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A Thief in the Village, and other stories (SIGNED)
- £15.00
- Some moving and atmospheric short stories by James Berry who won the Grand Prix Smarties Prize for his vivid portrayal of children and life in the Caribbean.
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Anne of Avonlea
- £30.00
- Anne Shirley returns in the second book of this charming series. She's now 16, and has delayed her dream of going to college to help Marilla on the farm. However, life at Avonlea is never dull - follow her adventures as she becomes a school teacher, helps raise a pair…
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Artemis Fowl, the Arctic Incident
- £12.00
- THE FAIRIES ARE IN TROUBLE. Goblin gangs (exactly as bad as it sounds) are planning an uprising, and it looks like they've had human help. Holly Short is convinced it's her old nemesis, Artemis Fowl. But, for once, Artemis is innocent. He's too busy getting his father back from the…
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Bells and Grass: a book of rhymes
- £20.00
- The companion volume to Peacock Pie, this is one of de la Mare's beloved anthologies of verse primarily aimed at children.
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Bells and Grass: a book of rhymes
- £35.00
- The companion volume to Peacock Pie, this is one of de la Mare's beloved anthologies of verse primarily aimed at children.
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Biggles – Air Commodore
- £12.00
- First published, in ten parts, as BIGGLES FIGHTS ALONE in The Modern Boy, issues 452 to 461, dated 3rd October 1936 to 5th December 1936. 1994 publication under the title Biggles and the Secret Mission.
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Biggles – Air Detective
- £7.00
- Book First published in May 1950 by Latimer House for Marks and Spencer* (in a large "annual" style format) - 93 pages. The stories were serialised in either the “The Melbourne Herald” or “The Sun Pictorial” in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between July and December 1950. Later published in standard book…
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Biggles – Air Detective
- £10.00
- Book First published in May 1950 by Latimer House for Marks and Spencer* (in a large "annual" style format) - 93 pages. The stories were serialised in either the ÒThe Melbourne HeraldÓ or ÒThe Sun PictorialÓ in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between July and December 1950. Later published in standard book…
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Biggles – Secret Agent
- £15.00
- First published, in ten parts, as CASTLE SINISTER in Modern Boy, issues 78 to 87, dated 12th August 1939 to 14th October 1939; in book form in 1940.
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Biggles & Co
- £20.00
- In #10, Biggles is approached by Paul Cronfelt from a firm of Bullion Brokers called 'Cronfelt & Carstairs' with a proposition. Cronfelt wants him to set up an airline, a private venture with the primary object of carrying his companies' freight, namely gold and jewellery. Biggles is initially reluctant but…
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Biggles and the Black Peril
- £10.00
- When Biggles and Algy are forced by bad weather to land in a cove on the Norfolk coast they stumble upon an elaborate plot by the Russians to invade Britain. Unravelling the mystery they find themselves helped by a scruffy teenager, Ginger.
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Biggles and the Poor Rich Boy (no. 58)
- £75.00
- American Edie Ross, who helped Biggles solve the heroin smuggling case (Biggles in the fight against the white death), appears in London. He is looking for the lost son of a millionaire and Biggles must help him É
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Biggles Flies Again
- £16.00
- Biggles flies again into adventure in the far places of the earth. Stranded among the tropical swamps of British Guiana when the company employing him as a pilot folds up, he takes possession of the amphibian aircraft he is flying and proceeds to earn his living by undertaking dangerous missions…
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Biggles Flies North
- £20.00
- Biggles, Algy, and Ginger fly in to help an old friend counter the attempts of a vicious gang to stifle his air freight business in Canada.
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Biggles Flies North
- £18.00
- Biggles, Algy, and Ginger fly in to help an old friend counter the attempts of a vicious gang to stifle his air freight business in Canada.
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Biggles Flies West
- £12.00
- In this adventure of Major James Bigglesworth (better known as 'Biggles') past and present meet. Biggles and his inseperable compantions, Algy Lacey and Ginger Hebblethwaite, chance to encounter, in London, a lad named Dick Denver, whose father, a sailor, has sent him a Spanish doubloon and a long letter explaining…
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Biggles Follows On
- £12.00
- A story of the Cold War in Europe and Asia
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Biggles Forms a Syndicate
- £50.00
- Biggles is visited by an old friend, Squadron Leader 'Dizzy' Digswell, who has an interesting tale to tell. After being forced to parachute out of his plane flying over the Aden Protectorate in Arabia, he thinks he has come across the ancient ruins of the city of Ophir. He found…
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Biggles Hunts Big Game
- £12.00
- The scene would not by ordinary standards have been judged remarkable. It was remarkable only in that Ginger, in all the years that he had known his chief, had never seen him reveal more interest in a postage stamp than was required to stick this on a envelope.
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Biggles Hunts Big Game: A Story Of Sergeant Bigglesworth CID And His Special Air Police
- £12.00
- The scene would not by ordinary standards have been judged remarkable. It was remarkable only in that Ginger, in all the years that he had known his chief, had never seen him reveal more interest in a postage stamp than was required to stick this on a envelope.
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Biggles in Australia
- £20.00
- What is Erich von Stalhein doing in Australia? Surely not, as appearances would suggest, doing research on marine life in tropical waters with a. group of harmless scientists! Once again Biggles and his Air Police find peril, adventure, and final success in foiling a Communist plot.
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Biggles makes ends meet
- £20.00
- In #60, Biggles, Ginger, Algy and Bertie, Air Detectives, take on a job in the Indian Ocean. They are to invetigate a complaint of 'armed robbery on the high seas,' but Biggles soon realises that piracy is not the only thing they are up against.
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Biggles of the Camel Squadron
- £10.00
- Reprint of one of the earliest collections of Biggles short stories (including short essay by the author on 'How Biggles Was Born'). 13 in all.
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Biggles of the Special Air Police
- £16.00
- First published in 1953, 'Biggles of the Special Air Police' is a collection of 14 short stories featuring Biggles and his colleagues. The stories fall into two sections - the first 7 are, as you might expect, simplistic mysteries featuring Biggles and his colleagues in their job as detectives with…
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Biggles Sees it Through
- £20.00
- The first Biggles book not to have been serialised anywhere; first published in 1941.
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Biggles Sweeps the Desert
- £14.00
- Hopelessness took him in its grip. He knew he was wandering in circles but he had ceased to care. All he wanted to do was drink. His skin began to smart. His feet were on fire... When Biggles arrives in the desert to set up a secret oasis base, he…
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Biggles Takes A Holiday
- £10.00
- Biggles, Algy, and Ginger fly in to help an old friend Angus MacKail, virtually a prisoner in the unheard of 'Paradise Valley' in Central South America, and they make their plans quickly.
