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We all have memories of those special books we read as children, and Biblio is happy to present a large collection of rare and antique vintage children's books in the Biblio Rare Book Room. Many of the rare and antique vintage children's books featured below have beautiful illustrations, and many of them are signed or first edition copies of beloved titles. If you are looking for the perfect gift, look no further than the rare vintage children's books section of the Biblio Rare Book Room.

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AUNT JANE'S NIECES On The Ranch By ( Van Dyne, Edith ) AKA Baum, L. Frank , Who Wrote Wizard of...
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AUNT JANE'S NIECES On The Ranch By ( Van Dyne, Edith ) AKA Baum, L. Frank , Who Wrote Wizard of Oz Books, Most Uncommon in Color DustJaCKet Showing 3 Beautiful Girls in Dresses Standing, 1 in Center Holding bAby, SERIES #8

by BY ( Van Dyne, Edith ) AKA Baum, L. Frank , Who Wrote Wizard oF OZ bOoks, Blank EndpApers Light FoX, Inner Flap DJ Price Clipped, B/W Frontispiece of 3 Nieces Over the CriB of Baby with Horror in Their Eyes

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Used - Very Good
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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LONG BEACH, California
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REillY & Britton Chicago, 1913. HBDJ, 1913, 1st EdItion, 2nd Printing, with titles through AUNT JANE'S NIECES Out West), FINE-/VG+, AS-IS, DJ with some light wear and tiny Chips tears edges Extremites DJ, , DJ light Rub, Light FADE, Wear & Very Light Soil, , Beautiful beige Cloth with purPle Lilacs & Picture InLay on DJ duplicated, Lettered in Orange on DJ Spine light Soiling & Small Chip aT edge spine, Interior nice tight Clean light Rub, Wear FoX, 276 pgs + ADS in Back for Flying Girls Series, Daring Twins ETC, Pasted BeAutiful Color Picture Inlay on Cover, . First Edition. Hard Cover.
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AUNT JANE'S NIECES AT MILLVILLE BY ( Van Dyne, Edith ) AKA Baum, L. Frank , Who Wrote Wizard of...
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AUNT JANE'S NIECES AT MILLVILLE BY ( Van Dyne, Edith ) AKA Baum, L. Frank , Who Wrote Wizard of Oz Books, Most Uncommon in Color DustJacket Showing 3 Beautiful Gilrs , 1 Seated with Book Open, SERIES #3

by BY ( Van Dyne, Edith ) AKA Baum, L. Frank , Who Wrote Wizard of OZ Books, Blank Endpapers Former Owner Inscription, Inner Flap DJ Price Clipped, B/W Frontispiece with Man Seated & 2 Ladies One Holding Hat

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Used - Very Good
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BY ( Van Dyne, Edith ) AKA Baum, L. Fran
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Hardcover
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LONG BEACH, California
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Reilly & BRITTON Chicago, 1908. HBDJ, 1908, Later IsSue WIth titles thRough AUNT JANE'S NIECES oN VACATION ), NF+/VG-, AS-IS, DJ with some light wear and tears edges, and staining, DJ light Rub, FADE, Wear Light Soil, Tiny Chips Extremities DJ, BeautIful Beige Cloth with Purple Lilacs & Picture on dj duplicated, LettEReD in Orange on DJ Spine light Soiling, Interior Nice tight Clean light Rub, Wear FoX, 306 pgs + ADS in BaCk for Flying Girls Series, CaPtain Becky ETC, Pasted Beautiful ColOR PiCture Inlay on CovEr, DJ Seems a SmidGen too short for Cover , Back DJ shows ads for 6 books School girl Day, School fellow Days ETC. BY ( Van Dyne, Edith ) AKA Baum, L. Fran. Hard Cover.
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AUNT JANE'S NIECES in Red Cross By ( Van Dyne, Edith ) AKA Pseudonymn Baum, L. Frank , Who Wrote...
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AUNT JANE'S NIECES in Red Cross By ( Van Dyne, Edith ) AKA Pseudonymn Baum, L. Frank , Who Wrote Wizard of Oz Books,Most Uncommon in Color DustJacket Showing 3 Beautiful Girls , Standing In Nurses White Hat & Brown Cloak wiTH RED CROSS on Front . SE

