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London: George E. Harrap, 1953. Book in very good condition, a little fading along tip of top edge, top part of spine and a narrow strip on back cover, internally book is in fine condition and is a tight copy. Dustjacket in fair condition, outer corner edges and spine ends are rubbed, 1½" and ½" closed tears at bottom front edge, and ½" closed tear at top front edge. 256pp, including bibliography and index. With 25 black-and-white photographs and 83 line drawings ... more information

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London: Victor Gollancz, 1994. Book in very good condition, just very slightly bumped at bottom spine edge, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine slightly faded, title on spine is still bright. 185pp. With 12 full-page pencil drawings by Claudio Munoz. The author was the wife of the Administrator of Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk. She recalls what goes on behind the scene of stately homes. Restraining over-enthusiastic visitors (and their children) or frantically preparing for ... more information

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Gloucester, U.K: Alan Sutton, 1986. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in good condition, two 1" closed tears on front cover one by top of spine and the other by top front edge. vii, 112pp. With numerous colour photographs throughout the book plus some drawings. Introduction by Michael Wood. The book is presented as it was written. The story is in manuscript, not typeset: the photographs are Miss Pennell's own. The result is an account of 2,000 years of history in a small Cotswold village ... more information

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London: Butler and Tanner, 1953. Book in in very good condition, spine ends very slightly bumped. Previous owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Dustjacket in very good condition, except for small piece missing by top edge of spine. 55 pages. With seventy-seven drawings by William Bullough. The book sets out to introduce children between seven and eleven years of age, to animals-without-backbones among them jellyfish, worms, woodlice and butterflies. Accounts are given what the animal looks like... more information

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London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1978. Book in very good condition. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in fair condition, 2" closed tear at bottom back cover and with a few small closed tears at top and bottom edges (see picture). Price clipped. 78pp. With numerous delightful colour drawings made by Kate Greenaway for her little book 'Language of Flowers' which was published in 1884. They are in their original size and are reprinte... more information

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London: Heinemann, 1981. Book in very good condition, a few spots of foxing at top edge, no foxing on pages, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in good condition, front and back covers have very small white marks on them where the d/j has been rubbed, two small closed tears at bottom front edge. Price clipped. xvi, 171pp. Numerous illustrations and drawings in text. From d/j flap - "Designed for schoolteachers in charge of coaching boys. A guide to the skills and tactics of Associat... more information

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London: Faber and Faber, 1984. Book in fine condition. 63pp. With 10 double page colour illustrations. With a foreword by the Archbishop of Canterbury. On a rainy afternoon Captain Beaky, Batty Bat, Timid Toad, Reckless Rat and Hissing Sid listen to the teaching of Jesus when Artful Owl reads the Woodland Bible to them. (11½"h x 8"w) (29cms x 20.5cms) approx. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. ... more information

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London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1992. Book in very good condition, pages very slightly tanned around edges. Pages 188-190 and 192-194 are uncut for about ½" by bottom front edge. Dustjacket in fine condition. 229pp. The author arrived in London in 1964 with his wife, song-writer Fran for a one year talent tune-up with two anxious children, all the wrong clothes, a trunk full of unproduced manuscripts - and Peter Cook's phone number. He traces from a personal point of view the emergence... more information

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London: The Children's Press. Undated c.1950s? Book in very good condition, no marks or tears, edges of pages slightly tanned. Dustjacket in very good condition, spine ends and front corner edges slightly rubbed, two small tears at top edge, slightly creased at top front edge. 188pp. With drawings at start of each chapter. Children's adventure story.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

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London: Ebury Press, 1985. Book in very good condition, a very tiny dent at bottom front edge. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Dustjacket in very good condition, two tiny tears one at bottom front edge, other on front inside flap. 95pp. With numerous colour illustrations, plus some black-and-white illustrations. From d/j flap - "All aspects of the Teddy world are covered - from stories of the most famous makers to the endearing characters and charisma of the individual bears themsel... more information

