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THE LITTLE BEAR AND THE OGRES
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 737272
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Square format. Cream boards with illustration to front. 83 pages. Brown and black illustrations with verses below. Spine and corners worn with minimal loss to top and tail of spine and slight chipping of surface paper to rear edge of spine. A few tiny dents to cover edges. Light vertical creases to front cover. Covers are a bit grubby. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers very lightly browned. A few light foxspots to contents and a few pages have a very light vertical crease to centre. Overall a nice copy of a very scarce Rupert Bear book.

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SPRING SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 737291
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Grey boards with blue titles, pictorial onlay to front. Blue cloth spine. 12 poems with music by Linnell, each has accompanying colour tipped-in plate. A beautiful book! Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Joints cracked but not broken. Some light foxing and fingering. All plates present and in fine condition. White pictorial wrapper is edge worn and torn with slight loss at corners and grubby.

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THE BIRTH-DAY
Written by Eliza Lee Follen.
Stock no. 587253
Published by James Munroe And Company. 1848. Slightly better than good condition.

A Sequel to the Well-Spent Hour. Small format. Red embossed cloth, gilt titles to spine. 2 b/w plates. Contents very good. Spine chipped with loss at top and tail. Spine and covers faded to brown.

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DRAKE WAS MY CAPTAIN
Written by Douglas Bell.
Stock no. 587168
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Orange boards. Black title to spine. Colour frontis.

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BYD A BETWS
Written by Saunders Lewis.
Stock no. 587172
Published by Gwasg Aberystwyth. 1st 1941. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Life Of Oratory. Brown card wraps. Poetry. Text in Welsh.

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BOUM-LE-GRAND VILLAGE D'IRO
Written by Claude Pairault.
Stock no. 587225
Published by Institut D'Ethnologie. 1st 1966. Good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Text in French. A village in Chad. Book: Ex-lib. Minimal stamps. Contents very good indeed. Covers badly dampstained.

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TABBYKINS AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by G.D. Rowlandson. Illustrated by G.D. Rowlandson.
Stock no. 626773
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Warne's Cosy Corner Books series. A story for children. Green cloth spine, cream boards, green titles & vignette to front. Blue & red pictorial endpapers. Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Some hinges pulled, a few margin marks. Pictorial wrapper is worn & torn with loss, strengthened with clear tape, spine strengthened to verso with white paper.

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ROSIE AND TORTOISE
Written by Margaret Wild. Illustrated by Ron Brooks.
Stock no. 586955
Published by Ted Smart. Circa 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A wise and tender book about welcoming a new baby into the family. ISBN: 0670889601. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE MISERABLE MILL
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 587067
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. Nearly fine condition.

A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book The Fourth. Colour pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0749747021. A little bumping to corners and spine, with light rubbing.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE BAD BEGINNING
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 587069
Published by Egmont Children's Books Ltd.. 1st UK 2001. Fine condition.

The first in the series. An unhappy tale about unlucky children. Pictoral boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0749746114. Very lightest of rubbing to corners. A lovely first edition of the first book in this series.

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STONE HEART
Written by Charlie Fletcher.
Stock no. 586901
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1st 2006. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial b/w endpapers. When George breaks the head from the small dragon carving, he awakes an ancient power.... ISBN: 034091162X. A pristine copy.

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GREAT GRANDMOTHER GOOSE
Written by Helen Cooper. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 586911
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1978. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

80 rhymes from medieval sources. Brown mottled boards with brown cloth spine. Gilt titles to spine. B/w illustrations ISBN: 0241895502. Very slight edge-creasing to pictorial wrapper and one small mark to front wrapper flap.

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