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ALL ABOUT MISS FLORA BROOM
Written by K.A. Lund. Illustrated by Gordon Robinson.
Stock no. 1330403
Published by Dean & Son. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine, grey boards with red titles and colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. 47 pages. Uneven browning to cover edges. A few scuffs to covers. Possibly the spine has been replaced professionally (very difficul to tell!). Joints just starting to crack. Binding nice and tight, contents clean.

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THE FABER BOOK OF FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
Written by Stephen Corrin; Sara Corrin. Illustrated by Juan Wijngaard.
Stock no. 1330401
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

26 of the best-loved fairy tales. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Decorations to chapter headings. 15 full-page colour illustrations. 243 pages. 9.5 x 6.5". ISBN: 0571148549. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut. There is a label to the front flap which has caused a light brown patch to facing endpaper.

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THE ROALD DAHL TREASURY
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake; Raymond Briggs; Babette Cole; et al..
Stock no. 1330399
Published by Jonathan Cape. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Complete stories, extracts, rhymes and memoirs in four themed sections: Animals; Magic; Family, Friends and Foes; and Matters of Importance. Red boards with white title to spine. 444 pages. Cream endpapers. Packed full of colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780224046916. 21st printing. Spine bumped. Covers edge rubbed. Small mark to lower edge of textblock, top edge slightly dusty. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Michael Morpurgo; Quentin Blake; et al. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley; Emma Chichester Clark; et al..
Stock no. 1330398
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An illustrated treasury of stories and poems in aid of The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts in celebration of HRH The Prince of Wales's sixtieth birthday. Edited by Morpurgo and Blake. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780224083607. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of small marks to prelims else contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is creased at edges and very slightly faded to spine

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FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Neil Philip. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 1330397
Published by Little, Brown and Company. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

New English Versions by Neil Philip. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0316913227. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Small worn patch to lower edge of rear cover. Some light finger creasing at margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little rubbed at edges.

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THE FOX AND THE HARE
Written by Vladimir Dal. Illustrated by Francesca Yarbusova.
Stock no. 1330396
Published by Rovakada Publishing. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. Brown endpapers. Fantastic colour illustrations to each page. ISBN: 9780984586714. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine.

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TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Rowland Hilder.
Stock no. 1830492
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1st thus 1929. Very good condition.

12 striking colour plates plus b/w decorations and a map of Treasure Island. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles and borders. Pictorial endpapers. xi and 260 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine lightly browned. Vertical rear board edge cloth is 'nibbled'. Browning to text block. Name in ink to verso of frontis. A few scattered foxspots present. Generally a nice looking copy.

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THERE WAS MAGIC IN THOSE DAYS
Written by Norrey Jephson O'Conor. Illustrated by J. Gower Parks.
Stock no. 1830480
Published by Elkin Mathews & Marrot. Circa 1928. Almost very good condition.

An Irish fairy tale based on The King of the Leprecane's Journey to Emania. Orange cloth spine, green patterned paper boards, white title blocks with orange titles. Colour plates. 62 pages. Boards and spine browned. Top & tail of spine lightly frayed, title block to spine has loss and is unreadable (faded). Board corners lightly worn, edges of boards rubbed. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing present. A few small marks to contents.

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THE BEAVER TWINS
Written by Jane Tompkins. Illustrated by Enos B. Comstock.
Stock no. 1830479
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A lively and amusing story of the doings of two little beavers in their native wilderness home. Brown cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 111 pages. Board corners lightly rubbed, boards clean. Text block browned. One hinge pulled but binding tight. Gift inscription in ink to half-title page else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and chipped, 1.75" loss centre of spine and a small yellow sticker with a green cross through to lower spine.

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THE GIRL OF INK & STARS
Written by Kiran Millwood Hargrave. Illustrated by Olia Muza.
Stock no. 1830478
Published by The Chicken House. 1st thus 2022. Slightly better than very good condition.

Special Gift Edition. Isabella's island is no longer a happy place. Even the songbirds have gone - fllying backwards into the sea. When her best friend disappears, Isabella is determined to help find her. As the daughter of a map-maker, she knows how to navigate by the stars. But nothing can prepare her for the dangers ahead, the love that she will feel - or the sacrifices that must be made. For beyond the dry rivers and dead forests, a fiery myth is stirring from its sleep. Also contains new story: Joya's Firest Snow. Blue paper spine with silver title and stars, pictorial paper boards. Ribbon page marker. Colour illustrations. 323 pages plus acknowledgments. ISBN: 9781913696313. Spine a little cocked. Tiny mark to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

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WILLIAM'S BAD RESOLUTION
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330394
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1958. Very good condition.

Formerly entitled 'William and A.R.P.'. Red boards with title to spine with black background. Black vignette of William's head to front cover. B/w frontis and text illustrations. 252 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Pages are browned but otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased, slightly browned to spine.

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WILLIAM THE DETECTIVE
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330393
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, loss to top of spine.

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