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1 An Alphabet Menagerie
Worcestershire The Self Publishing Association 1992 1854211897 / 9781854211897 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine Folio Barara Boaz 
Number 393 of edition limited to 1,000. Colour illustrations on every page. 
Price: 15.00 GBP
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2 For All Us Us
London Blackie Hard Cover Very Good 8vo 
Undated c 1930. Colour frontis plate, further black and white illustrations, series of stories and poems for young children. Nice clean copy with gift inscription on ffep. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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3 PICTURE STORY OF CHINESE OLD FARMING
8vo 
10 hand coloured plates on silk in a concertina binding with Chinese and English text on leaf opposite between two carved wooden boards. No publication details are given - probably early 20th century. 
Price: 100.00 GBP
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4 Rupert Adventure Series No. 29: Rupert and the Giant's Castle
London Daily Express First Edition Very Good Small 4to 
c 1950'S. Illustrated paper covers. Some creasing and soiling to bottom edges of covers but contents bright with no inscriptions. Also includes 'Rupert and the Whirlwinds'. 
Price: 25.00 GBP
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5 The Big Book of Aeroplanes
London Henry Frowde & Hodder & Stoughton Presumed First Edition Very Good 4to HC Earnshaw 
Blue cloth covers with white lettering and tipped on colour plate, each page has a black and white decorative border, colour plates - one of them double page, bw illus in the text. Gift inscription dated 1918, a nice bright copy, digital images available on request. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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6 The Children's Hour Annual a book of Stories and Poems for Boys and Girls
London Partridge First Edition G+ 4to 
Undated but inscription dated Xmas 1928 which makes this one of the earliest Children's Hour Annuals if not the first. Illustrated paper covered boards with cloth spine, colour plates and bw illus, 127pp. Authors include Desmond MacCarthy; Antonia white; EF Benson; and Eric Parker. Some foxing. Covers worn at corners. 
Price: 30.00 GBP
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7 Twenty Four Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists, as Rendered Into English By Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight, with Illustrations After the Etchings of Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder
London Ernest Benn 1928 First Thus Cloth Nr Fine No Jacket 4to 
Bw illustrations, 52pp. Gilt decorated cloth covers - spine faded. 
Price: 20.00 GBP
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8 ALDEN, RAYMOND MACDONALD Why the Chimes Rang and Other Stories
Indianapolis The bobbs-Merrill Company 1925 First Edition Very Good No Jacket Large 8vo. Katherine Sturges 
Cloth covers with full page colour plate laid on to front, 7 olour plates, bw illus, 148pp. Some grubbiness to bottom margin of text pages, 1 plate loose. 
Price: 4.00 GBP
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9 ANDERSEN Contes D'Andersen
Paris Librairie Delagrave 1947 Third Edition Very Good Folio Maurice Berty 
Blue buckram covers with illustration and titles in gilt, black and white, 15 colour plates, 191ppmany bw drawings, French text. Backstrip has been relaid, new endpapers. No inscriptions, contents clean and bright on the whole, occasional minor soiling. Digital images available on request. 
Price: 40.00 GBP
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10 ANDERSEN Stories from Hans Andersen
London Hodder & Stoughton Very Good Large 8vo. Edmund Dulac 
Undated. Blue blind-stamped cloth covers with gilt titles, 14 mounted colour plates with captioned guards (one guard missing), 195pp. Covers edge-rubbed, inscription on ffep otherwise nice bright copy. 
Price: 50.00 GBP
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11 ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN Michael Hague's Favourite Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
London Methuen 1981 0416220800 / 9780416220803 First Thus Cloth Nr Fine. Nr Fine. 4to 
Colour plates, 162pp. Dw (minor edge-wear), book covers a little faded. Contents clean and crisp. 
Price: 5.00 GBP
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12 ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN Stories & Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen Translated By H Oskar Sommer 2 Volumes
London George Allen 1893 First Thus Very Good 8vo Arthur J Gaskin 
Illustrated cloth covers, numerous bw illustrations and decorations by Arthur Gaskin. pp 398, 426. Some foxing to prelims and page edges. 
Price: 175.00 GBP
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13 ARMFIELD, CONSTANCE The Flower Book
London Chatto & Windus 1910 First Edition Decorative Cloth Very Good 8vo Maxwell Armfield 
Colour plates, 152pp. Loverly bright copy internally , back strip has been professionally relaid, prize label on ffep verso. 
Price: 25.00 GBP
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14 BADMIN, SR Trees in Britain
London Puffin 1951 Reprint Very Good Oblong 8vo 
Stapled pamphlet with illustrated paper covers. Colour and bw illus, 31pp. Some wear and creasing. 
Price: 6.00 GBP
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15 BALLANTYNE, RM The Lighthouse
London J Nisbet Very Good 8vo 
Gilt and black decorated red cloth covers, AEG, bw illustrations, 405pp + publisher's list. Borders of pages darkening. 
Price: 15.00 GBP
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16 BANKS, LYNNE REID Angela and Diabola
London Collins 1997 0001856855 / 9780001856851 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good +. Very Good 8vo Klass Verplancke 
Bw illus, 216pp + publisher's adverts. Dw (clipped and edge-worn), light wear to edges of covers. 
Price: 4.00 GBP
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17 BARFIELD, MARGERY and Others A Book of Plays for Children
London Blackie Presumed First Edition Hard Cover Good No Jacket 4to 
Illustrated paper covered boards with cloth spine, colour frontis, duotone illustrations, 48pp. Covers worn with some loss of surface, previous owner's name and address on ffep. Undated [1930s] 
Price: 12.00 GBP
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18 BARING-GOULD, S Edited By A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes
London Methuen 1895 First Edition Cloth Very Good No Jacket 8vo 
Ilustrated by members of the Birmingham Art School under the direction of A J Gaskin. Title page printed in red and black, each page is bordered by intricate designs. 159pp. Gift inscription dated 1898. 
Price: 80.00 GBP
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19 BARROW, TONY Meet the Beatles Star Special No. 12
Manchester World Distributors 1963 Stapled Pamphlet Very Good 4to 
"An informal date in words & personal album pictures".Bw photos throughout. unpaginated. Corner of covers creased. 
Price: 10.00 GBP
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20 BERESFORD, ELIZABETH Charlie's Ark
London Methuen 1989 0416134122 / 9780416134124 First Edition Fine No Jacket 12mo Margaret Harrison 
Pictorial glazed board, bw illustrations, 122pp. Inscribed by author "With best wishes, ElizabethBeresford". 
Price: 15.00 GBP
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