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THE DREAM OF LITTLE HAZY CREAM & OTHER RHYMES
Written by Lady Arthur. Illustrated by Catherine Frances Frere.
Stock no. 724529
Published by Bickers & Son Ltd.. Circa 1909. Good condition.

Large format. Cream front board with blue title and pictorial onlay, cloth spine. 13 pretty colour plates. B/w illustrations. Rebacked in blue cloth with new covering on rear board and new endpapers. Front board is edge-worn and grubby. A few pages have slight dampstaining to margins else contents clean and bright.

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DONALD DUCK ANNUAL 1939
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 724561
Published by Collins. 1939. Good condition.

Yellow pictorial boards and spine showing Donald Duck in a makeshift car. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations throughout. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Lower 2.5" of backstrip missing and some loss of paper at edges. Closed edge-tears to frontis. Mirror mystery on page 17 neatly completed. Some red crayon scribble to one margin. Some black crayon scribble to a couple of other pages, not badly disfiguring. A couple of hinges pulled. Some foxing and light page browning otherwise contents good. A decent copy of a scarce annual.

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TEN OLD MEN
Written by Stephen Southwold. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 724845
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Circa 1948. Very good condition.

Being the Story of a Thousand Wonderful Years. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners just a little worn and covers very slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. "Old book" smell to contents else a nice clean copy.

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THE TALE OF CARPENTER MACPHEIGH
Written by Mairi Hedderwick. Illustrated by Mairi Hedderwick.
Stock no. 724979
Published by Blackie Children's Books. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

Folk Tales of the World series, a Scottish folk tale. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0216940222. Name and number written on front endpaper. Minimal bumping to corners.

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HUMPY DUMPTY'S LITTLE SON
Written by Helen Reid Cross.
Stock no. 725093
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

The Dumpy Books For Children series. Very small format, 5 x 3". Green pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. 95 pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Some light grubbiness to covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. Small marginal tear to frontis. A very nice copy of a scarce little book.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1979
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 725710
Published by Daily Express. 1979. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial glazed boards - Rupert sitting on a log with a dragon and Spring Imp. 1st story Rupert and the Penguins. 10x7 inches. 115 pages. Minimal bumping to corners. Some slight lifting of laminate to front cover. Contents fine. Rare export edition with price tag of 4.5 DOLLARS

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THE BOUNTIFUL LADY
Written by Thomas Cobb.
Stock no. 725770
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1900. Almost very good condition.

or, How Mary was changed from a very Miserable Little Girl to a very Happy one. Dumpy Book No. V. Small format, 5 x 3". Green cloth with dark green titles. Pictorial endpapers. 193 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Foxing to contents. Dated 1900 on title-page and number 5 of list of 6 titles in the series (with others in preparation).

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THE TROUBLE WITH UNCLE
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 725893
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Nautical nuisance, Uncle, doesn't fit in anywhere... Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434961280. Minimal rubbing at corners. Contents fine.

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THE VOYAGE OF THE ARCTIC TERN
Written by Hugh Montgomery. Illustrated by Nick Poullis.
Stock no. 725923
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A classic tale of treason, treachery and treasure that sweeps across many centuries and different lands. Mottled green boards with browne spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744592518. Spine very slightly bumped at head and tail. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is a little rubbed at corners and lightly creased to front flap.

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MY TEDDY BEAR AT WORK
No author listed. Illustrated by Anthony Fletcher.
Stock no. 726449
Published by Kibworth Books. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. ci A delightful story about an Edwardian Teddy Bear and his toy friends. ISBN: 0723900612. Inscription in ink to front pastedown.

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GNOMELAND
Written by Uncle Elgo. Illustrated by Ogle.
Stock no. 726611
Published by P.R. Gawthorn Ltd.. Circa 1944. Very good condition.

Teatime Tales For Tiny Tots. Blue cloth, brown title and illustration to front cover. Orange and white pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis, two tone illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean.

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LITTLE FOLKS' BOOK OF QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS AT THE ZOO
Written by Blanche Willcox. Illustrated by Charles Collins; E.B.S. Montefiore.
Stock no. 726697
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1931. Very good condition.

Square format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations with text opposite. Corners slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Pale page browning. A nice bright copy.

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