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YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES - BLACK ICE
Written by Andrew Lane. Illustrated by Kev Walker; Sam Hadley.
Stock no. 1325748
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2011. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

When Sherlock's brother is discovered holding a knife and leaning over a corpse, it seems a clear-cut case of murder. But Sherlock isn't so sure. Red boards, black title to spine. 285 numbered pages. This is one of 500 copies of the first edition. ISBN: 9780230760479. SIGNED by the author, this is copy no. 118.

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THE HAPPY TALE OF MONTY MOUSE
Written by L. Van Bree. Illustrated by Nans Van Leeuwen.
Stock no. 1325602
Published by Young World Productions. Circa 1969. Very good condition.

Tall format (11.75 x 5.75"). Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations every page. First couple of pages are torn at inner margin. Printed price inside front cover is blotted out.

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THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM
Written by Edgar Allan Poe; Marilynne Robinson. Illustrated by David Lupton.
Stock no. 1825970
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2015. Very good condition.

Introduced by Marilynne Robinson. The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym, who stows away aboard a whaling ship called the Grampus. Various adventures and misadventures befall Pym, including shipwreck, mutiny, and cannibalism, before he is saved by the crew of the Jane Guy. Small format. Blue cloth boards, white title to spine, with blocked design to front. Colour plates. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is marked and scuffed.

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THE ARNOLD SCHEME: BRITISH PILOTS, THE AMERICAN SOUTH AND THE ALLIES' DARING PLAN
Written by Gilbert S. Guinn.
Stock no. 1825827
Published by Spellmount Ltd.. 1st UK 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The story of four thousand young Allied airmen, thousands of miles from home, who had but a short time to become trained combat pilots. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781862274464. A lovely copy.

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EVA AND HER PLAYFELLOWS A BOOK OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE YOUNG
Written by C.M. Smith.
Stock no. 1325259
Published by Dean & Son. Circa 1862. Good condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt decoration. Cream endpapers. 4 hand-coloured plates (including the title-page). 255 pages. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped, wear to top of spine. Covers scuffed. Glue marks to joints. Some hinges pulled.

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THE YOUNG BUGLERS
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1325223
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1929. Good condition.

New Ensign series. Pictorial boards. 336 pages plus publication list. Colour frontis. SPine bumped at base, top has 1" missing. Prize plate and a small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to textblock, also affecting page margins.

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WINSTON CHURCHILL: A LIFE IN THE NEWS
Written by Richard Toye.
Stock no. 1825309
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 2020. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of Churchill and the news, from swashbuckling young war reporter to his 'finest hour' as Prime Minister during the Second World War and beyond. Beige cloth boards, black title to spine. ISBN: 9780198803980. Light rubbing to edges of dustwrapper.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR GIRLS 10TH YEAR
Written by Bessie Marchant; C. Bernard Rutley; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; Thora Stowell; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Joan Griffith; Mary Strange Reeve; M.A. Peart; et al..
Stock no. 1324967
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pictorial front cover shows two young ladies in cloche hats carrying Christmas presents. Pictorial spine. Orange and grey endpapers showing an Arabian scene. 6 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Cover edges rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to contents and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss to top edge of rear panel, foxed on verso with some light foxing showing through to front panel.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by M.E. Buckingham; Ruth Cobb; Natalie Joan; Violet M. Methley; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1324768
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Front cover shows a young woman in hat leading a horse. First story is 'The Cat That Ruled a Village' by Buckingham. 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Covers are edge worn, scuffed and rear cover is grubby. Ink address stamps to front endpapers and also written in ink too. Some heavy foxing and some light fingering to contents.

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KING OF THE SKY
Written by Nicola Davies. Illustrated by Laura Carlin.
Stock no. 1824964
Published by Walker Books Ltd. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Starting a new life in a new country, a young boy feels lost and along - till he meets an old man who keeps racing pigeons. Together they pin their dreams on a race across Euorpe and the special bird they hope can win it: King of the Sky. A moving story about the meaning of home. Large oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781406348613. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly grubby.

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THE YOUNG LION HUNTER
Written by Zane Grey.
Stock no. 1324472
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial pale green boards. 8 b/w plates. 277 pages. Spine bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Joints and hinges cracked. Some foxing and browning to contents.

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A CHILD'S DAY
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Carine Cadby; Will Cadby.
Stock no. 1323710
Published by Constable and Company Ltd.. 1st 1912. Very good condition.

A book of rhymes. B;ue cloth with dark blue titles and pictorial onlay to front. 56 numbered pages. Lovely b/w tipped-in photography plates of a young girl in different poses. Printed on grey paper. Spine and corners bumped, spine slightly darkened. Rear cover is partly discoloured with a few small pink marks. Small mark to pictorial onlay. Front cover is slightly warped. Some light foxing to the plates and light browning to the endpapers.

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