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THE LORAX
Written by Dr. Seuss. Illustrated by Dr. Seuss.
Stock no. 1108629
Published by Collins. 1st 1972. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 000195458X. Covers are a little unevenly browned. Bumping and wear to corners and top and tail of spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Contents are very good indeed!

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ABC BRAINS TRUST
Written by Bruno Frost. Illustrated by Bruno Frost.
Stock no. 1108628
Published by The Conrad Press Ltd.. Circa 1949. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. A Picture Puzzle in English and French. A little bumping to corners. Some wear to spine. Pale page browning and light foxing.

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THE CHANGELING OF MONTE LUCIO
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 2112088
Published by Collins. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Philip, the Count of Monte Lucio, and the plan to depose him and set his twin brother, Hugo, in his place. Yellow cloth. B/w pictures. 255 pages. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks along cover edges. A few foxspots to outer page edges. Wrapper is a bit grubby with nicks and chips of loss to corners and top and tail of spine; a few closed tears.

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THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN
Written by William Cowper. Illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Stock no. 1108611
Published by Chiswick Press. 1952. Very good condition.

Limited to 1600 copies. Showing how he went farther than he intended and came safe home again. Grey pictorial paper covered card-wraps. B/w illustrations in typical Searle style. Uneven browning and foxing to covers. A little creasing to corners. Foxing also to endpapers, contents are very nice.

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THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND VOLUME XL JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1900
Written by E. Harcourt Burrage; S.L. Heward; Mabel Quiller-Couch; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1108608
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co.. 1900. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. A monthly magazine for boys and girls. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine is mottled/damp marked. Corners are bumped, with some chipping. Page browning.

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OUT OF TOWN
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Linnie Watt.
Stock no. 1108600
Published by Hildesheimer & Faulkner. Circa 1885. Very good condition.

Green pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Delightful chromolithograph illustrations to almost every page. 64 pages. 9 x 7". Bumping and wear to spine and corners and cover edges. A few scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some grubby marks and foxing to pages.

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LITTLE CHICKS AND BABY TRICKS
Written by Ida Waugh. Illustrated by Ida Waugh.
Stock no. 1108596
Published by Griffith Farran & Co.. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover showing two young girls feeding the chickens. Colour illustrations accompany the verses. Some bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. A little chipping along cover edges and to laminate on covers. New front endpapers. Foxing and grubby margin marks to some pages.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1108591
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1920. Good condition.

Blue illustrated cloth covers. 3 colour plates. 320 pages. 7.75 x 5.25". Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some fraying to cloth at corners and to top and tail of spine. Marks to covers. Browning to pages, with some foxing. One plate is MISSING (2 of 3 present).

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A HARUM-SCARUM SCHOOLGIRL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by John Campbell.
Stock no. 1108589
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1924. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. 288 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine is browned. Some bumping to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is very browned to spine and edges; a few nicks and some edge-creasing; minimal loss.

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A BOOK OF NAUGHTY CHILDREN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1108588
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. B/w illustrations. Light wear to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges; couple of brown marks/spots to outer page edges and some going through to some page margins. Wrapper is browned to spine, with some grubby marks; some closed tears and chips; minimal loss.

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PETER-KVAEK
Written by Louis Moe. Illustrated by Louis Moe.
Stock no. 1108586
Published by Henrik Koppels Forlag. 1921. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Text in Danish. A frog fairy tale. Beautiful colour and b/w illustrations. Some damp marking to covers and spine. Scuffing also to covers, with heavy wear to corners. Illustrations are still beautifully bright; a few grubby margin marks; one b/w illustration has been coloured in by a child.

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GAMES AND SONGS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN
Written by William Wells Newell.
Stock no. 1501726
Published by Harper And Brothers. 1st 1883. Almost very good condition.

Collected and compared by William Wells Newell. Beige cloth with pictorial front cover, brown titles to spine with decoration at top and bottom. Blue endpapers. B/w frontis. 242 pages. Covers are grubby with a couple of very small areas of damage. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Front joint is cracked between frontis and title page. Endpapers grubby with patch of tape residue to front endpaper. Small area of surface paper damage near top edge of title page. A few light marks and fingermarks to contents but generally clean.

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