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THE LAST BUS
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 2140263
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Antelope Book. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing to endpaper and to some pages throughout. Wrapper is edge-creased with some wear and small nicks.

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RAVENSGILL
Written by William Mayne.
Stock no. 1323106
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A compelling story set in Yorkshire. Green boards. 174 pages. ISBN: 0241017467. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper and rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is edge worn and foxed on verso.

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SANDMAN'S MOONLIGHT STORIES
Written by Abbie Phillips Walker. Illustrated by Juliette Palmer.
Stock no. 2138068
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st thus 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New edition. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Pink ink marks to a couple of pages internally. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some nicks and chips.

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LUCY & TOM'S 123 AND ABC
Written by Shirley Hughes. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 2135481
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oblong format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations. Two books in one. ISBN: 0241140757. Small grubby mark to front endpaper.

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CADOGAN'S CRIMEA
Written by Somerset J. Gough Calthorpe. Illustrated by George Cadogan.
Stock no. 1820889
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st thus 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. Colour illustrations & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0241102324. Light browning to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Written by Eric Carle. Illustrated by Eric Carle.
Stock no. 1318680
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st UK 1970. Very good condition.

Oblong format. White glazed pictorial boards. Watch as the caterpillar eats his way through the book! ISBN: 024101798X. Some slight wear to cover edges. A few light foxspots and some light page browning to contents else clean, without names or inscriptions.

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BILL BADGER'S FINEST HOUR
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1318148
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Reindeer Book. Brown and green pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 138 Pages. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges rubbed. Contents clean. Book leans to one side. Dustwrapper is worn at spine and corners with slight loss.

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BEATEN BY A BALLOON
Written by Margaret Mahy. Illustrated by Jonathan Allen.
Stock no. 1317700
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

When Buckbounder springs into the bank, the scoundrel gets more of a bounce than he bargained for... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0241137780.

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LOOK AT FARMS
Written by Norman Dale. Illustrated by Thomas Godfrey.
Stock no. 2129532
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a little chipping along edges. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is grubby with some edge-tears and chips; only a little loss.

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STANLEY BAGSHAW AND THE MAFEKING SQUARE CHEESE ROBBERY
Written by Bob Wilson. Illustrated by Bob Wilson.
Stock no. 2124598
Published by Hamish Hamilton. Circa 1985. Nearly fine condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. In his third adventure Stanley foils an attempted jewel robbery with the help of a banana! ISBN: 0241112303. SIGNED by author - 'For David, Have fun!' on title page. Tiny patch of surface lifting to rear pastedown at top.

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QUAKE, QUAKE, QUAKE
Written by Paul Dehn; Edward Gorey. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1208712
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Leaden Treasury of English Verse. hair-raising parodies of familiar verses. Terrifying if they were not so funny - and funny if they were not so terrifying! Yellow mottled boards with green title to spine and vignette of tree to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 109 pages. A few faint margin marks to contents. Wrapper is price-cut, nicked and rubbed at corners with a small closed tear at lower spine.

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ELLEN AND THE QUEEN
Written by Gillian Avery. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1507389
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ellen felt convinced that she would be the first person to catch sight of Queen Victoria but she was banished from the school party. But she would see her by some means or another. Antelope Book. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 84 pages. Slight wear to lower edges of covers, light browning to top edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with light browning to top of spine and front panel.

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