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MERRY SLIMTAILS
Written by Mary Chell. Illustrated by Mary Chell.
Stock no. 1328032
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1942. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, dark blue titles and decorations. Front endpapers are a map. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Third impression. Spine and corners bumped. Messy colouring to the b/w illustrations throughout. Poor dustwrapper with substantial loss to spine and top edge of rear panel. Front panel is torn into two halves. Some colouring to the wrapper.

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MORE SLIMTAILS
Written by Mary Chell. Illustrated by Mary Chell.
Stock no. 1328031
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1944. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Yellow cloth with green title and vignette. Front endpapers are a map. B/w text illustrations. Colour frontis. 96 pages. Fourth impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing. Neat colouring to the b/w illustrations throughout. Dustwrapper is worn and chipped with slight loss and grubby to rear panel. Neat colouring to the b/w figures on rear panel.

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ADVENTURES OF THE LITTLE BROWN BEARS
Written by Chris Temple. Illustrated by Chris Temple.
Stock no. 1328030
Published by Lutterworth Press. Good condition.

Playways series. White pictorial cardwraps. B/w text illustrations. 63 pages. Spine covering is missing. Covers are lightly browned and grubby. Some light foxing and page edge fingering. Light damp stains to margins of last couple of pages.

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TALES OF MERRYTOWN
Written by Margery M. Robinson. Illustrated by Sylvia Venus.
Stock no. 1328029
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1937. Very good condition.

The London Supplementary Readers B 6. Red and cream cloth backed cardwraps. 64 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Small black ink stain to top inner margins of most pages. A couple of marks to other pages and slightly grubby fingermarks to page margins.

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THE SPLENDID PICNIC
Written by Barbara Euphan Todd. Illustrated by Frank Rogers.
Stock no. 1328028
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1937. Very good condition.

The London Supplementary Readers B 13. Yellow and green cloth backed cardwraps. 96 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Foxing to textblock and inside covers.

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THE ISLE OF MISTS
Written by F.R. Gillman. Illustrated by E. Nicholson.
Stock no. 1328027
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1937. Very good condition.

The London Supplementary Readers B 15. Yellow and green cloth backed cardwraps. 96 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers are slightly grubby. Textblock is foxed, foxing to inside covers as well.

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THE MYSTERY TRAIN
Written by Barbara Euphan Todd. Illustrated by Alison Fuller.
Stock no. 1328026
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1937. Almost very good condition.

The London Supplementary Readers B 11. Blue and green cloth backed cardwraps. 64 pages. B/w illustrations. Some slight fraying of cloth at edges. Corners tips of pages and covers slightly creased. Foxing inside covers.

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FAVOURITE FAIRY TALES
No author listed. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328025
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1940. Good condition.

The Sunshine Series. Pictorial boards with green cloth spine. 24 Colour plates. Contains 10 classic fairy tales. 176 pages. Spine bumped, corners worn and covers slightly edge rubbed. Inscription in ink and date in red crayon to front free-endpaper. Frontis is detached but still present, one plate has large tear at edge and a couple of others have small margin tears. Hinges are cracked and pulled.

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THE WONDER BOOK OF WONDERS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328024
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. 11th Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial boards, front cover shows polar bears and aurora borealis. 8 colour plates and nearly 300 b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Covers edge rubbed and slightly worn to corners. Endpapers and textblock foxed. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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THE WONDER BOOK OF SCIENCE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328023
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing solar prominences. Endpapers by Beard. 8 colour plates and nearly 300 illustrations. Spine bumped and browned at top and tail. Covers edge rubbed. Small tear to margin of one page. Sligth foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly grubby, loss to top of spine.

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WARNE'S PLEASURE BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Vera Bowyer; Doris Twinn; et al. Illustrated by Various.
Stock no. 1328022
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1940. Fair condition.

A nice selection of stories, well illustrated b/w and 4 colour plates. Pictorial boards. 10 x 7.5". Includes "Five Little Nigger Boys" Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed. Light pencil mark to front cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents are browned. Remains of dustwrapper (large amount of loss to lower edge of front panel) is worn, torn and creased.

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THE CAT THAT CLIMBED THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Elizabeth Clark. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1328021
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1943. Good condition.

"The Elizabeth Clark Story Books". New Impression. Pictorial card wraps. 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations. 61 pages. 6.75 x 4.75". Spine is worn, split to lower half. Covers slightly grubby. Grubby marks to inside of covers.

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