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226. The Gift
The Gift
by V. Suteyev
with illustrations by V. Suteyev
Published by Foreign Languages Publishing House Moscow circa 1955
Translated from the Russian by Ivy Litinova.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Yellow pictorial covers.
"Literature for Children and Youth. For Tiny Tots."
One of a series of books produced in the Soviet Union during the 1950s for export.
An activity book containing flaps, pictures to colour, puzzles etc.
Light wear to covers and edges.
The detached, moveable strip for the "TV" page is present and in good working order.
The moveable strip for the "train" page is missing.
The various flaps and "cut here" lines have been used but, apart from the missing strip noted above, all the parts appear present and in working order.
Two of the puzzles have been completed.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#99518   £7.50   
227. The Glassblower's Children
The Glassblower's Children
by Maria Gripe
with illustrations by Harald Gripe
1st Thus edition, published by Target in 1976
ISBN: 0426112288.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#119869   £4.00   
228. The Good Housekeeping Children's Party Book
The Good Housekeeping Children's Party Book
by Mary Breen
with illustrations by Nora S. Unwin and Hamilton Greene
Reprint, published by Gramol in 1947
Blue cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
Light wear to covers, and uneven fading at edges
Foxing to fore edge.
Contents good.
Good condition

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#119995   £4.00   
229. The Great Book for Children
The Great Book for Children
Published by Oxford University Press circa 1930
Edited by Mrs Herbert Strang.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Pictorial endpapers.
Covers worn and a little scuffed.
Occasional foxing.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#106203   £4.50   
230. The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales For My Children
The Heroes or Greek Fairy Tales For My Children
by Charles Kingsley
Published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1903
Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
White decoration on covers.
208 pages.
16 pages of adverts at rear.
Light wear to covers.
Spine slightly faded.
Endpapers tanned.
Contents generally VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#114090   £12.50   
231. The Hide and Seek Story Book
The Hide and Seek Story Book
1st edition, published by Blackie and Son Limited circa 1931
Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Grey spine.
Picture on upper board by Caroline Hall.
Colour frontispiece by Mabel Spurrier.
Eight other full page colour illustrations.
Black and white drawings in the text.
These and the stories and poems are all by different artists and authors.
Covers close to Fine.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper (book dated from this).
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

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#104422   £20.00   
232. The Ivory Elephant's Orchard
The Ivory Elephant's Orchard
by David Gamble
with illustrations by Val Biro
1st edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton in 1983
Laminated pictorial covers.
Small quarto.
A story to persuade children to clean their teeth.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#63470   £7.50   
233. The Jack and Jill Annual Book 1961
The Jack and Jill Annual Book 1961
Published by Amalgamated Press in 1959
Quarto.
Pictorial glazed boards.
Red cloth spine.
79 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
'Belongs to' box filled in.
Not price-clipped.
Three of the small puzzles have been completed.
Very Good condition

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#101720   £7.50   
234. The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
Published by MDS Books in 2003
"The Children's Golden Library".
Fine condition

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#65000   £7.50   
235. The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
by Rudyard Kipling
1st Thus edition, published by MDS Books in 2003
ISBN: 849789054X.
1st book in The Children's Library series.
Octavo.
Laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
159 pages.
Fine condition

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#103585   £3.50   
236. The Little Fishes
The Little Fishes
by Erik Christian Haugaard
with illustrations by Milton Johnson
Reprint, published by Heinemann in 1983
ISBN: 0435121448.
New Windmill series.
Laminated covers.
Front endpaper missing.
Three children journey from Naples to Cassino in 1943.
Good condition

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#59261   £5.00   
237. The Little Golden Annual 1977
The Little Golden Annual 1977
Published by World Distributors in 1976
ISBN: 0723503923.
48mo.
Yellow pictorial laminated boards.
44 pages.
Ten stories and poems with different authors and illustrators, suitable for bedtime reading.
Top 2cm. of spine strip missing.
Top right hand corners chewed.
Name and address written on front pastedown, of which the name and first line have been scraped away, leaving the bare board.
Contents clean and white, and close to VG.
Reading condition

