Chlidren's Fiction

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1987. 84pp. Edges slightly worn. Small hole in front of DW. Corners lightly rubbed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Spirin, Gennady. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Melbourne: Childrens Book Council, 1982. Small stain on spine.. Good+. Chap Book. more information

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London: Dean & Son, 1992. 96pp. "...a unique collection of six of the most famous stories with poems from one of the all-time classics of literature for the very young." Internally in excellent condition but for ink inscription to ffep. Boards with only very minor edgewear at spine.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Ernest H. Shepard. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Blackie, 1986. 91pp. Numerous b&w illustrations and some colour plates. "A delightful collection of both traditional nursery rhymes and verse by popular children's poets, such as Walter de la Mare, Eleanor Farjeon and Hilaire Belloc." Book itself is in excellent condition but for some light foxing to top page edge. Jacket has some light edgewear, particularly at the bottom near the spine.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by Cicely Mary Barker. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Oxford University Press, 1973. Slight edgewear. 248p. . First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons. x, 314 pp. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine are just a little worn. Top edge tinted (dark green), fore-edge and bottom edge are bright and clean. Colour frontis, black-and-white drawings throughout. Includes works by Hugh Lofting, Washington Irving, Lafcadio Hearn, Padraic Colum, Peter Rosegger, Hans Anderson, Lucretia P. Hale, Zach. Topelius, Arthur Ransome, Kate M'Cosh Clark, Frieda A. Girdlestone, Edouard Laboulaye, Catherine Sinclair, Douglas Hyde, Carl Sandburg, Edmondo de Amicis, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Mary de Morgan, George W. Peck, F.V. Farmer, W.H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair, Sarah Orne Jewett, Rose Fyleman, Fred, Maria Edgeworth, Any Steedman, Leo Tolstoy, L.M. Alcott. This selection was originally included in "The World's Best Stories for Children".. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Honor C. Appleton. Small Octavo. more information

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Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1956. 60 pp. A few stains and scratches to bright illustrated boards. Corners bumped and frayed, as are ends of backpanel. Award ex libris (1957) pasted to ffep. Text block edges a little tanned. Overall tidy and attractive internally, although there are a few dog-ear creases and smudges. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London SW3 6RB, United Kingdom: Dean & Son, 1997. 484 pp. Very slight edgewear, unobtrusive wrinkling (done in production) to front cover, pages slightly browned around the edges. Interior crisp, clean, tightly bound. Contains "The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage", "The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat", and "The Mystery of the Secret Room". "The Five Find-Outers -- Larry, Daisy, Pip, Bets and Fatty, as well as Buster the dog -- solve three exciting mysteries, in spite of the efforts of PC Goon to stop them.". Reprint. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1990. 108 pp. DW, now protected, is very slightly wrinkled along the top. Corners of book are very slightly bumped. Book is unmarked, unwrinkled, tightly bound.. First. Laminated Pictorial. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Collins, 1973. "First printed in this new edition 1973" 160pp. Page edges lightly yellowed and foxed. Boards with very light general wear, corners lightly bumped, spine slightly faded.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London and Glasgow: Collins, 1973. 158 pp. Page edges and margins lightly yellowed. Boards yellowed at spine with some edgewear.. Revised. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Blackburn: Childerset, 1981. Corners lightly bumped.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Ryan, Ron. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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England: Windward, 1980. 95pp. Facsimilie reprint of handwritten and illustrated manuscript. B&W illustrations throughout. Light yellowing to page edges, spine of dustjacket a little sunned, otherwise in excellent overall condition.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1963. 304pp. Occasional colour plates. An introduction to Shakespeare for young readers. Usual library markings, binding is well-worn and starting to feel a little loose, but still holding together well. Generally very good condition internally, only occasional creases or light foxing. Boards with light to moderate general and edgewear.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Paul Hamlin, 1968. Corners cracked. Edges and cover worn.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Zabransky, Adolf. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books, 1976. Minor wear. Soft Cover. Good+. Illus. by Claxton, John. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Conran Octopus, 1989. Wear on top and bottom edges. Owner inscribed. Pictorial Cover. Good+/Good +. Illus. by Percy, Graham. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books, 1973. Small foxing. Hard Cover. Good+. Illus. by Fromm, Lilo. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1979. Owner inscribed. Childrens scribble on back endpapers. Otherwise near fine.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good+. Illus. by Linton, Anne. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. more information

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London: Julia Macrae Books, 1987. 64 pp. Two or three tiny wrinkles to ffep, nearly invisible dents to bottom edge.. First. Hard Cover, Pictorial. Very Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by John Dillow. Small Octavo. more information

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Great Britain: Gollancz, 1975. 224pp. Internally excellent, boards with very minor edgewear at spine. Dustjacket lightly scuffed and sunned at spine.. First. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. 'English text by Michiel Timmerman and Marilyn Watts.' Very light external wear to boards, particularly at corners.. First English. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. Wear along edges. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Faure, Michael. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. Wear along edges. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Faure, Michael. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. Wear along edges.. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Faure, Michael. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Bodley Head, 1977. 220 pp. Contents: Graham Greene, The Lieutenant Died Last; A. Conan Doyle, The Story of Spedegue's Dropper; Saki, The Pirate of the Round Pond; Lord Dunsany, The Frying-Pan and the Fire; John Buchan, Mr Bostock's Backsliding; Arthur Morrison, The Flowering of the Strange Orchid; H. G. Wells, The Toll-House; W. W. Jacobs, The Portmanteau; Richard Marsh, That Little Square Box; A. Conan Doyle, The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky; Stephen Crane, The News in English; Graham Greene, Background Notes. "A Book for New Adults".. First. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Avenel. Edges worn. Corners bumped.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Gruelle, Johnny. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. more information

