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TALES AND PICTURES AND GAMES TO PLAY
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Harold Earnshaw; Frank Adams; Harry Woolley; et al..
Stock no. 2138749
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows young woman sat in chair with book, boy at her feet. First rhyme is 'A Game Of Tennis'. Colour & b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; scuffing to covers. Marks to rear cover. Some foxing and browning to pages.

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THE UN-WEDDING
Written by Babette Cole. Illustrated by Babette Cole.
Stock no. 2138616
Published by Alfred A. Knopf. 1st USA 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A refreshing way of discussing divorce with young children. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0679888985. Light browning to page edges.

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AROUND THE WORLD WITH ANT AND BEE
Written by Angela Banner. Illustrated by Bryan Ward.
Stock no. 2137742
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1960. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

And and Bee take young children on a journey to many lands and peoples. Small oblong format. Pink pictorial boards, colour pictures. 93 pages. 4 x 4.75". Front cover is a bit bowed. Spine and cover edges are faded. Foxing to a few pages and outer page edges. Illustrations are still lovely and bright! Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; a bit of loss; some uneven fading and grubby marks.

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TOMAYA
Written by Arthur Kubler. Illustrated by Arthur Kubler.
Stock no. 2137484
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st thus 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. A story with pictures by Arthur Kubler. Translated by Roseanna Hoover. Full page large colour illustrations. ISBN: 0582151775. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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BATTLE OVER BAVARIA: THE B-26 MARAUDER VERSUS THE GERMAN JETS - APRIL 1945
Written by Robert Forsyth; Jerry Scutts.
Stock no. 2136203
Published by Classic Publications. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of the Martin B-26 Maruader, a much-maligned yet capable aircraft and its performance against one of the most controversial, mysterious and enigmatic units of the Luftwaffe. A story which aims to set the record straight about the Marauder's combat performance as well as the desperate efforts of young German airmen to shoot it down in the final days of the war. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. 200 pages. B/w photos, colour illustrations. ISBN: 0952686740. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing with a few small nicks to corners.

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PORTRAIT OF A VILLAGE
Written by Francis Brett Young. Illustrated by Joan Hassall.
Stock no. 2136008
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1937. Very good condition.

Black cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w wood engravings. Story of Monks Norton in Worcestershire. Some fading to spine; a few marks to covers. Bumping to corners. Foxing and browning; mostly to endpapers and outer page edges.

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LONE BULL'S HORSE RAID
Written by Paul Goble; Dorothy Goble. Illustrated by Paul Goble.
Stock no. 2135934
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A young Ogala Sioux tells how he and his best friend joined a party setting out against the neighbouring Crows, and experienced their first horse raid. The pictures take their inspiration from Plains Indian paintings of the period 1860-1900 when the story takes place. Pictorial matt boards. Colour illustrations. Large format. ISBN: 0333147545. Foxing and browning to covers, endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.

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THE BIG BAD MOLE'S COMING!
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by John Bendall-Brunello.
Stock no. 2135573
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

A simple picture book for young children featuring colour illustrations of farmyard animals. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0744522781. Bumping and a little chipping to spine and a couple of corners.

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THE STORY ABOUT PING
Written by Marjorie Flack. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1321539
Published by The Bodley Head. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Ping is a beautiful young duck who lives on a boat on the Yangtze river. Blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some grubby marks to covers. Light foxing to contents. Stitching pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still attached to covers.

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TALES IN VERSE FOR THE YOUNG
Written by Mary Howitt.
Stock no. 2134931
Published by William Darton And Son. Circa 1845. Almost very good condition.

Leather spine and corners, marbled boards. B/w illustrations. Wear and scuffs to covers/edges; a bit of chipping to spine. Name label and inscription in ink to front pastedown/endpaper. This book was gifted to and belonged to Godfrey Wedgwood - Great grandson of Josiah Wedgwood and partner in the firm from 1859-1891. Foxing and page browning.

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SONG DEVICES AND JINGLES
Written by Eleanor Smith. Illustrated by Florence Young; S.B. Pearse; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1321165
Published by Waverley Book Company Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine with black title. Paper boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Delightful colour plates. Words and music. Covers are edge worn with slight loss of surface paper. Spine bumped and slightly worn. Covers a little grubby/marked. Light foxing and fingering to contents.

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WHEN ALL IS YOUNG
Written by Robert Ellice Mack. Illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett.
Stock no. 2134716
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine, pictorial paper boards show young girl in a blue & white pinafore holding a baby and watching a kitten and puppy at her feet. Verse for children. Colour chromolithographic illustrations plus two tone illustrations. Bumping and wear to cover edges, corners and spine. Scuffing and marks to covers. Has possibly been rebound or restitched at some point; the front fly-leaf is now missing. Foxing and marks to pages throughout. Illustrations are still bright.

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