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Helen Cresswell
£30.00

A Gift from Winklesea

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PUBLISHERBrockhampton Press.
BINDINGCream cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn, faded and discoloured. The bottom right hand corner of the volume looks like it has once been damp, with mould staining and some warping. Corners and ends of spine are bumped. binding secure. Foxing and browning affecting block edges....

Captain W.E. Johns
£15.00

Biggles Breaks the Silence

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PUBLISHERHodder & Stoughton Limited, London.
BINDINGBlack cloth boards with silver gilt lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn, with fading especially to spine and some stain marks. Binding secure. Some foxing to block edges and outer leaves, although printed pages and images are mostly clear and little...

Captain W.E. Johns
£55.00

Biggles Fails to Return

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PUBLISHERHodder & Stoughton Limited, London.
BINDINGMid blue cloth boards with black lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn with some fading at edges. Binding secure apart from the frontispiece which is halfway detached. Foxing to block edges and rear endpapers, printed pages and illustrations remain largely clear and little marked.

Captain W.E. Johns
£20.00

Biggles Works it Out

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PUBLISHERHodder & Stoughton Limited, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with black lettering and design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn at edges, with some discolouration and fading. Some browning and foxing to block edges and outer leaves. Printed pages and images remain largely clear and little marked.
DUST JACKETVery...

E.M. Coghlin, A.J. Macgregor
£18.00

Bob Bushtail's Adventure

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PUBLISHERWills & Hepworth, Loughborough.
BINDINGLight brown cloth boards with coloured illustration on front cover and illustrated end papers. 
BOOK CONDITIONGeneral shelf wear with bumping to...

Mervyn Peake
£120.00

Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor

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PUBLISHEREyre & Spottiswoode
BINDINGCream cloth boards with green lettering.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some general wear at edges and are a little discoloured. Hinges weakened with a split, but binding still feels secure. Foxing spots and browning affecting endpapers, but the coloured pages of images and text remain mostly...

Bettina Ehrlich
£70.00

Cocolo

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PUBLISHERChatto & Windus, London.
BINDINGYellow cloth boards with red lettering and donkey design.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are worn at edged and generally faded and discoloured. Foxing marks, as well as some in pencil and paint. Binding feels secure. Front endpapers have further marks in what looks like brown paint...

Emma Davenport
£15.00

Fickle Flora and Her Seaside Friends

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PUBLISHERGriffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, London.
BINDINGIllustrated red cloth boards with gilt lettering , black and white design.
BOOK CONDITIONGeneral wear to edges, especially ends of spine and bumped corners. Faded and discoloured. Split hinge, but binding feels reasonably secure. Browning to outer leaves, but printed pages and...

Dr Ignacz Kunos
£100.00

Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales

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PUBLISHERGeorge G. Harrrap & Co. London.
BINDINGTan cloth boards with black, yellow and blue lettering and decoration. Illustrated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and discoloured, especially at spine. Foxing to block edges and outer leaves, but text and images are largely clear and little marked. Hinges a...

Jonathan Swift
£42.00

Gulliver's Travels

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PUBLISHERErnest Nister, London, and E.P. Dutton & Co. New York.
BINDINGBlue cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. Gilt block edges.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have some...

Jonathan Swift
£80.00

Gulliver's Travels (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham)

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PUBLISHERJ.M. Dent & Co. London, and E.P. Dutton & Co. New York.
BINDINGGreen silk cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. Illustrated endpapers.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and faded, commensurate with age. Scuffing and a little fraying at edges, corners bumped, several small marks. Hinges are weakened...

Phil Strong, Kurt Weise
£18.00

Honk the Moose

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PUBLISHERGeorge G. Harrap & Co.
BINDINGIllustrated boards with cloth tape over spine.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and scuffed, commensurate with age. Some scratches and marks, ends of spine a little frayed. Colours remain bright. Slight browning, but printed pages and images are largely clear with few noticeable...

Patricia Lync
£25.00

Jinny the Changeling

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A baby is found wrapped in a lace shawl by the roadside, and taken in by the Clery family in Ireland. But is she as she seems?

Angela Brazil
£20.00

Loyal to the School

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PUBLISHERBlackie and son Limited.
BINDINGPictorial tan cloth boards with lettering and design in dark brown and white.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards are generally worn and a little faded commensurate with age. Ends of spine and corners are bumped. Hinges slightly weakened but binding secure. Some browning and foxing affecting block...

Michael Bond
£50.00

More About Paddington (first edition)

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PUBLISHERCollins, London.
BINDINGSea green cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONA little wear and fading to edges of boards, corners bumped. Faint browning and a few foxing spots and marks affecting endpapers, but text and images remain clear with barely any noticeable marks. Previous owner's name on flyleaf and a small...

John S. Goodall
£20.00

Naughty Nancy Goes to School

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PUBLISHERMargaret K. McElderry Books, Simon & Schuster, New York
BINDINGPictorial boards matching the dust Jacket. 
BOOK CONDITIONGood, just slight wear to edges and ends of spine. The illustrations and half pages remain in very good condition. 
DUST JACKETFaint discolouration at edges, preserved in removable book wrap.
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A.A. Milne
£220.00

Now We are Six (first edition)

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PUBLISHERMethuen & Co. Ltd, London.
BINDINGRed cloth boards with gilt lettering and design. 
BOOK CONDITIONSome general wear and scuffing to edges of boards, corners and ends of spine are bumped.  Discolouration and a few marks. Hinges are a little weakened, but binding remains secure. Browning affecting outer leaves....

Michael Bond
£65.00

Paddington Takes the Air (first edition)

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PUBLISHERCollins, London.
BINDINGGreen / blue woven cloth boards.
BOOK CONDITIONBoards have a little wear and fading at edges. Very slight browning to endpapers, but text and images remain clear with barely any noticeable marks.
DUST JACKETShelf worn, with scuffing, creasing and a couple of small tears to...

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