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THE ADVENTURES OF PRICKLES AND PRIXIE
Written by Helen Lancaster. Illustrated by Helen Lancaster.
Stock no. 1708322
Published by Wilding & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pale blue boards with black titles and oval onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Prickles and Prixie are hedgehogs. Wrapper a little grubby with 1" closed tear.

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WILLIAM THE SHOWMAN
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1310319
Published by George Newnes Limited. 10th 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. Spine bumped and very slightly faded. A few tiny spots to covers. Name and address in biro on front endpaper. Foxing to page edges/margins. Large vertical tear to page 238 repaired with tape. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, foxed to spine with chipping at top and tail.

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KIM
Written by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1310314
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1901. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth covers. Gilt title to spine and gilt elephant head vignette to front cover. 413 pages, top edge gilt. B/w photo plates. 8 x 5.25 inches. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of very small marks to front cover. Name to half-title, foxing throughout else contents clean. With extremely scarce dustwrapper with six shillings printed to bottom of spine and 14 titles listed as "uniform editions" on rear panel. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and worn at spine and corners, there is a large closed tear across the front panel. A nice copy in a decent and extremely rare dustwrapper.

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THE ADVENTURES OF LARRY THE LAMB - MR. NOAH'S HOLIDAY
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by Ernest Noble.
Stock no. 1401614
Published by George Lapworth & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paper wraps. B/w text illustrations throughout. Toy town series number 4. 18 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. A little surface paper damage to front cover. Small tears to top and bottom of spine. Tiny piece missing from bottom of front cover. Some creasing to contents which are generally clean.

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TUMBLEDOWN DICK
Written by Howard Spring. Illustrated by Steven Spurrier.
Stock no. 2111002
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 3rd 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth with blue title to spine. B/w illustrations. All People and No Plot. Some fading to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few grubby marks. Wrapper is torn and chipped with creasing and marks; some loss.

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ADVANCE IN THE AIR
Written by F.V. Monk; H.T. Winter.
Stock no. 2110956
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

The advances in the science and art of aerial travel of the time. Written for boys and girls. Blue cloth. B/w photos and diagrams. Top edge blue. Some page browning and foxing. Only titles of original wrapper are left and pasted onto homemade brown paper 'wrapper'.

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THE BORROWERS AFLOAT
Written by Mary Norton. Illustrated by Diana Stanley.
Stock no. 1401603
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red title and vignette. Illustrated endpapers. Colour frontis and many b/w illustrations throughout. 176 pages. Spine a little bumped. Board edges a little browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears and grubby. A few scratches to front panel and a little surface paper damage to bottom of spine.

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SONGS FOR THE NURSERY
Written by Robert Ellice. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway; Miss Bennett; Robert Barnes; et al..
Stock no. 1401596
Published by W. Mack. circa 1891. Almost very good condition.

A Collection Of Children's Poems, Old & New. Small format. Cloth spine and corners, marble effect boards. B/W illustrations throughout. 142 pages. Small font text. Spine and corners bumped. Cloth a little grubby. Bottom of boards scuffed. Name to front endpaper. Foxing mainly to prelims and page edges. Some fingering and grubby marks. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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SOLOMON
Written by M.K. Mountain. Illustrated by M.K. Mountain.
Stock no. 1310288
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Little Grey Cat searches for his real home. Square format. Pictorial boards. B/w and black, white and yellow illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is worn, torn and foxed.

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WILLIAM AND HIS KITTEN
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Marjorie Flack.
Stock no. 1310286
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Small splits at top and tail of spine. Lower corner tips very slightly creased. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby, pink stain to front panel (a couple of smaller pink spots to both panels), small piece torn from lower corner of front flap. Covers are slightly curved (book doesn't sit flat on the desk).

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THE PIXIES OF WILLOW WOOD
Written by Anne Hope. Illustrated by Madge Williams.
Stock no. 1310278
Published by J. Salmon. Very good condition.

"And How The Children Really Met Them". Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. Pretty colour illustrations. Covers grubby and marked. Foxing to contents. Covers and pages are slightly wrinkles.

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DROLL DOINGS
Written by The Cockiolly Bird. Illustrated by Harry Neilson.
Stock no. 1310267
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1900. Good condition.

Animal tales in verse. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations. Spine has been professionally rebacked. Corners worn, covers scuffed. New endpapers. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Contents are foxed and lightly fingered. Musty smell to contents.

Price: £58.00 £43.50.

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