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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY STORIES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1327907
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Fair condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover, pictorial onlay to front. 11 stories. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn with fraying of cloth. Covers slightly faded and marked. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Front joint is cracked, hinges pulled. Foxing to contents.

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TIM MOUSE
Written by Judy Brook. Illustrated by Judy Brook.
Stock no. 1327906
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1966. Good condition.

Oblong format. Cream pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations to each page with text below. Covers are worn and grubby with some small white correction fluid marks and split at top of spine. Name in ink to grubby front free-endpaper. Some light fingermarks and creases to page margins and some white correction fluid marks. Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Vita Sackville-West. Illustrated by Philippe Jullian.
Stock no. 1828235
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, red titles. An essay on the history of nursery rhymes. Pink illustrations. Endpapers and text block browned. Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and chipped to spine & corners, grubby.

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THE LITTLE MERMAID
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Cathrin Pennell. Illustrated by Andre; Zoltan Wegner.
Stock no. 1327905
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

The famous fairy tale retold by Mrs Pennell and aided by colour photography with Andre's figures and sceneries visualize this tale. Numerous b/w text illustrations throughout. Grey decorated cloth boards. 36 pages. 10 x 7.5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few light marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Hugh Gee. Illustrated by Hugh Gee; Sylvia Gee; Zoltan Wegner.
Stock no. 1327903
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Represented in figures and photographed in natural colour. Pale blue decorated cloth. Figures and scenes created by Hugh Gee, colour photography by Wegner and drawings by Sylvia Gee. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few light marks to covers. Tiny dent to lower edge of front cover. Contents clean.

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LITTLE IDA'S FLOWERS
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Trevelyan Katherine. Illustrated by M. Hoffer; Zoltan Wegner.
Stock no. 1327902
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

Represented in figures and photographed in natural colours. Figures and scenes created by E. Katzer and photographed by Zoltan Wegner. Green decorated cloth with dark green titles. Colour photographs and b/w illustrations. 34 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Hinges pulled causing stitching to be a little loose.

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SMALL CHANGE FOR STUART
Written by Lissa Evans.
Stock no. 1327897
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Stuart is swept up in a quest to find his great-uncle's lost workshop - a work-shop stuffed with trickery and magic. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 277 pages. ISBN: 9780385618007. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is very slightly edge creased and very slightly faded to spine.

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TALLY TO THE RESCUE
Written by Hazel Usherwood. Illustrated by Ionicus.
Stock no. 1327896
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Tally is a little orange training plane. Covers edge rubbed, a couple of marks to spine edge of front cover. Light foxing and other marks to page margins. Some hinges pulled causing stitching to be a little loose but binding still tight.

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SLIMTAIL'S FRIENDS
Written by Mary Chell. Illustrated by Mary Chell.
Stock no. 1327895
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1942. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some light fading to cover edges and to spine. A couple of small marks to rear cover. Contents clean.

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POOR CECCO
Written by Margery Williams Bianco. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1327890
Published by George H. Doran Company. 1925. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt title and vignette to front cover. Tipped-in colour frontis plus 6 other colour plates. B/w chapter tailpieces. 2nd printing with 'B' to the colophon page. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. A nice, clean copy.

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MOTHER GOOSE - THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1327889
Published by Heinemann. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One volume edition. Green cloth covers, silver title to spine and vignette to front cover. Illustrated endpapers. 13 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 159 pages. 8 x 6". Spine slightly faded and bumped at top and tail. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Pale foxing to endpapers. White dustwrapper is slightly grubby, edge chipped/torn with slight loss to top and tail of spine.

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THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1327888
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Specially rebound in modern green leather binding, with raised bands to spine, title blocks, with gilt titles and decorations. Marbled endpapers. All edges are marbled. Numerous b/w illustrations. Wear and chipping to leather on spine and edges. Some scuffing. Front joint is partially cracked in a few places. Inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Some foxing and browning.

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