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QUEER CREATURES
Written by E.S.T.. Illustrated by E.S.T..
Stock no. 1307031
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine, grey pictorial boards. 80 pages. B/w text illustrations. Verses describing very peculiar creatures! Spine bumped, corners slightly worn. Some discolouration to covers. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint broken at lower 4" (causing first couple of gatherings to be part detached). Contents clean.

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A CLEAN SWEEP THE TALE OF A CAT AND A BROOMSTICK
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by May Smith.
Stock no. 1805081
Published by Basil Blackwell. Circa 1933. Very good condition.

Paper boards, blue title to front with pictorial onlay of old lady with a cat on her back and young girl on a broomstick. 2 b/w illustrations. 32 pages. Boards slightly marked, spine browned. Prize-plate to front endpaper. A few margin marks.

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BERKSHIRE VALE
Written by Wilfrid Howe-Nurse. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1302874
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Limited to 250 copies signed by the author and artist. Poems about Berkshire. Very large format (15.5 x 11.25"). Cream cloth with gilt title to front cover. 42 pages. Lovely tinted illustrations. SIGNED by the author and the artist. Copy no. 188. Spine and corners are slightly bumped. Cream covers are ever so slightly grubby (hardly noticeable). Foxing throughout else contents clean.

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THE NAUGHTYMOBILE
Written by Compton Mackenzie. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 815564
Published by Basil Blackwell. Very good condition.

Very pale blue boards with pictorial onlay to front cover and black titles. B/w illustrations. Covers unevenly browned.

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THE SECRET MOUNTAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 738414
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1941. Very good condition.

Being the third story of the strange adventures of the Secret Island children. Blue cloth, black title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Name in ink and some writing to front endpaper. Front joint partly cracked, some hinges pulled. Contents clean. Stated "First published September 1941", this is a later printing as 1st printing was a much thicker book.

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DRAGON'S SMOKE
Written by Wes Magee. Illustrated by Catherine Brighton.
Stock no. 426480
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. An anthology of poems collected by Wes Magee. Poetry One. ISBN: 0631900098. SIGNED by Wes Magee - 'For David' 1996 on title page. Spine a little faded. A couple of corners lightly creased.

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A SHOOTING STAR
Written by Wes Magee. Illustrated by Lorraine White.
Stock no. 426481
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Poetry Two. Poems collected by Wes Magee. ISBN: 063190011X. SIGNED by Wes Magee - 'For David, Happy Daze!' on title page. Covers a little unevenly browned.

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THE HOODED CROW
Written by J.R. Monsell. Illustrated by J.R. Monsell.
Stock no. 621853
Published by Basil Blackwell. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A tale told in verse. Pictorial paper boards. Yellow cloth spine. Two tone illusrations. Edges a little bumped. Spine worn and unevenly darkened. Edges unevenly darkened. Foxing and browning to 1st and last few pages. Wrapper almost split in half at spine, chipped and torn with some loss and grubby.

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PETERPUCK
Written by Natalie Morris Hancock. Illustrated by Laite.
Stock no. 604043
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1933. Very good condition.

Beige buckram. 4 pretty pastel colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Covers very slightly marked.

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POLLYCON
Written by E.F. Stucley. Illustrated by Hugh Chesterman.
Stock no. 704921
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book for the young economist. Green cloth with red titles and illustrations to front. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some slight foxing. White pictorial wrapper is a little foxed and edge-worn with minimal loss.

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