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WITH GORDON AT KHARTUM
Written by Eliza F. Pollard. Illustrated by Frances Ewan.
Stock no. 2134726
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth. 4 b/w plates. Spine is faded, with wear. Some marks to covers. Couple of ink marks to front pastedown; transferred across to front endpaper. Foxing. All plates present.

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THE QUEEN OF HEARTS AND OTHER NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Esme Eve.
Stock no. 1321147
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Mother Goose Book: Part Three. Original published as a large edition, now divided into four parts, of which this is the third. Pale blue boards with dark blue title to spine. 152 pages. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Small brown spot to front cover. Endpapers lightly browned and slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is worn, creased and torn with tape repairs on verso.

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PONTO PAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A PET DOG
Written by Kate J. Fricero. Illustrated by Kate J. Fricero.
Stock no. 2134713
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, brown boards, yellow pictorial onlay to front cover. Delightful full-page colour illustrations in french-fold format. Stapled binding. Unpaginated. 11 x 8.5". Heavy wear to corners, with some chipping; bumping. Scuff and other marks to covers, with uneven browning to rear cover. Foxing to outer page edges and paler throughout internal pages. Grubby marks to pages, but illustrations are still nice and bright.

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GRANNY'S OLD STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 1321143
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Fairy tales for Little Folk. Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations to text. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown has been removed. Some tears to page margins with a couple of small pieces of loss (text not affected). Foxing to textblock.

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ALISON'S SPY ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1320711
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth. 4 b/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine sunned and covers lightly marked. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed.

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ALISON'S ISLAND ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1320709
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1954. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 253 pages. Spine slightly bumped, light rubbing to spine and corners. Book leans to one side a little. Foxing to textblock. Small brown mark to top margins of some pages.

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JEAN'S GOLDEN TERM
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Frank Wiles.
Stock no. 2134450
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey cloth with yellow borders to top and bottom. Titles in blue. 4 b/w plates. A few small marks to covers. Award plate to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with some loss to spine; also has grubby marks.

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AN EXCITING TERM
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley.
Stock no. 2134449
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light grey cloth, blue titles and vignette of girl to spine. Four b/w plates. 255 pages. Spine is browned. Award plate to front pastedown. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and chipped, with some grubby marks, but virtually no loss.

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WHEN EAST MEETS WEST
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by C.M. Padday.
Stock no. 1320554
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1913. Good condition.

"A story of the Yellow Peril". An imaginary story in which Japan and China join together to overwhelm the Northern Hemisphere. Olive green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Grey endpapers. 6 b/w plates. 292 pages, all edges olivine. Spine and corners bumped and worn with small splits at top and tail of spine. Rear cover is slightly grubby. Name plate to front free-endpaper. Joints cracked. Some foxing to textblock and page margins. 1 plate is missing (opposite page 211).

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FAVOURITE NURSERY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1320429
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Illustrated boards, cloth spine. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations depicting well known nursery tales. First story - Dick Wittingham, last story - The Little Match Girl. Unpaginated. 10.25 x 8". SPine and corners bumped and worn. Stain to rear cover. Some foxing to page margins.

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AN OLD-TIME YARN
Written by Edgar Pickering. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse.
Stock no. 1319679
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1913. Almost very good condition.

'Or, with Hawkins and Drake'. Red pictorial cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis plus two b/w plates. 288 pages plus 15 page publisher catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed, small stain to gilt title-block on spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to contents else clean.

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CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Written by Olive Cook.
Stock no. 2133689
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A representative selection of the characteristic scenes of this surprising county. B/w photos. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with some tape repairs to verso; a few small pieces of loss.

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