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THE BELLS OF ROME
Written by Mabel Esther Allan.
Stock no. 1314757
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How Flavia risks her life to foil a murder, and how she solves the mystery... Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 150 pages. ISBN: 0434926957. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine bumped. Faint marks to edge of front cover. Name in blue biro to top edge of front free-endpaper. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly grubby to rear panel and lightly foxed on verso.

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CHILTERN SCHOOL
Written by Mabel Esther Allan.
Stock no. 1404200
Published by The Bemrose Press Limited. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Grey cardwraps with b/w illustration and black titles to front cover. 177 pages. SIGNED with inscription to inside of front cover. Corners a little bumped. Contents clean.

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THE EMPTY COTTAGE
Written by Brian Read. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1504470
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Squirrel Series. Patrick and Andrew went to stay on a farm. They made friends with all the animals, and drove with Jill in a donkey-cart. George and Ron said town boys were silly, and they wouldn't let them play in Lonesome Cottage. But they all made friends when Harry came. Dark orange boards with dark titles and squirrel vignette to front cover. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 62 pages. SIGNED by author on title page, in green pen with dedication and date. A little bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small chips and tears. Rear panel slightly grubby and spine lightly browned.

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QUEST'S END
Written by Alfred Brisco. Illustrated by Brian Fawcett.
Stock no. 1504468
Published by Brown and Brown. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A man, after being knocked out, wakes up as his horse. A fascinating tale which will at once appeal to lovers of Northern Rural England - the life of its people and animals and Lakeland Lanes. The veil of the occult running through the tale will grip, as also will the adventures of the main character depicted in Civil and Army Life. Orange cloth covers with dark titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. 83 pages. SIGNED by author, with date, on front endpaper. A little bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. A few white marks to covers. Light browning and foxing to endpapers, rest of contents very good. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with some stains to panels.

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MYSTERY ABOARD THE MURRABIT
Written by Nancy Parker. Illustrated by Nancy Parker.
Stock no. 1504467
Published by F.W. Cheshire. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Why did the uncle of 16 year old German acrobat Max Schiller try to murder him? and why did he set fire to the Murrabit, a paddle steamer on the Murray river. Grey boards with white map lines and titles. Illustrated endpapers. B/w illustrations. 132 pages. SIGNED by author on title page. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Heavy bump to top corner of front cover. Light page browning otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped at ends of spine and folds. Browning to spine, panels and edges of flaps.

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THE TWO BOUQUETS
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Reginald Woolley.
Stock no. 1504465
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A period novelette featuring the Gills of Twickenham and misunderstandings at a ball, based on the operetta by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon. Deep pink cloth covers with silver titles to spine and silver vignette. B/w chapter headers. 163 pages. SIGNED by author, with dedication and date, on front endpaper. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Pages are lightly browned but contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some tears and chips, tear across spine near top, slight loss from ends of spine. Bottom corner cut from front flap. Wrapper is a little grubby.

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THE BONGLEWEED
Written by Helen Cresswell. Illustrated by Ann Stugnell.
Stock no. 1504461
Published by Faber & Faber. 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

When Jason asked Becky what the strange new seeds were called, she said 'probably the South American Bongleweed'. The plant was spreading joyously over the churchyard and looked equal to spreading over England. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 157 pages. ISBN: 057110374X. SIGNED by author with dedication and date on front endpaper. Bump to top of spine and bottom edge of front cover. Bottom edge of spine faded. Ink name stamp to front endpaper. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a faded spine.

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GYPSY AND GINGER
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Stock no. 1504460
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1920. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth covers with dark titles and decoration in box to front cover and spine. 7.5 x 4.5". B/w frontis and chapter headers. 151 pages plus publication list. SIGNED by author with dedication and date on half-title page. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Damp stains to edges of covers. Residue from label to top corner of front cover. A couple of tiny nicks to front edge of spine. A little browning to endpapers. Foxing to page edges. Just a very odd mark to contents.

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THE FIVE BLACK COUSINS
Written by J. Murray Allison. Illustrated by John Austin.
Stock no. 1504459
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1924. Very good condition.

And Other Bird Rhymes. White cloth covers with gilt vignette and titles to front cover. 7.75 x 5.5". Small b/w illustrations. 63 pages. Some page edges uncut. SIGNED by author to front endpaper, with dedication and date. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers slightly grubby with light stains along top edge of front cover. Endpapers browned. Some foxing and a very odd fingermark to contents.

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ONE OLD OXFORD OX
Written by Nicola Bayley. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1504446
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition.

A counting book featuring a tongue-twister and lovely colour illustrations for each number from 1 to 12. Glazed pictorial boards. Unpaginated. 10 x 7. 5 inches. ISBN: 022401353X. SIGNED by illustrator on title page. Very light indentation line to rear cover. Erasure mark to top corner of front endpaper otherwise contents clean.

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DOLPHIN BOY
Written by Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1504444
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 2004. Fine condition.

Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Who wouldn't want a dolphin for a friend? ISBN: 184270320X. SIGNED by illustrator on title page. Minimal bumping to lower corners. Contents clean. A lovely copy.

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ARCHIE AND THE STRICT BAPTISTS
Written by John Betjeman. Illustrated by Phillida Gili.
Stock no. 1504435
Published by John Murray. 1st 1977. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Archibald Ormsby Gore, the teddy bear. This book tells of his youthful adventures while hunting for history and flying with home-made wings over the Berkshire Downs and over the village with its church, its four chapels and four public houses. Yellow boards with small gilt vignette of teddy and title in gilt to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0719534291. SIGNED by author to half-title page. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Odd tiny spot to covers. Page edges are browned otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss from top 2" of rear fold. Spine slightly faded.

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