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Enchanted Journeys - Fifty Years of Irish Writing for Children
Robert Dunbar. 1st edition. 1997.
An anthology of extracts from Irish writers.
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A Peculiar Gift
Lance Salway. 1st edition. 1976.
'the then copntemporaryNineteenth Century Writings on Books for Children' offers an unusual viewpoint on the then contemporary scene.
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Modern Boys Annual 1932
W. E. Johns. 1st edition. 1931.
The annual which w. E. Johns edited for a number of years.
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Blackie's Children's Annual
1940
A good example of a Blackie Children's annual with eight colour plates by different illustrators.
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At the Foot of the Rainbow
Gene Stratton-Porter. Reprint edition. 1917.
An American edition, which includes a short biography of the author.
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The Cloud Forest
Joan North. 1st edition. 1965.
The author's first book, a fantasy sealing with telepathy and mind control
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The Folk of the Faraway Tree
Enid Blyton. 4th edition. 1952.
An early printing of the third book in the ever popular Faraway Tree series.
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Misha, the Magician and the Mysterious Amulet
Anthony Horowitz. 1st edition. 1981.
The second book by this popular author, first edition
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The Castle of the White Flag
Evelyn Everett-Green. 1904.
An attractive early binding, with bevelled boards and top edge gilt by a popular late Victorian novelist.
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Tom and Some Other Girls
Mrs George de Horne Vaizey. Undated edition. circa 1901.
A good example of a girls' school story by one of the less common writers.
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The Silver Crown
Robert C. O'Brien. 2nd edition. 1985.
An unusual and slightly frightening fantasy by the author of 'Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh.
A nice copy of the paperback edition of the third volume of S. A. Wakefield's humorous Australian political satire.
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Biggles in the South Seas
W. E. Johns. 1st Thus edition. 1940.
An unusual paperback edition of a Biggles novel.
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Betty Vivian
L. T. Meade. 1st edition. 1909.
An early example of a girls' school story, written by a popular contemporary author.
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Tudor School Boy Life
Juan Luis Vives. 1st edition. 1908.
The dialogues of Juan Luis Vives, translated for the first time into English together with an introduction by Foster Watson.
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Our Four-Footed Friends and Favourites
1st edition. 1876.
'Stories illustrative of animal sagacity.'
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Darkhenge
Catherine Fisher. 1st American edition. 2005.
A contemporary Welsh writer, who is producing very good works of fantasy.
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The Silver Branch
Rosemary Sutcliff. Reprint edition. 1970.
Rosemary Sutcliff at her best writing about the Romano-British period.
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The First Day of School
Toby Forward. 1st edition. 2004.
A comforting book for the child who is just starting school.
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The Beacon Infant Readers - Book Four
James H. Fassett. Reprint edition. 1950.
A selection of folk tales, retold in simplified form for the Beacon Readers.
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