THE GOLDEN BIRD (PROOF)
Written by Edith Brill. Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.
Stock no. 1828988
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is a rough and uncorrected proof. Polish folk tales. This book grew out of stories told to the author as a child by her Polish father. Orange cardwraps. 8 striking full-colour plates plus silhouette illustrations. 151 pages. ISBN: 0460057510. Minor damp stain to top rear corner. Text block browned with some foxing/marks. Tiny damp stain to top corner tip of contents. Otherwise contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, torn to top rear corner (small), front flap is staple to front panel at top edge, a few damp stains to verso (not visible to front).

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LORNA DOONE
Written by R.D. Blackmore. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards.
Stock no. 1328602
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream decorated cloth with red titles. 24 line drawings and 8 colour plates. xi and 493 pages. Children's Illustrated Classics series. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing to textblock. Name in pencil to verso of front free-endpaper, name in ink to front fly-leaf. Red pictorial wrapper is price-cut and slightly edge chipped.

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A WONDER BOOK
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by S. Van Abbe.
Stock no. 1328596
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1968. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Children's Illustrated Classics series. Cream and orange decorated cloth. 8 colour plates and numerous b/w line drawings. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to textblock, light foxspot to title-page. Dustwrapper is price-cut and badly edge worn, faded to spine and edges.

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ELIZABETH ANN'S DELIGHT
Written by Maud Dowson. Illustrated by Ethel F. Everett.
Stock no. 1828586
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

A little girl makes friends with fairies. Cream pictorial cloth boards. 6 colour plates inluding the frontis and title page. 132 pages. Undated. Boars lightly grubby, slightly faded to spine. Contemporary school prize message in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to text block, prelims and a few more pages. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A charming copy.

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THE BORROWERS AFIELD
Written by Mary Norton. Illustrated by Diana Stanley.
Stock no. 1328380
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, red titles and vignettes. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some damp spotting to covers and slight browning to top and tail of spine. Endpapers slightly browned. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss, piece torn from top edge of rear panel has been attached with tape on verso. Price has been cut from front flap.

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TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Written by Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328269
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Childrens Illustrated Classics Series. Beige and blue decorated cloth. 304 pages. 8 colour plates. Spine bumped. A few tiny marks to textblock but contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and browned to spine with very slight loss.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328268
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"Re-issued at a cheaper price 1938". Tales For Children From Many Lands series. Blue cloth, green titles. Colour pictorial onlay. 8 pretty colour plates. 128 pages. 7 x 5". Spine and corners slightly rubbed. White spotting to spine. Light foxing to textblock. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Small corner crease to one page. Dustwrapper is worn to spine and corners with loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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THE ADVENTURES OF KING MIDAS
Written by Lynne Reid Banks. Illustrated by George Him.
Stock no. 1828442
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1976. Almost very good condition.

An extension of the old legend of the greedy, dissatisfied king who wished for, and to his sorrow received, the magic 'golden touch'. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0460067524. Spine slightly cocked, base of spine rubbed. Light scuffing to rear board. Front endpaper a little grubby. Some foxing throughout, heavy at times.

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THE CUCKOO CLOCK
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1328006
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Childrens Illustrated Classics series. Beige cloth with dark blue titles and pale blue birds/butterfly decorations. 4 colour plates. Numerous b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and prelims. Price-cut wrapper is foxed on verso and edge rubbed.

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YORKSHIRE HERITAGE: A MEMOIR TO ELLA PONTEFRACT
Written by Marie Hartley. Illustrated by Marie Hartley.
Stock no. 1828214
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Marie Hartley collaborated with the late Ella Pontefract in writing and illustrating topographical books on the Yorkshire dales and the county at large. This book is a personal record of their adventures. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, also some two-tone illustrations. Small mark to rear board, corners lightly kocked and small knock to lower horizontal edge and base of text block. Prelims browned. Text block and rear endpapers foxed. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn,lightly faded/browned to spine, grubby with some small foxspots, foxing to verso.

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GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Written by Jonathan Swift; F.C. Tilney. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1326727
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Tales for Children From Many Lands Series. Green cloth with gilt decoration, pictorial onlay. 8 colour plates. 7 x 5". 128 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine worn and gilt to spine has faded. Name in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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CHESTER CRICKET'S NEW HOME
Written by George Selden. Illustrated by Garth Williams.
Stock no. 1326218
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

After Chester's home is crushed, by two overweight picnickers, his friends try to find him a new one. Blue cloth covers with silver titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 144 pages. ISBN: 0460061488. Some slight spotting to cover edges and page margins. Textblock lightly foxed. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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