Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
696 pages.
A collection of short stories.
Authors include: Sewell, Lear, Belloc, Thackery, Browning, Andersen, Grimm and Carroll.
Spine slightly faded.
Very Good condition

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Edited by Mrs Craik.
Quarto.
Pink cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
By the Author of "John Halifax, Gentleman".
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Covers worn at edges and slightly stained.
Neat name on front endpaper.
Pages tanned.
Good condition

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Grey boards with dark blue lettering.
Picture onlay front cover.
Illustrated with black and white line drawings, both full page and in text, plus four colour plates.
Covers soiled and a little worn.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition

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A collection of modern and traditional stories.
Dark brown boards with gold lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Book itself VG.
Good condition

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Quarto.
Maroon cloth-covered boards.
White lettering on covers.
Contains stories from Andersen and Grimm.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, with some loss at corners and spine ends, and reinforced at rear with plain paper.
Edges of covers worn and scuffed.
Upper corner of front endpaper clipped.
Contents faintly tanned, but otherwise generally VG.
Good condition

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Quarto.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Contains three stories:
Top of the World, by John Rowe Townsend, illustrated by Nikki Jones,
The Demon Bike Rider, by Robert Leeson, illustrated by Jim Russell, and
A Year and a Day, by William Mayne, illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Segment torn from top front edge of dustwrapper.
Generally VG in other respects.
Good condition

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16cm x 11cm.
Black and white frontispiece.
Covers slightly marked.
Good condition

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Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Blue cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
201 pages.
Light wear to edges of covers and spine.
Neat gift dedication on front endpaper.
Contents faintly tanned, but otherwise VG.
Good condition

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Octavo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on spine.
110 pages.
Twenty four short stories intended as bedtime stories for younger children.
Dustwrapper a little edge-worn.
Front endpaper has been removed.
Inscription by author (signed 'from the Author') and a signature on the title page.
Good condition

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Quarto.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Green cloth spine.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Undated, probably 1930s.
Dustwrapper worn, with some loss at edges repaired with plain paper.
Light wear to covers.
Pages evenly tanned.
Good condition

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ISBN: 0434925853.
Twenty-eight retellings of favourite tales, illustrated with black and white drawings.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Front endpaper missing.
Contents VG.
Good condition

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'The Stephen Southwold Tales'.
Dark green boards with gilt lettering and decorations.
Colour frontispiece.
Black and white illustrations in text.
Slight wear to edges of covers.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Some foxing to prelims, and a few fingermarks to contents.
Good condition

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ISBN: 0434958549.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Gilt decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and a little faded.
Some foxing to top edge of page block (contents not affected).
Good condition

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Quarto.
Gold paper-covered boards.
Yellow cloth spine.
Black lettering on spine.
Black decoration on spine.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Some of the characters and stories might be considered politically incorrect, by contemporary standards.
Covers worn at edges and scuffed.
Dedication on reverse of front endpaper.
Belongs To box completed.
Address at top of first page.
A number of the line drawings have been coloured in neatly, but rather garishly.
Contents otherwise in good condition.
Reading condition

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ISBN: 0434925853.
"Favorite fairy tales retold for the very young."
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Lalels removed from front endpaper.
Small stamp on reverse of title page.
Access number on title page.
Contents VG.
Good condition

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Quarto.
Brown cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn at edges.
Book itself close to VG.
Good condition

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Octavo.
Light blue pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
128 pages.
Five short stories plus sixteen
pages of publisher's adverts at the rear.
No authors credited.
Flower pattern on front cover and spine.
Gilt blocked titling on spine.
Patterned endpapers.
Black and white frontispiece.
Slight signs of wear at corner's and sides of spine.
Name and address opposite half title.
Very Good condition

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ISBN: 0863072569.
Octavo.
Blue laminated boards.
91 pages.
Twelve stories, six traditional tales.
Also includes two Old Testament stories, two tales taken from the Northern myths, and a story from Hiawatha.
12 colour illustrations and a number of black and white drawings in the text.
Illustrator not attributed.
Very Good condition

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ISBN: 9780192782243.
Paperback.
Light wear to covers.
Neat gift dedication on title page.
Good condition

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Quarto.
Green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
87 pages.
Illustrated with line drawings, some by Beryl Reid.
A collection of stories about fairies, told to her children by a mother at bedtime.
Covers worn, with some scuffing at edges.
Name written on front endpaper.
Contents VG.
Good condition

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Red cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Dustwrapper a little worn at edges, chipped at spine ends.
Neat dedication on front pastedown.
Pages slightly tanned.
A series of small (2cm x 2cm) photographs of a cricketer bowling, have been stuck to the top corners of some pages to form a 'flick' book.
Condition would otherwise have been VG.
Good condition

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Seven stories.
Blue, decorated boards.
Fourteen black and white plates.
Covers soiled and front cover unevenly faded towards corners.
Spine badly faded.
Some plates loose (but all present).
Good condition

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Quarto.
Cream cloth-covered boards.
95 pages.
Six short stories.
Numerous black and white illustrations.
Colour frontispiece missing.
Five remaining colour plates all in place.
A few light marks on covers.
Neat gift dedication on title page.
Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.
Good condition

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ISBN: 024112011X.
Black boards with silver lettering on spine.
Review copy.
A collection of short stories from Jamaica.
Very Good condition

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Duodecimo.
Red cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
257 pages.
Contains four short stories.
Two page catalogue at rear of book.
Light wear to covers.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Generally close to 'Very Good'.
Good condition

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