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SIMPKIN AND THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER A MUSICAL PLAY
Written by John M. Phillips; Douglas Young.
Stock no. 2115997
Published by F. Warne & Co.. 1st 1992. Very good condition.

Based on The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter, adapted for stage by John Phillips, music by Douglas Young. Large format. Red pictorial cardwraps. 95 pages. ISBN: 072324023X. Some fading to spine. Sticker glue mark to front cover.

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AUNT JUDY'S CHRISTMAS VOLUME FOR 1868
Written by Alfred Gatty; Mary Senior Clark; Hans Christian Andersen; Pan; et al. Illustrated by J. Wolf; J.A. Pasquier; A.W. Cooper; R. Newcombe; A.A. Hunt; et al..
Stock no. 1503432
Published by Bell & Daldy. 1868. Slightly better than good condition.

For Young People. Edited by Gatty. Purple boards with bevelled edges. Gilt decoration to spine, blind decoration to boards. 380 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, some loss of surface at top and bottom of spine. Spine browned, uneven fading and some marks to covers. Front joint cracked. Foxing and some marks to contents. Pages are rippled.

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MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY TALES
Written by A. Pitt-Kethley.
Stock no. 1503263
Published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Told chiefly in words of one syllable for young children. Cloth spine with black title, colour pictorial boards. 25 illustrations (incl. covers). 15 stories including Cinderella, Blue-Beard, Puss in Boots, Three Bears etc. 94 pages. Spine bumped. Corners and cover edges are bumped and worn. Some marks to covers. A few hinges cracked so binding feels weak. Grubby marks to title page, endpapers and margins. Foxing to front endpaper.

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A HISTORY OF FRANCE
Written by Mrs. Markham.
Stock no. 1605970
Published by John Murray. 1859. Good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. "For The Use Of Young Persons". Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers scuffed. Partial splitting of joint at frontis. Rear joint cracked. Contents very good. Some corner creasing.

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AUNT JUDY'S MAY-DAY VOLUME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Written by Aunt Judy; Mrs. Gatty. Illustrated by F. Gilbert; A.W. Cooper; R. Newcombe.
Stock no. 1503072
Published by Bell and Daldy. 1869. Almost very good condition.

For young people edited by Mrs Gatty. Red three quarter leather binding with marbled boards and text block. Raised bands to spine with gilt lines and titles. Black title block. Contains November 1868 to April 1869. B/w illustrations. 380 pages. Spine worn with chip from top and bottom edge. Bumping to corners. Wear to corners, cover edges and some of leather. Slight loss from edge of marbling on front cover. Slight scuffing to marbling. Marks to pastedowns, appear to correspond with leather. Pencil writing about contents to title page. A few marks/fingermarks to prelims, contents generally clean.

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FLUTES AND CYMBALS
Written by Leonard Clark. Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1313416
Published by The Bodley Head. 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poetry for the young. Large format. Orange pictorial boards. 103 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0370010906. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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WE ARE ALL GUILTY
Written by Kingsley Amis.
Stock no. 1502841
Published by Reinhardt Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The result of the break-in leaves Clive in a totally unexpected situation - is he the offender or is he the victim? Black boards, white title to spine. 93 pages. ISBN: 1871061261. Spine a little bumped. Couple of words of writing erased from front endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, panels rubbed.

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YOUNG GERARD
Written by Eleanor Farjeon.
Stock no. 1502767
Published by W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Or Joyce's Tale. As told by Martin Pippin in the Apple-Orchard. Colourful zigzag pattern cloth covers with title label stuck to front cover. 63 pages. Spine bumped. Covers grubby and foxed with stains to top corners of both covers. Stain also visible on front pastedown. Browning to endpapers. Some foxing and a few small marks to contents. Small bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown.

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YOUNG SIX-FOOT
Written by Mrs. Charles Garnett.
Stock no. 1502688
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. circa 1883. Very good condition.

And what became of him. Green boards with gilt titles and foliage decoration. Black titles to spine. B/w frontis. 80 pages plus 4 page publication list. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Ink stamp and presentation inscription to front endpaper plus a few small marks to endpapers. Foxing, mainly to page edges.

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THE DARLING BOOK
Written by Natalie Joan. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1109461
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1923. Almost very good condition.

Paper boards. Embossed feel illustration to front board in colour depicts two young girls picking tulips. Full page colour illustration accompanied by a verse on facing page. Back strip worn with loss. Foxing to pictorial boards. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Scattered foxing throughout.

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FERGUS CRANE
Written by Paul Stewart. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 1312667
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Thrill to the Stupendous Adventure as young Fergus attempts to rescue his schoolfriends from a dastardly villain. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 215 pages plus epilogue. ISBN: 0385607199. SIGNED by author and illustrator to title-page.

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MORE STORIES TO TELL
Written by Maud Lindsay. Illustrated by Florence Young.
Stock no. 1109435
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1936. Very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt title to spine; dark green borders and decorations. Colour frontis by Young. Bumping and wear to cover edges and corners; a few marks. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby marks to pages and outer page edges, with foxing.

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