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UNCLE REMUS STORIES
Written by Joel Chandler Harris; Jane Shaw. Illustrated by William Backhouse.
Stock no. 1329942
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format, cream boards with red title and vignette. Delightful colour illustrations. Retold by Jane Shaw. 13 stories. 61 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Slight foxing, musty smell to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears to top edge and some loss to top of spine and rear panel (small tape repairs on verso).

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LA CORONA AND THE TIN FROG
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1329941
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224013971. Minimal fading to top edge of rear cover (beside spine). Contents clean.

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THE APRIL BABY'S BOOK OF TUNES
Written by Mary Russell. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1329940
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1903. Good condition.

Tan cloth, red titles and small vignette of girl to front cover. Colour plates throughout. 74 pages, all edges red. 7.5 x 7.75". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers rubbed and marked with damp stain to base of spine/cover edges. Damp stains to endpapers, prelims and last few pages. Some fingermarks to page margins. Tissue-guard for frontis has been removed.

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MR. PAPINGAY'S FLYING SHOP
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Franke Rogers.
Stock no. 1329938
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Blue cloth, pink title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers grubby. Endpapers browned. Old tape marks to front pastedown. Some neat ink writing to front free-endpaper (Francis Holland School Juniors Fiction Library E.47). Some grubby marks to contents. Unfortunately the colour frontis is MISSING from this copy.

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A SECOND BOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS AND THEIR NESTS
Written by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald. Illustrated by Allen W. Seaby.
Stock no. 1329937
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 536. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some browning to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Fingering to contents. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso, is edge rubbed/worn and a little marked to rear panel.

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NATURE BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Christine H. Rolland. Illustrated by Nina Scott Langley.
Stock no. 1329936
Published by Collins. Circa 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Windsor Birthday Books series. Green boards, silver title to spine and title/vignettes to front cover. 3 little verses or sayings for each day of the year. Illustrations at the top of each page. A sweet little book. 5.5 x 4.25". Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Contnets UNUSED. Dustwrapper is foxed, light browned to spine.

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THE INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE
Written by Eric Allen. Illustrated by David Knight.
Stock no. 1329935
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A new version of the adventures of Don Quixote of La Mancha. Cream cloth, brown title label to spine with gilt title. 168 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Wrapper is edge rubbed, slightly foxed and slightly browned.

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UNCLE REMUS OR MR. FOX, MR. RABBIT, AND MR. TERRAPIN
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by A.T. Elwes.
Stock no. 1329934
Published by George Routledge and Sons Limited. Circa 1900. Good condition.

50 b/w illustrations. Brown cloth with black titles. 248 pages plus booklist to rear. Covers are edge worn and grubby. Contents are lightly fingered and browned.

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THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER AND OTHER TALES
Written by John Ruskin; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1329933
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Good condition.

Also contains: The Golden Touch by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Ten Pieces of Gold by Mrs. Craik; The Golden Apples of Lough Erne told from traditional sources. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates, 4 by Rountree to the first story. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cloth covers marked. Plates all present, a couple have creased/ragged margins. Some grubby marks to contents. Hinges cracked but binding still tight.

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PARLICOOT
Written by Alex W. MacLeod. Illustrated by Alex W. Macleod.
Stock no. 1329919
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1943. Very good condition.

And How He Set Out to Find A Playmate. Parlicoot is a strange little creature who appears in the Dell one day looking for a Playmate. An enchanting story delightfully illustrated. 23 pages. Slightly oblong format. Foxing to cloth spine. Light scribble marks to front cover, scuff marks to rear. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Marks to front pastedown and half-title page. Contents generally clean. A nice, bright copy of a scarce little book (not as bad as it sounds!).

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THE TYGER TRAY
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1329917
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A rich blend of mystery and excitement involving an Indian tray, a tiger skin and some very powerful hocus-pocus! Purple boards with gilt title to spine. B/w woodcut illustrations. ISBN: 041665830X. Minimal shelf bumping to spine and corners. Pale page browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. A few small, light marks to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly faded to spine.

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BIGGLES-AIR DETECTIVE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1329914
Published by Marks & Spencer. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards, red cloth spine. Two-colour illustrations. 93 pages. 10 x 8". Covers are edge worn and slightly grubby. Cloth spine is starting to fray at edges. Foxing to textblock. Slight musty smell to contents.

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