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Coot Club
- £8.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 5. Tom Dudgeon has cast off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot's nest, but now the cruiser is searching high and low for him - even offering a reward. Tom accepts an invitation for a week's cruise to teach his new friends,…
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Down-Adown-Derry: a book of Fairy Poems (limited & SIGNED)
- £400.00
- Limited and signed first edition of de la Mare's children's anthology of fairy poems, illustrated by the American artist Dorothy P. Lathrop (this was the second of six de la Mare books she would go on to illustrate during the following two decades). A numbered limited edition in vellum.
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Eric’s Good News
- £20.00
- Young Eric was disappointed as he sat trying to get well. Captain Graham, a stranger he met on the beach, became a good friend. One day his dog retrieved an old book, the Gospel of Mark, from the ocean and it was used by God for opening his mind to…
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Feats on the Fjord
- £40.00
- A charming tale of life in the Norwegian fjords, as seen through the eyes of Erica, who believes in sprites and demons. Originally included in a story collection called "Playfellows." Arthur Rackham is perhaps the most well known of the artists in the era dubbed the "Golden Age" of illustration…
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Flaxen Braids: a chapter from a real Swedish life
- £8.00
- One of the first Puffin books that Penguin published for children, from 1941 with Worzel Gummidge. This was the 20th. Cover illustration by Grace W. Gabler, rest by Dorotjy Bayley.
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Great Northern? A Scottish Adventure of Swallows and Amazons
- £20.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 12. The final book in Ransome's acclaimed series. Once again, the children set out on an adventure (this one off the coast of Scotland) with a minimum of parental advice and interference. Here, the story centers on a desperate race to thwart the efforts of pernicious…
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Great Northern? A Scottish Adventure of Swallows and Amazons
- £12.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 12. The final book in Ransome's acclaimed series. Once again, the children set out on an adventure (this one off the coast of Scotland) with a minimum of parental advice and interference. Here, the story centers on a desperate race to thwart the efforts of pernicious…
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Howard & Oberlin: The Great Philanthropists
- £35.00
- From Chambers' Popular Biographies series. John Howard was an English prison reformer (1726-1790); John Frederick Oberlin (1740-1826) was a pastor and philanthropist in Alsace, after whom Oberlin, Ohio and Oberlin College in the USA are named.
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Ink (Ink Trilogy 1)
- £9.00
- The page-turning, heart-in-mouth first book in the bestselling INK trilogy. Every action, every deed, every significant moment is tattooed on your skin for ever. When Leora's father dies, she is determined to see her father remembered forever. She knows he deserves to have all his tattoos removed and made into…
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Jim Davis
- £8.00
- Masefield's novel for children
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Just William’s Luck
- £30.00
- Crompton's William series Book 26. The only full-length Just William novel. William and the Outlaws decide to form the Knights of the Square Table, ‘rightin’ wrongs’ for a minor fee (‘Small wrongs: sixpence. Big wrongs: one shillin’.) In their quest to earn enough money to become tramps, they stop at…
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Martin Hyde, the Duke’s Messenger
- £80.00
- After his father's death in 1685, 12-year-old Martin goes to London to live with his uncle. Through circumstances he becomes messenger for James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, as the Duke garners support for his claim to succede Charles II as King of England. With 16 b/w plates.
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Meet my folks
- £100.00
- Other folks get so well known, And nobody knows about my own,' Have you met my sister Jane? She's a great big crow! My Grandpa is an owler and Grandma knits jerseys for wasps! And my other Granny is an octopus... Meet Aunt Flo, Brother Bert and more extraordinary family…
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Merry Mr. Punch
- £25.00
- From the 'Larger Dumpy Books for Children' series (which I suppose is a reasonable description of the book. It is all very silly and not a little violent.
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Missee Lee – a sequel to Peter Duck
- £15.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 10. Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them. forever.
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Missee Lee – a sequel to Peter Duck
- £18.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 10. Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them. forever.
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Missee Lee – a sequel to Peter Duck
- £15.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 10. Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them. forever.
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New Cautionary Tales
- £35.00
- A follow up to Belloc's wildly successful Cautionary Tales for Children: Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years (1907). Like its predecessor, this a parody of the cautionary tales that were popular in the 19th century.
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Now We Are Six
- £20.00
- But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever. So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever!' Curl up with Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin in A. A. Milne’s classic book of poetry for children, Now We Are Six. This work includes poems for children which feature…
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Now We Are Six
- £18.00
- But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever. So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever!' Curl up with Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin in A. A. Milne’s classic book of poetry for children, Now We Are Six. This work includes poems for children which feature…
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One for Sorrow: Two for Joy
- £12.00
- Welcome to Birddom Ð a land where magpies rule. Dark forces are at work. An evil intelligence is masterminding their inexorable rise. Dominance has been achieved by systematic genocide and slaughter. In Birddom, blackbird and sparrow have been exterminated. The magpie has replaced the pigeon in the city and the…
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Orchids for Biggles
- £15.00
- Biggles and Bertie are on the track of stolen top secret documents that in the wrong hands could mean another war. They face snakes and South American jungle.
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Payback (Boy Soldier 2): SIGNED
- £30.00
- In the high-octane sequel to "Boy Soldier", seventeen-year-old Danny and his grandfather, ex-SAS explosives expert Fergus, are on the run again, with their cover in southern Spain blown. Encouraged by the mysterious Deveraux, they return to London to confront their ruthless enemy in MI6, Fincham. But, a teenage suicide bomber…
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Payback: Boy Soldier 2 (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- In the high-octane sequel to "Boy Soldier", seventeen-year-old Danny and his grandfather, ex-SAS explosives expert Fergus, are on the run again, with their cover in southern Spain blown. Encouraged by the mysterious Deveraux, they return to London to confront their ruthless enemy in MI6, Fincham. But, a teenage suicide bomber…
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Peter Pan & Wendy
- £85.00
- Numerous illustrations by Gwynedd M. Hudson
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Pigeon Post
- £45.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 6. Ransome won the inaugural Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising it as the year's best children's book by a British subject. This book is one of the few S&A books that does not feature sailing. All the action takes place on and under the…
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Puck of Pook’s Hill
- £10.00
- Macmillan Pocket Kipling: Playing in the gardens of their home, Dan and Una come across Puck, an ancient fairy with a gift for storytelling. Plucking figures from history to weave his magical stories, Puck takes the children from the Norman conquest to the signing of the Magna Carta. Set in…
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Rainbow Valley (Anne of Green Gables 7)
- £16.00
- The seventh book in the Anne Shirley series, first published in 1926. 'There was a little unfailing spring, always icy cold and crystal pure, in a certain birch-screened hollow of Rainbow Valley in the lower corner near the marsh. Not a great many people knew of its existence. The manse…
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Return to Mars, a story of Interplanetary Flight
- £20.00
- Professor Brane and his crew, of Kings of Space fame, return in their spaceship to Mars to investigate the situation, to see whether they can find any inhabitants, and to try out the effects of a new insecticide. They find more than they have bargained for, but in spite of…
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Scar (Ink Trilogy 3) (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- The page-turning, heart-in-mouth finale in the bestselling INK trilogy. Every action, every deed, every significant moment is tattooed on your skin for ever. INK taught Leora that all was not what it seems on the surface. SPARK taught her that there are two sides to every story. Now Leora has…
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Secret Seven on the Trail (book 4)
- £30.00
- Solve the mystery with the Secret Seven - everyone's favourite detective club! In book four, something mysterious is going on at Tigger's Barn, and the Secret Seven are intrigued. Peter thinks it's all just gossip, but Jack isn't so sure when he overhears a strange conversation. It looks like the…
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Secret Water
- £20.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 8. Originally published in 1939, John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one. But who are the mysterious savages who lurk in the islands…
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Shadowmancer
- £30.00
- A special edition of the children's bestseller, in which sorcerer Obadiah Demurral seeks to control the highest power in the universe. Raphael, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane, are out to stop him. Features new material, an extra chapter and facts about the book's location.
