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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1309940
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format. Orange boards, green titles. 84 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some slight wear to cover edges. A few small fingermarks to contents but generally clean. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby and is torn at front fold.

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NANCY AT ST. BRIDE'S
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce.
Stock no. 1309937
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st thus 1965. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, green title to spine. 184 pages. Super Hampton Library. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge rubbed. Contents browned but clean. Price-cut wrapper is worn, torn and creased with loss at corners.

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THE WOODS OF WINDRI
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1309914
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A tale of the past with knights, monks, bandits and warriors flitting across the scene. Yellow cloth, brown title to spine. B/w illustrations. 255 pages, lower edges untrimmed (as originally published). Spine and corners bumped, foxing to covers. Pencil writing to front pastedown. Front free-endpaper missing. Pencil drawing (of a dog) to rear endpaper). A couple of small marks to page edges. Pencil tick marks to contents page. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge-worn with slight loss.

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DOROTHY DIMITY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1604627
c. 1923. Good condition.

Brown stiff card covers, with a 2 dolls to front. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Corners and edges scuffed with some surface damage. Inscription to inside front cover. Centre pages have become detached from staples and are grubby. Scattered foxing but contents generally very good.

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CHILD VERSES FROM 'PUNCH'
Written by George Greenland; Eleanor Farjeon; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Phyllis Chase.
Stock no. 1501308
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Slight fading to top and bottom of spine. Small white mark to rear cover. Endpapers browned. Name and date to front endpaper. Small red stain to top corner of a few pages. Some foxing and marks to contents. Very scarce dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with a little loss at top and bottom of spine and corners. Spine is a little faded and marked. Crease to front flap.

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SHAKESPEARE TALES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS and WHEN SHAKESPEARE WAS A BOY
Written by F.J. Furnivall; William Shakespeare. Illustrated by John H.F. Bacon; et al..
Stock no. 1309876
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

The Golden Treasury Library. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and large pictorial onlay to front cover. 6 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some light scuffing to the edge of the pictorial onlay. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to contents.

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FFANGS THE VAMPIRE BAT AND THE KISS OF TRUTH
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 1708199
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A wildly inventive fantasy with splendidly exuberant illustrations. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571138411.

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LITTLE FOLKS
Written by Ethel Talbot; C. Chandler; et al. Illustrated by Florence Mary Anderson; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1708198
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1915. Good condition.

Pictorial front cover shows boy and girl in barrel boat with dog. Edges very worn, rear cover has some scuffing.

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MR. TUMPY PLAYS A TRICK ON SAUCEPAN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1309817
Published by Sampson Low. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

A Tumpy Strip Book. Small oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Staple rusty, split to top of spine. Contents clean.

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FRESHWATER FISHES OF THE BRITISH ISLES (NN 75)
Written by Peter S. Maitland; R. Niall Campbell.
Stock no. 1708162
Published by Harper Collins. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition.

The New Naturalist Library No. 75. Pictorial cardwraps. 21 colour photographs and over 200 black and white photographs and diagrams. ISBN: 0002193809. Covers a little creased. Previous owners label to inside front cover.

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MOLLUSQUES TERRESTRES ET FLUVIATILES DE SYRIE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Louis German.
Stock no. 1708157
Published by J. - B. Balliere Et Fils. 1921. Very good condition.

Two volumes. Card wraps. Text in French. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. Volume 2 is published in 1922. Spines browned. Some foxing. Some pages edges un-cut.

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NANCY CALLS THE TUNE
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1708152
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1ST 1944. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, purple title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 192 pages. New endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper has 1/2" loss to top of spine and chipping to base, also grubby.

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