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WASTEGROUND CIRCUS
Written by Charles Keeping. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1830712
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Scott and Wayne used the demolition site in the heart of the city as a playground. Then one day a circus made an overnight stop on the site and life was never the same again - for one of the boys. Large format. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0192797085. Corners of boards lightly rubbed. Name in ink to top edge of front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very slightly faded at edges.

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PETER RABBIT AT THE CIRCUS
Written by Alma Hudson. Illustrated by Richard Hudson.
Stock no. 1208900
Published by Cupples & Leon Company. Good condition.

US pirated story of Peter Rabbit. Small format. Red covers with small rectangular pictorial onlay to top of front cover and title beneath. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine is worn with loss at top and tail. Fading to spine and cover edges. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Joints cracked. Rear free-endpaper is creased. There is possibly a colour illustration missing between pages 12 and 13. Page 12 has a heavy vertical crease to centre. There are fingermarks and other marks to contents.

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THE WEE LITTLE FLEA CIRCUS
Written by Dan Witkowski. Illustrated by Nathan Jarvis.
Stock no. 1329144
Published by Abracadazzle. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition.

American Edition. Glazed pictorial boards. This books contains 3-dimensional stage, a fabulous family of silly flea-circus puppets. To go with an amusing story that the kids will love. ISBN: 0679876987. Complete and unused.

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LIONBOY: THE CHASE
Written by Zizou Corder.
Stock no. 1329106
Published by Puffin Books; The Penguin Group. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, red title to spine. Charlie is on the run from an amazing floating circus with six homesick, beautiful Lions. Second in the 'Lionboy' series. ISBN: 0141380527. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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GRAND CIRCUS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328368
Published by W.H.C. London. Very good condition.

Success Series. Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Spine slightly rubbed. Staples rusty. Number "3" written in heavy pencil to rear cover (attempt has been made to erase). Contents clean.

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COME TO THE CIRCUS!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joyce Johnson.
Stock no. 1326788
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 2nd 1950. Very good condition.

Green cloth. B/w illustrations. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Two names in ink to front free-endpaper. Hinge between endpaper and half title is cracked. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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THREE BOYS AND A CIRCUS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 1326777
Published by Werner Laurie. 2nd 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally written under the pen-name of Mary Pollock in 1940, this edition re-issued in 1949. Blue cloth, burgundy title to spine and authors name to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 96 pages. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Light foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn with small tears to top and tail of spine.

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GREY RABBIT AND THE CIRCUS
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1325726
Published by Collins. 1st 1961. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Burgundy pictorial boards. Burgundy and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Minimal rubbing to spine. Contents fine. Minimal rubbing to wrapper corners. A super copy.

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CIRCUS BOY
Written by Dorothea J. Snow; Gordon Grimsley. Illustrated by John Pollack.
Stock no. 1325666
Published by Daily Mirror. 1958. Very good condition.

TV's famous Corky and his circus adventures. Large format, glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Front cover shows Corky feeding chimpanzee with bottle of milk. Spine slightly bumped. A beautifully bright copy.

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BERTIE BEAR'S CIRCUS
Written by Geoffrey Higham. Illustrated by Geoffrey Higham.
Stock no. 1325530
Published by Edmund Ward. Very good condition.

The Sunset Series No. 1. Small square format. Blue pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some light foxing to contents.

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THE EDUCATION OF TRAVELLERS' CHILDREN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1825529
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

An HMI discussion paper. Originally issued by the Department of Education and Science in February 1983. The purpose of this booklet is to stimulate professional discussion. The term 'traveller' covers a number of minority groups, each with their own distinctive lifestyle and traditions e.g. Gypsies, circus, and fairground children. Slim booklet, staple binding, green cardwraps. 38 numbered pages. ISBN: 0112705642. Spine lightly rubbed, covers are grubby. Contents are clean.

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CHIMPY
Written by Harry Fleming.
Stock no. 1323692
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The idea of selling Chimpy to a zoo was altogether too much to bear... so Trudy and Dennis look to team up with the circus. Blue boards, black titles and vignettes. 135 numbered pages. Spine very slightly bumped and browned. Endpapers partly browned and foxed. Top edge of textblock is foxed. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped with minimal loss, a little grubby to rear panel and browned to spine. Verso of wrapper is heavily browned/foxed.

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