A CHINESE MIRROR: BEING REFLECTIONS OF THE REALITY BEHIND APPEARANCE
Written by Florence Ayscough. Illustrated by Lucille Douglass.
Stock no. 1829252
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 1st 1925. Almost very good condition.

Chinese life and language. Red cloth spine, gilt title. Red cloth boards with circular designs. B/w illustrations. 464 pages including index. Fold-out map to rear. Spine & gilt title browned. Boards unevenly faded, edge-rubbed and worn at corners, top rear edge a little bashed. Text block and endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks and the odd foxspot present.

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OWLET THE GREAT HORNED OWL
Written by Irene Brady. Illustrated by Irene Brady.
Stock no. 1328767
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A beautiful and realistic story of the inexorable ritual of life. Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine and vignette to front cover. Blue endpapers. Wonderful b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 039518519X. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some very faint spotting to covers. Foxing to textblock. Some erased pencil markings to half title-page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut, browned to spine with tear at top of spine and just a little grubby.

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MAX AND RUFUS
Written by Joan Drescher. Illustrated by Joan Drescher.
Stock no. 1323486
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A dog, Rufus, and his boy, Max, agree to change places for a while. Oblong format. Burnt orange cloth with black title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0395324351. A few small foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Remains of a small white label to top corner of front panel (partial removal has caused very slight surface paper damage).

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HOSPITABLE ENGLAND IN THE SEVENTIES: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG AMERICAN 1875-1876
Written by Richard Henry Dana.
Stock no. 2133991
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 1921. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles. Spine is browned. Splash and other marks to covers. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some page corners creases. Foxing to outer page edges.

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MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL
Written by Virginia Lee Burton. Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton.
Stock no. 2119368
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Circa 1939. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cloth with illustration to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Foxing to spine. Mark along bottom edge of front cover. Bookplate to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is badly edge-torn and chipped; piece of loss to top edge of front panel; smaller loss to corners and top and tail of spine. Tape repairs.

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THE LONESOMEST DOLL
Written by Abbie Farwell Brown. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 596084
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 1st 1928. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A charming story of the proud little queen and her beautiful lonesome doll. 31 unique illustrations including four in colour. Attractive tan pictorial cloth, black title to spine. A rare Rackham title being published only in America. Spine just very slightly bumped. Pale stain to front cover which is hardly noticeable. Tiny bookseller's stamp to front pastedown. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Very light water stain to margins of pages in second half of book. Pages very lightly browned. First gathering pulled at hinges and slightly misaligned. Closed tear to gutter edges of first gathering. Prelims almost detached. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby with a few light stains, chipped at corners with a few small edge-tears. Difficult to find in good condition due to paper used being of poor quality, this is an exceptionally bright copy, rare in original wrapper.

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THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by Helen Mason Grose.
Stock no. 325526
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Circa 1947. Very good condition.

Red cloth covers with blue decoration and title to spine and pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis and plates and many b/w text illustrations. 378 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Spine a little faded.Neat writing to front endpaper. Contents bright.

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THE SEASHORE BOOK
Written by E. Boyd Smith. Illustrated by E. Boyd Smith.
Stock no. 724413
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

Bob and Betty's Summer With Captain Hawes. Oblong format. Blue cloth spine, pale green pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners worn. Covers lightly rubbed and marked at edges. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. The first colour plate has a tiny closed edge tear. A nice copy.

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