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SMOKE AND FLUFF
Written by W. Perring; A.J. Macgregor. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1310713
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. circa 1955. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Series 401. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Spine and corners bumped. Small, faint damp mark to corner of front board and a small brown spot to rear cover. Contents excellent. Price-cut dustwrapper is faded to spine, worn to edges with some small closed tears and has some surface paper damage to lower 1" of front.

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THE WITCH OF DRAGON SWAN
Written by Trish Reynolds. Illustrated by John Wayne Eastwood.
Stock no. 1310681
Published by Pagan World Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

Book I of Seeker's Quest. Pictorial cardwraps. 323 pages. Full-page b/w illustrations. ISBN: 159405519X. SIGNED by author to front endpaper (with dedication and inscription to Carol). A couple of corner tips slightly creased. Minimal rubbing to cover edges and front cover is slightly warped.

Price: £84.00 £63.00.

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CHORISTER'S CAKE
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1310669
Published by Jade Publishers. 1st PB 1990. Very good condition.

To assert his individuality Peter deliberately rebels against school rules and customs... Pictorial cardwraps. 156 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0903461412. Light rubbing to spine and corners. Light fading to spine. There is a barcode label stuck to rear cover and the contents are lightly browned. A nice copy of a very scarce title.

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JENNY AND THE NEW GIRLS
Written by Harriet Martyn.
Stock no. 1310667
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1985. Good condition.

A Balcombe Hall Story. Pictorial cardwraps. 166 pages. ISBN: 023397783X. Ex-lib with usual stamps and labels. Covers are creased and lightly browned. There are 4 tiny holes to edge of front cover. Page corners creased and pale page browning.

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SHIP'S BOY WITH MAGELLAN
Written by Milton Lomask. Illustrated by W. Kirtman Plummer.
Stock no. 1501410
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The adventures of a boy who escapes from his scheming uncle by signing up to sail with Magellan's fleet. Bright green boards with gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps. 185 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly worn. Large damp stain to rear cover. Long indentation to bottom edge of front cover. Some damp marks to rear endpaper and last few blank pages. Very slight musty smell to contents but otherwise very good. Dustwrapper is grubby, edge worn and torn, has small patch of surface paper damage to front panel and hole to rear panel from damp damage.

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THE ROSEBUD VOLUME XI
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; J.A. Shepherd; W. Reynolds; et al..
Stock no. 1501403
Poor condition.

Blue marbled boards with blue corners and spine. Gilt title and border to top and bottom of spine. Blue decorated endpapers. 192 pages. B/w illustrations including many by Louis Wain. First story is Miss Brown-Mouse. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Spine darkened. Covers scuffed. Front joint broken, rear joint holding by a thread. Pencil writing to front endpaper. Creasing to rear endpapers. Some hinges cracked. Margin marks and an odd page tear. A reading copy.

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THE ROSEBUD VOLUME X
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; J.A. Shepherd; et al..
Stock no. 1501402
Fair condition.

Blue marbled boards with blue corners and spine. Gilt title and borders to top and bottom of spine. Blue decorated endpapers. 192 pages. B/w illustrations including many by Louis Wain. First story is "A-Hunting he would go". Spine bumped with wear and splits at top and bottom. Corners bumped and worn. Covers scuffed. Spine darkened. Both joints weak, just holding by threads. Split to edge of blank page in prelims. A few hinges cracked. Marks to contents.

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THE BETRAYER
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1310641
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light green cloth boards. Gilt title to spine. Black and white illustrations. 285 pages. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges rubbed. Damp staining to cover edges with colour running to edges of pastedowns. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with damp staining to edges.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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LITTLE UNA
Written by Isa J. Postgate.
Stock no. 1310626
Published by The Art Lithographic Publishing Co.; The Artistic Lithographic Company. Very good condition.

A poem. Small format. Cream card wraps. 10 pages (unpaginated). Chromolithograph illustrations to text and full-page. Covers very slightly foxed and grubby. Name in ink inside front cover. Contents clean.

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FRISKY FOX GETS A PRESENT
Written by E.E. Ellsworth. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1310625
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Some rubbing to spine and corners. Centre hinge is broken but binding still holding tight by stitches. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and has a small tear to top corner of front panel.

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FAVOURITE OPERAS
Written by J. Cuthbert Hadden. Illustrated by Byam Shaw.
Stock no. 1310624
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. circa 1938. Very good condition.

From Mozart to Mascagni their plots history and music. Red imitation leather covers with gilt titles and vignettes. 287 pages. 24 colour plates. Some slight rubbing to cover edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. Gilt school stamp (attractive) to front cover. Light page browning to endpapers.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MONK AND BUN
Written by Rex Tucker. Illustrated by Lois Castellain.
Stock no. 1310611
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seven Stories for Children. Monk is a monkey and Bun is a rabbit. Pink cloth boards, blue title to spine and vignette of Monk and Bun to front. Black, red & white illustrations. 63 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. White pictorial wrapper is edge worn and just a little foxed and grubby.

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