by BY ( Van Dyne, Edith ) AKA Baum, L. Frank , Who Wrote Wizard of Oz Books, Blank Endpapers LIGHT FoX Wear, InNer Flap DJ Price Clipped, B/W Frontispiece of 3 Men in Miltary Uniform Holding Flag with 3 Nurses in Background, Foreword Pg. With FoX Stain,

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Used - Good
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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LONG BEACH, California
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Reilly & Britton Chicago, 1915. . SERIES # 10, , Back DJ List thru This Title in Green. HBDJ, 1915, 1ST Edition , 1st ISSUE ), NF+/GOOD-, AS-IS, DJ with some wear, HEAVY Scuff Top Edges Chips ,, Extremities & along Spine Scuff Chip Affecting Title, and Light FADE, and LIGHT FoX, DJ light Rub, small edge Tears, , Wear Light Soil, Tears Chips Up & Down Spine DJ, Tiny Chips Extremities DJ, Small Brown Stain Back DJ , Beautiful Beige Cloth with Purple Lilacs & Pasted Beautiful Color Picture Inlay on DJ Duplicated, Cover lettered in Black on Spine & Front, Lettered in GREEN on DJ Spine light Soiling Sun, Interior Nice tight Clean light Rub, Wear FoX, 256 pgs + NO ADS in Back , Front DJ few tiny light Stains, otherwise clean. Tears small Chips Edges DJ Back, . First Edition. Hard Cover.
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A Book of Nonsense
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A Book of Nonsense

by LEAR, EDWARD

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  • good
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Used - Good
Edition
Second edition
Binding
Hardcover
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London, United Kingdom
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London: T.McLean ., 1855. Second edition. Hardcover. Good. Not dated but circa 1855. Second edition, second issue. Rebound in half leather with marble boards circa 1900, retaining the original lithographic front cover/title page with ‘New Edition’ in top right corner, publisher T.McLean in lower right corner.. Lithographed throughout with pictorial title 'Old Derry Down Derry' and 71 of 72 plates only (lacking 'Cape Horn'), printed on rectos only on thicker paper. The two 'Old Man of the West' plates with correct images, plates 20, 25, 34, 64 & 65 with parts of the verse redrawn ,four being the same plates as in the first edition, foxed in parts. Plate number 65 is badly cropped at the bottom, with loss of the last line of text. Plate 14 'Old Man of Jamaica' poorly printed at head and with scratch to verse, one or two images very slightly cropped at head, The binding is worn, rubbed, with the front hinge being quite weak and spine faded.… Read More
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The Jungle Book [And] The Second Jungle Book [Two Volumes, First Printings]

The Jungle Book [And] The Second Jungle Book [Two Volumes, First Printings]

by Kipling, Rudyard; Plates By J Lockwood Kipling, W H Drake, P. Frenzeny

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Editions 1st Printing
Binding
Hardcover
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Pasadena, California
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London [1894, 1895]: Macmillan and Co, 1894. First Editions 1st Printing. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Very Good/No Jacket. Viii, 212; (Ii), 238 + 2 Page Catalog At End. Blue Cloth, Lettered And Decorated In Gilt; All Edges Gilt; Slate Grey Endpapers. Both Volumes With Late 19Th Century Engraved Bookplates Of George Lindsay Bury [Of Moreton Central Sugar Mill, Starfield Observatory, Etc.]. The Jungle Book, 1894, First Printing, In Good To Very Good Condition, Gilt Complete But With Some Wear To Illustrations On Spine And Cover, Small Frays At Top And Bottom Of Spine And At Tips, Spine Cloth A Little Darkened; Hinges Beginning To Crack; Contents Immaculate, No Names Or Marks, Tissue Guard Intact. The Second Jungle Book, 1895, First Printing, Very Slight Wear,All Gilt Complete And Brilliant, Very Good + To Near Fine Condition, 1" Crack At Center Of Rear Hinge, Slight Rubbing At Corners.
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A Child's Garden Of Verses (First Edition, First Printing)

