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THE BOOK OF PENNY TOYS
Written by Mabel Dearmer. Illustrated by Mabel Dearmer.
Stock no. 1313589
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.; The Macmillan Company. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Burgundy cloth spine with green pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout. 94 pages, all edges red. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some light scuffing to covers. A few small chips to spine cloth, cleverly disguised with matching ink(?). Quite heavy foxing and a musty smell to contents. A couple of pages have very slightly ragged edges. A very nice copy of an extremely rare book.

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THE HELPFUL GIANT
Written by Eileen Arthurton. Illustrated by Jennetta Vise.
Stock no. 1502500
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A book of stories for children about the giant Seven League Boots, Esquire. Orange cloth covers with black titles and vignette of giant to front cover. B/w illustrations. 137 pages. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Corners a little worn. Endpapers browned. A few fox spots, mainly to prelims and text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small tears and a little loss from top of spine. Small pin hole to front fold. Bottom corner of front fold has been cut off, price is stamped above. Some foxing and rear panel is a bit grubby.

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PERSONAL EFFECTS
Written by Barbara Willard.
Stock no. 1502235
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition.

Grey patterned covers with blue titles to spine. 337 pages. Some bumping to spine and corners. A little erased pencil writing to front endpapers. Contents generally clean.

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DAWKS AND THE DUCHESS
Written by Meta Mayne Reid.
Stock no. 1502050
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

If Dawks had not given Bap a worm he would never have been taken to the Disbanding Circus or met Duchess and Donizetti and his Doves - and that was where this series of adventures in and out of school began for the three Peyton children and their friend. Pale orange boards with red vignette to front cover and red titles and vignette to spine. B/w frontis. 203 pages. Top of spine heavily bumped. Spine slightly faded. A few small marks to covers. Light page edge browning and an odd grubby fingermark but contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with area of loss at top of spine and label repairs to spine and folds on verso. Spine browned and rear panel a bit grubby.

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PLACE MILL
Written by Barbara Softly. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1108690
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards with black titles and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Bumping to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has some closed tears and chips; a little loss to base of spine; creased.

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MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LAND FORMS
Written by Walther Penck; Hella Czech; Katherine Cumming Boswell.
Stock no. 2111703
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Contribution to Physical Geology. Translated by Czech and Boswell. B/w photos and diagrams. 429 pages includes index. Minor bumping along cover edges. Light page browning. Wrapper is browned to spine with some spotting. Small chips at top of wrapper spine and closed tear at base.

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WITH GENERAL FRENCH AND THE CAVALRY IN SOUTH AFRICA
Written by Charles Sydney Goldmann.
Stock no. 2111576
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1903. Good condition.

Maroon cloth spine, with gilt title; rest of covers are black. Many fold-out pages of maps etc. Some b/w photos. Spine has been rebacked, with original laid down; a little chipping and loss to original. Bumping and wear to corners. A few marks to covers. New endpapers. Frontis is MISSING. Foxing to some pages and outer page edges. A few page corner losses.

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KIM
Written by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1310314
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1901. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth covers. Gilt title to spine and gilt elephant head vignette to front cover. 413 pages, top edge gilt. B/w photo plates. 8 x 5.25 inches. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of very small marks to front cover. Name to half-title, foxing throughout else contents clean. With extremely scarce dustwrapper with six shillings printed to bottom of spine and 14 titles listed as "uniform editions" on rear panel. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and worn at spine and corners, there is a large closed tear across the front panel. A nice copy in a decent and extremely rare dustwrapper.

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THE REVOLT OF THE YOUNG MACCORMACKS
Written by Violet Geraldine Finny. Illustrated by Edith Scannell.
Stock no. 1106745
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1898. Almost very good condition.

Pink/red pictorial covers. B/w illustrations. Spine is very browned. Covers are marked and worn. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Some page browning and a few foxspots.

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THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS
Written by Thomas Ingoldsby. Illustrated by Harry G. Theaker.
Stock no. 1305118
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1911. Good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt vignette to front and title to spine. Page edges blue. 16 colour plates with tissue guard to frontis piece. 546 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name plate to front pastedown. Front joint is cracked showing webbing. Endpapers and tissue-guard of frontis are browned, there is some foxing. The contents are generally clean.

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MISS MOUSE AND HER BOYS
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 1302863
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1897. Very good condition.

Orange cloth with black illustration to front and spine, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers are a little bit grubby. Gilt to spine is a bit dull. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed, tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Foxing to title-page. Some hinges pulled. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN DEVON AND CORNWALL
Written by Arthur H. Norway. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell; Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1202107
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1907. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt. B/w illustrations. Top edge gilt. 391 pages. Large folding map. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Corners slightly bumped.

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