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GREGORY OF THE FORETOP AND OTHER TALES
Written by J. Erskine Clarke.
Stock no. 1325344
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. Circa 1902. Very good condition.

Attractive blue pictorial cloth with gilt title to front. 52 pages plus 4 page publication list to rear. Some b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned but clean.

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PEG-LEG AND THE FUR PIRATES
Written by Peter Dawlish. Illustrated by Norman Hepple.
Stock no. 1325332
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Captain Peg-Leg takes his ship into the Arctic seas to find out why certain valuable cargoes of furs have never reached port. Blue cloth. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing. Price-cut wrapper is grubby and slightly worn at spine and corners.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE 'ALBATROSS'
Written by W.C. Metcalfe. Illustrated by W.S. Stacey.
Stock no. 1323792
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 3 colour plates. 16 page booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped. Name plate and small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Small pink mark to edge of textblock. Foxing to textblock.

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THREE JOLLY SAILORS AND ME
Written by Will Owen. Illustrated by Will Owen.
Stock no. 2130175
Published by T. Nelson & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1919. Good condition.

Large format. Green cloth; black title to spine, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. Story in verse. Heavy wear to covers. Bumping to corners. scuffing to onlay, with piece of edge loss. First couple of pages are edge-creased with a couple of tears. Some colouring. Grubby margin marks. A reading copy.

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JACK'S BIG RACE
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1312750
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Large format. ISBN: 0862648084. SIGNED by the artist to title-page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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JACK'S BIG RACE
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 2001078
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1998. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Large format. ISBN: 0862648084. SIGNED by author. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE TALE OF ADMIRAL MOUSE
Written by Bernard Stone. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1710160
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1981. Fine condition.

Sequel to The Charge of the Mouse Brigade. White glazed pictorial boards. White decorated endpapers with repetitive blue mouse pattern. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862640091.

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CALICUT LENDS A HAND
Written by Aubrey De Selincourt. Illustrated by Guy De Selincourt.
Stock no. 1309292
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, burgundy title to spine and vignette to front cover. 309 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Rear joint cracked. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss at spine and corners and is slightly browned, particularly to spine.

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THREE SAILOR GIRLS
Written by E.E. Cowper.
Stock no. 1804597
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1922. Very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title to spine and blind decoration to front. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis. Spine faded. Inscription in ink to front free endpaper. Some foxing.

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NOEL HOWARD MIDSHIPMAN
Written by E.R.G.R. Evans. Illustrated by Cuneo.
Stock no. 1703445
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1935. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis and b/w plates. 246 pages Covers scuffed, spine faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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THE WAY OF A SHIP
Written by Derek Lundy.
Stock no. 1801180
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

A Square-Rigger Voyage in the Last Days of Sail. A work of fiction. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 0224061399.

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THE SNACKBOAT SAILS AT NOON!
Written by Nancy Breary. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 382661
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

Orange cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly darkened, some light fading to rear cover edges. A yellow stain affects the front cover. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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