A Child's Garden Of Verses (First Edition, First Printing)

by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Near Fine Book
Edition
First Edition 1st Printing
Binding
Hardcover
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Pasadena, California
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£2,007.50
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London: Longman's Green & Co, 1885. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Book. 6 1/2" Tall. 101 Pp., With Two Preliminary Blanks, Adverts. Page, Half-Title, Three Final Blanks. Attractively Bound In Well Preserved 3/4 Dark Morocco, Five Bands, Gilt Title And Author, Over Beautifully Marbled Paper Boards, Matching Hand Marbled Endpapers. Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Edges. First Printing, First Issue, One Of 1000 Copies, With No Mention Of "Two Series" In List Of Books By Stevenson. No Names Or Marks Or Stains Or Other Damage, Pages Clean And Just A Little Aged [With One Very Small Foxing Spot]. Gift Quality. Ex Collection Of Dorothy Gish But Not Marked As Such.
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The Comic Alphabet containing Twenty-six illustrations by Cruikshank by W.D.Macdonald
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The Comic Alphabet containing Twenty-six illustrations by Cruikshank by W.D.Macdonald

by CRUIKSHANK, ROBERT

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First edition
Binding
Paperback
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London, United Kingdom
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London: D.Martin., 1840. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. 52pp. Complete. Illustrated with twenty-six hand coloured wood engravings illustrations by Robert Cruikshank, with text by McDonald. Text and illustrations printed within ruled borders with corner ornaments. Bound in original yellow card boards. These have darkened. Some light foxing and finger marks, otherwise a very nice copy. Vary Scarce . Circa 1840. COPAC only list one copy in the Victoria and Albert Museum with yellow paper wrappers, description matches this copy.
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Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen Illustrated By Arthur Rackham
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Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen Illustrated By Arthur Rackham

by Andersen, Hans; Arthur Rackham (Illustrator)

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition.
Binding
Hardcover
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Hull, Massachusetts
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George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1932. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1932. Signed by Rackham. First Edition. 288 pages. 1st Printing. Has 525 copies printed, this is number 183. White cloth with gold decorations, top page ends gold gilt. Nice Firm copy ! Light general wear. Size: L 4to 9.75 - 12'' tall. Beautiful edition of 24 classic Hans Andersen fairy tales with lovely Arthur Rackham color plates and black and white illustrations throughout. This book edition has a brief introduction by Arthur Rackham describing his joy in reading Andersen's tales as a child and expressing his honor to illustrate this volume. Signed Children Fiction Antique Fiction Modern::Children's RBR10B RBR10B
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Tsarevna Lyagushka [The Frog Princess]
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Tsarevna Lyagushka [The Frog Princess]

by BILIBIN, Ivan Ya[kovlevich] (artist)]

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Used - Very Good
Binding
Paperback
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London, United Kingdom
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St. Petersburg,: Eksped. Zagotov. gos. bumag , 1901. Paperback. Very Good. BILIBIN, Ivan Ya[kovlevich] . 10pp., Illustrated with chromolithographs throughout, some of these full-page. Bound in original chromolithographed wrappers. On verso of the front cover is There is an inscription in ink ‘With best wishes for One Shree at 4, the Grove from Auntie Ada’ . The book has recently been professionally repaired, the spine and corner creases strengthened. There is some light off setting, but generally in very good condition, as quite often with these chromolithographic printed books, the oils in the ink stick together causing surface damage. There are a couple of small incidences of this, but not much. What is very interesting about this book –which I haven’t seen before, inserted is an English Translation. It is printed on a folded sheet on different paper-This has some light foxing. It must have been sold in England as the insert is published by Russian Peasant Industries and… Read More
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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The Phantom Tollbooth

