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SIMPKIN
Written by Quentin Blake. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2135543
Published by Jonathan Cape. Circa 1993. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 022403734X. 2nd printing. Some fading to spine; a few marks to covers.

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THE FAR-DISTANT OXUS
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1321610
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1937. Good condition.

Introduction by Arthur Ransome. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers are maps of 'Country round Peran Wisa'. B/w illustrations. 350 pages, top edge red. Spine and corners bumped and worn with splits at top of spine. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Name in ink to top margin of front free-endpaper. Light foxing to text block.

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GREAT NORTHERN?
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 2134721
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1947. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 351 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Foxing and grubby marks to outer page edges. Front joint is cracked. A few marks to contents, otherwise generally very good.

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MRS ARMITAGE AND THE BIG WAVE
Written by Quentin Blake. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1320430
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Mrs Armitage and Breakspear the dog go surfing! Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0224046292. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. A tiny indentation to rear cover. Contents fine.

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ESCAPE TO PERSIA
Written by Katharine Hull; Pamela Whitlock. Illustrated by Pamela Whitlock.
Stock no. 1319756
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn.

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PINK FURNITURE
Written by A.E. Coppard. Illustrated by Nancy Bankart Gurney.
Stock no. 1319634
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A tale for lovely children with noble natures. Pale pink cloth, blue titles. 251 pages. Full-page b/w illustrations. Endpapers and textblock slightly browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn and browned, mainly at spine and edges, tear to spine has been 'repaired' on verso with a white label.

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PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1318756
Published by Jonathan Cape. 4th 1932. Almost very good condition.

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". Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly faded with foxspots. Name in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents, especially at textblock.

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THE BELGIAN TWINS
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 1318685
Published by Jonathan Cape. 6th 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

With an introduction by Rhoda Power. Pink cloth, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 189 pages. Spine slightly bumped, corners lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned and some light foxing to contents. Some of the b/w illustrations have been coloured in. Dustwrapper is edge torn with some loss, tape repairs on verso. Some slight browning to spine of dustwrapper.

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THE SWISS TWINS
Written by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins.
Stock no. 1318684
Published by Jonathan Cape. 7th 1949. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles. 151 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Book leans to one side a little. Neat colouring to the b/w illustrations throughout. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and a little grubby.

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PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1318630
Published by Jonathan Cape. 8th 1937. Almost very good condition.

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". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some foxing to contents.

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WINGED VICTORY
Written by V.M. Yeates.
Stock no. 2131885
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reissue, with new preface and a tribute by Henry Williamson. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with some foxing; nicks to corners.

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WINGED VICTORY
Written by V.M. Yeates.
Stock no. 1818566
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reissue, with new preface and a tribute by Henry Williamson. Reprint. Text block lightly browned and foxed. Faint pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapepr is browned to spine, has foxing and is lightly worn at corners.

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