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THE LITTLEST ONE
Written by Marion St. John Webb. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1323089
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1922. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Author's name on title page is listed as Marion St John Adock (Mrs Sidney H. Webb). 4 pretty colour plates illustrate this collection of poems for young children. Grey boards with brown title and silhouette vignette. Spine and corners bumped, some wear to cover edges. Browning to endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with some slight loss.

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THE TWINS AND TABIFFA
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1323042
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1925. Very good condition.

Tabiffa is a big black cat who belongs partly to Peter but mostly to Binkie and Dinkie the four-year old twins. Blue boards with pictorial onlay to front. Colour and b/w illustrations to every page and pictorial endpapers. Small format. Unpaginated. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to contents else clean.

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THURSDAY RIDES AGAIN
Written by Michael Bond. Illustrated by Beryl Sanders.
Stock no. 2139963
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The second book about Thursday the orphan mouse. Pale green boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 128 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0245593403. A few small knocks along cover edges, with a bit of browning. Some marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine with some creasing; a few small nicks.

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REHEARSAL FOR INVASION
Written by Wallace Reyburn.
Stock no. 2137684
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An Eyewitness Story of the Dieppe Raid. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; some loss; some grubby marks.

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AMELIARANNE GIVES A CONCERT
Written by Margaret Gilmour. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2137182
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards with blue cloth spine. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 8.5 x 6". Spine is browned with some fading. Uneven browning/foxing/fading to covers. Foxing and grubby marks to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins.

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AMELIARANNE GOES TOURING
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2137181
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Charming colour pictures. Spine is browned with some wear. Bumping to corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins.

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AMELIARANNE'S MOVING-DAY
Written by Ethelberta Morris. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2137180
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light blue cloth spine with pictorial front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. A little fading to spine. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few closed tears and chips; minimal loss; red pen mark to front panel.

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AMELIARANNE CINEMA STAR
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1322657
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1941. Almost very good condition.

Orange boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers and colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine grubby. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. Some light foxing.

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THE CARAVAN CHILDREN
Written by Lucy W. Bellhouse. Illustrated by Barbara Moray Williams.
Stock no. 1322496
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1946. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The adventures of five children and their travels in a horse-drawn caravan. Orange pictorial cloth. Colour frontis and numerous b/w illustrations. 96 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light spotting to cover edges. Some foxing to textblock and page edges. A couple of full page illustrations have been neatly coloured in. There is some pink staining to a few pages (does not obliterate text in any way). Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, lightly browned to spine and the printed price on front flap has been cross out with blue biro and another price written above.

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THE LITTLEST ONE
Written by Marion St. John Webb; Ralph Dunstan. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1322270
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine with black title. Grey paper boards, large pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates by tarrant, b/w text illustrations by Nixon. Music by Dunstan. 116 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few marks to covers. Small mark to front free-endpaper and a few light fingermarks to page margins.

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THE CHILDREN'S KING ARTHUR
Written by F.H. Lee. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 2136291
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black titles to front and spine. Colour frontispiece by Rowland Wheelwright. B/w illustrations. 78 pages. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is a bit scuffed to front panel.

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HIGHLY EXPLOSIVE
Written by John Frayn Turner.
Stock no. 1822807
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Exploits of Major "Bill" Hartley, M.B.E., G.M. of Bomb Disposal. How he dodged death dozens of times, how he stepped on a beach mine - and lived, how he felt for a fuse in a bomb up to his elbow in nitro-glycerine... Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w photos. 1.25" strip of fading to bottom edge of blue boards. Endpapers and text block browned with some foxing. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and heavily browned.

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