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A COUNTRY HOLIDAY
Written by Arthur Davenport. Illustrated by John Morton-Sale.
Stock no. 806931
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. 4 colour plates and 12 b/w illustrations. Bookplate to front pastedown. Contents clean. Small closed tear to the top inner margin of one plate not affecting illustration. Price-cut pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and chipped with loss, grubby.

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MOTHER CAREY
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Stock no. 379246
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth with gilt titles and circular onlay to front cover. 4 colour plates, tissue guard to frontis. 319 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Prize plate to front pastedown (dated Christmas 1911). Page browning and foxing else contents clean. One of the plates is loose but still present.

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SWEETHEARTS AT HOME
Written by S.R. Crockett. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 378517
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

Grey pictorial cloth. Brown endpapers. 4 tipped in colour plates mounted on brown card with captioned tissue-guards. 311 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to first few and last few pages. A couple of page margins have light fingermarks. A nice copy.

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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 626829
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

This is a book about all sorts of puppy dogs and their games and sports. It may serve to amuse you, but should it fail, well, this is only a puppy dog's tale. Pictorial paper boards, green cloth spine. B/w and full page colour illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. One hinge pulled, a few foxspots and finger marks. 2.25" closed tear to bottom edge of 'up with the lark'. A nice copy.

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SONGS FOR YOUTH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Leo Bates.
Stock no. 737879
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Almost very good condition.

From collected verse by Kipling. Red cloth, black titles. 243 pages. 8 tipped-in colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Spine and cover edges faded. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Light foxing to contents. Lower 2" of front joint may have been nibbled by bookworm(?), rear joint just a little cracked. Contents generally clean.

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THE JOY OF THE LORD
Written by J.R. Miller. Illustrated by Norman Price.
Stock no. 583849
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Slightly better than good condition.

Grey boards, gilt titles. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates. Contents very good. 1" missing from backstrip.

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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
Written by Oliver Goldsmith. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 734024
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Beautifully decorated green cloth covers, gilt title to spine. Illustrated endpapers. 25 super tipped-in colour plates. B/w text illustrations. 197 pages. 10.5 x 8". Spine mottled and gilt rubbed. Otherwise covers are bright and clean. Name in ink to verso of frontis page. Some top page corner tips very lightly creased. All plates present and in fine condition. In original tissue wrapper and box. Box is in several pieces. FRAGILE

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BOUVERIE STREET TO BOWLING GREEN LANE
Written by Arthur C. Armstrong.
Stock no. 485665
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1946. Very good condition.

Dark red cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 50 Years of Specialized Publishing. The story of Temple Press. 224 pages plus index. Spine faded. Small name label to front pastedown. Contents fine.

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SNATCHED
Written by Nicholas Fisk.
Stock no. 426123
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 3rd 1987. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Roughly snatched from the London Embassy, Mo and Gemma are driven to a remote cottage where they are held captive...Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0340284552. SIGNED by author, with inscription on title page. Light bumping to top and tail of spine.

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CELEBRATING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN EDUCATION
Written by Geoff Fox.
Stock no. 425601
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

A selection by Geoff Fox. Card wraps. This unique collection of articles celebrates 25 years of the internationally renowned journal Children's Literature in Education. ISBN: 0340618639. SIGNED by Geoff Fox to half-title page.

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BY ITALIAN SEAS
Written by Ernest C. Peixotto. Illustrated by Ernest C. Peixotto.
Stock no. 680176
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1907. Very good condition.

Brown cloth. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. A tour around Italy. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed. A few foxspots to front endpapers. Rear joint very slightly cracked.

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DYNAMIC EUROPE
Written by C.F. Strong.
Stock no. 655839
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. A Background of Ferment and Change. B/w maps. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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