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  • LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth.
    HIAWATHA’S CHILDHOOD.

    London: Faber and Faber, 1984. First edition, small 4to., pp.(xxx), glazed pictorial boards, colour frontispiece and pictorial title, full colour illustrations throughout; a near-fine copy.

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  • HORTON HATCHES THE EGG. by SEUSS, Dr.
    SEUSS, Dr.
    HORTON HATCHES THE EGG.

    London: Collins, 1962. First edition,4to.,red cloth,black lettering,colour illustrations; a very good copy in a clipped dust jacket with rubbing to the extremities, otherwise very good.

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  • INSIDE THE RAINBOW. by Edited by: ROTHENSTEIN, Julian; BUDASHEVSKAYA, Olga. With Foreword by Philip Pullman. DEINEKA, Alexander; GLEBOVA, Tatiana; KHARMS, Daniil; LEBEDEV, Vladimir; LISSITZKY, El; MANDELSTAM, Osip; MARSHAK, Samuil; MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir.
    Edited by: ROTHENSTEIN, Julian; BUDASHEVSKAYA, Olga. With Foreword by Philip Pullman. DEINEKA, Alexander; GLEBOVA, Tatiana; KHARMS, Daniil; LEBEDEV, Vladimir; LISSITZKY, El; MANDELSTAM, Osip; MARSHAK, Samuil; MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir.
    INSIDE THE RAINBOW. Russian Children’s Literature 1920-1935: Beautiful Books, Terrible Times.

    London: Redstone Press, 2013. 4to., pp.312, pictorial hardcover, colour-illustrated throughout; light bruising/bumping to corners of covers, an otherwise fine, fresh copy.

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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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  • 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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  • MORE ALICE. After Lewis Carroll. by WILSON, Yates.
    WILSON, Yates.
    MORE ALICE. After Lewis Carroll.

    Capetown/Johannesburg: Purnell and Sons (S.A.) (Pty) Ltd./London & New York: T.V. Boardman & Company, 1959. 8vo., pp.125, printed card wrappers, b/w illustrations throughout; foxing to top edges, a very good, internally clean copy, in very good unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, which is just slightly chipped to extremities.

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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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  • 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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  • GAUL, Simon. Illustrated by: CASSON, Hugh. [Signed by author and artist].
    PUSHKIN THE POLAR BEAR.

    London: Quartet/Visual Arts Books, 1983. Oblong 4to., pp.61, glazed pictorial boards, colour plates throughout; signed by author and artist to title page, slight mark to lower margin of front free endpaper, slight toning to edges, a very good copy.

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  • ROUND THE WORLD TO WYMPLAND. by SHARP, Evelyn. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.
    SHARP, Evelyn. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward.
    ROUND THE WORLD TO WYMPLAND.

    London/New York: John Lane at the Bodley Head, 1901. First edition, 8vo., pp.235, pictorial green cloth stamped in yellow and white, pictorial title, 8 b/w plates, all edges green; pencilled ownership inscription to front paste-down endpaper, tiny tear and crease to foot of p.97, light foxing and fingermarking to prelims, light surface soil to cloth, light rubbing to extremities, a good copy of a scarce title.

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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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  • STEVENS, Cat.
    TEASER AND THE FIRECAT. [In Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and Welsh].

    London: Bernard Jacobson Ltd, 1972. First edition, squat 4to., pp.(xlii), pictorial wrappers, colour illustrated; light residue from removed price label to upper corner of front wrapper, light toning and slight surface soil to wrappers, internally clean, a very good copy.

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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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  • 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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  • THE DREAMLAND EXPRESS. by Written and illustrated by: MILLAR, H.R.
    Written and illustrated by: MILLAR, H.R.
    THE DREAMLAND EXPRESS.

    London: Humphrey Milford, 1927. First edition, oblong 4to., pp.96, pictorial cream cloth spine printed in black, pictorial paper-covered boards in colour, colour pictorial title, colour and b/w plates including double-page colour plate, b/w vignettes; stitching occasionally visible between leaves, rubbing and light wear to extremities, a good copy.

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