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26. Great Company
Great Company
by Peggy Chambers
Reprint, published by The Bodley Head in 1959
Yellow covers, black lettering.
Covers slightly soiled.
Small crease to top of back cover.
Good condition

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#78499   £3.00   
27. Held Fast for England: G. A. Henty - Imperialist Boys' Writer
Held Fast for England: G. A. Henty - Imperialist Boys' Writer
by Guy Arnold
1st edition, published by Hamilton in 1980
ISBN: 0241103738.
Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper price-clipped and a little faded on spine.
Fine in other respects.
Very Good condition

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#42907   £15.00   
28. Heroes in Friendship
Heroes in Friendship
by Basil Mathews
Published by Oxford University Press circa 1925
"Friends of all the world" series, book 3.
Neat writing on front endpaper.
Very Good condition

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#67191   £6.50   
29. Heroes of Discovery
Heroes of Discovery
by Samuel Mossman
New edition, published by Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier in 1877
Short biographies of Livingstone, Park, Franklin, Cook and Magellan.
Grey pictorial boards.
Illustrated with seven engravings.
Covers somewhat soiled and edgeworn.
Inner front hinge broken.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

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#80166   £6.50   
30. His Holiness Pope John Paul ll
His Holiness Pope John Paul ll
by Joan Collins
Published by Ladybird Books in 1982
ISBN: 0721407331.
Octavo.
Pictorial laminated boards.
51 pages.
Written after the Pope's visit to Britain in 1982.
May be a first edition, but is more likely to be an early reprint.
Illustrated with photographs.
Very Good condition

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#94876   £2.50   
31. His Holiness Pope John Paul ll
His Holiness Pope John Paul ll
by Joan Collins
Published by Ladybird Books in 1982
ISBN: 0721407331.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Various school library labels and stamps.
Good condition

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#112214   £2.50   
32. His Holiness Pope John Paul ll
His Holiness Pope John Paul ll
by Joan Collins
1st edition, published by Ladybird Books in 1982
ISBN: 0721407331.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Fine condition

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#107089   £2.50   
33. Illalong Children
Illalong Children
by Paterson, Andrew Barton (Banjo)
with illustrations by Robert Lovett
Published by Lansdowne in 1985
ISBN: 0701818050.
The early years of A. B. Paterson, of "waltzing Matilda" fame.
Very Good condition

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#47756   £7.50   
34. Kate Greenaway
Kate Greenaway
by Rodney K. Engen
with illustrations by Kate Greenaway
Published by Academy Editions in 1976
Paperback.
Quarto.
68 pages.
A brief biography of Kate Greenaway, followed by reproductions of her illustrations.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition

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#119690   £10.00   
35. Kate Greenaway
Kate Greenaway
by Rodney K. Engen
Published by Academy Editions in 1977
ISBN: 0856703583.
Paperback.
104 pages.
A brief biography of Kate Greenaway, followed by 50 full-page reproductions of her illustrations.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Spine a little faded.
Crease on back cover.
Good condition

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#119689   £10.00   
36. Laureate's Progress
Laureate's Progress
by Quentin Blake
with illustrations by Quentin Blake
1st edition, published by Jonathan Cape in 2002
ISBN: 0224064819.
Quarto.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Fine condition

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#115410   £20.00   
37. Maid of Orleans
Maid of Orleans
by Elizabeth Kyle
with illustrations by Robert Hodgson
Reprint, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1959
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper worn and chipped.
Book itself close to VG.
Good condition

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#43897   £4.00   
38. Mary Slessor, The White Queen
Mary Slessor, The White Queen
by W.P. Livingstone
15th edition, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 1950
Octavo.
Light grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
127 pages.
Not illustrated.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and a little chipped.
Price clipped.
Light spotting on fore edges.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Good condition

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#107037   £2.50   
39. Pipers Hill
Pipers Hill
by Oliver Holt
with illustrations by Oliver Holt
1st edition, published by Marston House in 1992
ISBN: 0951770020.
Grey boards with gilt lettering.
Very Good condition

