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A BOOK OF BIRDS
Written by Mary Priestley. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1323728
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1937. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

82 wood-engravings. Green cloth, gilt title to spine 384 pages. A scarce Tunnicliffe item. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing to cover edges. Endpapers foxed. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss, grubby, foxed and browned to spine. Crease to front flap.

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LUCY & TOM'S A.B.C.
Written by Shirley Hughes. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1824091
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Oblong format. White glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour pictures. ISBN: 0575033983. Boards and text block lightly browned. Top corner of boards bumped. Light vertical crease to front endpaper and title page. Contents clean.

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MEG AND MAXIE
Written by Joan G. Robinson.
Stock no. 1323188
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compulsive thriller to engage the young reader's attention on many levels. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 128 pages. ISBN: 0575025557. Spine and corners bumped. Initials (RE) in ink to front pastedown. A few foxspots to endpapers and textblock and evidence of pencil erasure marks to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed/worn.

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TIME FOR THE STARS
Written by Robert A. Heinlein.
Stock no. 2138007
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt title to spine. A Science Fiction Adventure. Spine is faded. Bumping along couple of cover edges. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine with small stain to top; worn at edges; a few small nicks.

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THE TOPSY-TURVY STORYBOOK
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by John Eastwood.
Stock no. 2137796
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fairy tales, legends and nursery rhymes rewritten in King-Smith's mischievous style. A riotous collection uproariously illustrated in colour throughout. Dark green cloth. Gilt title to spine. 64pp. 11 x 8". Large format. Browning/foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing.

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THERE'S NOTHING TO DO!
Written by James Stevenson. Illustrated by James Stevenson.
Stock no. 2135473
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1ST 1986. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0575039191. Knocks to corners. 2" closed tear to title page. Browning to page edges and margins.

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LUCY & TOM'S A.B.C.
Written by Shirley Hughes. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1321614
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

Oblong format. White glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour pictures. ISBN: 0575033983. Spine and corners bumped. One gathering is pulled causing contents to be a little loose.

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JOURNEY INTO A FOG
Written by Margareta Berger-Hamerschlag. Illustrated by Margareta Berger-Hamerschlag.
Stock no. 2134328
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. The author's journey to a youth club in a London slum. Bumping to spine and corners. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is unevenly faded with heavy foxing; some edge-chipping, but minimal loss.

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RIDING THE MOUNTAINS DOWN
Written by Bettina Selby.
Stock no. 2132470
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Journey by Bicycle to Kathmandu. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0575034513. Wrapper has some edge-creasing.

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THE BLUE OF CAPRICORN
Written by Eugene Burdick. Illustrated by William Hofmann.
Stock no. 1818943
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Pacific in its Wonder. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Second impression. Text block lightly browned. Price-cut blue pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few tape repairs to verso, scuffed to rear panel.

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HEROES AND HEROINES
Written by Eleanor Farjeon; Herbert Farjeon. Illustrated by Rosalind Thornycroft.
Stock no. 1318294
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. History in rhyme. Spine and corners bumped and worn. 1" loss to base of spine and very slight loss at top. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing and some fingering to contents. Dustwrapper is worn with loss at edges, grubby and foxed.

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MORE PRAYERS AND GRACES
Written by Allan M. Laing. Illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
Stock no. 1814724
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1957. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Second Little Book of Unusual Piety. Blue boards, gilt title to spine; vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Slight browning to top & tail of spine. Price-cut yellow pictorial dustwrapper is slight faded to spine, edge-worn and grubby, small piece of loss to rear panel.

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