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Shadowmancer (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- A special edition of the children's bestseller, in which sorcerer Obadiah Demurral seeks to control the highest power in the universe. Raphael, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane, are out to stop him. Features new material, an extra chapter and facts about the book's location.
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Shadowmancer (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- A special edition of the children's bestseller, in which sorcerer Obadiah Demurral seeks to control the highest power in the universe. Raphael, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane, are out to stop him. Features new material, an extra chapter and facts about the book's location.
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Shadowmancer (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- A special edition of the children's bestseller, in which sorcerer Obadiah Demurral seeks to control the highest power in the universe. Raphael, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane, are out to stop him. Features new material, an extra chapter and facts about the book's location.
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Shadowmancer (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- A special edition of the children's bestseller, in which sorcerer Obadiah Demurral seeks to control the highest power in the universe. Raphael, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane, are out to stop him. Features new material, an extra chapter and facts about the book's location.
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Shadowmancer (SIGNED)
- £9.00
- Sorcerer Obadiah Demurral seeks to control the highest power in the universe. Raphael, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane, are out to stop him. Features new material, an extra chapter and facts about the book's location.
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Splendid Dawn
- £25.00
- A tale of pioneer Canada based on fact. It tells the story of Thayendanegea, an Indian chief of the Mohawk tribe, who took the English name of Joseph Brant. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece.
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Stories of King Arthur and his Knights (retold from Malory’s Morte Darthur)
- £22.00
- The material for the Arthur stories came from many countries and from many different periods of history. Much of it is wholly fanciful, but the writers connected all the incidents directly or indirectly with the old Briton king of the fifth century, who was the model of knighthood, "without fear…
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Swallowdale
- £16.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 2: John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their…
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Swallows and Amazons
- £20.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 1. The ultimate children's classic - long summer days filled with adventure. John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in…
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Swallows and Amazons
- £20.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 1. The ultimate children's classic - long summer days filled with adventure. John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in…
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Tales from Shakespeare
- £20.00
- A pocket edition of the classic retelling of Shakespeare's plays for children.
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Tell Me A Story
- £15.00
- Mrs Molesworth was the penname of Mary Louisa Molesworth (née Stewart 1839-1921); this was one of her most famous collection of short stories for children (first published in 1875)
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The Adventures of a Three Guinea Watch
- £50.00
- Reed was a pioneer of school fiction for boys -- he contributed to The Boys' Own Paper (BOP) -- writing from a Christian standpoint but without the moralism of others. This was his first published book, after being serialised in the BOP; due to the immediate success and popularity of…
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The Best Adventure
- £12.00
- Successor to Secret Service, and Dangerous Treasure. Once again Peter and Ginger become involved in dramatic happenings which start when they set out at midnight to try and catch the mysterious visitor to their own private, secret cave.
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The Big Six
- £15.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 9. It's great detective work that's needed now. Bill, Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting boats adrift and the whole river is against them. Only Dick, Dorothea and Tom Dudgeon are there to stand by their friends and they soon set to work to…
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The Big Six
- £18.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 9. It's great detective work that's needed now. Bill, Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting boats adrift and the whole river is against them. Only Dick, Dorothea and Tom Dudgeon are there to stand by their friends and they soon set to work to…
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The Biggles – Air Detective Omnibus
- £22.00
- First edition of this omnibus, containing: Sergeant Bigglesworth, C.I.D.; Biggles' Second Case; Another Job for Biggles; Biggles Works it out
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The Children of the New Forest
- £15.00
- Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was a British Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. “The Children of the New Forest” is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick…
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The Children’s Hour Story Book Edited By Uncle Mac’s Of The BBC 1935
- £25.00
- A book which will bring back many memories for listeners to Children's Hour on the B.B.C. Home Service.
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The Dreamwalker’s Child (signed)
- £35.00
- Sam Palmer hates living in the country - he has no friends and life is dull. Until a bizarre bicycle crash leaves his body in a coma. Now he has far bigger problems. Sam wakes in Aurobon, a world similar to his own, and discovers that his accident was part…
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The Dungeon (signed)
- £10.00
- A medieval tragedy and tale of retribution – The Dungeon is a powerful story from a writer of great skill and potency. The setting is medieval Scotland, a land dominated by skirmishes and battles on the borders, a land of fortresses and castles in Scotland, England and Wales. We meet…
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The Essex Lad who became England’s Greatest Preacher – Life of C. H. Spurgeon for Young People
- £45.00
- A young people's biography of Spurgeon by Manton Smith, with 35 illustrations.
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The House at Pooh Corner
- £25.00
- One day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought he would do something, so he went round to Piglet's house to see what Piglet was doing.' This is the second classic children’s story by A.A. Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. In…
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The House at Pooh Corner
- £125.00
- One day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought he would do something, so he went round to Piglet's house to see what Piglet was doing.' This is the second classic childrenÕs story by A.A. Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. In…
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The Iron Woman
- £20.00
- The Iron Woman has come to take revenge on mankind for its thoughtless polluting of the seas, lakes and rivers," says the introduction to the novel. It references rudeness, in that the iron woman exacts her revenge on a seemingly ignorant/uncaring male community (in the waste disposal plant) for polluting…
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The Khan’s Carpet
- £20.00
- A classic Haggardesque adventure novel with a treasure map, collapsing rope bridge, secret caves, aviation, swordplay, underground tunnels -- and, of course, an interesting Lost Race! Illustrated by Reginald Cleaver.
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The King of the Golden River – a legend of Stiria
- £6.00
- First published in 1851, John Ruskin’s Victorian story tells the tale of the Black brothers: the kind-natured 11-year old Gluck and his two nasty older brothers, Hans and Schwartz. For Gluck, play is cleaning the floors, and his education consists of a wholesome quantity of punches. One stormy evening, Gluck…
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The Land of Far Beyond – a classic retelling of Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress
- £70.00
- A classic adventure of good versus evil, this book will never be forgotten by the children who read it. Peter, Anna and Patience live in the City of Turmoil, a noisy, dirty place where children can do whatever they like. It's all fun and games until they discover the heavy…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £80.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £25.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £35.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Horse Bus
- £35.00
- Everybody for miles around Goose Lane used to buy their groceries at Mr Potter's shop. Things started to look grim with competitors opening over the road, until deliverance came in the shape of the little horse bus.
