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DEW ON THE GRASS
Written by Eiluned Lewis.
Stock no. 820383
Published by Lovat Dickson Limited. 1934. Very good condition.

Pictorial endpapers. Light green cloth, white title to spine. 222 pages. Reprint in first year of publication. Covers a little browned, mark to rear cover. Foxing mainly to endpapers, text block and page margins else contents clean.

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MASTERWORKS OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE VOLUME 1
Written by Francelia Butler; et al.
Stock no. 820352
Published by Chelsea House Publishers; The Stonehill Publishing Company. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Early Years C. 1550- c. 1739. Volume one ONLY. ISBN: 0877543755. Wrapper grubby.

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VILLAGE DIARY
Written by Miss Read. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 820335
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Edges lightly rubbed. Text block a little grubby. One or two margin marks but contents generally clean. Green & cream pictorial wrapper is edge-worn with loss at corners and a 1" loss to top front corner.

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COMPETITION TROUT FISHING
Written by Christopher Ogborne.
Stock no. 820307
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition.

A readable and comprehensive guide to all aspects of this popular sport. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 1852230436. Old price label stuck to lower edge of rear cover. Top edge of text block a little dusty else contents fine.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1921
Written by Herbert Strang; et al.
Stock no. 447261
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1921. Almost very good condition.

13th year. Large format. Cloth spine. Covers are worn. 2" tear to rear base of rear joint. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing. All plates are present.

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THE TIZZLE SISTERS & ERIK
Written by G.P. Taylor. Illustrated by Dan Boultwood.
Stock no. 447285
Published by Markosia Enterprises Ltd.. 1st 2006. Very good condition.

Adapted by Tony Lee. Glazed pictorial boards. Comic book style interspersed with normal text pages. St Dunstan's school for wayward children is not an ordinary school and Sadie and Saskia Tizzle are not ordinary young people... ISBN: 9781905692224. Front cover is faded.

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TIGRESS
Written by Helen Cowcher. Illustrated by Helen Cowcher.
Stock no. 820260
Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 1st USA 1991. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Tigress climbs with her cubs to the edge of the sanctuary. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0374375674. SIGNED by author to title page. Wrapper has minor damage to one corner. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 820294
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1926. Good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Written in rhyme. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Edges and corners are worn. Some grubby marks to covers. Front joint repaired. Rear joint is split for approx. 3". A few b/w illustrations have been neatly coloured in. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper.

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RED DATA BIRDS IN BRITAIN
Written by Leo Batten; C.J. Bibby; et al. Illustrated by Ian Willis.
Stock no. 820191
Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. 1st 1990. Fine condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Action for Rare, Threatened and Important Species. Published for The Nature Conservancy Council and The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Red cloth boards, gilt title & vignette to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0856610569. Book and contents fine. White pictorial wrapper is creased at edges and marked to front panel with tiny amount of loss to vertical edge.

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MY BABY BROTHER NED
Written by Sumiko. Illustrated by Sumiko.
Stock no. 384260
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1981. Fine condition.

A simple picture story in consultation with the National Childbirth Trust. A toddler tells about her new baby brother... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434965332.

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THE CORN DOLLY
Written by Margaret Elliot. Illustrated by Colin Dunbar.
Stock no. 384274
Published by Abelard-Schuman. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Grasshopper Book. Susan and her brother Jack find a corn dolly which has powers for good, which are tested to the utmost when the enemy struck. An unusual adventure story based on folk lore of the English countryside. Bright green boards, gilt title to spine. 128 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0200723715. SIGNED by author and illustrator on front pastedown - "To ann love Maggi and Colin xx". Name of previous owner also to pastedown. Contents clean. Spine and corners are slightly rubbed. Old tape mark to rear cover. Dustwrapper is edge worn, 5.5" closed tear to rear panel with old tape repair on verso.

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WITCH'S GOLD
Written by Margaret Elliot. Illustrated by Colin Dunbar.
Stock no. 384276
Published by Abelard-Schuman. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Grasshopper Book. A hilarious story of witchcraft and trickery. Bright green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 126 pages. ISBN: 0200726129. SIGNED by author and illustrator to front pastedown - "To Ann love Maggi & Colin xxx". A few tiny foxspots to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at top of spine else fine.

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