charles Robinson. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly rubbed and grubby. Prize plate (name blotted out) to front pastedown. Front joint starting to crack. Contents are well browned but otherwise are clean. Endpapers are slightly grubby.

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