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London: Scholastic Children's Books, 1994. Very slightly rubbed at outer front corner edges, internally in fine condition. 138pp. Sixty of the best known and loved creators of children's books. Two pages on each of the 38 authors and 22 author/illustrators, plus a photo of each one. Including: Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, Raymond Briggs, Quentin Blake, Janet Hissey and others. Cover illustration by Quentin Blake. (11"h x 8"w) (28cms x 21.5cms) approx. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Ve... more information

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London: Abelard-Schuman, 1972. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, slightly rubbed along top edge, and 1" closed tear on back cover by spine edge. 192pp. Novel for young people set on the Mediterranean island of Gozo.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. ... more information

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London: Bloomsbury, 2005. Book in very good plus condition, just very slightly bumped at spine ends, otherwise in fine condition. Pictorial boards. Dustjacket in good condition, 1" closed tear at top front edge and slightly rubbed at spine ends. 607pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. ... more information

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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985. First edition. 64pp. With 22 delightful colour illustrations by the author and 5 pencil drawings. Hardcover. Book in fine condition. Price clipped. Dustjacket in very good+ condition. (10"h x 8"w). The pictures are introduced by Lionel Lambourne. Each picture is accompanied by a verse, taken from John Milton, Ben Johnson, and William Shakespeare and others. Amelia Jane Murray, was born in 1800 on the Isle of Man, and she lived for nearly a century, she p... more information

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London: W.H. Allen, 1972. Book in very good condition. Dustjacket in very good condition.x, 302pp. Frontispiece plus 21 illustrations. Caruso the world's greatest tenor was born in Naples in 1873, one of twenty-one children, he was born into squalid poverty, and his mother starved to give him his first singing lesson. His success was spectacular and was courted by kings and emperors, He travelled the world and was adored by millions. He knew sixty-four operas by heart and spoke seven languages, but h... more information

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London: Sanctuary Pub, 1998. 335pp, including index. Hardcover in fine condition. Dustjacket in near fine condition, very slightly rubbed at spine ends. With 24 pages of illustrations. From d/j flap - 'Wagner, was born in 1947, and grew up in a Bayreuth occupied by American soldiers and full of secret Nazi sympathisers, including his grandmother who was an intimate friend of the Fruhrer and a frequent host in the Wagner villa. His personal development moves through left-wing political activism in 1968, ... more information

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Da Capo Press, 2003. Book in very good condition, bottom spin edge very slightly bumped. Dustjacket in very good condition, very slightly bumped at top spine edge. 253pp. With 33 colour and 2 black-and-white photographs, and 2 maps. From d/j flap - " Two former schoolteachers one from Norway the other from America set out to become the first two women to cross the continent of Antarctica on foot. They would have to walk, ski, and ski-sail for nearly three months in temperatures as cold as -3... more information

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Stourbridge, U.K: Mark and Moody, 1961. Three brown marks at sides of spine at the front and back where the book has been stapled (the covers hide the staples) 142pp. With frontispiece and 5 photographs of the children and teacher Mrs. Olwen Harris, plan of Ruskin Villa (opposite Cradley Heath railway station), and plan also of the Glen (Glenholme) No. 9 in Sydney Road, Cradley Heath, West Midlands. the house Mrs. Harris lived in after leaving Ruskin Villa. A teacher's diary starting the 1st... more information

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London: Bloomsbury, 1990. Book in fine condition. Dustjacket in very good condition, ¼" closed tear at back top corner edge, t veyr slight edgewear at top spine edge. 292pp, including bibliography and index. With 31 black-and-white photographs. From d/j flap - "For ten months before the Second World War, there was an organised movement of mainly Jewish children out of Nazi Europe. The children were bundled onto trains, waved goodbye to their parents and set off across Germany and Holla... more information

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London: Julia MacRea Books, 1990. Book in very good condition, bottom spine edge very slightly bumped, internally in fine condition. Dustjacket in good condition, neat closed tear near back spine edge which goes from the top back edge to within two inches of the bottom edge. 111pp. With numerous delightful pencil drawings throughout the book by Caroline Crossland. Lucy and Jane's adventures in Codling Village. Each chapter is a complete story about familiar events - birthdays, pets, Christmas,... more information

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