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ROBERT SCHUMANN AND MASCOT ZIFF
Written by Opal Wheeler. Illustrated by Christine Price.
Stock no. 1322123
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Great Musicians series. Green cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. 167 pages. Spine bumped and just a little faded at top and tail. Some slight foxing to textblock. Green and yellow pictorial wrapper is edge worn with slight loss at corners and some light grubby marks.

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THE YOUNG BRAHMS
Written by Sybil Deucher. Illustrated by Edward Godwin; Stephani Godwin.
Stock no. 1322122
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 2nd 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Great Musicians series. Orange cloth, black titles. 152 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and a little grubby.

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SHETLAND PEG
Written by Joanna Stubbs. Illustrated by Joanna Stubbs.
Stock no. 1321613
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. Very good condition.

Peg was a Shetland pony that liked to jump. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0571083226. Early reprint without a date (assume it is not 1968 as it has a 10 digit ISBN which did not come into use until 1970). Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents clean. Covers lightly browned.

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THE ATTIC TERM
Written by Antonia Forest.
Stock no. 2132018
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. A "Marlow Family" book. Pretty, clever and popular, Ginty has every desirable quality except the power to stand on her own feet... ISBN: 0571109705. Slight knock to spine, also to edge of rear cover. One joint is cracked, with creasing/sticking out of couple of page edges. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has corner cut off from front flap; edge-creased with couple of tiny nicks.

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THE CHILDREN'S HOW AND WHY AEROPLANE BOOK
Written by Morley Adams.
Stock no. 2131206
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 2nd 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Stiff card covers. B/w illustrations. Some white marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a few edge-tears and nicks.

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SIMPLE TALES FOR THE VERY YOUNG
Written by Doris Rust. Illustrated by Cecil Elgee.
Stock no. 2123580
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, dark red title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 6 tales. Damp mark to bottom edge and spine. Splash mark to top edge of outer page edges, going to page margins. Wrapper is price-cut with heavy browning/foxing, especially to rear panel; a few closed tears and nicks. White marks to front panel.

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THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF EMMA
Written by Dorothy Ann Lovell. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1405951
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

Emma is a royal doll. She tires of life in a museum and tries to escape. Yellow cloth, black picture and titles. B/w illustrations. 163 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Spine and part of front board browned. Covers a little grubby. Small piece of blue sticky paper to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Couple of page corners are creased. Top edge of text block is dusty. Grubby mark to side of text block.

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PERKIN THE PEDLAR
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Clare Leighton.
Stock no. 1503988
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1932. Almost very good condition.

The story of the twenty six children of Zeal Monachorum who did not know their ABC, until one day Perkin the Pedlar came by. Pictorial cloth boards with blue titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 206 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Ink blot to lower edge of text block has seeped a little onto about 50 pages. Light foxing and an odd mark to contents.

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THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF EMMA
Written by Dorothy Ann Lovell. Illustrated by Irene Hawkins.
Stock no. 1502365
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 4th 1944. Slightly better than good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Emma is a royal doll. She tires of life in a museum and tries to escape. Yellow cloth, black picture and titles. B/w illustrations. 163 pages. Bumping to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers are grubby with some stains. Marks/grubby fingermarks to endpapers and contents. Pages are lightly browned and there are a few fox spots. Book leans to one side a little. Dustwrapper has a large area of loss from the front panel and loss from the top of spine area. Grubby and edge chipped..

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POPCORN - THE STORY OF A NONSENSE HORSE
Written by Minka Varda.
Stock no. 1501855
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

The story of a vain horse called Popcorn who joins the circus. Beige cloth with blue titles to spine and large vignette to front cover. 48 pages. Colour illustrations. Some bumping to spine and corners. Covers grubby. A few fox spots, mainly to endpapers. A couple of small margin tears and grubby marks to contents.

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