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PLAYWAYS ANNUAL
Written by Enid Blyton; Chris Temple; Frank Varty; et al.
Stock no. 713469
Published by Playways Office. Almost very good condition.

Includes a full-length Blyton story "The Birthday Kitten". Colour plates plus two-tone illustrations. Lots of gollies! Corners worn, cover edges rubbed. Name to verso of frontis which is part detached at top. Contents clean.

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PETER PARLEY'S TALES ABOUT GREECE
Written by Peter Parley.
Stock no. 713508
Published by T. Allman. Almost very good condition.

Small format, 4.75 x 3.75". Brown embossed cloth, gilt title and decoration to spine. B/w frontis and illustration to title page. 184 pages. Corners bumped, spine worn at top and tail. Small mark to front cover. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Contents clean.

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TWO TIMES SIX
Written by David Morris; Marjorie Saunders; et al.
Stock no. 713628
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Collection of Stories For Girls. Orange cloth, black title to spine. A couple of small brown spots to front cover otherwise a super copy. Pictorial wrapper is very slightly rubbed at corners, a tiny bit grubby to rear and has a few small brown spots to lower front edge.

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GOOD QUEEN BESS
Written by Brenda Girvin. Illustrated by John Hassall.
Stock no. 713693
Published by David Nutt. Good condition.

Large oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. 23 colour plates. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Boards grubby. Endpapers browned. Contents clean.

Price: £54.00 £40.50.

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PICKLES: A FUNNY LITTLE COUPLE
Written by Yotty Osborn. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 713704
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Circa 1878. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 21 b/w illustrations to text. Spine and corners worn. Spine darkened. New endpapers and front flyleaf. Last text page browned. Contents clean.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1948
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 713720
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1948. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Bonzo wearing a crown and sat on a donkey. Colour frontis, two-tone illustrations throughout. Contains a story entitled "The Little Nigger Boy". Corners worn, edges rubbed. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Name in belongs to box is crossed out. Foxing mainly to endpapers and page margins. A few grubby fingering marks to contents. Neat colouring to page 53. One or two closed tears to margins (no loss).

Price: £58.00 £43.50.

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THE CAPTAIN'S YOUNGEST PICCINO AND OTHER CHILD STORIES
Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Stock no. 714327
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1894. Almost very good condition.

Blue/green and orange decorated cloth. B/w plates. 183 pages. Corners and edges rubbed. Spine bumped. Covers slightly marked. Foxing to endpapers. Joints cracked. Contents clean.

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BOMBER'S MOON
Written by Negley Farson. Illustrated by Tom Purvis.
Stock no. 714380
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 48 b/w pencil sketches. Dampstains to edges of covers. Tiny wormhole to side of spine. Name plate to front pastedown. Wrapper has very large piece missing to front.

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MR COGG AND HIS COMPUTER
Written by Carolyn Sloan. Illustrated by Glenys Ambrus.
Stock no. 714427
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Sometimes Mr Cogg wondered whether having a computer with a mind of its own didn't create more problems than it solved! Pink boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0333227581. Spine bumped. Foxing to outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is worn at edges with a couple of small closed tears, one old tape repair on verso.

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THE WORLD OF THE NURSERY
Written by Colin White.
Stock no. 714438
Published by E.P. Dutton. 1st 1984. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of the objects and images made for nurseries during more than a hundred years from the middle of the nineteenth century. Large format. Orange boards, gilt title to spine. Packed with colour and b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0525242600. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A bright copy.

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TOPSY TURVY
Written by W.J. Minnion. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 714443
Published by The Connoisseur. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

'Being Shreds and Patches of a Christmas Dream. A Book for Children from 7 to 70'. Cream cloth spine with gilt title and decoration, grey boards with gilt title and vignette to front. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Music by Mrs. W.J. Minnion. Corners slightly rubbed. Spine bumped at head and tail, browned to top 0.5". Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. A lovely copy of a scarce book.

Price: £180.00 £126.00.

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CAPTURING THE GOLDEN BIRD
Written by Jean Chapman. Illustrated by Sandra Laroche.
Stock no. 714601
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Hans Christian Andersen. Blue boards, gilt titles to spine. B/w silhouette illustrations. ISBN: 034041930X. Lower edges and corners rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly edge creased.

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