THE WANDERINGS OF MUMFIE
Written by Katharine Tozer. Illustrated by Katharine Tozer.
Stock no. 1316399
Published by John Murray. 1st 1935. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth spine with black title, colour pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light foxing and fingering to contents. Light musty smell to contents. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel and spine and has some loss to top of spine.

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TEAPOTS AND QUAILS AND OTHER NEW NONSENSES
Written by Edward Lear. Illustrated by Edward Lear.
Stock no. 1314793
Published by John Murray. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited and introduced by Angus Davidson and Philip Hofer. Previously unpublished verses found 65 years after Lear's death. Brown pictorial boards. B/w drawings to text. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers slightly foxed. A few light fingermarks to pages else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed and edge chipped with minimal loss and tape repairs on verso.

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ARCHIE AND THE STRICT BAPTISTS
Written by John Betjeman. Illustrated by Phillida Gili.
Stock no. 1504435
Published by John Murray. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Archibald Ormsby Gore, the teddy bear. This book tells of his youthful adventures while hunting for history and flying with home-made wings over the Berkshire Downs and over the village with its church, its four chapels and four public houses. Yellow boards with small gilt vignette of teddy and title in gilt to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0719534291. SIGNED by author to half-title page. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Odd tiny spot to covers. Page edges are browned otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss from top 2" of rear fold. Spine slightly faded.

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MR. TOAD GOES TO SEA
Written by Marjorie Beevers. Illustrated by Alan Wright.
Stock no. 2116590
Published by John Murray. 1st 1940. Good condition.

Yellow cloth with blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine is very browned. Covers are grubby. Front cover is a little bowed. Foxing to enpapers, outer page edges and page margins.

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A HISTORY OF FRANCE
Written by Mrs. Markham.
Stock no. 1605970
Published by John Murray. 1859. Good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. "For The Use Of Young Persons". Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers scuffed. Partial splitting of joint at frontis. Rear joint cracked. Contents very good. Some corner creasing.

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THE FAIRY RING
Written by Brothers Grimm; John Edward Taylor. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 1312924
Published by John Murray. 1st 1846. Fair condition.

"A New Collection of Popular Tales" translated from the German by Taylor. 3/4 leather binding with gilt title and decoration to spine. Blue cloth to covers. B/w plates. Spine is rubbed and slightly darkened. Corners are slightly worn. There are a few light marks to the front cover. Both joints are cracked but not broken. Most of the tissue-guards to the plates have been removed. I think there may be an illustration to the prelims missing. Plate to page 200 has been repaired (was in two pieces has been laid down on a white piece of paper) and the last plate has lower corner torn off (actual illustration not affected). There is foxing and fingermarks to the contents. A decent copy overall of this very rare Brothers Grimm item.

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YOUNG JOHNNIE BIMBO
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1312262
Published by John Murray. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Michael and Mary Story. Mike and Mary and their friend Vicky are spending a holiday on the Grand Union Canal. Pale blue boards, red titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few tiny foxspots and a couple of small, light marks to textblock else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped with some loss, section of loss to top of spine and creases at wrapper edges.

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CONNIE THE COW
Written by Cicely Englefield. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield.
Stock no. 1502127
Published by John Murray. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

Brown cloth spine with cream illustrated boards. B/w illustrations. 39 numbered pages plus book list. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Rear cover slightly grubby. Endpapers browned. Neat ink inscription to prelims. A few marks and grubby fingermarks to contents.

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BENNIE BLACK LAMB
Written by Cicely Englefield. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield.
Stock no. 1207947
Published by John Murray. 1st 1938. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Cloth spine, pale blue pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Contents fine, spine browned.

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MUMFIE'S UNCLE SAMUEL
Written by Katharine Tozer. Illustrated by Katharine Tozer.
Stock no. 1311601
Published by John Murray. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Mumfie returns home to find terrible things happening. Mummy Jumbo's house had been burnt down; Uncle Samuel was kidnapped and there were "lurkings"... Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Bright pink and blue full-page pictures plus b/w drawings. 190 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Spine bumped, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and some light foxing. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with slight loss to spine and tape repairs on verso. Uncommon in dustwrapper.

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THE FIELDS OF WAR
Written by Philip Warner.
Stock no. 1604768
Published by John Murray. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A young cavalryman's Crimea Campaign. B/w photos. ISBN: 0719533562.

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THE FOURTH KEY
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1309051
Published by John Murray. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Michael and Mary Story. Light blue boards, red titles. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn with tape repairs on verso.

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