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COURTNEY
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1824105
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. When the children bring Courtney home he's just a loveable scruffy old dog. But the mongrel-that-nobody-wants has the most amazing talents! ISBN: 0224038680. SIGNED by the author (with dedication) to verso of front endpaper. Small bump to bottom edge of boards. Boards just slightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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SEVEN ROADS TO HAPPINESS
Written by Desmond Marwood. Illustrated by Richard Hook.
Stock no. 1824102
Published by Young World Productions. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The tale of a boy-Prince's search for Happiness, which he finds and restores to his father's bewitched kingdom with the help of a rather unusual caterpillar named Claudius. Large format. Beige boards with red titles and vignette. Colour illustrations. Boards clean. Minor mark to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is dampstained across bottom edge (barely visible to front), and is lightly creased and scuffed.

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A HOME AGAIN
Written by Colleen Rowan Kosinski. Illustrated by Valeria Docampo.
Stock no. 1824101
Published by Two Lions. 1st USA 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

After the last brickis laid, a family moves into a brand-new house. The family grows and it becomes a home. One day, the family packs up and moves out. The house doesn't know if it can ever be happy again... Told from the perspective of a house, this story's heartfelt text and beautiful illustrations convey a warmth of feeling as two families change and grow at different times within the same four walls. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781542007207. A lovely copy.

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JENNIFER'S ROOM
Written by Peter Utton. Illustrated by Peter Utton.
Stock no. 1824100
Published by Orchard Books. 1st USA 1995. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Look at what's let loose in Jennifer's room! Wonderful colour illustrations. ISBN: 0531068420. A nice, clean copy.

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HUNT THE THIMBLE
Written by Fiona French.
Stock no. 1824099
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Three children in seventeenth-century Amsterdam play a version of Hunt th Thimble which leads to a chase round the city. Pictorial glazed boards. Full page colour illustrations. ISBN: 0192797190. Board corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Boards clean. Messy inscription to front endpaper with erasure marks. Contents otherwise clean.

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CRACK THE ANT
Written by David Ross; Sephanie Ross.
Stock no. 1824097
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A picture book for very, very junior science enthusiasts - and what small child has not been fascinated by watching a tiny ant scurrying about its business? Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Base of spine split for 0.5" to rear edge. Boards very slightly browned. A few grubby marks to contents, mainly to margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss, a little grubby.

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ONE OLD OXFORD OX
Written by Nicola Bayley. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 1824095
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. 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. Boards very lightly scuffed, spine lightly faded. A few small marks to contents and light finger creasing to margins.

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A MEDIEVAL FEAST
Written by Aliki. Illustrated by Aliki.
Stock no. 1824093
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st UK 1984. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370309790. Top & tail of spine lightly bumpeed. Light score marks (almost invisible) to rear board. Light creasing to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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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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IN SEARCH OF GREECE: CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBIT OF DRAWINGS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM BY EDWARD DODWELL AND SIMONE POMARDI FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE PACKARD HUMANITIES INSTITUTE
Written by John McKesson Camp Ii. Illustrated by Edward Dodwell; Simone Pomardi.
Stock no. 1824089
Published by The Packard Humanities Institute. 1st 2013. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A catalogue for the first public display of part of the Packard Humanities Institute's collection of more than 850 drawings done by Edward Dodwell and Simone Pomardi during their visit to Greece in 1805-6. Accompanied by introductory essays designed to set the collection in its historical, cultural, and artistic context. Large oblong format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781938325304. A lovely item. Very scarce at the time of cataloguing.

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DESIGNING & MAKING ROCKING HORSES
Written by Margaret Spencer.
Stock no. 1824087
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With detailed plans, instructions and explanations of the wood and tools required. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos plus b/w plans. ISBN: 1861263619. Some damp mottling to boards. Spine cocked. Minor foxing to text block. A few light marks to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a minor biro mark to front panel. Musty odour present.

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MACKINTOSH FURNITURE
Written by Roger Billcliffe.
Stock no. 1824085
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A look at Mackintosh's career as a furniture designer and illustrating with over 250 b/w photos all his major pieces, as well as the interiors for which they were produced. Black boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0718825640. Slight mottling to boards. Spine cocked. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut lightly edge-worn and lightly scuffed. Faint musty odour present.

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