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London: Methuen Children's Books, 1978. 217 pp. DW not clipped, but sticker ghost to front flap. Edges of DW slightly wrinkled. Book has green cloth covers, gilt lettering to spine. Small dent in front cover. 96 line drawings and an endpaper map by the author. First in a series of four historical novels for older children, set in fifteenth-century London. (The fourth in the series, The Wool-Pack, won the 1951 Carnegie Medal).. Reprint. Cloth. Good+/Good+. Illus. by Cynthia Harnett. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1954. Worn along edges. Owner inscribed.. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. Illus. by Hartman, John. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968. Corners rubbed slightly. Faint scribble on rear fep.. Hard Cover. Good+. Illus. by Hess, Lilo. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1986. Unpaginated. Very unobtrusive dents to bottom edges of boards. Otherwise fine.. First. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Quentin Blake. Small Octavo. more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1979. 'These tales first appeared in Puffin Annual 1974.' Internally fine except for a small ink scribble on one page. Boards are very lightly worn, particularly at corners.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Bayley, Nicola. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York: Looking Glass Library, 1960. 167 pp. Dustjacket, now protected in archival mylar, is not price clipped but is stained and has edgewear including rubbing, chips and small tears. Most tears are closed, but there is a little loss to extremities of backstrip. Yellow pictorial boards are worn through to cardboard at corners. Faint foxing to upper edge of text block; fore-edge and lower edge a little worn. Internally clean and solidly bound. Inscribed and dated by Richard Hughes on ffep. Illustrated with charming b/w drawings.. Inscribed by Author. First. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Charlton, George. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Dean & Son. Corners Bumped.. Hard Cover. Good+. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. more information

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London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1988. 106 pgs. Jacket, now protected, has very light wrinkling along top and bottom. Not price clipped. Book has occasional very light foxing on first dozen or so pages and slight yellowing to foreedge. Stories include The Door in the Air, The Two Sisters, The Bridge Builder, A Work of Art, The Wind Between the Stars, Perdita and Maddy, The House of Coloured Windows, The Hookywalker Dancers, The Magician in the Tower.. First. Cloth Over Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Diana Catchpole. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Aurum Books for Children, 1988. 3-inch tear in dj. light edgeware. Otherwie very good. Coners lightly rubbed.. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Henwood, Simon. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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London: Macmillan, 1980. 333 pp. Dustwrapper, now protected, is not price-clipped. Edgewear to dw, especially a little chipping at top and bottom of backstrip panel, which is sunned. Bound-in placekeeping ribbon. Facsimile of the 1910 original.. First Thus. Cloth Over Board. Very Good/Good+. Illus. by H. R. Millar . Small Octavo. more information

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North Ryde: Angus & Robertson, 1990. Cover slightly worn around edges. Corners slightly bumped.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by McLean-Carr, Carol. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. more information

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London: Faber and Faber, 1987. 79, pp. Dustjacket, now protected in archival mylar, is not price clipped but has very slight edgewear. Page edges uniformly yellowed.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Tom Stacey, 1971. 92 pp. Green cloth boards a little soiled, with edgewear including a small dent to lower front edge. Slight foxing to edges of text block. Faint foxing to endpapers and half-title page. Otherwise, interior is bright, clean and tightly bound. Colour plates, drawings by Harrison Cady.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. more information

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Sydney: John Sands. Bumped corners. Bookstore stamped.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Cunningham, W. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Oxford University Press, 1970. 62 pgs. Cover has a few small dents along the bottom front edge. Contents: Snow-White and Rose-Red; Rapunzel; Simple Jack; The Cock, the Cat and the Scythe; The Biggest Turnip in the World; The Witch's Castle; A Story With No End.. First. Laminated Pictorial. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Irwin, Stewart. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Kalorama: Aussie World Enterprises, 1995. Cover lightly crased. Light wear.. Soft Cover. Good+. Illus. by Bruere, Julian. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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New York: E. P. Dutton, 1989. 136 pp. Dustjacket, now protected in archival mylar, is not clipped but has a little wrinkling and chipping to edges. Remainder mark to lower edge of book. Reinforced library binding (but not ex-lib). Internally clean and solidly bound. Young Adult fiction about the Greek Civil War.. First American. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder. more information

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Richmond: Hutchinson Group (Australia), 1979. Wrapper worn along edges. Top edge of boards lightly worn.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good +. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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Glasgow: Blackie & Son , 1978. Some spotting, Corners bumped. Small crack in spine.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Dapra, Regine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Fitzroy: The Five Mile Press, 1989. 38 pp. Edgewear and a few light creases and indentations to laminated illustrated wraps. Spine uncreased. Whited-out name to first page. Messy crease to p. 1. Internally bright, unmarked and solidly bound.. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Sibley, Irena. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: HarperCollins, 1996. First published in France in 1991. Internally excellent, very minor edgwear to boards.. First English. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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London: Kaye & Ward, 1975. 61 pp. Very large type. Early Bird Series. Cover and rear endpapers a little worn and very slighty grubby. Tightly bound, uncreased, unmarked.. Reprint. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Illus. by Dinan, Carolyn. 12mo - 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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New York: Golden Press, 1963. 152 pp. Corners slightly bumped. Clean, bright and tightly bound. Colour, duotone and black-and-white illustrations throughout. . Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A. And M. Provensen, Harlow Rockwell, Aline and Marvin Oberman, Jean Winslow, Susanne and Charles Dolesch, J. P. Miller, Denver Gillen, Robert J. Lee, Sir John Terriel, Hans Helweg. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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