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First edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Gilt age dulled. Minor rubbing to corners. Binding tight. Previous owner ex-libris label to front free endpaper. Content clean and bright. Jacket clipped, slight chipping to spine ends, tears to flap fold ends, creasing and small tears to edges, spotting to back panel and internally, spine sunned. Not ex-library. 320 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

First edition thus. In French with Editorial note at front and notes at back in English. Blue covers with black titles to front. Covers creased and with light marks. Water mark to front top corner which has bled into inside of front cover.Spine faded. Previous owners name crossed out to front free endpaper. Light fox spotting to text block edge. Content generally clean with occasional marks. Not ex-library. 118pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

A collection of 35 poems for children including fairy stories, accompanied by line drawings by Phyllis Paul, Joyce Mercer etc. and four colour plates (three by Charles Robinson). Undated but British Library gives date of 1927. Original brown weave design cloth with brown illustration and titles to front. Covers are marked and bowed. Head of spine worn with small loss to cloth, small splits to foot of spine, rubbing to corners. Gutters between page 16 and facing colour plate and at back endpaper cracked with webbing exposed but binding holding firm. Small loss to edge of page 11 and 2 cm tear to bottom edge of pages 25/27/29 (does not affect text). Fox spotting to title page and in places in text. Some dog-eared corners and creasing to pages. Pages discoloured with marks in places. A scarce book with only five copies listed on Copac. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 64pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1961. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Second impression. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to spine. Binding tight, corners square and covers very clean. Slight bump to front top edge. Content very clean and bright with no markings. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. 142 pages. Overall a very nice copy indeed. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail international tracked.

London: The Sunday School Union. Hardcover. Good. The Sunday School Union, London. No date but c1895. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. No dust jacket. Red decorated cloth boards. Binding firm with bumping and rubbing to spine ends. Spine faded. Light wear to boards. Content generally clean with a few light marks. Pages age toned. Floral design endpapers. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 275 pages. All books are individually described.

First edition, first printing with full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 on the copyright page. Publishers yellow boards with black spine with yellow titles. Original UK price sticker to back panel of jacket. A fine, clean. tight book in a fine, clean, unclipped jacket - looks unread. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 230 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

First Edition. Orange boards with black titles on spine. Binding tight, boards clean and corners square. Content clean and bright with no markings. Jacket unclipped £5.50 net with just very light edge creasing. Overall a nice copy. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or highlighting. 180 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Huddersfield: Schofield & Sims Ltd. Soft cover. Fair. Joyce Johnson. Schofield & Sims Ltd., Huddersfield. No date but circa 1953. Softcover. Book Condition: Fair. Binding firm. Covers very marked and discoloured, edges chipped with slight curling. Content generally clean and bright with occasional small marks. Ex-school library stamp to front endpaper only. a few page corners turned over. Numerous b/w illustrations by Joyce Johnson. No notes or inscriptions. 95 pages. All books are individually described.

London: Dean & Son Ltd, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Janet & Anne Grahame-Johnson. Five double pages with three pop-ups. All pop-ups are intact and in fine working order. Laminated colour pictorial boards. Minor bumping to bottom corner and small pin hole indent to back cover otherwise looks unread. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. All books are individually described. All overseas orders sent airmail.

Kidderminster: G. T. Cheshire & Sons Ltd, 1935. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. The planting and care of cordon apple trees. No date but c1935 (see page 46 reporting on apple tree growth in 1934). Green cloth boards with gilt titles to front. Boards are marked and rubbed. Back board creased. Spine ends worn and corners rubbed. Spine sunned. Some spotting to endpapers. Staples rusting and showing through. Content generally clean and bright. Previous owners neat ink signature to front pastedown. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 60 pp plus 11 plates at rear. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Evans Brothers Limited, London. 1950. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1950 Reprint 3rd Impression. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding firm. Content clean and bright. Sketch map to front and back endpapers. Mild creasing and edge wear to jacket with top of spine and top of front flap chipped with small loss. 1 cm tears to bottom of front and back panels. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 136 pages. All books are individually described.

Great Northern Books Ltd, 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Great Northern Books Ltd. 2012. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Very minor corner and edge wear to jacket. A nice clean copy. 254 pages.

London: Blue Ribbon Books. Hardcover. Fair. Steele Savage. Blue Ribbon Books, London. Undated but c1930. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Illustrations by Steele Savage. Red cloth covered boards with black decoration to front and spine. Boards rubbed, marked and faded. Spine faded and hard to read and ends bumped. Corners bumped and rubbed. Slight lean to book and hinges slightly loose. Previous owners name and date in ink to front endpaper. Illustrated blue and white endpapers. Very slight split to top of rear endpapers.Small tear of 4 cm to rear pastedown. Content generally clean and bright with edge tone. No notes in text. Not ex-library. 528 pages.

Stourport-Upon-Severn, Worcestershire: Gill's Verse Publications, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. First Editions, first impressions. Numerous colour photographs. Four volumes. Series 1 SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page. All covers clean with minimal creasing and marking. Content clean and bright with no markings. Not ex-library. No names, notes or inscriptions. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

London: Madgwick, Houlston & Co. Ltd. Hardcover. Very Good. Madgwick, Houlston & Co. Ltd., London. Undated but circa 1909. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Bluey/green cloth boards with black lettering and decoration to front and spine. Fry's Cocoa advertisement to back cover. Binding is slightly weakening and very slightly loose but not separating. Moderate rubbing over surfaces. Light bumping to corners and spine. All page edges are red in colour. All pages lightly tanned but content clean. Adverts to front and rear endpapers. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. Overall, a very nice copy. 226 pages.

London: Oxford University Press, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Blue cloth boards with bright gilt decoration to spine. Binding tight with just minor rubbing to spine ends, boards generally clean. Content clean and bright. Previous owners name and date to front endpaper. Not ex-library. No notes or inscriptions. 282 pages. Overall a very nice copy. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail international tracked.

London: Ward Lock & Co. Limited, 1917. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Harold Copping.. Undated but 1917. B/w plates by Harold Copping. Green/grey cloth boards with pasted picture of young girl to front, floral decorated front and spine, some fading. Binding firm with bumping to spine ends. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Some paper of front pastedown rubbed and lifted. Content generally clean and bright with some foxing to endpapers. Not ex-library. 319 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Third edition, second impression. Green cloth boards with black titles to front and spine. Boards heavily marked and stained. Light rubbing to corners and spine ends. Previous owner name to front free endpaper. Booksellers small label to bottom of front pastedown. Content clean and bright. Not ex-library. 218 pp. A scarce book. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine, tight, clean book in a near fine, unclipped, clean jacket with just a very neat inscription to half title page. An excellent copy. Not ex-library. No labels or notes. 504 pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.

Pink card covers with chessmen and black titles to front. Tight binding. Very slight rubbing to corners. Content clean and bright. A nice copy. Not ex-library. No labels, names, notes or inscriptions. 128pp. All books are individually described. All overseas orders are sent airmail by Royal Mail International Tracked.