THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1311834
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1929. Almost very good condition.

12 enchanting tipped-in colour plates. Green cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 240 pages. Large format. Published for Boots the Chemist. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, front edge of spine has been 'touched up' with green felt-tip(?) pen. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and some light fingering else contents clean. Lower corner of half-title torn off and there is a large tear to page 51/2 which has been tape repaired (old tape has left brown mark), affecting page margin only. One tissue-guard is missing but all plates are present and in fine condition.

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COUNTRY BUNCH
Written by Ursula Hourihane. Illustrated by Rene Hummerstone.
Stock no. 1502103
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 3rd 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seven delightful stories about children and animals in a country setting. Green boards with gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 88 pages. ISBN: 0340032863. Vertical crease to page 39/40. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, corner crease to front flap. Removal of label from front panel has caused a little surface paper damage, a couple of marks to rear panel.

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A BOOK OF CHILDREN'S VERSE
Written by Mabel Quiller-Couch; Lilian Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by M. Etheldreda Gray.
Stock no. 1311385
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1920. Good condition.

Blue cloth with elaborate gilt decorations and titles. 20 beautiful colour plates mounted on grey card with captions below. Verses arranged by Mabel and Lilian Quiller-Couch. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Gilt to spine has dulled. Name in ink to front endpaper. Joint between fly-leaf and title-page is cracked causing frontispiece to be missing in this copy. Page edges are ragged from rough opening during binding process.

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DRUSCILLA
Written by Clarice England. Illustrated by Lynley Dodd.
Stock no. 1501878
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Druscilla, spirited, sensitive and eloquent, a fascinated observer of the grown-up world flowing around her. Set in New Zealand. Dark orange boards with white title block to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. 91 pages. ISBN: 0340256915. Top edges of covers and spine faded. Contents clean. Top edges of dustwrapper flaps browned.

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DRAGON FARM
Written by Emmeline Garnett. Illustrated by B. Kay.
Stock no. 1108684
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A New Adventure Story. Red boards with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning. Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped; some loss to top and tail of spine; creased.

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IN THE KINGDOM OF THE FUTURE
Written by Norma Bright Carson. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1311180
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1916. Almost very good condition.

Cream boards. Blue title to spine. Pictorial onlay and title/vignettes in gilt to front cover. 2 colour plates. 29 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed, some foxing to page edges. Some pale fingermarks to page margins.

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WARPATHS: TRAVELS OF A MILITARY HISTORIAN IN NORTH AMERICA
Written by John Keegan.
Stock no. 1605145
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Part military history, part travel book. ISBN: 0340586559. Spine bumped. Bookplate to verson of front endpaper.

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JUNGLE SILVER
Written by H.E. Todd. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 1501412
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 2nd 1982. Very good condition.

The one thing King Lionel the Lion wanted above all was the shining silver ball he could see gleaming from the top of the tallest tree. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0340263997. Signed by Author to title page. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A couple of indentations and scratches to covers. Contents clean and bright. A nice copy.

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A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1309776
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Very good condition.

Deluxe, limited to 500 copies. Large format (32 x 26cm). White vellum binding with gilt titles and vignettes. 30 lovely tipped-in colour plates mounted on cream card with green decorative borders and captioned paper guards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. SIGNED by the artist, this is copy no. 304. Spine and corners are slightly bumped and slightly grubby. Ties missing. Name plate to front pastedown. There is slight bookworm or silverfish damage to the front endpaper and some slight foxing to contents but generally a very nice copy.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2110088
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Very light mark to front cover else covers clean. Couple of tiny holes to spine. Front joint is partially cracked. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing, mostly to endpapers and prelims. Plates are bright and clean. Guards at gutter edges are worn in places and coming unglued. Plate XII has a green scuff vertically to verso (not affecting the illustration). Plate XVI is edge-worn. A few small closed edge tears to margins. Rear endpaper has been repaired at edges with magic tape and has one other closed tear. Despite faults this is a decent copy of a rare Aldin title.

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ZULU HART
Written by Saul David.
Stock no. 2109809
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A novel. George Hart is the bastard son of a pillar of the British military establishment and a half Irish, half Zulu actress. Hart struggles to come to terms with his identity and heads to South Africa and a fresh start... Red cloth boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 0340953624. SIGNED by author, with dedication to title page. Wrapper has light edge-wear with couple of nicks to corners.

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ESCAPE FROM THE FRENCH CAPTAIN HEWSON'S NARRATIVE (1803-1809)
Written by Maurice Hewson; Antony Brett-James.
Stock no. 1806968
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

True adventure story set in the time of the Napleonic wars. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340262400. Pictorial wrapper unevenly faded.

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