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The Little Steamroller
- £35.00
- Nobody at London airport knew that Mr King newly arrived was a wicked smuggler in the dreaded Black Hand gang. But thanks to the little steamroller, their Dirty Plan was foiled in the nick of time.
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The Man Who Stopped To Help
- £16.00
- Enid Blyton's storybook retelling of Jesus' Parable of the Good Samaritan, with illustrations from Elsie Walker (who worked on 8 of Blyton's biblical storybooks).
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The Night Ride
- £45.00
- Daddy, Kate and Tiny Teddy had lain forgotten in a dark cupboard for a long time. The children they belonged to had grown up and no longer played with them. Then, one day before Christmas, they were taken out of the cupboard and thrown into the dustbin.
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The Picts and the Martyrs or, Not Welcome at All
- £60.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 11. The dreaded Great Aunt has invited herself to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends Dick and Dorothea arrive for the Summer holiday. Nancy and Peggy have to become Martyrs, wearing dresses and reading poetry (but breaking out at night), while Dick and…
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The Picts and the Martyrs or, Not Welcome at All
- £30.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 11. The dreaded Great Aunt has invited herself to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends Dick and Dorothea arrive for the Summer holiday. Nancy and Peggy have to become Martyrs, wearing dresses and reading poetry (but breaking out at night), while Dick and…
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The Settlers in Canada
- £20.00
- From the 'Merlin Series', originally published in 1896 by Dent and Sons, by the writer of Children of the New Forest, Captain (Frederick) Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848). He was a British Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as…
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The Witch Trade
- £15.00
- Abby and Spike are drawn into a world of witches, hidden caverns, fabulous boats, captive children, lost parents, and a quest to find Ice Dust - the source of magical power. With their strange new companions - Captain Starlight, Benbow the giant albatross, and Sir Chadwick Street, flamboyant Master of…
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The Young Visiters or, Mr Salteenas Plan
- £20.00
- The Young Visiters or Mr Salteena's Plan is a comic masterpiece that has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1919. A classic story of life and love in later Victorian England as seen from the nursery window, it was written in 1890 by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford.…
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Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice found there
- £85.00
- Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1st pub. 1871) (also known as "Alice through the Looking-Glass" or simply "Through the Looking-Glass") is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror into the world that she…
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Thy Servant A Dog (told by Boots)
- £15.00
- Apparently, a "delightful and touching story to pull at the heartstrings of dog lovers, told by 'Boots' in the most insightful 'dog-speak'". Make of that what you will.
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Usborne History Of Britain Collection (box set)
- £30.00
- All ten books in the Usborne History of Britain series, beautifully presented in an attractive, sturdy slipcase. The perfect addition to any family bookshelf, this fabulous collection is sure to become an heirloom of the future.Covering British history from prehistoric times to the dawn of the 21st century.
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Village Christmas (The Fairacres Series #6)
- £25.00
- Taken from A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS, this is the perfect short tale for the festive season. When the Emery family first moved into the village of Fairacre, the locals were not entirely sure what to make of them. With three children, and another on the way, Mrs Emery didn't exactly fit…
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War Horse: 40th anniversary edition (SIGNED)
- £150.00
- A Beautiful 40th annniversary edition of the modern classic. Before the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic and nationÕs favourite childrenÕs novelÉ In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches.…
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We didn’t mean to go to sea
- £21.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 7. 'Now Susan,' Mother said, 'And you too, John. No night sailing. No going outside the harbour. And back the day after tomorrow. Promise.'But promises can't always be kept. Within twenty-four hours John, Susan, Titty and Roger find themselves fighting a night gale in the treacherous…
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What You Need to Be Warm (SIGNED)
- £85.00
- Sometimes it only takes a stranger in a dark place... to say we have the right to be here, to make us warm in the coldest season. In 2019, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000 responses later, Neil began to weave replies from…
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When we were very young
- £35.00
- Written with simplicity and gentle humor, A. A. Milne's poems recapture the innocence of childhood and the wonder of everyday situations, from putting on boots for a rainy day to birdwatching and gazing at a cloudy sky. Alert readers will recognize the narrator of Teddy Bear, a poem that originally…
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When we were very young
- £15.00
- Written with simplicity and gentle humor, A. A. Milne's poems recapture the innocence of childhood and the wonder of everyday situations, from putting on boots for a rainy day to birdwatching and gazing at a cloudy sky. Alert readers will recognize the narrator of Teddy Bear, a poem that originally…
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Whispers from Fairyland
- £25.00
- A nineteenth century collection of fairy stories written by Knatchbull-Hugessen, who was a Member of Parliament, and later known as Lord Brabourne. He dedicates the book to the 'Mothers of England' stating 'because it is to them and to their guidance of the home-life of their children that England has…
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Wild Lone: the story of a Pytchley Fox
- £45.00
- Denys James Watkins-Pitchford (1905-1990) was a British naturalist, an illustrator, art teacher and a children's author under the pseudonym "BB". He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for British children's books. Written on the eve of the Second World War, the novel follows the life of a young fox named RufusÑand…
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William and A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions)
- £25.00
- Crompton's William series Book 21. In time of war, William Brown is a force to be reckoned with, with his newly formed band of experts on air raid tactics and his gas mask made from a flower pot. Saving the country should be easy for someone with William's courage and…
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William and the Tramp
- £25.00
- Crompton's William series Book 28. Contains: William and the Tramp; William meets the Professor; William Beats the Record; William and the Returned Traveller; William and the Haunted Cottage; William and the Pets' Club; William's Secret Society; Archie has a Party.
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William the Rebel
- £20.00
- Crompton's William series Book 15. Contains: Three dogs and William; A Rescue Party; Mistakes Will Happen; William and Cleopatra; The Outlaws and the Penknife; Wiliam and the Watch and Chain; William's Wonderful Plan; William and the Fisherman; William and the Drug Trafficker; April Fool's Day; William Makes Things Hum; It…
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Wormwood (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- Dr Sabian Blake - astronomer, scientist, and master of the Cabala - is in possession of the Nemorensis, an ancient leather-bound book which holds the secrets of the universe. Its mysterious inscription reads: 'Wormwood...the bright star shall fall from the sky...and many will die from its bitterness'. Deciphering this prophecy…
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A Thief in the Village, and other stories (SIGNED)
- £15.00
- Some moving and atmospheric short stories by James Berry who won the Grand Prix Smarties Prize for his vivid portrayal of children and life in the Caribbean.
