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THE HEAD OF KAY'S
Written by P.G. Wodehouse.
Stock no. 1328435
Published by Souvenir Press. 1st thus 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark green boards with silver title to spine. 155 pages. ISBN: 0285621173. Minimal bumping to spine. Top edge of textblock is slightly foxed. A couple of erased pencil marks to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper.

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CAUTIONARY TALES AND OTHER VERSES
Written by Hilaire Belloc. Illustrated by Posy Simmonds.
Stock no. 1328433
Published by Folio Society. 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. 5th printing.

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CLASSIC TALES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328430
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st thus 2012. Nearly fine condition.

Heritage Classics series. Two of the very best stories by the quintessential Rupert illustrator, Bestall: Rupert and the Mare's Nest and Rupert and the Lost Cuckoo. Black cloth spine with gilt title, blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 93 numbered pages. ISBN: 9781405264228. Cover edges (besides spine edges) are slightly grubby else fine.

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EL CID SOLDIER AND HERO
Written by Maria Luisa Gefaell De Vivanco. Illustrated by Laszlo Gal.
Stock no. 1328420
Published by Paul Hamlyn. Circa 1967. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. 137 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Published for Golden Pleasure Books Ltd. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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THREE LITTLE PIGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 1328419
Published by Brown Watson. 1989. Very good condition.

Pop-up picture story. Green, pictorial glazed boards. 6 pop-ups. ISBN: 0709704682. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some slight browning to pages and tabs else contents clean.

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THE BOOK OF BABY BIRDS
Written by W. Gilhespy. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield; Alan Wright.
Stock no. 1328417
Published by T. Nelson & Sons; T.C. & E.C. Jack. 1st 1933. Good condition.

Beige pictorial cloth. 16 beautiful colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins and some light foxing.

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THE MAGIC PUDDING
Written by Norman Lindsay. Illustrated by Norman Lindsay.
Stock no. 1328416
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1968. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Jubilee Edition of 2000 copies. Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 171 pages. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Faint damp stains to covers. A few foxspots to endpapers. Some slight page wrinkling to first 20 pages at lower margins. Unfortunately there are damp stains at the lower inner margins of the colour plates (the actual illustrations are not affected). Damp damaged dustwrapper has large piece of loss to lower edge of front panel, is edge worn, torn and creased and is price-cut.

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THE BABY'S BOUQUET
Written by Lucy Crane. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1328414
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1878. Good condition.

Brown cloth spine, pictorial boards. Square format. Decorated endpapers. Printed in colours by Edmund Evans. "A Fresh Bunch of Old Rhymes and Tunes". Companion volume to "The Baby's Opera". Spine and covers worn and marked with fraying of tail ends of spine and light paper loss at corners. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Front joint was broken but has been repaired, although the inner margin of the front free-endpaper has torn. Foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents. Rear joint cracked.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1895-97
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328413
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1897 Good condition.

Contains Jan 1895 to Dec 1897. Dark blue textured cloth, gilt title to spine. 40 chromolithograph plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light page browning and foxng. Some hinges pulled but binding still tight.

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WHIRLAWAY: A STORY OF THE AGES
Written by H. C. F. Morant. Illustrated by Jean Elder.
Stock no. 1328411
Published by Hutchinson. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

A delightful story of the Earth's past through successive geological eras, in the company of Helen and her little elf-like friend Whirlaway. Dark pink cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. 9 colour plates and numerous b/w drawings. 237 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some fading to covers and foxing to spine, there is a horizontal black felt-tip(?) pen mark to centre of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to prelims, endpapers and textblock.

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BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Chopping. Illustrated by Richard Chopping.
Stock no. 1328408
Published by Penguin. Circa 1947. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges. Covers a little grubby. Inscription in purple felt-tip pen to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1328407
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1954. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt vignette of William to spine and gilt lettering to spine/front cover. 248 pages. B/w illustrations to text throughout. Spine bumped and browned. Slight discolouration to cover edges. Some erasure damage to front endpapers (erasure of ink inscription and pencil pricing). Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Some grubby marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is creased with a few small nicks, rear panel is grubby. A few pencil marks to front flap.

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