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LITTLE FOLK'S SECOND BOOK
Written by Kate Burchell. Illustrated by Rene Cloke.
Stock no. 2114439
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1966. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Stories, verses etc. Light wear to cover edges. Ink stamp to front endpaper. Wrapper is browned to spine, with some light edge-wear.

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TEN SONGS FROM CHILD WHISPERS
Written by Enid Blyton; Sydney Twinn.
Stock no. 2114430
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream cardwraps with red titles. 19 pages. Words by Blyton, music by Sydney Twinn. Covers are grubby, with some wear; small splits to top and tail of spine. Contents are very good - just a few odd margin marks.

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THE HUMPTY DUMPTY NURSERY RHYME BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Constance Haslewood.
Stock no. 2114427
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial board showing child sitting on a wall. Numerous chromolithograph illustrations. Colour frontis and title page. Spine is very browned. Corners worn. Rear board scuffed. One hinge pulled. Some foxing and page margin marks.

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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, JANUARY 1865
Written by Mihill Slaughter.
Stock no. 2114426
1865. Good condition.

Volume No. XIII. Purple cloth, gilt titles. Under the sancation of the Committee of the Stock Exchange. Spine and a couple of cover edges are very browned. Bumping to corners. Splits to spine, with some fraying to cloth. Surface paper damage to front pastedown - where inscription in ink has been rubbed out. Some pencil markings to some pages. A few margin marks. A reading copy.

Price: £70.00 £52.50.

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KETTLEBY'S ZOO
Written by Margaret Holden. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 2114425
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with scottie dog design in squares. B/w illustrations. Spine is browned, with some bumping. Light marks and a few foxspots to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased, with a few chips; minimal loss; some grubby marks.

Price: £60.00 £45.00.

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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2114423
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Pictorial cloth. "Sendak's Life and Works are explored in affectionate detail, including many colour and b/w illustrations and folding plates, a moveable scene and a facsimile of the tiny mock-up that Sendak first made for the story that would later become Where The Wild Things Are". ISBN: 0370303865. Light wear to cover edges. Light page browning.

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TIP & TOP BUILD A MOTORCAR
Written by V. Kubasta. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 2114414
Published by Bancroft & Co. Ltd.. 1961. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. 6 double-page pop-up scenes. Title is "Tip Top Build A Motorcar". Bumping and a little browning to spine and cover edges. A few marks to covers. Pop-ups are in good working order; just a few tears. Some marks to contents. Box on crane to last scene is MISSING.

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RIGMAROLES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Alfred H. Miles. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Henriette Ronner; Harold Copping; et al..
Stock no. 1312524
Published by S.H. Bousfield & Co. Ld.. 1st 1900. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and black vignettes. 160 pages. B/w illustrations to text. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby, pencil scribbles to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Hinges cracked/pulled. Some grubby marks to page margins.

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BIBLE STORIES AND PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1502583
Published by Ernest Nister. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format, pictorial front cover with brown cloth spine. Full page colour illustrations and b/w illustrations to text. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Covers grubby, rear cover scuffed. Ink name stamp to front endpaper. One hinge cracked. A few small marks to contents. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and prelims.

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN TWINS
Written by Daphne Rooke. Illustrated by Biro.
Stock no. 1402576
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black titles to front cover and spine. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Bottom of spine and boards are a little faded. Rear board is marked. Foxing throughout. Yellow dustwrapper is edgeworn, chipped and grubby. Spine is browned and has yellow tape at bottom. Crayon marks to top of front panel. Verso is browned and has white sticky label at top of rear panel and flap.

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THE BROTHERS ROBINSON
Written by Julia Cornelissen; Geoffrey Beare. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson; Charles Robinson; T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 1312513
Published by Chris Beetles Ltd.. 1st 1992. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Compiled by Cornelissen, introduction by Beare. Cased edition, limited to 500 copies. Black cloth with blind vignette to front cover. An exhibition catalogue. Contains brief biographies of the three brothers. Packed with colour and b/w photos and illustrations. 240 pages. ISBN: 187113630X. Contains a slip of paper stating this is copy no. 104, SIGNED by Beare. Spine of wrapper looks as though it is a little grubby but it is possible this it the way it is meant to look!? This copy would make a wonderful gift.

Price: £84.00 £63.00.

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DINOSAUR TIME
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1312512
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

Whizz! BANG! Gone... Tom is transported across a zillion days and a zillion nights back into Dinosaur Time! Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1842700642.

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