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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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HONK THE MOOSE
Written by Phil Stong. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1402332
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial paperboards. Cloth spine. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Spine is bumped and browned. Corners are bumped and worn. Board edges are scuffed. A few marks to covers. Inscription (name is covered with correction fluid) and name stamp to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers. Light browning to page edges and a few grubby marks but contents are generally clean.

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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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MORE ADVENTURES OF PINKIE
Written by Agnes Ruff. Illustrated by Conrad Bailey.
Stock no. 1501995
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Everything from haircuts and picnics to painters in the house makes for lively adventures for Pinkie Brown and her younger brother Poppet.Blue covers with red titles to spine and vignette of girl feeding pig to front cover. B/w illustrations. 93 pages plus publication list. Bumping to spine and corners. Slight fading to top of spine. Page 43/44 has tear alongside spine with crease to inside corner also small margin tear. A little foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper has loss at top of spine with creasing and tear to front panel, repair attempted on verso with white label. Also some chipping and a few small margin tears.

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BOSKY GOLDFISH (POET)
Written by Peter Thornhill.
Stock no. 2112172
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. Large print. Byron Omar Shakespeare Kipling Yeats Goldfish was so small when he was born that if he hadn't been all shining gold...nobody would have known he was there at all. Bumping and wear to corners; a little chipping. Front cover is a little bowed. Odd foxspot and margin mark. Illustrations are remarkably bright!

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MR POPPLECORN & FOUR LITTLE HENS
Written by Margaret Musson. Illustrated by Kathleen Burrell.
Stock no. 1108840
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

How Mr Popplecorn pretended he was a boy again by keeping hens and collecting their eggs. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour and two-tone text illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Contents clean.

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