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THE HOLIDAY TRAIN GOES TO AMERICA
Written by Peter Heaton. Illustrated by Peter Heaton.
Stock no. 1323669
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Baby Puffin Book no. 6. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by W.S. Cowell. Covers foxed and edge rubbed. Staples rusty. Lower staple has been pulled away from front cover. Neat name written in ink to front cover. Foxing inside covers. Some light fingering to contents but generally clean.

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SONGS OF CHILDHOOD
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Estella Canziani.
Stock no. 1323667
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st thus 1923. Very good condition.

Originally published in 1902, this is the new and limited edition of 310 copies. Cream vellum spine with gilt title, grey boards. 8 pretty colour plates mounted with tissue-guards plus b/w illustrations. 172 pages, edges untrimmed. This is copy no. 204 SIGNED by the author. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine and cover edges browned. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Tissue-guards to plates are browned. A couple of hinges are cracked. A few foxspots to contents.

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TOBY TWIRL DARES ALL DANGERS
Written by Sheila Hodgetts. Illustrated by E. Jeffrey.
Stock no. 1323656
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1955. Almost very good condition.

A partly republished version of The New Toby Twirl Colour Strip Adventure Book (first published in 1953). Contains two stories: Toby Twirl and the Rustlers; Toby Twirl and the Magic Boot. Matt pictorial boards (unlaminated) showing Toby Twirl's Adventure Colour Story Book at lower edge of front cover. Covers are edge worn. Rear free-endpaper has been repaired. A few small margin tears and light browning to contents.

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THE GRUFFALO AND THE GRUFFALO'S CHILD
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Stock no. 1323654
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st thus 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Classic Gift Collection. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Two volumes contained in pictorial slipcase. Walk into the deep dark wood, and discover the Nation's favourite bedtime story, The Gruffalo and its award-winning sequel, The Gruffalo's Child. ISBN: 9781447200611. Child's name in pencil to title-page of The Gruffalo and to front free-endpaper of The Gruffalo's Child. Finger creases to The Gruffalo's Child. Slipcase is very slightly worn with small splits at top of opening.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF WILD ANIMALS (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Maurice Burton.
Stock no. 1323652
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer book No. 5. Revised editon. In rare advertising wrapper. Endpapers very slightly browned. A bright copy.

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MOVING PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323645
Published by Collins. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Moving pictures, action surprises, hidden images. A reproduction of an antique book originally published by Ernest Nister. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0001384147. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Pictures and tabs in good condition.

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MINTY BRAMBLE'S HOUSE IN THE WOODS
Written by Margaret Ross. Illustrated by Margaret Ross.
Stock no. 1323639
Published by Museum Press Limited. Circa 1946. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Full-page colour illustrations and b/w drawings. White pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges. Staples rusty leaving marks to endpapers. Holes to rear joint where staples have been pulled. Contents clean.

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THE THREE BEARS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323637
Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Text is blue. Brown and white text illustrations. 8 pages. Rear cover advertises Amies Ltd. Covers edge rubbed. Staple rusty. Contents clean.

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ROBINSON CRUSOE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323635
Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Text is blue. Brown and white text illustrations. 8 pages. Rear cover advertises Amies Ltd. Covers edge rubbed. Staple rusty. Small stain affects lower corner tips of covers and contents.

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ROBIN HOOD AND HIS MERRIE MEN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1323633
Very good condition.

York Series. Pictorial cardwraps. 16 pages. 2-tone illustrations. Rear cover advertises Amies Ltd. Staples are rusty. Pale page browning else clean.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Stock no. 1323632
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1997. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Thirteen poems most appropriate for today's child accompanied by paintings of childhood as vibrant and evocative as the words. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 32 pages. ISBN: 0751371041. Dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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FLYING LEGENDS - A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE GREAT PISTON COMBAT AIRCRAFT OF WWII
Written by Tony Holmes. Illustrated by John M. Dibbs.
Stock no. 1323630
Published by The Plane Picture Co. Publishing. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Blue cloth. Colour photographs throughout by Dibbs. ISBN: 0952958805. Dustwrapper is browned to spine.

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