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HUMBERT MISTER FIRKIN & THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 2135706
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1969. Very good condition.

The story of a scrap-iron dealer and his working horse, Humbert. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 022460726x. Bumping and wear to covers. Foxing also to covers. A few foxspots also to endpapers, prelims and outer page edges.

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BLACK HUNTING WHIP
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1319346
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Mrs Thornton acquires an old house in which Dion finds a diary of a boy telling the story of the Black Hunting Whip. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading and foxing to covers. Book leans to one side. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and chipped with loss at spine and corner, foxing to verso of wrapper.

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JERRY THE STORY OF AN EXMOOR PONY
Written by Eleanor Helme; Nance Paul. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819642
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1930. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth. Black title to spine. B/w drawings. Two-tone frontispiece. Map to endpapers. Second Impression. Spine faded, covers lightly marked. Foxing to endpapers and a little to text block. First and last hinge cracked. Name in ink to top edge of first blank pate. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A few light marks to contents.

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LITTLE MAGIC HORSE
Written by Peter Ershoff; Tatiana Balkoff Drowne. Illustrated by Vera Bock.
Stock no. 2130166
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1st thus 1942. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Russian tale translated by Drowne. Blue cloth, black title to spine. Pink and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by translator, with dedications on half-title and title page. Damp marks and spotting to covers. Numbers in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn with uneven fading; some loss.

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LITTLE HORSE, LITTLE HORSE
Written by Edith Lowe.
Stock no. 2125119
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Father Tuck Little Book. Small square format. Small chips to base of spine. Wear to corners. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Home made 'library ticket' stuck to front endpaper. Crease to front endpaper. Wrapper is grubby and creased with tears and chips and a little loss.

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LEONARDO'S HORSE
Written by Jean Fritz. Illustrated by Hudson Talbott.
Stock no. 2123887
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1st 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Shaped book. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0399235760. Bumping and scuffing along bottom edges of covers.

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TROUBLE AT PONYWAYS
Written by Judith M. Berrisford. Illustrated by Elisabeth Grant.
Stock no. 2123862
Published by White Lion Publishers Limited. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ponyways is a country house owned by the top-flight show-jumper Mike Dashmore who is the hero of all teenagers who come to stay there as riding guests... Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856860735. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.

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PROMISE AND THE MONSTER
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 1814589
Published by Collins. 1st thus 1988. Fine condition.

When Fergus McHeap's monster is stolen by a travelling circus, Promise the pony devises a cunning plot to save him. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations cartoon strip style. ISBN: 0001840347.

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POCOMOTO AND THE ROBBERS' TRAIL
Written by Rex Dixon. Illustrated by Jack Harman.
Stock no. 1506367
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pocomoto becomes involved in a smash-and-grab robbery in Yakima City. Dark red boards with black titles and vignettes to spine and front cover. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 197 pages. Spine and top front corner bumped. Top of spine lightly browned. Name and date in pen to front endpaper. Some light foxing and browning, mainly to endpapers and text block. Just an odd mark to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with loss from top of spine and small hole near base. Spine lightly browned and rubbed, rear panel slightly grubby. Light foxing/browning to verso.

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POCOMOTO AND THE DESERT GOLD
Written by Rex Dixon. Illustrated by Robert Hodgson.
Stock no. 1506266
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The driver of the stage-coach has been hit by a bullet. Poco and Tim Bladen search for the unknown gunman and thus become involved in a hunt for treasure in the bad lands of the Pecos country. Red boards, dark titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 217 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners, couple of light bumps to lower edge of front cover. Name and date in ink to front endpaper plus small ink date stamp. Front joint ever so slightly cracked. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and text block. Text pages clean. Dustwrapper is a little edge worn with small chips to base of spine. Rear panel and spine grubby/foxed, same on verso.

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BLACK BEAUTY
Written by Anna Sewell. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1405520
Published by Jarrolds. Slightly better than good condition.

18 colour plates, specially drawn for this edition. Dark green cloth. Gilt titles to spine. Elaborate gilt decoration to front cover. 291 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small splits in cloth to top and bottom of spine. Gilt from spine has is very worn. Fading to spine and edge of rear cover. A few hinges are cracked. Foxing throughout including margins of plates. 2.5" closed tear to side margin of page 49/50.

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STOLEN HOLIDAY
Written by Lorna Hill. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1404283
Published by A. & E. Publishers Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, blue title to spine. Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 198 pages. Spine is foxed. Corners a little rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers and page edges otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn and a little torn. Spine is browned and a little grubby. Rear panel is grubby.

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