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NASTY!
Written by Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Amanda Macphail.
Stock no. 731748
Published by Longman Group Ltd.. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Knockout series. Six nasty stories. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 058225048X. Initials in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is slightly edge worn and nicked to side of spine. Small price label to rear panel.

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ALMANACK FOR 1924
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 731830
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1924. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations (originally used n the 1883 Almanack). Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contained in original glassine wrapper which states "The coloured illustrations are the actual first printing of the 1883 Almanack. The Text for the Year 1924 is now inserted". The wrapper is just a little edge chipped.

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SIXES AND SEVENS
Written by F.E. Weatherly. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy.
Stock no. 731842
Circa 1887. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Floral decorated endpapers. Colour (chromolithograph) illustrations. 63 pages. Poetry for children. Corners worn, edges scuffed, some slight scuffing to covers. Name in ink to half-title page. Some hinges pulled. A few page margins a bit fingered but contents generally clean.

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DOCTOR BIRCH, THE KICKLEBURYS ON THE RHINE & REBECCA AND ROWENA
Written by M.A. Titmarsh. Illustrated by Richard Doyle; et al..
Stock no. 735519
Published by Chapman & Hall; Smith, Elder & Co.. 1st 1849. Very good condition.

3 volumes bound together. Attractive three-quarter burgundy leather binding with gilt title and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Doctor Birch and The Kickleburys are illustrated with full-page colour illustrations and Rebecca and Rowena is illustrated by full-page b/w illustrations by Doyle. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Front joint is just starting to crack. Light foxing to contents. First editions published in 1849 and 1850. An attractive volume.

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LITTLE TOTTY
No author listed.
Stock no. 736455
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Very good condition.

Aunt Friendly's Coloured Picture Book series. Blue card wraps. Charming full-page colour illustrations. Printed by Kronheim. Restitched. Some ink writing to top margin of front cover and a small ink doodle to centre of front cover. Contents a little grubby but still a nice copy.

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LEGENDS OF SAVAGE LIFE
Written by James Greenwood. Illustrated by Ernest Griset.
Stock no. 738000
Published by John Camden Hotten. 1st 1867. Very good condition.

Rebound in three-quarter brown leather with brown cloth covers. 164 pages. 36 wood engravings hand-coloured. Spine and corners rubbed, split to top of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (also states "rebound 1888"). Some foxing and grubby fingermarks to page margins throughout. Front board completely separated from rest of book. A decent copy of this scarce antiquarian children's book.

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MISTER FOX
Written by R.M. Ballantyne; Comus.
Stock no. 738889
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1857. Almost very good condition.

Comus is the pseudonym of R.M. Ballantyne. Red embossed cloth with gilt title and vignette to front. Eight colour plates. Contains music accompanied by the verse and a short story. Spine and corners worn. Damp stain to lower edge of front cover (4.5 x 1") affects the lower edges of the front endpapers and first 12 pages (including 3 plates - margins only, pictures not affected). Previous owner's name and address in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering, a small closed tear and light creasing to front endpaper. Not as bad as it sounds, still a nice copy.

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THE AIRSHIP LADYSHIP ADVENTURE
Written by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy. Illustrated by Glo Coalson.
Stock no. 750063
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company. 1st USA 1977. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0397317271. Spine and corners a little worn, small split to side of spine. Wrapper a little edge-worn and grubby.

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BIOLOGY OF THE MAMMAL
Written by P.Catherine Clegg; Arthur G. Clegg.
Stock no. 800031
Published by Heinemann. 3rd Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Contains drawings, photographs and diagrams. ISBN: 0433061219.

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FUNNY ANIMALS IN THE FOREST
No author listed.
Stock no. 800082
Published by Top Sellers Ltd.. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Spiral bound. Each page is in half so that the drawings can be'mixed and matched'.

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FUNNY ANIMALS BY THE SEA
No author listed.
Stock no. 800084
Published by Top Sellers Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition.

Spiral Bound. Each page is in half so animal illustrations can "mix and match". Some loosening to spiral binding. name on front cover.

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