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#96658   £3.00   
238. The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
by Iona and Peter Opie
Reprint, published by Oxford University Press in 1960
Octavo.
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
417 pages.
Dustwrapper a little worn at edges.
Dustwrapper spine sunned.
Binding sound.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

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#113776   £25.00   
239. The Luck of the Bean Rows - A Fairy-Tale for Lucky Children
The Luck of the Bean Rows - A Fairy-Tale for Lucky Children
by Charles Nodier
with illustrations by Claude Lovat Fraser
Published by Daniel O'Connor in 1921
Decorated paper covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Small colour illustrations in text.
Covers a little worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Pages lightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#48422   £10.00   
240. The Mabinogion
The Mabinogion
by Sarla Mehta
with illustrations by Sarah Hopkins
1st Thus edition, published by Langdon in 1990
Paperback; laminated thin card covers.
"From Merlin's box, the first branch of The Mabinogion."
An English language version of the first branch of The Mabinogion, presented in a strip cartoon format for children.
Very Good condition

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#68161   £12.50   
241. The man who caught the wind
The man who caught the wind
by Margaret Gibbs
with illustrations by May Smith
1st edition, published by Chapman and Hall in 1936
Quarto.
Beige cloth-covered boards with black lettering.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
136 pages.
Stories from Children's Hour.
Small bump to the bottom right hand corner.
Slight damage to the top of the spine.
Dustwrapper has three centimetres missing from spine ends.
Neat gift dedication on the front endpaper, plus partially erased name written in a childish script.
All of the fourteen black and white illustrations have been very carefully painted.
Good condition

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#85882   £25.00   
242. The Merry-go-Round and Other Verses for Children
The Merry-go-Round and Other Verses for Children
by Robina Singer
with illustrations by H. A. Powell
Published by Knights Press circa 1930
Paperback.
A collection of rhymes and verses for children.
Illustrated with line drawings.
Covers somewhat worn at edges, with some marking.
Contents generally clean, but with a few fingermarks.
Illustration on p17 neatly coloured in.
Good condition

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#79553   £10.50   
243. The Napkin Rabbit
The Napkin Rabbit
by Amanda Jane Wood
with illustrations by Maggie Downer
1st edition, published by Templar in 1993
With instructions to make your own napkin rabbit.
Very Good condition

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#60685   £5.00   
244. The Newspaper Children
The Newspaper Children
by Mary de la Mahotiere
with illustrations by Michael Manning
1st edition, published by Lutterworth in 1959
Spine faded.
Very Good condition

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#54426   £6.50   
245. The Old-fashioned Children's Story Book
The Old-fashioned Children's Story Book
by Zena Flax
Published by Franklin Watts in 1979
ISBN: 0851666973.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Minor wear to dustwrapper.
Neat gift dedication on reverse of title page.
Very Good condition

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#118414   £7.50   
246. The Old-fashioned Children's Story Book
The Old-fashioned Children's Story Book
by Zena Flax
Reprint, published by Franklin Watts in 1979
Small quarto, cloth covers, pictorial dustwrapper.
Very Good condition

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#64051   £10.50   
247. The Oxford Annual for Children
The Oxford Annual for Children
Published by Oxford University Press in 1933
Quarto.
Six colour plates, numerous small illustrations in the text.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Dark green decoration on covers.
Covers slightly soiled.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Very Good condition

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#104441   £25.00   
248. The Oxford Book of Children's Verse
The Oxford Book of Children's Verse
by Iona and Peter Opie
Published by Book Club Associates in 1984
Black cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Good condition

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#119075   £5.00   
249. The Oxford Children's Thesaurus
The Oxford Children's Thesaurus
Published by Oxford University Press in 2015
ISBN: 9780192744029.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Very Good condition

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#118020   £4.00   
250. The Practical Encyclopedia for Children
The Practical Encyclopedia for Children
Reprint, published by Odhams circa 1938
Red blind-embossed leatherette boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Pictorial endpapers.
Light wear to covers.
Contents good.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#110082   £3.00   
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