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ADVENTURE ON THE MOON
Written by Nina Carroll. Illustrated by Nina Carroll.
Stock no. 822074
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Almost very good condition.

Written & illustrated by 12-year-old Nina Carroll. 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Blue cloth boards with blue title to front. Spine browned, covers marked. Some minor foxing else contents clean.

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THE BIRD TREE
Written by Frans Van Anrooy. Illustrated by Jaap Tol.
Stock no. 822057
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Christmas for Mark at Grandma's house was going to be a drab affair with no money to decorate the Christmas Tree until the birds came to help. A picture book for children. Large format. White cloth spine with no title, white pictorial paper boards with black title to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Minimal text. Covers clean and bright as are the contents. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge-worn and grubby.

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BELLS OF MYSTERY
Written by Joan Inglesant. Illustrated by Glossop.
Stock no. 384891
Published by Puzzle Books Ltd.. Circa 1936. Very good condition.

A capital story and jig-saw puzzle solution in one book. Red cloth. Pictorial front board. Jigsaw pieces contained in envelope at back of book. Slight rubbing to cover edges, spine slightly bumped. Rear cover is just a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Small white typing fluid mark to top of fornt endpaper. Unfortunately 1 piece of the jigsaw (top left corner) is missing.

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THE HEAD GIRL OF THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 384866
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1936. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w frontis. 336 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Name and address in ink, 'no. 4' written in ink and also a transfer sticker (of dog) stuck to front endpaper. A few hinges pulled. Some foxing, mainly to outer page edges else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with small patch of loss to top edge of front panel, grubby on rear panel. Tape repairs on verso to edges and folds. A little of the transfer sticker has transferred to the front flap of the dustwrapper.

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FINDING OUT ABOUT THE WORLD OF NUMBERS
Written by Leonard Sealey.
Stock no. 821973
Published by Purnell. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Corners are bumped and worn.

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SPLEEN AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Pierre-Victor Baron De Besenval; Havelock Ellis.
Stock no. 821854
Published by Chapman & Hall. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Translated from the French of De Besenval by H.B.V. with an introduction by Ellis. Brown cloth spine, gilt titles. Pictorial boards. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Top edge gilt. Copy no. 262. A few tiny wormholes to endpapers. Corners bumped and rubbed. Spine a little marked.

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ANGOLA AN EASTERN TALE
Written by Jacques-Rochette De La Morliere; Augustus John.
Stock no. 821858
Published by Chapman & Hall. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition.

Translated by H.V.B. with an introduction by John. Brown cloth spine, gilt title. Pictorial boards. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Copy no. 96. Contents very good but rear board has large brown stain. Corners bumped and rubbed.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN STILLWATER FISHING
Written by David Jacques.
Stock no. 821893
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713614706. Ex-lib with just one stamp to verso of title page and one to end of index page. New endpapers. Wrapper spine lightly faded.

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CONTES POUR CRACOUM
Written by Marcelle Langlois. Illustrated by R. Gautier-Constant.
Stock no. 821832
Published by Trois Conils. 1946. Very good condition.

Large format. Text in French. Blue cloth spine, white pictorial paper boards. Two-tone illustrations. Corners worn, name in ink to top edge of front board, boards slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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CROSSWORD BOOK 1
Written by Norman Pritchard. Illustrated by Lynn N. Grundy.
Stock no. 384849
Published by Ladybird Books. 1981. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series S812. Yellow pictorial paperwraps. Bright colour pictures. Crosswords to complete throughout. ISBN: 0721406491. Small green crayon mark to front cover. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Approximately half of the puzzles have been completed with heavy pencil. A scarce item.

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THE LADYBIRD COLOURING BOOK OF DINOSAURS
No author listed. Illustrated by B.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 384851
Published by Ladybird Books. 1978. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series S779. Pictorial paperwraps. B/w line drawings to colour with facing colour illustration to copy from. ISBN: 0721430562. One picture partly coloured (and neatly), rest of contents untouched. Some light foxing to covers and old ink price (30p) to top edge of front cover.

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THE LADYBIRD COLOURING BOOK OF SOLDIERS & CASTLES
No author listed. Illustrated by Robert Ayton; Frank Humphris.
Stock no. 384852
Published by Ladybird Books. 1978. Very good condition.

Ladybird Series S779. Pictorial paperwraps. B/w line drawings to colour with facing colour illustration to copy from. ISBN: 0721430589. Three pictures coloured in, the rest untouched. A few light foxspots to rear cover. Old ink price (30p) to top edge of front cover.

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