MILNE A A

The Christopher Robin Verses, Being 'when We Were Very young' and 'now We are six' with a Preface for Parents

London, Methuen. 1946, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: E H Shepard. fifth edition, red cloth with black border and silhouette of Christopher Robin with fishing rod, corners lightly bumped, small area white out to fep, 12 col plates + line illustrations in text by E H Shepard, xi 210pp DW price clipped with 55mm loss to tail of spine, spine rubbed, edge wear and minor edge chipping. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 012620

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Christopher Robin When We Were Very Young Now We Are Six Winnie the Pooh E H Shepard

HENTY G A

Cuthbert Hartington a Tale of Two Sieges of Paris

London, Partridge. First Edition. Decorative Boards, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. undated assumed first edition, chocolate brown cloth with decorative titling and figures of a nurse and soldier in colour, rubbed and worn to edges and joints, some surface rubbing to the illustration colours, starting to fray to head of spine, All Edges Gilt, hinges weak and opened, will need either regluing to stiffen it up or resewing, endpapers age browned or foxed, six illustrations in black and white, 292pp, facing first text page is adverts for 'Books for the boys', if resewn would probably be graded at VG, some minor fingermarking to pages otherwise internally tidy, scarce Henty title. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011837

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Historical Fiction Paris France Henty Victorian British Author Rare Collectable

WAKEFIELD S. A.

Gumbles on Guard

Sydney, Collins Lions. 1982, reprint. (ISBN: 0006715931) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Desmond Digby. sewn binding in pictorial stiff paper wrappers, 88pp, line drawings and some full page colour illustrations, light handling wear but tidy (500 gram rate). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011573

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Illustrated Childrens Fiction Bottersnikes and Gumbles Australian 0006715931 Desmond Digby

REES JEAN A

The Isle of Auchenreel

London, Pickering & Inglis. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) price clipped DW short tear to top of upper joint, some minor edgewear and light soiling, Sunday School prize plate to fep, fep top corner clipped, paper stock heavily browned, children's adventure mystery story, 90pp. Good/Good.

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Book number: 003785

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Childrens Mystery Adventure Story Juvenile Young Adult Sunshine Series

HOFFMANN E T A & SENDAK MAURICE

Nutcracker

London, Bodley Head. 1984, First Edition. (ISBN: 0370308409) Cloth, landscape 4to. Ill.: Maurce Sendak. (500 gram rate) excellent copy, DW under plastic sleeve, unclipped, illustrated endpapers, translated by Ralph Manheim, 102pp, illustrated throughout in colour by Sendak, sometimes as vignettes in the text but also in full page as well. the story that became the famous ballet. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 001932

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Hoffmann Nutcracker Ballet Sendak Illustrated Childrens 0370308409 Maurce Sendak

CARR G. A.

Reading for Meaning Book Four

London, University of London Press. 1956, reprint. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library, (500 gram rate) 80pp sewn in pictorial wraps, HOME SCHOOL in ball pen to front wrapper, library stamp to inside wrapper, has been resewn, illustrated, a British school reader from the fifties, reprints 1949 original. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007017

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: British Education School Reader Text Book Vintage 1950s Fifties Historical Record Education Schooling

CARR G. A.

Reading for Meaning Book One

London, University of London Press. 1959, reprint. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. 64pp sewn in pictorial wraps, slightly soiled but tidy copy, small water mark to spine of wrapper and to tail of the spine at first few pages, illustrated, a British school reader from the fifties, reprints 1948 original. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007409

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: British Education School Reader Text Book Vintage 1950s Fifties Historical Record Education Schooling

CARR G. A.

Reading for Meaning Book Two

London, University of London Press. 1953, reprint. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. 80pp sewn in pictorial wraps, SURREY PARK 3543 stamped to first and last pages, wrapper split along the joint ends and rubbed to corners, worn but tidy copy, illustrated, a British school reader from the fifties, reprints 1948 original. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006452

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: British Education School Reader Text Book Vintage 1950s Fifties Historical Record Education Schooling

HENTY G A

Tales of Daring and Danger

London, Blackie. reprint. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. blue cloth with green and orange foliage and fruit design to cover and spine, light edge rubbing, prize plate to free end paper awarded to William Pearce from Washdyke school (NZ) dated 1927, bookseller stamp at foot of fep, old transfer decals or the remains of erased ones to the fep, verso of fep facing half-title, verso of frontis, and title page, and rear fep, 160pp + frontis and two plates, one plate detached, collection of stories; Bears and Dacoits / The Paternosters/ A Pipe of Mystery / White-Faced Dick / A Brush with the Chinese. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012661

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Boys Adventure Stories Victorian Nineteenth Century Henty Bears and Dacoits Paternosters Pipe of Mystery White-Faced Dick Brush with the Chinese

MILNE A A

When we were very Young

London, Methuen. 1951, reprint. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: E H Shepard. (500 gram rate) 657th thousand, 53rd edition. blue cloth with red figures. dec endpapers have some strips of plastic contact film (clear), fep small blue mark over former name, rear paste down thin strip of contact film as well. DW has been contact sealed and on reverse has been strengthened with sellotape which has browned slightlty showing along the top and bottom edges. At the top of the front fold in flap is the name of a school in blue marker, underneath the contact film. 100pp very clean copy. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 012330

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Christopher Robin Winnie the Pooh Childrens Classics British E H Shepard

MILNE A A

The world of Christopher Robin the complete When We Were Young and Now We Are Six

London, Methuen. 1974, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: E H Shepard. very tidy reprint edition, brown cloth, DW price clipped otherwise VG+, 243pp + colour plates and illustrations in line in the text. closed edges slightly dusty otherwise VG+. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 013067

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Winnie the Pooh Piglet Christoper Robin a a Milne E H Shepard British Childrens E H Shepard

PENTTILA AARNI

Aapiskukko Nakoispainos

Gummerus. 2003, reprint. (ISBN: 9512025396) Pictorial Boards, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Asmo Alho. (500 gram rate) small pen price top corner of fep , 2 label ghosts to upper board otherwise tidy with lightly dust soiled boards, reprint of 1938 first reader for Finnish children with colour illustrations by Alho, 128pp Finnish language. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002815

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Suomi Saami Finnish Finn Finland Childrens Language Primer Reader Suomen 9512025396 Asmo Alho

TURIN ADELA & SELIG SYLVIE

Of Cannons and Caterpillars

London, Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0904613623) Pictorial Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Sylvie Selig. (500 gram rate) minor handling soiling to boards, approx 40pp, illustrated throughout, contains a pacifist anti-war message, first UK edition, translated from the Italian 'Melaracconti'. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012474

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Feminist Illustrated Picture Story Book Childrens Young Adults 0904613623 Sylvie Selig

PERKINS AL

Tubby and the Lantern

London, Collins. 1972, First Edition. Pictorial Boards, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: Rowland B. Wilson. (500 gram rate) minor handling wear or soiling to boards, small area lifted at foot of endpaper hinge, 64pp, illustrated in colour. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008652

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Illustrated Childrens Fiction Tubby the Elephant Modern First Edition Rowland B. Wilson

BOUCHER ALAN

The Land Seekers

London, Andre Deutsch. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Hillary Abrahams. (500 gram rate) price clipped dust jacket is clean and tidy, book tidy, 144pp illustrated in line. Mistress Aud from Norse Scotland and her household embark on the Foam-farer to settle Iceland. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011063

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Iceland Saga Viking Norse Pagan Asatru Childrens Fiction Novel Illustrated Odin Wotan Thor Halli Thordarson Hillary Abrahams