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OXUS IN SUMMER
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328773
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Salmon cloth, gilt title to spine. Endpapers are maps of 'Country Round Peranwisa". B/w illustrations. 312 pages, top edge red. Spine slightly bumped and very slightly faded. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and just a little grubby to rear panel.

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THE FAR-DISTANT OXUS
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock; Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1328772
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Introduction by Arthur Ransome. Red cloth, black title to spine. Pictorial endpapers are maps of 'Country round Peran Wisa'. B/w illustrations. 350 numbered pages, top edge red. Seventh impression (in a 6th printing wrapper). Spine is slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to top margin of half title-page. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little bit edge rubbed and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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THE KINGDOM UNDER THE SEA AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.
Stock no. 1328766
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Delightful retelling of traditional East European folk tales. Dark green boards, gilt title to spine. Full-page colour pictures - exquisitely beautiful, black silhouettes against marble colours, plus numerous other silhouette illustrations. 104 pages. ISBN: 0224618822. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light vertical mark to centre of front cover. Slight foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss. Small red ink mark to front panel of wrapper, authors name partially rubbed to spine.

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THE HONEY SIEGE
Written by Gil Buhet; Geoffrey Sainsbury.
Stock no. 1328718
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The book society's fiction choice. Blue boards, red title to spine. 253 pages. Translated from the French by Sainsbury. Spine very slightly bumped. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine, grubby to rear panel and foxed on verso.

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BORKA THE ADVENTURES OF A GOOSE WITH NO FEATHERS
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1328662
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

50th Anniversary Edition. Large format. Green cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780857550835. Some light/faint spotting to covers. Contents fine.

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RAYMOND BRIGGS BLOOMING BOOKS
Written by Raymond Briggs; Nicolette Jones. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
Stock no. 1328654
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An exploration of Raymond Brigg's work from the time he left art school and began illustrating other people's texts, right up to his most recent publications. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0224064789. Minimal bumping to spine. A few light marks/foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper has minimal rubbing to edges.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Christopher Logue. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1328650
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Wonderful full-colour pop-ups. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0224013009. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Foxing else contents clean. Pop-ups in excellent working order.

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THE MOON'S REVENGE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Alan Lee.
Stock no. 1328627
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0224024779. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. A few small marks to page margins.

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DIRTY BEASTS
Written by Roald Dahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1328622
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1984. Very good condition.

A fantastically funny selection of poems with colour text illustrations throughout. Pictorial glazed boards. 11 x 8.5". ISBN: 0224022938. Spine and corners bumped. Some lightly browning and grubby marks to covers. Slight wear to top corner of front cover. A few small foxspots to top edge of textblock. Contents fine.

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UNTITLED (THE BEE BOOK)
Written by Kit Williams. Illustrated by Kit Williams.
Stock no. 1328611
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1984. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Object of this puzzle book is to guess the title! Actual title is The Bee On The Comb. ISBN: 0224019066. Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Fading to edges of rear cover. A couple of tiny dents to lower edges of covers.

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AND MISS CARTER WORE PINK
Written by Helen Bradley. Illustrated by Helen Bradley.
Stock no. 1828582
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Scenes from an edwardian childhood. Reproducing both paintings and Helen Bradley's own charming commentary, this unique volume is an incomparable pleasure. Blue boards, gilt titles. 31 pages. 11.5 x 10.5". Large oblong format. ISBN: 0224005812. Reprint. Text block browned. Foxing to edges of title page, colophon page and page 3. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and a little grubby.

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SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1328388
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

New Edition, type re-set. Green cloth with gilt title to spine and blind title to cover. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 351 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and browned (especially to spine).

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