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#39234   £10.50   
40. Roald Dahl - A Biography
Roald Dahl - A Biography
by Chris Powling
with illustrations by Stephen Gulbis
1st Thus edition, published by Puffin in 1994
ISBN: 0140363025.
Paperback.
Slight wear to covers.
Very Good condition

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#84781   £4.00   
41. Roald Dahl - A Biography
Roald Dahl - A Biography
by Chris Powling
with illustrations by Stephen Gulbis
1st Thus edition, published by Puffin in 1994
ISBN: 0140363025.
Paperback.
79 pages.
Revised edition.
Spine faded.
Name written neatly on flyleaf.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

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#108451   £4.00   
42. Seal Morning
Seal Morning
by Rowena Farre
with illustrations by Raymond Sheppard
8th edition, published by Hutchinson in 1968
The account of the authors childhood spent in a remote Scottish croft, where, among other wild animals, she up a seal pup. Hutchinson's Educational Books. Endpapers renewed and no stamps visible.
Good condition

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#63145   £5.00   
43. Seven Houses - My Life with Books
Seven Houses - My Life with Books
by Bettina Hurlimann
1st edition, published by Bodley Head in 1976
ISBN: 0370103742.
Brown boards with gilt lettering.
Very Good condition

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#48027   £15.00   
44. Six Great Englishmen
Six Great Englishmen
by Aubrey de Selincourt
1st Thus edition, published by Puffin in 1960
Paperback.
219 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Bookplate on reverse of title page.
Contents slightly foxed.
Good condition

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#103336   £3.00   
45. So Far from the Bamboo Grove
So Far from the Bamboo Grove
by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
Published by Puffin in 1987
Paperback.
Fictionalised autobiography of a Japanese refugee at the end of World War II.
Very Good condition

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#61751   £5.00   
46. Sunnylea - A 1920s Childhood Remembered
Sunnylea - A 1920s Childhood Remembered
by Jean Metcalfe
with illustrations by Jean Metcalfe
1st Thus edition, published by Book Club Association in 1980
ISBN: 0718119231.
Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Very Good condition

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#119441   £7.50   
47. The Baden-Powell story.  The Boy's life of Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell
The Baden-Powell story. The Boy's life of Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell
by Geoffrey Bond
with illustrations by Kenneth Brookes
1st edition, published by Staples Press in 1955
Octavo.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
160 pages.
Covers clean and unmarked.
Prelims. and text block unmarked, white and firm.
Gift dedication on half-title from the St. Hilda's Wolf Cub Pack to David Hildreth, who had been named 'Cub of the year' for 1955.
Also included, are two letters and a postcard on the same subject.
Very Good condition

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#97522   £7.50   
48. The Blue Train - The Story of Anton Dolin
The Blue Train - The Story of Anton Dolin
by Joan Selby Lowndes
with illustrations by Mary Gernat
Published by Collins in 1954
Red cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Light wear to covers.
Good condition

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#118147   £5.00   
49. The Canal Boy who became President
The Canal Boy who became President
by Frederic T. Gammon
Reprint, published by Partridge circa 1915
Duodecimo.
Dark green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
152 pages.
A biography of James Garfield.
Four black and white engravings, including frontispiece and chapter headings and tailpieces.
16 pages of adverts at rear of book.
Light wear to covers.
Binding a little loose in places.
Short gift dedication on front paste down.
Front endpaper has been removed.
Pages generally clean and white, and unmarked.
Very Good condition

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#94561   £10.00   
50. The Dance Goes On
The Dance Goes On
by Marc Alexander
with illustrations by Graham and Jacquie Sargeant
1st edition, published by Leader books in 1980
ISBN: 0907159001.
White cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering.
143 pages.
The life and art of Elizabeth Twistington Higgins, MBE.
Forward by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#85604   £6.50   
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