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AMELIARANNE CINEMA STAR
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1504663
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers and colour illustrations. Spine bumped with 0.75" split to top front edge, nick towards base of spine. Small piece of surface paper damage to onlay. One hinge cracked. Endpapers browned. Just a few small marks to contents. Browning to some pages alongside stitching.

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TANNHAUSER
Written by Richard Wagner; T.W. Rolleston. Illustrated by Willy Pogany.
Stock no. 1314507
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. circa 1915. Very good condition.

Publishers full brown calf binding with gilt decorations/titles. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour and b/w mounted plates plus b/w illustrations. Very slight rubbing to cover edges. There is foxing to the contents (which affects the b/w plates but not the colour ones) but otherwise this is a lovely, bright copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE MARY FRANCES STORY BOOK
Written by Jane Eayre Fryer. Illustrated by Edwin John Prittie.
Stock no. 1503864
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Good condition.

Or Adventures Among the Story People. Blue cloth covers with pictorial onlay. Gilt titles to spine. 4 colour plates plus 24 two-tone full page illustrations. 286 pages. Spine split for 3.5" along front edge. Top part of spine looks to have been glued into place. Spine darkened with small splits at either end and middle of rear edge. Corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby and marked. Nick to onlay. All plates are present but frontis is detached. Top 2" of front joint broken. Pen writing to publisher's page. Foxing and marks to contents throughout.

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LITTLE MISS PINK'S SCHOOL
Written by Rodney Bennett. Illustrated by Astrid Walford.
Stock no. 1314213
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Good condition.

The Little Miss Pink Books series. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to text. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Slight loss of paper covering to spine. Edges of rear cover are discoloured. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and erased pencil writing to same. Endpapers lightly browned. Some spotting and other marks to contents which also have a musty smell. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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THE ROMANCE OF TRANSPORT
Written by Ellison Hawks.
Stock no. 1606211
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1931. Almost very good condition.

Colour frontis. Numerous b/w plates. Spine bumped and a little faded. Bookplate to front pastedown. Scattered foxing throughout.

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WESTWARD HO!
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Ellis Silas.
Stock no. 1711619
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1935. Very good condition.

Large format. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine and front cover. 16 colour plates. 633 pages. Top edge burgundy. Or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh Knight of Burrough In the County of Devon In the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth. All plates present. Book plate to front pastedown (prize). Corners bumped.

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MORE STORIES TO TELL
Written by Maud Lindsay. Illustrated by Florence Young.
Stock no. 1109435
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1936. Very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine; dark green borders and decorations. Colour frontis by Young. Bumping and wear to cover edges and corners; a few marks. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby marks to pages and outer page edges, with foxing.

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I DISCOVER COLUMBUS
Written by Robert Lawson. Illustrated by Robert Lawson.
Stock no. 1502405
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A true chronicle of the Great Admiral and his finding of the New World, narrated by the venerable parrot Aurelio, who shared in the glorious venture. Beige cloth covers with dark blue titles and vignette of ship to front cover. Illustrated endpapers. B/w illustrations. 99 pages. Spine slightly bumped with line of fading at top and bottom of spine. Grubby mark to front endpaper. Name in ink to half-title page. Small brown marks to lower margins of last few pages. Spine of dustwrapper is worn and torn with slight loss at top and bottom. Also edge chipped at folds and slightly grubby.

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BY SWORD OR FIRE
Written by Molly Wheeler. Illustrated by Tom Taylor.
Stock no. 1502217
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1967. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Lucius's adventures start when he tries to rescue his slaves. Very pale green boards with red titles to spine.. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. A little bumping to spine. Dark stain to top edge of text block and top edge of front cover, small spot to top edge of rear cover. Lighter stains to front cover. Stain also affects top edges of first 35 pages and endpapers, rest of contents very good. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Dustwrapper is also affected by stain, mainly front panel, flap and verso. Edge worn, torn and creased with clear tape repairs on verso.

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POLLYANNA'S PROTEGEE
Written by Margaret Piper Chalmers.
Stock no. 2113144
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with pink title to spine. Bumping to corners. Some fading/browning to cover edges. Front endpaper is MISSING. Ink stamp from previous owner to half-title page. Page browning, with some foxing; mostly to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with faded spine; large closed tears; chipping, with a little loss; creased.

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TALES FROM BERNARD SHAW TOLD IN THE JUNGLE
Written by Gwladys Evan Morris. Illustrated by Phyllis A. Trery.
Stock no. 1311767
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Almost very good condition.

Yellow pictorial cloth. Striking colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Light foxing and some grubby fingermarks but generally contents clean.

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PRINCE PRIGIO
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Robert Lawson.
Stock no. 1402308
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The story of a young prince whose mother didn't believe in fairies and would n't invite them to the christening. They came anyway and one of their gifts was the quality of being too clever which led to the prince being unpopular.Orange cloth boards with blue title to spine and vignette to front board. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 108 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and rubbed. Browning to board edges. Couple of marks to rear board. Inscription in ink to front flyleaf. Foxing mainly to endpapers and page edges otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased. Loss to top and bottom of spine with a few closed tears. Some sellotape to verso of wrapper to repair some of the tears.

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