THE CUCKOO TREE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1402899
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dido Twite and Captain Hughes set out from Chichester Harbour with urgent dispatches for London. Their coach overturns in the middle of nowhere leading Dido to become involved in some 'havey cavey goings in' with smugglers, witches, kidnappers and treasonous pirates. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illus. 251 pages. ISBN: 0224005146. Spine and corners bumped. Ex -Library with stamps to front and rear endpapers. Textblock edge a little grubby but contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge worn. Spine is darkened.

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THE LITTLE PAGAN FAUN & OTHER FANCIES
Written by Patrick R. Chalmers. Illustrated by L. Hummel.
Stock no. 1313201
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1927. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w scissor-cuts (silhouettes). 196 pages. Spine slightly bumped and faded. A couple of hinges are starting to crack. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is very edge worn with loss to top and tail of spine, tears to folds and grubby/browned.

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LA CORONA AND THE TIN FROG
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1808945
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Nicola Bayley Miniature Collection. Small format. Glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Slight loss to lower corner of free front endpaper and small hole to spine otherwise a fine copy.

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PIPER
Written by Laura Cecil. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1109352
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1ST 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224038168. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few small marks to endpapers. Contents are excellent.

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN TWINS
Written by Daphne Rooke. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1402576
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Bottom of spine and boards are a little faded. Rear board is marked. Foxing throughout. Yellow dustwrapper is edgeworn, chipped and grubby. Spine is browned and has yellow tape at bottom. Crayon marks to top of front panel. Verso is browned and has white sticky label at top of rear panel and flap.

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NICOLA BAYLEY'S BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2113886
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1975. Good condition.

Nicola Bayley's first book. Favourite nursery rhymes illustrated by glorious full-colour pictures. Proof copy in paperwraps. ISBN: 0224011731. Contents detached from covers. Browning and a little creasing to paperwraps spine.

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EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES
Written by Erich Kastner.
Stock no. 1312102
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1947. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth. Black titles and vignettes. B/w text illustations. 222 pages. New and Cheaper Edition. With an introduction by Walter de la Mare. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine discoloured. Booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers. A couple of page corners are creased. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped and has most of the spine missing and old tape stuck to inside edges (glue has browned).

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ASK DOCTOR PETE
Written by Peter Rowan. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1402381
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224028693. Uneven fading to boards and spine. Page edged browned. Contents clean.

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THE BELGIAN TWINS
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 1502123
Published by Jonathan Cape. 2nd 1942. Very good condition.

With an introduction by Rhoda Power. Pink cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers very faded, spine browned. Covers and spine are a bit grubby. Belongs to box completed in ink. Some light marks and stains to endpapers and contents but contents generally clean. Text block a bit grubby.

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GHOSTLY BEASTS
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Amanda Harvey.
Stock no. 1605767
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A collection of short stories and poems. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224064630.

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DOCTOR DOLITTLE IN THE MOON
Written by Hugh Lofting. Illustrated by Hugh Lofting.
Stock no. 2111628
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth, purple titles and borders. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine is browned, with some damp marks to edges. Chipping and fraying to cloth, especially to bottom edge of front cover. Some foxing and page browning, but contents are generally very good. Wrapper is very browned and marked; some damp stains, chipping, with a little loss and tears/creasing.

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THE MOULDY
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2111605
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Nearly fine condition.

In the great garden of the world there was peace before Mouldy came... Mouldy is a mole. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Blue endpapers. 10 x 7.5". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0224020927. Spine is faded. Light wear to cover edges. 'Proof copy' ink stamp to front endpaper.

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