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Anne of Avonlea
- £30.00
- Anne Shirley returns in the second book of this charming series. She's now 16, and has delayed her dream of going to college to help Marilla on the farm. However, life at Avonlea is never dull - follow her adventures as she becomes a school teacher, helps raise a pair…
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Artemis Fowl, the Arctic Incident
- £12.00
- THE FAIRIES ARE IN TROUBLE. Goblin gangs (exactly as bad as it sounds) are planning an uprising, and it looks like they've had human help. Holly Short is convinced it's her old nemesis, Artemis Fowl. But, for once, Artemis is innocent. He's too busy getting his father back from the…
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Bells and Grass: a book of rhymes
- £20.00
- The companion volume to Peacock Pie, this is one of de la Mare's beloved anthologies of verse primarily aimed at children.
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Bells and Grass: a book of rhymes
- £35.00
- The companion volume to Peacock Pie, this is one of de la Mare's beloved anthologies of verse primarily aimed at children.
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Biggles – Air Commodore
- £12.00
- First published, in ten parts, as BIGGLES FIGHTS ALONE in The Modern Boy, issues 452 to 461, dated 3rd October 1936 to 5th December 1936. 1994 publication under the title Biggles and the Secret Mission.
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Biggles – Air Detective
- £7.00
- Book First published in May 1950 by Latimer House for Marks and Spencer* (in a large "annual" style format) - 93 pages. The stories were serialised in either the “The Melbourne Herald” or “The Sun Pictorial” in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between July and December 1950. Later published in standard book…
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Biggles – Air Detective
- £10.00
- Book First published in May 1950 by Latimer House for Marks and Spencer* (in a large "annual" style format) - 93 pages. The stories were serialised in either the ÒThe Melbourne HeraldÓ or ÒThe Sun PictorialÓ in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between July and December 1950. Later published in standard book…
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Biggles – Secret Agent
- £15.00
- First published, in ten parts, as CASTLE SINISTER in Modern Boy, issues 78 to 87, dated 12th August 1939 to 14th October 1939; in book form in 1940.
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Biggles & Co
- £20.00
- In #10, Biggles is approached by Paul Cronfelt from a firm of Bullion Brokers called 'Cronfelt & Carstairs' with a proposition. Cronfelt wants him to set up an airline, a private venture with the primary object of carrying his companies' freight, namely gold and jewellery. Biggles is initially reluctant but…
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Biggles and the Black Peril
- £10.00
- When Biggles and Algy are forced by bad weather to land in a cove on the Norfolk coast they stumble upon an elaborate plot by the Russians to invade Britain. Unravelling the mystery they find themselves helped by a scruffy teenager, Ginger.
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Biggles and the Poor Rich Boy (no. 58)
- £75.00
- American Edie Ross, who helped Biggles solve the heroin smuggling case (Biggles in the fight against the white death), appears in London. He is looking for the lost son of a millionaire and Biggles must help him É
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Biggles Flies Again
- £16.00
- Biggles flies again into adventure in the far places of the earth. Stranded among the tropical swamps of British Guiana when the company employing him as a pilot folds up, he takes possession of the amphibian aircraft he is flying and proceeds to earn his living by undertaking dangerous missions…
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Biggles Flies North
- £20.00
- Biggles, Algy, and Ginger fly in to help an old friend counter the attempts of a vicious gang to stifle his air freight business in Canada.
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Biggles Flies North
- £18.00
- Biggles, Algy, and Ginger fly in to help an old friend counter the attempts of a vicious gang to stifle his air freight business in Canada.
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Biggles Flies West
- £12.00
- In this adventure of Major James Bigglesworth (better known as 'Biggles') past and present meet. Biggles and his inseperable compantions, Algy Lacey and Ginger Hebblethwaite, chance to encounter, in London, a lad named Dick Denver, whose father, a sailor, has sent him a Spanish doubloon and a long letter explaining…
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Biggles Follows On
- £12.00
- A story of the Cold War in Europe and Asia
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Biggles Forms a Syndicate
- £50.00
- Biggles is visited by an old friend, Squadron Leader 'Dizzy' Digswell, who has an interesting tale to tell. After being forced to parachute out of his plane flying over the Aden Protectorate in Arabia, he thinks he has come across the ancient ruins of the city of Ophir. He found…
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Biggles Hunts Big Game
- £12.00
- The scene would not by ordinary standards have been judged remarkable. It was remarkable only in that Ginger, in all the years that he had known his chief, had never seen him reveal more interest in a postage stamp than was required to stick this on a envelope.
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Biggles Hunts Big Game: A Story Of Sergeant Bigglesworth CID And His Special Air Police
- £12.00
- The scene would not by ordinary standards have been judged remarkable. It was remarkable only in that Ginger, in all the years that he had known his chief, had never seen him reveal more interest in a postage stamp than was required to stick this on a envelope.
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Biggles in Australia
- £20.00
- What is Erich von Stalhein doing in Australia? Surely not, as appearances would suggest, doing research on marine life in tropical waters with a. group of harmless scientists! Once again Biggles and his Air Police find peril, adventure, and final success in foiling a Communist plot.
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Biggles makes ends meet
- £20.00
- In #60, Biggles, Ginger, Algy and Bertie, Air Detectives, take on a job in the Indian Ocean. They are to invetigate a complaint of 'armed robbery on the high seas,' but Biggles soon realises that piracy is not the only thing they are up against.
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Biggles of the Camel Squadron
- £10.00
- Reprint of one of the earliest collections of Biggles short stories (including short essay by the author on 'How Biggles Was Born'). 13 in all.
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Biggles of the Special Air Police
- £16.00
- First published in 1953, 'Biggles of the Special Air Police' is a collection of 14 short stories featuring Biggles and his colleagues. The stories fall into two sections - the first 7 are, as you might expect, simplistic mysteries featuring Biggles and his colleagues in their job as detectives with…
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Biggles Sees it Through
- £20.00
- The first Biggles book not to have been serialised anywhere; first published in 1941.
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Biggles Sweeps the Desert
- £14.00
- Hopelessness took him in its grip. He knew he was wandering in circles but he had ceased to care. All he wanted to do was drink. His skin began to smart. His feet were on fire... When Biggles arrives in the desert to set up a secret oasis base, he…
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Biggles Takes A Holiday
- £10.00
- Biggles, Algy, and Ginger fly in to help an old friend Angus MacKail, virtually a prisoner in the unheard of 'Paradise Valley' in Central South America, and they make their plans quickly.
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Coot Club
- £8.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 5. Tom Dudgeon has cast off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot's nest, but now the cruiser is searching high and low for him - even offering a reward. Tom accepts an invitation for a week's cruise to teach his new friends,…
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Down-Adown-Derry: a book of Fairy Poems (limited & SIGNED)
- £400.00
- Limited and signed first edition of de la Mare's children's anthology of fairy poems, illustrated by the American artist Dorothy P. Lathrop (this was the second of six de la Mare books she would go on to illustrate during the following two decades). A numbered limited edition in vellum.
