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THE RELUCTANT DRAGON
Written by Walt Disney; Robert Benchley; Kenneth Grahame.
Stock no. 1207806
Published by Garden City Publishing Co.. 1st 1941. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Yellow pictorial front cover with picture of plump dragon. Introduced by Benchley from Grahame's Dream Days. Colour & b/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Very light rubbing to top and tail of spine and corners else covers and contents fine. Attractive pictorial wrapper is slightly edge-chipped.

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ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1207797
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Circa 1950. Fine condition.

Seen through the eyes of a child. Adapted from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Technicolor production. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. A Tuck Book with four delightful colour pop-up scenes. A superb copy with just slight evidence of staple rust.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY NO. 20
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1808516
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402308. A fine copy in a price-cut light blue dustwrapper lightly creased at corners.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 16
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1808501
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402006. A fine copy in a price-cut dustwrapper faded at spine and a few marks to rear panel.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 17
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1808500
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Nostalgic memories of Cardiff. B/w photos. ISBN: 1870402057. Small damp stain to lower margin of first few pages else a lovely, clean copy. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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THE FORESHADOWING
Written by Marcus Sedgwick.
Stock no. 1402271
Published by Orion Children's Books. 1st 2005. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Sasha Fox has a terrible gift, she can see the future. Black boards, silver title to spine. Blue endpapers. ISBN: 1842552198. SIGNED by author to title page. One small mark to top of text block otherwise the book is in mint condition.

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SHADOWMANCER
Written by G.P. Taylor.
Stock no. 1207795
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 2003. Fine condition.

A world of superstition, magic and witchcraft where nothing can be taken for granted, and the ultimate sacrifice might even be life itself. Uncorrected proof copy. Grey cardwraps. ISBN: 0571220460. SIGNED by author. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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WENDY
Written by Karen Wallace.
Stock no. 1207792
Published by Simon & Schuster. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The author recreates the fascinating world of the privileged classes of the early 20th century and uses one girl's story to expose the cruelty and hypocrisy behind the glittering facade. ISBN: 068483747X. SIGNED by author. Slight page-edge browning.

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THE MAGIC FLYING BOAT
No author listed. Illustrated by W. Owen.
Stock no. 1502075
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Fair condition.

A Valtay Book. Emma and Pip visit some of the characters from Mother Goose with Mr. Minty. Small oblong format 5.5 x 4.5". Paperwraps. Full page colour illustrations with text opposite. Contents detached from covers. Staples rusty. Covers edge worn and creased with some marks to centre of rear cover. Closed tear to inside corner of rear cover. Small doodle to inside of front cover otherwise contents generally clean.

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SONGS WITH MUSIC FROM A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1402266
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. circa 1918. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Music by Rev. Thomas Crawford. Cream boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. 10.5 x 8". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges a little rubbed and browned. Dated inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers a little browned. Some finger marks to page edges. First few pages have small closed tear to top edge. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears. Slight loss to rear panel which also has 4 small holes. Spine is browned. Rear flap is creased. Front panel is a little grubby.

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VALOUR AND VICTORY
Written by Gordon Stables; E.A Gillie; C.H. Lyall; Duncan McLaren; G. Stebbing; Kade Chattan.
Stock no. 1605694
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Good condition.

Green boards with illustrated front panel and spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Inspiring historical tales of Empire. Front joint cracked. Pages browned at margins. Spine and corners bumped, some surface damage to lower corner.

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