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SNAIL AND THE PENNITHORNES
Written by Barbara Willard. Illustrated by Geoffrey S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1328457
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, cream title to spine and snail vignette to front cover. Excellent b/w text illustrations. 182 pages. 8" x 5.5". Minimal bumping to spine. Light crease to lower corner of page 53/4. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine with minimal loss at top.

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THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1328456
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a hunt for treasure in the Yorkshire Dales. Green cloth, silver title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 216 pages. Spine slightly bumped with slight browning to base of spine. Endpapers browned and foxed, some foxing to textblock. Small patch of surface paper damage to front free-endpaper from removal of a small label. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly browned to spine and foxed on verso.

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SUSAN, BILL AND THE IVY-CLAD OAK
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1328454
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Susan and Bill's Ivy-leaf Club. Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper (price-cut by publisher with 'new' price printed above) is slightly edge worn with slight loss to top of spine.

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SPRING COMES TO NETTLEFORD
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1328453
Published by The Children's Book Club. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The third of the Nettleford novels. Peach boards, black titles to spine. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped with some browning to top of spine. Page edge browning throughout and some heavy foxing. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with slight loss to top of spne, rear panel is slightly browned.

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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR BABY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1828595
Published by Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

A board book for young children. Front cover shows young child in highchair wearing a blue gown and eating snacks, yellow background. Blue cloth spine. 12 colour illustrations with text below plus full pages of text. Text in green. Undated. Front board lightly rubbed at edges, rear board grubby and rubbed at corners. Spine a little browned and slightly worn at top & tail. A few grubby marks to contents but generally a nice example.

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MRS STRANG'S ANNUAL FOR BABY
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; M. Morris; et al..
Stock no. 1828594
Published by Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

A board book for young children. Front cover shows young girl in blue & red dress, blue shoes, on swing with a flowering shrub and thrush singing to one side. Green cloth spine. 12 colour illustrations with text below plus full pages of text. Text in green. Undated. Board covers rubbed at edges, scuffed and grubby, stained to rear board. Board contents are slightly grubby at edges and rubbed at corner tips.

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MR GRIMPWINKLE'S HOLIDAY
Written by Joan Drake. Illustrated by Gordon Burrell.
Stock no. 1828592
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When Mr Grimpwinkle and Prunella Pusscat were away on holiday with the Jiggle Woggle Bus, Ratus Ratus the robber rat put Honeysuckle Cottage up for sale. To pay him back, Prunella Pusscat thought out the cleverest battle plan imaginable, but even then Ratus only surrendered at pistol-point. Large clear type, lively stories, full of action. Yellow cloth boards, green title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 88 pages. Second impression. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Text block lightly browned. Child's name in ink to half-title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners with very slight loss, and is lightly creased at top edge.

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MR BUBBUS AND THE RAILWAY SMUGGLERS
Written by Joan Drake. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1828591
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Why was the new railway track ripped up as soon as it was laid? Who was using Princess, the 2-6-2 locomotive, at dead of night when the whole village as asleep? Ambrose and Poppy began to investigate - and something very unexpected happened to them! Another mystery story about Mr Bubbus, Mr Deggas and all the Deggas children. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 87 numbered pages. ISBN: 0340196149. SIGNED by the author (TWICE). Once as a gift dedication to free front endpaper and once with no dedication to the top of the title page. Top of spine is bumped which means the contents are also creassed to top gutter edge throughout. Tape stuck to front pastedown and a small patch of surface paper loss where some tape has been removed. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine, rubbed at corners, lightly creased and a little grubby to rear panel.

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MR GRIMPWINKLE
Written by Joan Drake. Illustrated by Stewart Irwin.
Stock no. 1828590
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1966. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

It was Prunella Pusscat's cleverness which, with the help of woodland neighbours, brought about Mr Grimpwinkle's glorious victory over the River Robbers. Lively, colourful pictures to encourage reading and stimulate the imagination. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w and two-tone illustrations. 88 pages. Second impression. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper designed by Eileen Bradpiece is edge-creased and rubbed, a little loss to top & tail of spine.

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THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Paul Henning; Hellmuth Weissenborn.
Stock no. 1828588
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

The story of the birth of Jesus. Interesting colour photographs by Henning of models and scenery created by Weissenborn. Blue cloth, silver titles. 64pp. 8 x 6.5". Spine and board edges faded. Fraying to top of spine. A few marks to boards. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown. Rear joint pulled between last text page and rear free endpaper, exposing webbing to top half. Small tear to vertical edge of rear free endpaper. Contents have finger creases and a few marks to margins.

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ELIZABETH ANN'S DELIGHT
Written by Maud Dowson. Illustrated by Ethel F. Everett.
Stock no. 1828586
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A little girl makes friends with fairies. Cream pictorial cloth boards. 6 colour plates inluding the frontis and title page. 132 pages. Undated. Boars lightly grubby, slightly faded to spine. Contemporary school prize message in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to text block, prelims and a few more pages. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A charming copy.

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AND MISS CARTER WORE PINK
Written by Helen Bradley. Illustrated by Helen Bradley.
Stock no. 1828582
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Scenes from an edwardian childhood. Reproducing both paintings and Helen Bradley's own charming commentary, this unique volume is an incomparable pleasure. Blue boards, gilt titles. 31 pages. 11.5 x 10.5". Large oblong format. ISBN: 0224005812. Reprint. Text block browned. Foxing to edges of title page, colophon page and page 3. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a little grubby.

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