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Eric’s Good News
- £20.00
- Young Eric was disappointed as he sat trying to get well. Captain Graham, a stranger he met on the beach, became a good friend. One day his dog retrieved an old book, the Gospel of Mark, from the ocean and it was used by God for opening his mind to…
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Feats on the Fjord
- £40.00
- A charming tale of life in the Norwegian fjords, as seen through the eyes of Erica, who believes in sprites and demons. Originally included in a story collection called "Playfellows." Arthur Rackham is perhaps the most well known of the artists in the era dubbed the "Golden Age" of illustration…
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Flaxen Braids: a chapter from a real Swedish life
- £8.00
- One of the first Puffin books that Penguin published for children, from 1941 with Worzel Gummidge. This was the 20th. Cover illustration by Grace W. Gabler, rest by Dorotjy Bayley.
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Great Northern? A Scottish Adventure of Swallows and Amazons
- £20.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 12. The final book in Ransome's acclaimed series. Once again, the children set out on an adventure (this one off the coast of Scotland) with a minimum of parental advice and interference. Here, the story centers on a desperate race to thwart the efforts of pernicious…
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Great Northern? A Scottish Adventure of Swallows and Amazons
- £12.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 12. The final book in Ransome's acclaimed series. Once again, the children set out on an adventure (this one off the coast of Scotland) with a minimum of parental advice and interference. Here, the story centers on a desperate race to thwart the efforts of pernicious…
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Howard & Oberlin: The Great Philanthropists
- £35.00
- From Chambers' Popular Biographies series. John Howard was an English prison reformer (1726-1790); John Frederick Oberlin (1740-1826) was a pastor and philanthropist in Alsace, after whom Oberlin, Ohio and Oberlin College in the USA are named.
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Ink (Ink Trilogy 1)
- £9.00
- The page-turning, heart-in-mouth first book in the bestselling INK trilogy. Every action, every deed, every significant moment is tattooed on your skin for ever. When Leora's father dies, she is determined to see her father remembered forever. She knows he deserves to have all his tattoos removed and made into…
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Jim Davis
- £8.00
- Masefield's novel for children
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Just William’s Luck
- £30.00
- Crompton's William series Book 26. The only full-length Just William novel. William and the Outlaws decide to form the Knights of the Square Table, ‘rightin’ wrongs’ for a minor fee (‘Small wrongs: sixpence. Big wrongs: one shillin’.) In their quest to earn enough money to become tramps, they stop at…
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Martin Hyde, the Duke’s Messenger
- £80.00
- After his father's death in 1685, 12-year-old Martin goes to London to live with his uncle. Through circumstances he becomes messenger for James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, as the Duke garners support for his claim to succede Charles II as King of England. With 16 b/w plates.
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Meet my folks
- £100.00
- Other folks get so well known, And nobody knows about my own,' Have you met my sister Jane? She's a great big crow! My Grandpa is an owler and Grandma knits jerseys for wasps! And my other Granny is an octopus... Meet Aunt Flo, Brother Bert and more extraordinary family…
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Merry Mr. Punch
- £25.00
- From the 'Larger Dumpy Books for Children' series (which I suppose is a reasonable description of the book. It is all very silly and not a little violent.
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Missee Lee – a sequel to Peter Duck
- £15.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 10. Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them. forever.
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Missee Lee – a sequel to Peter Duck
- £18.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 10. Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them. forever.
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Missee Lee – a sequel to Peter Duck
- £15.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 10. Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them. forever.
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New Cautionary Tales
- £35.00
- A follow up to Belloc's wildly successful Cautionary Tales for Children: Designed for the Admonition of Children between the ages of eight and fourteen years (1907). Like its predecessor, this a parody of the cautionary tales that were popular in the 19th century.
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Now We Are Six
- £20.00
- But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever. So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever!' Curl up with Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin in A. A. Milne’s classic book of poetry for children, Now We Are Six. This work includes poems for children which feature…
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Now We Are Six
- £18.00
- But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever. So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever!' Curl up with Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin in A. A. Milne’s classic book of poetry for children, Now We Are Six. This work includes poems for children which feature…
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One for Sorrow: Two for Joy
- £12.00
- Welcome to Birddom Ð a land where magpies rule. Dark forces are at work. An evil intelligence is masterminding their inexorable rise. Dominance has been achieved by systematic genocide and slaughter. In Birddom, blackbird and sparrow have been exterminated. The magpie has replaced the pigeon in the city and the…
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Orchids for Biggles
- £15.00
- Biggles and Bertie are on the track of stolen top secret documents that in the wrong hands could mean another war. They face snakes and South American jungle.
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Payback (Boy Soldier 2): SIGNED
- £30.00
- In the high-octane sequel to "Boy Soldier", seventeen-year-old Danny and his grandfather, ex-SAS explosives expert Fergus, are on the run again, with their cover in southern Spain blown. Encouraged by the mysterious Deveraux, they return to London to confront their ruthless enemy in MI6, Fincham. But, a teenage suicide bomber…
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Payback: Boy Soldier 2 (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- In the high-octane sequel to "Boy Soldier", seventeen-year-old Danny and his grandfather, ex-SAS explosives expert Fergus, are on the run again, with their cover in southern Spain blown. Encouraged by the mysterious Deveraux, they return to London to confront their ruthless enemy in MI6, Fincham. But, a teenage suicide bomber…
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Peter Pan & Wendy
- £85.00
- Numerous illustrations by Gwynedd M. Hudson
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Pigeon Post
- £45.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 6. Ransome won the inaugural Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising it as the year's best children's book by a British subject. This book is one of the few S&A books that does not feature sailing. All the action takes place on and under the…
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Puck of Pook’s Hill
- £10.00
- Macmillan Pocket Kipling: Playing in the gardens of their home, Dan and Una come across Puck, an ancient fairy with a gift for storytelling. Plucking figures from history to weave his magical stories, Puck takes the children from the Norman conquest to the signing of the Magna Carta. Set in…
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Rainbow Valley (Anne of Green Gables 7)
- £16.00
- The seventh book in the Anne Shirley series, first published in 1926. 'There was a little unfailing spring, always icy cold and crystal pure, in a certain birch-screened hollow of Rainbow Valley in the lower corner near the marsh. Not a great many people knew of its existence. The manse…
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Return to Mars, a story of Interplanetary Flight
- £20.00
- Professor Brane and his crew, of Kings of Space fame, return in their spaceship to Mars to investigate the situation, to see whether they can find any inhabitants, and to try out the effects of a new insecticide. They find more than they have bargained for, but in spite of…
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Scar (Ink Trilogy 3) (SIGNED)
- £25.00
- The page-turning, heart-in-mouth finale in the bestselling INK trilogy. Every action, every deed, every significant moment is tattooed on your skin for ever. INK taught Leora that all was not what it seems on the surface. SPARK taught her that there are two sides to every story. Now Leora has…
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Secret Seven on the Trail (book 4)
- £30.00
- Solve the mystery with the Secret Seven - everyone's favourite detective club! In book four, something mysterious is going on at Tigger's Barn, and the Secret Seven are intrigued. Peter thinks it's all just gossip, but Jack isn't so sure when he overhears a strange conversation. It looks like the…
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Secret Water
- £20.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 8. Originally published in 1939, John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one. But who are the mysterious savages who lurk in the islands…
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Shadowmancer
- £30.00
- A special edition of the children's bestseller, in which sorcerer Obadiah Demurral seeks to control the highest power in the universe. Raphael, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane, are out to stop him. Features new material, an extra chapter and facts about the book's location.
