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A PITIFUL PLACE
Written by Jan Needle.
Stock no. 730953
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. The story of a teenage mum. ISBN: 0233975608. SIGNED with inscription by author on title page. Light browning to half-title and free endpaper. Two creases in laminate on front cover.

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RUNAWAYS AND CASTAWAYS
Written by E.V. Lucas. Illustrated by Francis D. Bedford.
Stock no. 730971
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles and illustrations. Colour frontis and title page. B/w illustrations. 309 pages plus booklist to rear. Top edge gilt. Spine faded and slightly worn. Corners bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some light fingering to page margins else contents clean.

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STAR
Written by John Singleton.
Stock no. 730983
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A powerful and mesmerizing story of how imagination and friendship can triumph over evil. Black boards, metallic orange title to spine. ISBN: 0141380047. SIGNED with inscription by author on title page. Tiny nick to top of spine.

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THE BEAT OF THE DRUM
Written by Catherine Sefton.
Stock no. 730990
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The third book in a trilogy about the effects of the political and social situation in Northern Ireland today on young people and their personal lives. Green boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0241126428. SIGNED with inscription by author on front endpaper. Spine very slightly bumped. Spine of wrapper just lightly sunned.

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YOU'LL LOVE THIS STUFF!
Written by Morag Styles. Illustrated by Bernard Georges.
Stock no. 731001
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Poems from different cultures selected by Styles. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0521312752. SIGNED with inscription by author on title-page. Light creasing/rubbing to covers. Initials in ink inside front cover. Contents clean.

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MAURICE
Written by Sue Stops. Illustrated by Marc Vyvyan-Jones.
Stock no. 731010
Published by Spindlewood. 1st 1988. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. "It was spring. Maurice was lively..." ISBN: 0907349641. SIGNED with inscription and original drawing by artist on front endpapers, also small white label stating the artists studio address. Minimal bumping to corners. Contents fine.

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WINSLOW AND HIS BATHTUB
Written by Colin West. Illustrated by Colin West.
Stock no. 731015
Published by Dennis Dobson. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition.

Winslow wanted to be a sailor but all he had for a boat was an old bathtub. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0234774746. SIGNED by author with small drawing of Winslow to front endpaper. Minimal bumping to corners and small mark to lower corner of front cover.

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THE LIFE OF STEPHEN LAWRENCE
Written by Verna Allette Wilkins. Illustrated by Lynne Willey.
Stock no. 731022
Published by Tamarind Ltd.. 1st 2001. Fine condition.

The story of the 18-year-old boy brutally murdered in 1993... he will be remembered. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1870516583. SIGNED with inscriptions on title-page by author, illustrator and D.Lawrence.

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TORCH
Written by Jill Paton Walsh.
Stock no. 731031
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1st 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Cal and Dio are to marry but the Guardian of a secret treasure says that Dio must be the new Guardian - the treasure is the Torch... Orange boards, metallic blue title to spine. ISBN: 0670815543. SIGNED by author with inscription on title page "For David - carry a torch... Jill Paton Walsh". Spine slightly bumped. Very pale page-edge browning. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed at edges.

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A GUIDE TO CHILDREN'S POETRY FOR TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS
Written by Barrie Wade.
Stock no. 731058
Published by Scolar Press. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A practical guide to finding and choosing poetry for children. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 1859281419. Spine and corners bumped.

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MISSEE LEE
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 731064
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers of Miss Lee's Islands. B/w illustrations. 335 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Covers slightly marked. Some page-edge markings otherwise contents clean. Pencil marks on rear endpaper.

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GINNY'S EGG
Written by Pippa Goodhart. Illustrated by Aafke Brouwer.
Stock no. 731173
Published by Heinemann Young Books. 1st 1995. Fine condition.

When Ginny's dad arrives home with news that her baby brother has Down's syndrome it is her dragon that helps her to reunite the family and help them face the future with hope and optimism. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0434971529. SIGNED by the author on title page. Spine and corners slightly bumped.

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