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201. The Emigrants
The Emigrants
by Helen Sandall and Elizabeth Henniker Heaton
with illustrations by Jane Paton
1st edition, published by Methuen in 1963
Blue covers, silver lettering.
Old sellotape marks on front and back covers and pastedowns.
Labels removed from front endpaper.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#80282   £3.00   
202. The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes
by Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by Virginia Lee Burton
Reprint, published by Scholastic in 1972
Paperback.
Some wear to covers.
Pages slightly tanned.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#107616   £5.00   
203. The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes
by Hans Christian Andersen
with illustrations by Angela Barrett
Published by Walker Books in 1997
ISBN: 0744537533.
Translated by Naomi Lewis.
Quarto.
Maroon covers.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Slight damage at top of dustwrapper spine.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#113475   £7.50   
204. The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes
by Kaye Umansky
Published by A & C Black in 1999
ISBN: 0713646241.
Paperback.
Quarto.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#115921   £2.50   
205. The Flying Bed
The Flying Bed
by Nancy Willard
with illustrations by John Thompson
1st Thus edition, published by Scholastic in 2007
ISBN: 9780590256100.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
The Blue Sky Press, imprint of Scholastic Inc.
Printed on art paper.
Copiously illustrated.
Many illustrations full-page.
Author a Newbery Prize winner.
Very Good condition

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#102842   £15.00   
206. The Fourth Engineer
The Fourth Engineer
by Lawrence R. Bourne
with illustrations by Rowland Hilder
Reprint, published by Oxford University Press in 1939
Front endpaper renewed. Coloured frontispiece and six black and white illustrations. Pictorial dustwrapper has old sellotape marks at top of spine and at bottom of back plus a small piece missing from bottom front. Book has pale blue binding with dark blue lettering and decoration. Book itself is V/G.
Good condition

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#63397   £10.50   
207. The Giants and how to fight them
The Giants and how to fight them
by Rev. Robert Newton
1st edition, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1904
Blue covers with black lettering and decoration.
Colour frontispiece and title page.
Line drawings in text.
Covers worn and a little marked.
Spine faded.
Front inner hinge cracked.
Prize label on front paste-down.
Pages tanned.
Reading condition

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#67242   £4.00   
208. The Giants and how to fight them
The Giants and how to fight them
by Rev. Robert Newton
Reprint, published by Thomas Nelson and Sons in 1911
Octavo.
dark blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Gilt blocked lettering on spine.
117 pages.
Colour frontispiece and title picture.
Body of book illustrated in black and white.
The giants of the title are sins which must be vanquished.
Covers clean, binding tight.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Very Good condition

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#103688   £5.00   
209. The girl who knew
The girl who knew
by Sandra Glover
1st Thus edition, published by Corgi in 2001
ISBN: 0552546992.
Paperback.
Fine condition

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#102626   £2.00   
210. The Great Recycling Adventure - A Lift-a-Flap look at old things made new
The Great Recycling Adventure - A Lift-a-Flap look at old things made new
by Jan McHarry
with illustrations by Edmond Davis and Piers Sanford
1st edition, published by Watts Books in 1994
ISBN: 0749618507.
Pop-ups and mechanisms in working order.
Very Good condition

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#70743   £10.50   
211. The Heroes (The Argonauts and Theseus)
The Heroes (The Argonauts and Theseus)
by Charles Kingsley
with illustrations by A. A. Dixon
Reprint, published by Blackie circa 1935
Stories Old and New series.
Duodecimo.
Beige cloth-covered boards.
Green lettering on covers.
Green decoration on covers.
157 pages.
Four colour plates.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and has 1 to 3cm loss along top edge of pack panel.
Covers clean and undamaged.
Book plate on front paste down.
Prize dedication dated 1948 on front endpaper (book itself mid-1930s).
Pages slightly tanned.
Plates clean and undamaged.
Very Good condition

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#106057   £7.50   
212. The House of the Bittern
The House of the Bittern
by Pamela Ropner
with illustrations by Kathleen Williams
1st edition, published by Hart Davies in 1965
Endpapers renewed.
Norfolk setting.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#52613   £6.50   
213. The house without windows
The house without windows
by Barbara Newhall Follett
with illustrations by Jackie Morris
1st Thus edition, published by Hamish Hamilton in 2019
ISBN: 9781785176821.
Dark blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Signed by the illustrator.
Fine condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#116427   £10.00   
214. The Illustrated Book of Ballet Stories
The Illustrated Book of Ballet Stories
by Barbara Newman
with illustrations by Gill Tomblin
Reprint, published by Dorling Kindersley in 1997
ISBN: 0751356158.
Quarto.
Laminated boards.
Dusgtwrapper rather worn.
Book itself close to VG.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#111190   £3.50   
215. The Islanders
The Islanders
by John Rowe Townsend
1st Thus edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1983
Laminated covers.
Top of spine strip damaged.
Life on isolated island threatened by newcomers.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#59491   £3.00   
216. The Jenius
The Jenius
by Dick King-Smith
with illustrations by Peter Firmin
Reprint, published by Puffin in 1998
ISBN: 0140389482.
Paperback.
Covers worn and creased.
Pages slightly dog-eared.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#109866   £2.00   
217. The Joyce Mercer edition of Andersen and Grimm
The Joyce Mercer edition of Andersen and Grimm
by Brothers Grimm and Hans Andersen
with illustrations by Joyce Mercer
1st edition, published by Hutchinson in 1930
Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Dark green lettering on covers.
Undated, believed to be 1930 1st edition.
Spine base reads "New Century Press", title page shows Hutchinson & Co. as publishers.
Pictorial endpapers.
Sixteen colour plates by Joyce Mercer, plus numerous black and white illustrations.
Covers lightly worn, with some pale marks.
Spine worn.
Corners bumped.
Binding sound.
Name at top edge of front endpaper.
Pages tanned, with some intermittent foxing.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#115422   £100.00   
218. The Ladybird Book of the Weather
The Ladybird Book of the Weather
by F. E. Newing and Richard Bowood
with illustrations by Robert Ayton
Published by Wills & Hepworth in 1962
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#113243   £3.00   
219. The Ladybird Book of the Weather
The Ladybird Book of the Weather
by F. E. Newing and Richard Bowood
with illustrations by Robert Ayton
1st edition, published by Wills & Hepworth in 1962
Light brown paper-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#111373   £5.00   
220. 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   
221. The Mist Lizard
The Mist Lizard
by Marc Alexander
1st edition, published by Muller in 1977
Pages tanned.
Good condition

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#65068   £6.50   
222. The Monster Garden
The Monster Garden
by Vivien Alcock
1st Thus edition, published by Heinemann in 1989
Laminated pictorial covers. New Windmill.
Good condition

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#62636   £5.00   
223. The New Abbey Girls
The New Abbey Girls
by Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
Published by Children's Press in 1959
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Red spine.
Covers a little worn at edges.
Corners slightly bumped.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

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#116887   £7.50   
224. The New Abbey Girls
The New Abbey Girls
by Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
Reprint, published by Children's Press in 1959
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Abridged edition.
Very Good condition

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#71390   £7.50   
225. The New Abbey Girls
The New Abbey Girls
by Elsie Jeanette Oxenham
Reprint, published by Children's Press in 1969
Octavo.
Pictorial laminated boards.
124 pages.
Abridged edition.
Name written at top of front endpaper.
Pages evenly tanned.
Very Good condition

(Search score: high, Confidence: high)
#97399   £7.50   
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