WINTER'S TALES FOR CHILDREN 2
Written by Caroline Hillier. Illustrated by Meg Stevens.
Stock no. 1328764
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An exciting miscellany of short stories and poems edited by Hillier. Blue boards with gilt vignette to front, red title strip with gilt title. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Endpapers browned, foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly grubby to rear panel with a couple of small edge tears.

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IRISH FAIRY TALES
Written by James Stephens. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1828994
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

A book in which Rackham broke new ground in the illustration of Irish literature. Stephens had attempted to create an Irish equivalent of The Arabian Nights in his own poetic retelling of the stories which existed in the oral tradition. Rackham rose to the occasion and produced 37 memorable illustrations including 16 in full colour. Green cloth, gilt decoration to front cover and spine. 318 pages. Spine browned and thus gilt to spine is faded. Corners rubbed and a little worn, lower rear corner has tiny nibble to cloth at edge. Text block and endpapers browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. All plates present, pale foxing to plate edges, tissue guards browned. Plate facing page 214 has slight surface paper damage to margins where tissue-guard was stuck. Contents clean.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328702
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine bumped. Some slight scuffing to cover edges. Old tape to pastedowns (also to wrapper flaps), browning to endpapers and light foxing to textblock. Section missing to lower corner of front pastedown (hidden beneath wrapper flap). Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with slight loss to top of spine and has old tape marks to edges and tape to edges of flaps (as mentioned previously).

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CANDY FLOSS
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Adrienne Adams.
Stock no. 1328617
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Candy Floss was a special little doll who brought luck to the little boy who owned her. Blue boards, red titles and vignette to front. Charming colour and b/w illustrations. 63 numbered pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Some white typing fluid to front free-endpaper and patch of pencil scribble to top corner of same page. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge worn and is a little grubby to rear panel, small tear to top of spine.

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MOUSE HOUSE
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Adrienne Adams.
Stock no. 1328615
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A delightful companion to "The Mousewife". Orange boards, red titles and vignette. Pictorial endpapers. Colour text illustrations throughout. Cover edges lightly rubbed, spine slightly bumped. Light foxing and some grubby fingering to contents. Erased pencil name(?) to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and torn and is grubby with a biro mark to the title on front panel. Wrapper is foxed on verso.

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ST. JEROME AND THE LION
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Jean Primrose.
Stock no. 1328612
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The legend of gentle St. Jerome who healed the injured paw of a lion. Written in poetry form. Cream boards. Red and black illustrations. Covers slightly grubby, spine slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small foxspots to textblock. Some grubby marks to preliminary pages. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and lightly browned to spine.

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THE CIRCUS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328546
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 316 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby. Book leans to one side. Some lower page corner tips lightly creased. Textblock is very slightly grubby.

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THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1828767
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. The third in the Adventure series. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf worn. Name & date in pencil to front endpaper. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at edges with slight loss, faded to spine. Slight musty odour present.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328410
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partially browned. A few pages are a little marked (text still readable). Small damp stain to lower corner of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is browned to spine and slightly edge worn, there are tape repairs on verso and some touching up of colour.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328404
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 277 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Light mark to top corner of front cover else covers are bright and clean. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed with a few small tears.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
Stock no. 1328274
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1922. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt decoration to front and title to spine. Top edge gilt. 16 lovely colour plates. 273 pages. 8.5 x 6 inches. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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THE MOUNTAIN OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328119
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Blue titles. 327 pages. The fifth story in the Adventure series. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge worn with tears to spine, spine a little faded. Tears to spine have been tape repaired on verso.

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