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ELLIE'S BAD HAIR DAY
Written by Jerome Keane. Illustrated by Susana De Dios.
Stock no. 1316990
Published by Pavilion Children'S Books. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781843651406. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine. White pictorial dustwrapper is ever so slightly grubby and has a tear to top of spine.

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WALTER CRANE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Written by G.C.E. Masse.
Stock no. 1316984
Published by Chelsea Publishing Co.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

A bibliography of first editions of books illustrated by Walter Crane. Brown cloth spine with gilt title, darker brown boards with black title to front. Orange and white decorated endpapers. 59 numbered pages, edges untrimmed. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing to contents else clean.

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MY LADY DOLLY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316971
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. circa 1895. Almost very good condition.

Large shaped book with pictorial cardwraps (shaped as a dolly). Bright colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Light creases to top of covers and pages (dolls head). Small piece missing from lower front corner. Crack to spine at lower 2".

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FIRESIDE AND FARMYARD
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316966
Published by Dean's Rag Books. Good condition.

A rag book with 12 cloth pages (including covers). No. 252. Each page has a colour illustration with short description below (Billie Goat, Pretty Puppies etc). Grubby and creased pages.

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FARM
No author listed.
Stock no. 1316958
Published by Bancroft & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Spiral bound card wraps. 4 pop-up farm scenes. Colour illustrations. Opens to 360 degrees. Slight wear to cover edges, crease to lower corner of front cover. Small sticker to rear cover. Light page browning else contents clean.

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FIGHTING FOR MACARTHUR: THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS DESPERATE DEFENSE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Written by John Gordon.
Stock no. 1814889
Published by Naval Institute Press. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Filled with original details about the early fighting in the Philippines during World War II. Black paper spine with silver title, light blue paper boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781612510576. Light scuffing to dustwrapper.

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THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1814880
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1915. Very good condition.

Cheap Edition (no plates present). A Fairy-tale for a Land-Baby. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt titles. Lighter blue boards, black titles and illustration to front cover. B/w illustrations. Top edge blue. Gilt to spine faded. Corners of boards rubbed. Musty odour present. Contents clean. A nice copy.

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THINGS TO MAKE: AIR TRAINING EQUIPMENT FROM SCRAP METAL
Written by Leonard Taylor; et al.
Stock no. 1814862
Published by The Rolls House Publishing Co., Ltd.. Very good condition.

Instructions and Diagrams by Instructors of the Air Training Corps. Small format. Blue cardwraps. B/w diagrams. 48 pages. Edited by Leonard Taylor. Covers browned and creased. Undated.

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THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM
Written by Omar Khayyam; Edward Fitzgerald; Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1316945
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1940. Very good condition.

Translated by Fitzgerald, introduction by Housman. Red cloth covers, elaborate gilt vignette and title to front cover. 4 superb tipped-in colour plates. Pink decorations surrounding text. 94 pages. Spine and corners bumped and spine very slightly faded. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Light corner creases to 3 of the 4 plates. Foxing to contents.

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JACK ROBINSON
Written by J. Keir Cross. Illustrated by John R. Parsons.
Stock no. 1316944
Published by Peter Lunn. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Yellow cloth, red titles and vignette to front. Superb colour illustrations throughout. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Some light marks to covers. Contents are very clean. The dustwrapper has been neatly inserted at the back of the book (minus the rear flap).

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DINUZULU: THE DEATH OF THE HOUSE OF SHAKA
Written by C.T. Binns.
Stock no. 1814844
Published by Longmans. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Dinuzulu, son of Cetshwayo king of the Zulu Kingdom 1873-1879. Dinuzulu and the final dissolution of the great military empire which the tyrant Shaka had founded. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Browning to text block and musty odour to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and edge-worn with tape repair.

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IN THE WILDERNESS
Written by Derek McCulloch. Illustrated by Septimus E. Scott.
Stock no. 1609809
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 8th 1951. Very good condition.

by 'Uncle Mac' of the BBC. Illustrated boards. Full page colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. name in ink to front endpaper. Surface paper split and lifting along rear joint.

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