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AUGUST ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329034
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1937. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Five children in a caravan, and a horse between its shafts, in pursuit of an absent-minded aunt whose address they didn't exactly know! Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Second impression (October 1937). Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little worn at edges.

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ENGLAND
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1329017
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Navy blue boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224031619. Slight bumping to spine. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and spine edges and is slightly edge crease. Small stain to edge of front panel.

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THE BFG
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1328992
Published by Jonathan Cape. Circa 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A wonderful tale of a Giant who captures a small girl, Sophie and their plan to make the world safe from Giants. Grey boards. Gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224020404. 10th printing. Spine bumped. Heavy foxing and page browning to contents. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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THE TWITS
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1328991
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations of the dreadful Twit family. ISBN: 0224018558. Spine bumped. Page browning to contents. 'Hollie's book' written in blue biro to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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THE CUCKOO TREE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328951
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Dido Twite and Captain Hughes set out from Chichester Harbour with urgent dispatches for London. Their coach overturns in the middle of nowhere leading Dido to become involved in some 'havey cavey goings in' with smugglers, witches, kidnappers and treasonous pirates. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illus. 251 pages. ISBN: 0224005146. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink and another name blotted out to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge worn, slightly marked to front panel with a tear to top spine corner and spine is slightly browned.

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THE FAITHLESS LOLLYBIRD AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328950
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Stories of magic, mystery and miraculous surprise. ISBN: 0224013327. Spine bumped and faded. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby.

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DIDO AND PA
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328949
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A rollercoasting historical story. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0224023640. Page browning throughout, pale foxing to textblock. Minimal rubbing to wrapper edges.

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MIDNIGHT IS A PLACE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1328947
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A return to the 19th century and the Yorkshire setting of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 303 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0224009680. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and worn, spine is sunned.

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MIDWINTER NIGHTINGALE
Written by Joan Aiken.
Stock no. 1328935
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. A chilling welcome greets Dido Twite.... ISBN: 0224064894. Some very light foxing to textblock.

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SIGNALLING FROM MARS
Written by Arthur Ransome; Hugh Brogan.
Stock no. 1328934
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Letters of Arthur Ransome. Selected and introduced by Hugh Brogan. B/w illustrations. 377 pages. ISBN: 0224042610. Spine slightly bumped. Some foxspots to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is a little grubby and edge worn.

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WE DIDN'T MEAN TO GO TO SEA
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328879
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1937. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps. 34 b/w illustrations. 351 pages. 4th impression, same year and month (November) as first edition. Minimal shelf bumping to spine. Very light foxing to top edge of textblock. Name and date in ink to front fly-leaf. Minimal edge rubbing to wrapper and very light browning to spine.

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PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328878
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1935. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt title to front. Front endpaper is a chart of the atlantic ocean. B/w text illustrations throughout. 431 pages. 8 x 5.5". 5th impression, March 1935. Spine very slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Newspaper clipping (Ransome relevant) to half title-page. Top edge of textblock is slightly foxed. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and very slightly browned to spine.

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