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Shadowmancer (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- A special edition of the children's bestseller, in which sorcerer Obadiah Demurral seeks to control the highest power in the universe. Raphael, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane, are out to stop him. Features new material, an extra chapter and facts about the book's location.
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Shadowmancer (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- A special edition of the children's bestseller, in which sorcerer Obadiah Demurral seeks to control the highest power in the universe. Raphael, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane, are out to stop him. Features new material, an extra chapter and facts about the book's location.
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Shadowmancer (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- A special edition of the children's bestseller, in which sorcerer Obadiah Demurral seeks to control the highest power in the universe. Raphael, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane, are out to stop him. Features new material, an extra chapter and facts about the book's location.
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Shadowmancer (SIGNED)
- £30.00
- A special edition of the children's bestseller, in which sorcerer Obadiah Demurral seeks to control the highest power in the universe. Raphael, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane, are out to stop him. Features new material, an extra chapter and facts about the book's location.
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Shadowmancer (SIGNED)
- £9.00
- Sorcerer Obadiah Demurral seeks to control the highest power in the universe. Raphael, Kate, Thomas - and the mysterious Jacob Crane, are out to stop him. Features new material, an extra chapter and facts about the book's location.
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Splendid Dawn
- £25.00
- A tale of pioneer Canada based on fact. It tells the story of Thayendanegea, an Indian chief of the Mohawk tribe, who took the English name of Joseph Brant. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece.
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Stories of King Arthur and his Knights (retold from Malory’s Morte Darthur)
- £22.00
- The material for the Arthur stories came from many countries and from many different periods of history. Much of it is wholly fanciful, but the writers connected all the incidents directly or indirectly with the old Briton king of the fifth century, who was the model of knighthood, "without fear…
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Swallowdale
- £16.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 2: John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy and Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their…
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Swallows and Amazons
- £20.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 1. The ultimate children's classic - long summer days filled with adventure. John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in…
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Swallows and Amazons
- £20.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 1. The ultimate children's classic - long summer days filled with adventure. John, Susan, Titty and Roger sail their boat, Swallow, to a deserted island for a summer camping trip. Exploring and playing sailors is an adventure in itself but the island holds more excitement in…
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Tales from Shakespeare
- £20.00
- A pocket edition of the classic retelling of Shakespeare's plays for children.
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Tell Me A Story
- £15.00
- Mrs Molesworth was the penname of Mary Louisa Molesworth (née Stewart 1839-1921); this was one of her most famous collection of short stories for children (first published in 1875)
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The Adventures of a Three Guinea Watch
- £50.00
- Reed was a pioneer of school fiction for boys -- he contributed to The Boys' Own Paper (BOP) -- writing from a Christian standpoint but without the moralism of others. This was his first published book, after being serialised in the BOP; due to the immediate success and popularity of…
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The Best Adventure
- £12.00
- Successor to Secret Service, and Dangerous Treasure. Once again Peter and Ginger become involved in dramatic happenings which start when they set out at midnight to try and catch the mysterious visitor to their own private, secret cave.
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The Big Six
- £15.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 9. It's great detective work that's needed now. Bill, Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting boats adrift and the whole river is against them. Only Dick, Dorothea and Tom Dudgeon are there to stand by their friends and they soon set to work to…
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The Big Six
- £18.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 9. It's great detective work that's needed now. Bill, Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting boats adrift and the whole river is against them. Only Dick, Dorothea and Tom Dudgeon are there to stand by their friends and they soon set to work to…
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The Biggles – Air Detective Omnibus
- £22.00
- First edition of this omnibus, containing: Sergeant Bigglesworth, C.I.D.; Biggles' Second Case; Another Job for Biggles; Biggles Works it out
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The Children of the New Forest
- £15.00
- Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was a British Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. “The Children of the New Forest” is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick…
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The Children’s Hour Story Book Edited By Uncle Mac’s Of The BBC 1935
- £25.00
- A book which will bring back many memories for listeners to Children's Hour on the B.B.C. Home Service.
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The Dreamwalker’s Child (signed)
- £35.00
- Sam Palmer hates living in the country - he has no friends and life is dull. Until a bizarre bicycle crash leaves his body in a coma. Now he has far bigger problems. Sam wakes in Aurobon, a world similar to his own, and discovers that his accident was part…
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The Dungeon (signed)
- £10.00
- A medieval tragedy and tale of retribution – The Dungeon is a powerful story from a writer of great skill and potency. The setting is medieval Scotland, a land dominated by skirmishes and battles on the borders, a land of fortresses and castles in Scotland, England and Wales. We meet…
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The Essex Lad who became England’s Greatest Preacher – Life of C. H. Spurgeon for Young People
- £45.00
- A young people's biography of Spurgeon by Manton Smith, with 35 illustrations.
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The House at Pooh Corner
- £25.00
- One day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought he would do something, so he went round to Piglet's house to see what Piglet was doing.' This is the second classic children’s story by A.A. Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. In…
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The House at Pooh Corner
- £125.00
- One day when Pooh Bear had nothing else to do, he thought he would do something, so he went round to Piglet's house to see what Piglet was doing.' This is the second classic childrenÕs story by A.A. Milne about Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. In…
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The Iron Woman
- £20.00
- The Iron Woman has come to take revenge on mankind for its thoughtless polluting of the seas, lakes and rivers," says the introduction to the novel. It references rudeness, in that the iron woman exacts her revenge on a seemingly ignorant/uncaring male community (in the waste disposal plant) for polluting…
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The Khan’s Carpet
- £20.00
- A classic Haggardesque adventure novel with a treasure map, collapsing rope bridge, secret caves, aviation, swordplay, underground tunnels -- and, of course, an interesting Lost Race! Illustrated by Reginald Cleaver.
