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  • IN FAIRYLAND, TALES TOLD AGAIN. by CHISHOLM, Louey. With Pictures by, CAMERON, Katharine.
    CHISHOLM, Louey. With Pictures by, CAMERON, Katharine.
    IN FAIRYLAND, TALES TOLD AGAIN.

    London: T.C. & E.C, Jack, 1904. First edition, 8vo.,pp. xv,211, pictorial hardcover, gilt lettering and gilt to upper edge, colour plates and frontispiece, pictorial endpapers, toned and foxed to edges of text block and margins, with heavier foxing to half title page and endpapers, rubbed and lightly toned to extremities, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

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  • JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK’S PAINTING BOOK. by [POTTER, Beatrix].
    [POTTER, Beatrix].
    JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK’S PAINTING BOOK. From the Original Designs by Beatrix Potter.

    London/New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1950. Square 8vo., pictorial paper-covered boards, unpaginated, comprises 15 colour plates with adjacent b/w illustration to colour, plus centrefold with 2 b/w images to colour, colour pictorial title with adjacent b/w pictorial title; the lettering to the b/w title page has been partially coloured, otherwise the images are clean, rubbing to extremities, slight bumping to upper edge of front board, foxing to pale covers, a good++ copy of this scarce volume.

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  • JOLLY JOCK: Dancing Doll Illusion. SECRETS OF MAGIC: Tricks for Anyone and Everyone.

    12mo.,pp.14, pamphlet, with b/w figures and loose leaf explaining the ‘Amazing Dancing Doll Illusion’, plus a cut out figure blocked in red, blue and yellow with moveable legs; light indentation marks to cover of pamphlet, otherwise near-fine, in a brown paper envelope with title lettered in red to front, very good.

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  • LOVE OF SEVEN DOLLS. by GALLICO, Paul.
    GALLICO, Paul.
    LOVE OF SEVEN DOLLS.

    London: Michael Joseph, 1954. First edition, 8vo.,pp. 102, pictorial hardcover, blue lettering, pictorial endpapers; ownership autograph to front free endpaper and to front free endpaper verso, scuffed along top edge of front board, otherwise very good, in a very good price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine and lightly rubbed to corners.

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  • LUCIE ATWELL’S ANNUAL. by ATWELL, Lucie.
    ATWELL, Lucie.
    LUCIE ATWELL’S ANNUAL.

    London: Dean and Son Ltd, 1952. Small 4to., pp.92, pictorial boards, colour-illustrated throughout; rear free endpaper price-clipped, light sellotape-marking to free endpapers, light wear to extremities, slight creasing to boards, otherwise a very good copy.

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  • MANDA. by HALE, Kathleen.
    HALE, Kathleen.
    MANDA.

    London: John Murray, 1952. First edition, small 4to., pp.(ii),30, pictorial paper-covered boards, colour pictorial title, colour and b/w illustrations on alternate double-pages throughout; 1.5cm closed tear to upper LH corner of front free endpaper, foxing to endpapers, light surface soil to rear board, rubbing and light wear to extremities, with partial wear to paper covering of spine, and loss to paper (for 4cms) at upper section of upper joint, an attractive and good+ copy.

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  • MONA MINIM AND THE SMELL OF THE SUN. by FRAME, Janet. Illustrated by: JACQUES, Robin.
    FRAME, Janet. Illustrated by: JACQUES, Robin.
    MONA MINIM AND THE SMELL OF THE SUN.

    New York: George Braziller, 1969. First edition, red cloth, gilt, top edges yellow, colour plates, b/w and dichromatic illustrations; light mustiness, else near-fine, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has 4cm closed tear to foot of front flap-fold, 2cm closed tear to foot of spine, a few further tiny closed nicks to edges, and light sunning to spine, else complete and very good indeed.

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  • Retold by: CORRIN, Sara; CORRIN, Stephen. Illustrated by: LE CAIN, Errol.
    MRS. FOX’S WEDDING.

    London: Faber and Faber, 1980. First edition, oblong squat 4to., pp.(30), glazed pictorial boards, colour frontispiece, colour plates and b/w illustrations throughout; a very good, clean copy.

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  • AJO.
    NELL AND THE CHINA TWINS. The Dinky Tile Books: The Green Tile Book.

    London, Glasgow & Bombay: Blackie and Son Limited, 1933. 8vo., pp.(xix), cloth-backed glazed pictorial card boards, 9 colour plates, pictorial endpapers in black and white; light toning to title and rear free endpaper, small bookseller’s stamp to rear paste-down endpaper, lightly rubbed to extremities, with some discolouration to rear board, a slight crease a very good copy of this scarce title.

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  • DARWIN, Bernard and DARWIN, Elinor.
    OBOLI, BOBOLI AND LITTLE JOBOLI.

    London: Country Life Limited, 1938. First edition, large 8vo., pp.79, grey cloth lettered in black, colour frontispiece, b/w pictorial title, colour plates and b/w illustrations; a very good copy, in a price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, with tears and areas of loss to edges, most notably at headband and at front lower corner.

