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A Strange Term
By
Margaret C. Field
Circa 1935, Warne.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Maroon decoration on covers.
Covers worn and soiled.
Prize label inside front cover.
Pages tanned.
Good condition.
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A Young Person's Guide to Ballet
By
Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator
Georgette Bordier.
Reprint, 1975, Warne.
ISBN: 0723218145.
Quarto.
Pink cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on spine.
Minor wear to dustwrapper.
Dustwrapper price-clipped.
A little faint foxing to endpapers.
VG in other respects.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
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Alec Green
By
Silas Kitto Hocking
Reprint, circa 1900, Warne.
Red decorated covers, bevilled boards all edges gilt.
Spine split at left hand edge, clipped at both ends.
Front endpaper defaced with name stamp.
Contents generally clean and tight.
Reading condition.
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Beatrix Potter - The Complete Tales
By
Beatrix Potter
Illustrator
Beatrix Potter.
Reprint, 1997, Warne.
ISBN: 9780723258049.
Quarto.
Cream pictorial embossed cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on covers.
Silver decoration on covers.
400 pages.
Slipcase decoration matches dustwrapper design.
Fine condition with dust-wrapper.
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Chappie and the others
By
Constance Heward
Illustrator
Savile Lumley.
1st edition, 1926, Warne.
Sextodecimo.
Grey paper-covered boards.
Picture onlay to front cover.
54 pages.
Printed on art paper
Very pretty illustrations.
Spine strip missing.
Front and back covers have been closed together so that the contents are loose within the binding.
Pages crinkled in places due to contact with damp, but are otherwise clean and unmarked.
Reading condition.
12.
Christopher Faithful
By
Major C. Gilson
1st edition, 1941, Warne.
Octavo.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
256 pages.
Dustwrapper worn, with 1cm loss at spine ends.
Minor wear to edges of covers.
Prize label on front endpaper.
Light spotting on half title.
Pages clean, but slightly tanned.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
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Gripped
By
Silas Kitto Hocking
Illustrator
J. Gillingham.
4th edition, 1903, Warne.
Red bevilled boards, gilt lettering, some discoloration at top edge.
Front endpaper removed.
Prize label on front pate down.
Good condition.
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In Spite of Fate
By
Silas K. Hocking
Reprint, circa 1929, Warne.
Plain blue covers, worn at spine ends, black lettering.
Prize label on front paste down.
Good condition.
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Joan in Flowerland
By
Margaret W. Tarrant and Lewis Dutton
Illustrator
Margaret W. Tarrant.
Reprint, 1936, Warne.
Octavo.
Blue covers.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
60 pages.
16 colour plates.
First reprint, 1936, one year after first edition.
Dustwrapper worn at edges and unevenly faded.
Dustwrapper front flap price-clipped.
Covers clean and undamaged.
Neat gift dedication facing half-title.
Contents clean and unmarked.
Pages very slightly tanned.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
18.
Johnny Crow's Party
By
Leonard Leslie Brooke
Illustrator
Leonard Leslie Brooke.
Reprint, circa 1928, Warne.
Green paper-covered bevelled boards, picture onlay front cover, cream cloth spine.
Seven colour plates of eight present (frontispiece missing).
Numerous black and white drawings.
Covers worn and soiled, corners bumped.
Neat writing on half-title.
Occasional finger marking.
Good condition.
19.
Little Folks' Story Book
Warne.
Short stories and poems.
Pictorial glazed thick-card covers.
19cm x 14cm.
Two colour plates.
Numerous black and white drawings.
Undated; probably circa 1920.
Some wear to spine edges; VG in other respects.
Good condition.
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