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The King of the Golden River – a legend of Stiria
- £6.00
- First published in 1851, John Ruskin’s Victorian story tells the tale of the Black brothers: the kind-natured 11-year old Gluck and his two nasty older brothers, Hans and Schwartz. For Gluck, play is cleaning the floors, and his education consists of a wholesome quantity of punches. One stormy evening, Gluck…
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The Land of Far Beyond – a classic retelling of Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress
- £70.00
- A classic adventure of good versus evil, this book will never be forgotten by the children who read it. Peter, Anna and Patience live in the City of Turmoil, a noisy, dirty place where children can do whatever they like. It's all fun and games until they discover the heavy…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £80.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £25.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £35.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Horse Bus
- £35.00
- Everybody for miles around Goose Lane used to buy their groceries at Mr Potter's shop. Things started to look grim with competitors opening over the road, until deliverance came in the shape of the little horse bus.
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The Little Steamroller
- £35.00
- Nobody at London airport knew that Mr King newly arrived was a wicked smuggler in the dreaded Black Hand gang. But thanks to the little steamroller, their Dirty Plan was foiled in the nick of time.
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The Man Who Stopped To Help
- £16.00
- Enid Blyton's storybook retelling of Jesus' Parable of the Good Samaritan, with illustrations from Elsie Walker (who worked on 8 of Blyton's biblical storybooks).
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The Night Ride
- £45.00
- Daddy, Kate and Tiny Teddy had lain forgotten in a dark cupboard for a long time. The children they belonged to had grown up and no longer played with them. Then, one day before Christmas, they were taken out of the cupboard and thrown into the dustbin.
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The Picts and the Martyrs or, Not Welcome at All
- £60.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 11. The dreaded Great Aunt has invited herself to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends Dick and Dorothea arrive for the Summer holiday. Nancy and Peggy have to become Martyrs, wearing dresses and reading poetry (but breaking out at night), while Dick and…
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The Picts and the Martyrs or, Not Welcome at All
- £30.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 11. The dreaded Great Aunt has invited herself to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends Dick and Dorothea arrive for the Summer holiday. Nancy and Peggy have to become Martyrs, wearing dresses and reading poetry (but breaking out at night), while Dick and…
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The Settlers in Canada
- £20.00
- From the 'Merlin Series', originally published in 1896 by Dent and Sons, by the writer of Children of the New Forest, Captain (Frederick) Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848). He was a British Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as…
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The Witch Trade
- £15.00
- Abby and Spike are drawn into a world of witches, hidden caverns, fabulous boats, captive children, lost parents, and a quest to find Ice Dust - the source of magical power. With their strange new companions - Captain Starlight, Benbow the giant albatross, and Sir Chadwick Street, flamboyant Master of…
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The Young Visiters or, Mr Salteenas Plan
- £20.00
- The Young Visiters or Mr Salteena's Plan is a comic masterpiece that has delighted generations of readers since it was first published in 1919. A classic story of life and love in later Victorian England as seen from the nursery window, it was written in 1890 by nine-year-old Daisy Ashford.…
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Through the Looking Glass, and what Alice found there
- £85.00
- Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1st pub. 1871) (also known as "Alice through the Looking-Glass" or simply "Through the Looking-Glass") is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror into the world that she…
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Thy Servant A Dog (told by Boots)
- £15.00
- Apparently, a "delightful and touching story to pull at the heartstrings of dog lovers, told by 'Boots' in the most insightful 'dog-speak'". Make of that what you will.
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Usborne History Of Britain Collection (box set)
- £30.00
- All ten books in the Usborne History of Britain series, beautifully presented in an attractive, sturdy slipcase. The perfect addition to any family bookshelf, this fabulous collection is sure to become an heirloom of the future.Covering British history from prehistoric times to the dawn of the 21st century.
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Village Christmas (The Fairacres Series #6)
- £25.00
- Taken from A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS, this is the perfect short tale for the festive season. When the Emery family first moved into the village of Fairacre, the locals were not entirely sure what to make of them. With three children, and another on the way, Mrs Emery didn't exactly fit…
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War Horse: 40th anniversary edition (SIGNED)
- £150.00
- A Beautiful 40th annniversary edition of the modern classic. Before the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic and nationÕs favourite childrenÕs novelÉ In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches.…
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We didn’t mean to go to sea
- £21.00
- Swallows & Amazons Book 7. 'Now Susan,' Mother said, 'And you too, John. No night sailing. No going outside the harbour. And back the day after tomorrow. Promise.'But promises can't always be kept. Within twenty-four hours John, Susan, Titty and Roger find themselves fighting a night gale in the treacherous…
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What You Need to Be Warm (SIGNED)
- £85.00
- Sometimes it only takes a stranger in a dark place... to say we have the right to be here, to make us warm in the coldest season. In 2019, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000 responses later, Neil began to weave replies from…
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When we were very young
- £35.00
- Written with simplicity and gentle humor, A. A. Milne's poems recapture the innocence of childhood and the wonder of everyday situations, from putting on boots for a rainy day to birdwatching and gazing at a cloudy sky. Alert readers will recognize the narrator of Teddy Bear, a poem that originally…
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When we were very young
- £15.00
- Written with simplicity and gentle humor, A. A. Milne's poems recapture the innocence of childhood and the wonder of everyday situations, from putting on boots for a rainy day to birdwatching and gazing at a cloudy sky. Alert readers will recognize the narrator of Teddy Bear, a poem that originally…
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Whispers from Fairyland
- £25.00
- A nineteenth century collection of fairy stories written by Knatchbull-Hugessen, who was a Member of Parliament, and later known as Lord Brabourne. He dedicates the book to the 'Mothers of England' stating 'because it is to them and to their guidance of the home-life of their children that England has…
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Wild Lone: the story of a Pytchley Fox
- £45.00
- Denys James Watkins-Pitchford (1905-1990) was a British naturalist, an illustrator, art teacher and a children's author under the pseudonym "BB". He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for British children's books. Written on the eve of the Second World War, the novel follows the life of a young fox named RufusÑand…
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William and A.R.P. (Air Raid Precautions)
- £25.00
- Crompton's William series Book 21. In time of war, William Brown is a force to be reckoned with, with his newly formed band of experts on air raid tactics and his gas mask made from a flower pot. Saving the country should be easy for someone with William's courage and…
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William and the Tramp
- £25.00
- Crompton's William series Book 28. Contains: William and the Tramp; William meets the Professor; William Beats the Record; William and the Returned Traveller; William and the Haunted Cottage; William and the Pets' Club; William's Secret Society; Archie has a Party.
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William the Rebel
- £20.00
- Crompton's William series Book 15. Contains: Three dogs and William; A Rescue Party; Mistakes Will Happen; William and Cleopatra; The Outlaws and the Penknife; Wiliam and the Watch and Chain; William's Wonderful Plan; William and the Fisherman; William and the Drug Trafficker; April Fool's Day; William Makes Things Hum; It…
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Wormwood (SIGNED)
- £45.00
- Dr Sabian Blake - astronomer, scientist, and master of the Cabala - is in possession of the Nemorensis, an ancient leather-bound book which holds the secrets of the universe. Its mysterious inscription reads: 'Wormwood...the bright star shall fall from the sky...and many will die from its bitterness'. Deciphering this prophecy…
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