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  • ORLANDO AND THE THREE GRACES. by HALE, Kathleen.
    HALE, Kathleen.
    ORLANDO AND THE THREE GRACES.

    London: John Murray, 1965. First edition, oblong 8vo., pp.30, pictorial paper-covered boards, alternating colour and b/w illustrations throughout; light foxing to fore-edges, rubbing to extremities, very slight bowing to front board, overall a very good copy indeed.

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  • DU BOIS, William Pene.
    OTTO IN AFRICA.

    Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1962. First UK edition, tall 8vo., pp.(xxxvii), textured yellow pictorial paper-covered boards, lettered and stamped in red, pictorial endpapers, double-page title in colour, double-page colour plates with accompanying text throughout; a couple of tiny nicks to top edges of boards, a very good copy indeed, in very good(+) pictorial price-clipped dust-jacket, which has 1cm closed tear to foot of spine, slight rubbing to extremities, and slight surface soil, as well as a little partial darkening - now in a protective cover.

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  • POEMS FOR CHILDREN. by DE LA MARE, Walter.
    DE LA MARE, Walter.
    POEMS FOR CHILDREN.

    London: Constable & Co, 1930. Signed limited edition of 125 copies, of which this copy is numbered 65 and signed by the author, 8vo.,pp. xxxiii,264, plain boards with beige cloth spine and title label to spine with gilt lettering; toning and light foxing to endpaper and to edges of text block, with occasional light foxing to margins, rubbing to title label and light wear to corners of boards, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

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  • Retold by YEOMAN, John. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. [Signed by the illustrator]
    QUENTIN BLAKE’S THE SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINBAD THE SAILOR

    London: Pavilion, 1996. 4to., pp. 117, pictorial hardcover, colour pictorial endpapers, b/w and colour illustrations; light rubbing to extremities, with slight bubbling to laminate coating at margins of boards, else very good indeed. No dust-jacket.

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  • WILLIAMSON, Henry. Illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe.
    SALAR THE SALMON.

    London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1936. First edition, 8vo., pp.323, 16 colour plates, 15 b/w illustrations, pictorial endpapers, moire cloth, silver lettering and pictorial title inlay, uncut, top-edge silver; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, sunned to spine, also affecting the upper margin of the front board, else a very good copy indeed.

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  • Written for children by, PERRAULT, Mr. Newly Decorated by, AUSTEN, John.
    TALES OF PASSED TIMES.

    London: Selwyn & Blount, 1922. 9781788167239 thus, large 8vo.,pp. 63, blue card board, pictorial paper title label, colour illustrations, colour frontispiece; webbing visible to inner hinge, contents firm, toning to margins and endpapers, light foxing to margins, rubbing and toning to spine and corners, small closed tear with some creasing to head of spine, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.

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  • TALES OF PASSED TIMES WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN. by PERRAULT, Charles. Decorations by: AUSTEN, John.
    PERRAULT, Charles. Decorations by: AUSTEN, John.
    TALES OF PASSED TIMES WRITTEN FOR CHILDREN.

    Adelphi: Selwyn and Blount Ltd. 8vo., pp.63, blue paper-covered boards with inlaid pictorial plate, colour frontispiece and pictorial title, colour and b/w illustrations, including double-page colour plate; light partial toning to endpapers, a very good copy, in a slightly chipped pictorial dust-jacket.

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  • BARRIE, J.M. Illustrated by: BLAMPIED, Edmund.
    THE BLAMPIED EDITION OF PAN PETER: THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF PETER & WENDY BY J.M BARRIE, Newly Illustrated.

    London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939. First edition, 4to., pp. cream cloth lettered in navy, tipped-in colour frontispiece with captioned tissue-guard, colour plates, b/w illustrations, pictorial endpapers; a fresh and near-fine copy, in price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, which has closed tears, creasing and small areas of loss to extremities, as well as more extensive closed tear from front lower edge.

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  • JANSSON, Tove.
    THE BOOK ABOUT MOOMIN, MYMBLE AND LITTLE MY.

    London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1965. Second impression (first published in 1953), English text, 4to., pp.(26), cloth-backed pictorial boards with decorative aperture to front board, cut-out details throughout, full colour illustrations; contents (a single quire) loose within boards, crease to lower inner corners throughout, a little rubbing to extremities, and just slight surface soil to covers, a very good copy.

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  • THE COMPASS POINTS NORTH. by ATKINSON, M.E. Illustrated from drawings by Harold Jones.
    ATKINSON, M.E. Illustrated from drawings by Harold Jones.
    THE COMPASS POINTS NORTH. A Novel for Boys and Girls.

    London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1938. 8vo., pp.328, red cloth, gilt, pictorial title, b/w illustrations, pictorial endpapers; light foxing to edges, light rubbing to extremities, with spine lightly rolled, an otherwise very good copy, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is lightly chipped to head of spine, with light surface soil to pale paper.

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