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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Jocelyn Oliver; M.A. Peart; Natalie Joan; et al. Illustrated by E.E. Brier; M.D. Johnston; A.H. Watson; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324757
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1935. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards, front shows children in sailing boat "happy days". Colour frontis. B/w and 3-tone text illustrations. First story is "One Last Ride". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents. Some hinges pulled and cracked but binding still tight.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Margaret Baker; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; et al. Illustrated by Grace Lodge; H.R. Millar; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324756
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Front board showing "Our Ship". Colour frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations. First story is The Fairy Tree. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine slightly browned. Some hinges pulled. A little foxing to contents, mainly at page edges.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by E. Dorothy Rees; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1324755
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1926. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Front board showing "The Swing". Colour frontis, two-tone and b/w illustrations. First story: The Mill Wheel. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Covers are grubby. Inscription in pencil to verso of frontis. Hinges pulled but binding still tight. Foxing to contents.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; M.A. Peart; May Smith; et al..
Stock no. 1324754
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Good condition.

Pictorial paper boards entitled 'Fairy Lights' shows children with Chinese lanterns. Colour frontis by Florence Harrison plus b/w and two-tone illustrations (one or two by F.Harrison). Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned. Rear cover is grubby. Browning and foxing to contents. Some pencil colouring to endpapers, especially rear endpapers. One b/w illustration has been coloured in with watercolours. Hinges pulled but binding still tight. Name in heavy pencil to rear free-endpaper.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; K. Wallis Coales; M.I.K. Carruthers; Jocelyn Oliver; et al. Illustrated by K.W. Coales; Mary S. Reeve; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324753
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Scene shows a girl on a white horse "in the paddock". Colour frontis, b/w and 3-tone text illustrations. First story is "The Little Girl Who Put Her Tongue Out". Spine bumped. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Some light marks to covers. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Cracke between frontis and title-page else contents clean.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey; Anne Anderson; Alan Wright; et al..
Stock no. 1324752
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1925. Good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Scene shows two children with kites "on the hilltop". Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. First story is "Lennie the Woodman". Spine is bumped and browned with damage at top (split and slight loss of surface paper). Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight. Some foxing to contents.

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FROM THE DREADNOUGHT TO SCAPA FLOW VOLUME III
Written by Arthur J. Marder.
Stock no. 1825024
Published by Oxford University Press. 2nd 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

2nd edition. Jutland and After (May 1916-December 1916). The Royal Navy in the Fisher era 1904-1919. B/w photos. 16 Folding colour charts in pocket at rear. ISBN: 0192158414. Text block browned. All 16 charts present. Pictorial dustwrapper is faed to spine and lightly browned to rear panel.

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KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS
Written by Anthony Mockler. Illustrated by Nick Harris.
Stock no. 1824946
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oxford illustrated classics. Blue boards, gilt titles. Full page colour and B/W illustrations. 294 pages. ISBN: 019274531X. Lower corners and base of spine lightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE SWORD OF FREEDOM
Written by Charles Gilson. Illustrated by Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1324666
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1912. Almost very good condition.

A tale of the English Revolution. Brown pictorial coth with gilt titles. 6 colour plates. xi + 420 pages. Spine bumped. Hinge between frontis and title-page is cracked showing webbing beneath. Foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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THE ROMANCE OF READING FIRST SERIES BOOK III PLEASANT PATHS
Written by R.K. Polkinghorne; M.I.R. Polkinghorne. Illustrated by A.H. Watson; Florence Harrison; Helen Jacobs; Ernest A. Aris; et al..
Stock no. 1324630
Published by Oxford University Press. 1953. Very good condition.

Blue decorated cloth. Some colour plates plus many b/w text illustrations. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine faded. Small dent to lower edges of covers. Some page corners lightly creased, lower corner of last text page neatly removed (text not affected).

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Phillippa Francklyn; Winifred Darch; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by Grace Lodge; Mary S. Reeve; M.D. Johnston; et al..
Stock no. 1324607
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1937. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards, front shows The Games Captain (girl with a tennis racquet). First story is "The Sea Eagles' Nest" by Francklyn. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Covers are edge worn. Contents are browned but clean.

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BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1324366
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1949. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with loss at base of spine and corners, tape repairs on verso.

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