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YOUNG JOHNNIE BIMBO
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 656302
Published by The Children's Book Club. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mike and Mary Bishop are holidaying in a narrow boat on the Grand Union canal when they become involved with a travelling circus... Brown boards, black titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 183 pages. Wrapper has repaired tear.

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THE HEPZIBAH OMNIBUS
Written by Olwen Bowen. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell; Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 656842
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, green title to spine. Four famous animal books in one volume. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Contains: Hepzibah Hen; Hepzibah Again; Young Yap; Beetles and Things. Spine bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Pictorial wrapper is chipped at edges with minimal loss.

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ANIMAL STORIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 657018
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial front board showing young girl putting harness on horse. Colour and b/w illustrations. Head of spine chipped with slight loss. Probably c1920.

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THE TODDLERS' PICTURE BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 662623
Published by Promak Ltd.. Very good condition.

Fun for the Youngsters stories and rhymes. One of Uncle Wadman's celebrated childrens books. Brown card wraps. Pictorial onlay to front cover of young girl with puppy dog. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Name in ink inside front cover. A nice copy.

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FIRE ALARM! THE STORY OF OUR FIRE BRIGADES
Written by Barton Clarke.
Stock no. 668549
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1964. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comparison of today's methods with yesterday's muddles. Entertaining and informative for the young reader. Peach boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Very faint marks to covers otherwise a fine copy in price-cut wrapper which is slightly foxed and grubby.

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THE YOUNG ANGLER
Written by W. Carter Platts.
Stock no. 681233
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1940. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. B/w photos. Wrapper slightly edge-rubbed with one small closed edge-tear.

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THE YOUNG MAN'S COMPANION OR BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE
Written by Thomas Bartlett.
Stock no. 686649
Published by Thomas Kelly. Circa 1858. Fair condition.

Containing English Grammar, Writing, Arithmetic, Book-Keeping, Drawing and Perspective, Geography, Astronomy, Natural Philosophy, History, Natural History, Chronology etc. Full brown leather binding. B/w plates. 752 pages includes index. 9 plates (of 10) present. Joints split and repaired with cloth. Boards badly worn and chipped. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Pages browned.

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SONG DEVICES AND JINGLES
Written by Eleanor Smith. Illustrated by Florence Young; S.B. Pearse; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 687570
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1922. Good condition.

Large format. Light brown cloth spine. Paper boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. Spine a little faded. Boards scuffed. Corners bumped and worn. Front joint cracked. Front endpaper split next to spine for 6.5". Endpapers browned.

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THE YOUNG VISITERS OR MR SALTEENAS PLAN
Written by Daisy Ashford. Illustrated by Diana Brough.
Stock no. 692125
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1956. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine, yellow decorative paper boards. 8 hand-coloured plates. A few foxspots. Contained in good slipcase which is split and faded.

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POLLYCON
Written by E.F. Stucley. Illustrated by Hugh Chesterman.
Stock no. 704921
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1st 1933. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book for the young economist. Green cloth with red titles and illustrations to front. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some slight foxing. White pictorial wrapper is a little foxed and edge-worn with minimal loss.

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SONG DEVICES AND JINGLES
Written by Eleanor Smith. Illustrated by Florence Young; S.B. Pearse; Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 706341
Published by Waverley Book Company Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine with black title. Paper boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Delightful colour plates. Words and music. Boards worn to edges, pictorial onlay to front is slightly scuffed. Writing on spine faded. Front joint beginning to crack. All eight plates are present. Some fingering to contents. Still a nice copy.

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THE MAGIC MOTH
Written by Virginia Lee. Illustrated by Richard Cuffari.
Stock no. 713130
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A direct, honest, unsentimental story about death and its aftermath. Cream boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0582164729. Edges very slightly rubbed. Dustwrapper edge-rubbed and grubby, closed tear to rear edge with tape repair on verso.

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