by Juster, Norton

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Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon
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New York: Epstein & Carroll, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Very Good, in a first issue dust jacket with price intact and author photo on rear panel. Signed by Norton Juster, inscribed to previous owner. Light soiling and light rubbing to cloth. Light lean to spine. Dust jacket shows uneven toning and chipping, with several medium sized chips to the rear panel and a small chip from the interior of the spine panel; splits starting at the flap folds. Scarce.
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ALICE`S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. With the original illustrations by John Tenniel
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ALICE`S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. With the original illustrations by John Tenniel

by CARROLL. LEWIS. ; TENNIEL. JOHN. Illustrates

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Condition
Used
Edition
Limited edition.
Binding
Hardcover
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London, Greater London
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Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, for the Riccardi Press, London. 1914. LIMITED EDITION. Large 8vo. (9.3 x 6.6 inches). One of 1000 hand-numbered copies printed in the Riccardi Fount on handmade Riccardi Paper. Fine leather binding of recent full deep red morocco. Spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt. Compartments ruled, lettered and decorated with March Hare and Playing cards motifs in gilt, with floral gilt surrounds. Ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A bright and clean copy of this lovely edition, beautifully printed on fine quality hand made paper and in a decorative leather binding. ----- This edition was published by arrangement with Macmillan and Company using Carroll's revised text of 1896. The wonderful Tenniel illustrations are printed from fresh electros taken from the original wood-blocks, with four being slightly enlarged from the original block designs.
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£950.00
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Tree And Leaf

Tree And Leaf

by Tolkien, J. R. R.

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  • Fine
  • Hardcover
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Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
1st Edition 1st Printing
Binding
Hardcover
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Pasadena, California
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London: George Allen And Unwin, 1964. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 92 Pp + Catalog At End. Green Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Fine In Near Fine Dj, Not Price Clipped, Minute Loss At Top Of Two Flap Folds, No Foxing, Bright And Clean, Hint Of Fading To Spine Panel.
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The House at Pooh Corner
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The House at Pooh Corner

by Milne, A.A.

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Used - Original salmon cloth stamped in gilt, illustrated endpapers, t.e.g., illustrated dustjacket. Endpapers toned from jacket flap,
Edition
First edition
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New York, New York
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London: Methuen, 1928. First edition. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. 8vo. Original salmon cloth stamped in gilt, illustrated endpapers, t.e.g., illustrated dustjacket. Endpapers toned from jacket flap, some darkening and wear to jacket, very good. E.H. Shepard. First edition. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. 8vo. First Edition. First edition of the second collection of Pooh stories.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

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Condition
Used
Edition
First edition
Binding
Hardcover
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New York, New York
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£4,818.00
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DAHL, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. NY: Alfred A. Knopf [1964]. 8vo, [xii] 164pp. Red cloth with spine stamped in gold and front cover in blind; top edge red. Mustard endpapers; b&w illustrations throughout. Slightest wear to corners and spine ends, else a remarkably fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (some minor wear along top and bottom edges). With a bookplate signed by the author, Roald Dahl, laid-in.
First edition, bearing the six-line colophon. Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. Charlie Bucket dreams of being one of the five, but he can't even afford the chocolate that contains the golden tickets. But when by a great stroke of luck he ends up with the fifth and final ticket, he finds himself on the adventure of a lifetime! The basis for two major motion pictures.
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The Hundred and One Dalmatians
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The Hundred and One Dalmatians

by Smith, Dodie

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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Rutherglen, Victoria
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£654.00
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London: Heinemann, 1956. 191 pages. Pictorial endpapers and many b/w text illustrations. Neat name of a previous owner on flyleaf. Original blue boards with silver titling on the spine. Very slight mark on bottom edge. The price-clipped dustwrapper is very slightly worn and has a brown mark on the lower rear panel. Bright, beautiful and scarce!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone.
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