1. Shakespeare William : TWELFTH NIGHT Folio, 1966 1st in this edition Hardback in slip-case. Green cloth covers with gilt and black feather decoration on front cover. Introduction by Peter Hall. No inscription or name. Exceptionally bright, clean and tight. SUPERB full-page colour illustrations by Lila Di Nobili. Grey marbled slip-case. FINE / FINE Ref: 6800 Price: £15.00

2. Shakespeare William : THETRAGEDY OF ANTONY & CLEOPATRA Folio, 1967 Hardback in slip-case. Lilac covers with gilt and black feather decoration on front cover.Title in gilt on spine.Introduction by Sir Laurence Olivier. No inscription or name. Exceptionally bright, clean and tight. Very attractive full-page colour illustrations and various in black and white. Designs for Costumes & Scenery by Audrey Cruddas & Roger Furse. Grey marbled repaired slip-case. VERY GOOD+ / GOOD Ref: 6799 Price: £10.50

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3. Shirlaw G. B. : CASUALTY - THE TRAINING ORGANISATION, AND ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL DEFENCE CASUALTY SERVICES London, Secker and Warburg 1940 ( SIGNED COPY ) Hardback in dustwrapper. Black cloth covers with titles in white on spine. Clean and tight.There are 70 illustrations and diagrams. Probably G.B. Shirlaw's own copy as it has his name and date on first blank endpaper. Cream dustwrapper has browned spine, a few small tears and some loss at spine ends and a little at corners but has been covered in a removable clear protective covering. Not price-clipped. A VERY SCARCE COPY. Ref: 6798 Price: £45.00

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4. Gay John : THE BEGGAR'S OPERA New York, Argonaut 1961 Hardback in slip-case ( 8" x 10" ). 'A faithful reproduction of the 1729 edition which includes the WORDS and MUSIC of all the AIRS, as well as the SCORE for the overture'. Also has commentaries by LOUIS KRONENBERGER and MAX GOBERMAN. Attractive beige covers with tan spine and lovely gilt decoration on cover and spine. Marbled endpapers and very attractive black and white vignettes. Beige and tan slip-case with a little rubbing to the edges. FINE in VERY GOOD slipcase. Ref: 6797 Price: £10.00

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5. Woodroffe Patrick : MICKY'S NEW HOME South Wales, Cowbridge D. Brown 1976 1st edition Hardback. Very attractive pictorial covers. No inscription or name. Exceptionally bright, very clean and very tight. The story of Micky the lonely elephant. SUPERB full-page and two double-page colour illustrations and other pages have all-round edge decoration and first-letter chapter decoration. A lovely copy. FINE Ref: 6796 Price: £40.00

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6. Goaman Muriel : TRANSPORT Through The Ages Loughborough, Wills & Hepworth Ladybird Easy-Reading 1970 1st edition Attractive pictorial cover. Slight rubbing to end of spine and rear yellow cover is a little grubby otherwise very bright, clean and very tight.No inscription or name. Black and white decorated endpapers showing Land Transport and Sea And Air Transport. Lovely colour illustrations by Frank Hampson. A nice copy. VERY GOOD. Ref: 6795 Price: £6.00

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7. Hunia Fran : THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN Loughborough, Ladybird Books Read It Yourself 1978 1st edition Attractive pictorial cover. Slightly rubbed and bumped on spine ends and along rear edge of spine otherwise very bright, clean and very tight. A small name in ink on endpaper. Lovely colour illustrations by Brian Price Thomas. A nice copy. VERY GOOD. Ref: 6794 Price: £4.50

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8. Havenhand I. & J. : THE LIFE-BOAT MEN Loughborough, Wills & Hepworth Ladybird Easy-Reading 1971 1st editon Attractive pictorial cover. A little rubbing along spine edge and btm.corners otherwise very bright, clean and very tight. No inscription or name. Decorated endpapers showing maps of Royal Life-Boat Institution Stations in G.Britain & Ireland. Lovely colour illustrations by John Berry. A nice copy. VERY GOOD Ref: 6793 Price: £6.00

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9. Havenhand I.& J. : THE AIRMAN in the ROYAL AIR FORCE Loughborough, Wills & Hepworth Ladybird Easy-Reading 15p revised price Attractive pictorial cover. Very slightly rubbed at ends of spine. No inscription or name.Very bright, clean and very tight. Decorated endpapers showing different Badges and Awards. Lovely colour illustrations by John Berry. A nice copy. VG+ Ref: 6792 Price: £6.50

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10. Aitchison Leslie : THE STORY OF METALS Loughborough, Wills & Hepworth 1971 1st edition Very attractive pictorial cover. No inscription or name. Exceptionally bright, clean and tight. Has a list of the more important metals and their uses at rear of book. Lovely colour illustrations by Martin Aitchison. VG+ Ref: 6789 Price: £8.50

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11. Hayden E.S. : HOW IT WORKS THE HOVERCRAFT Loughborough, Wills & Hepworth 1969 Attractive pictorial cover. No inscription or name. Exceptionally bright, clean and tight. Lovely colour illustrations by B.H.Robinson. VG++ Ref: 6788 Price: £6.50

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12. Hunter Edmund : THE STORY OF ARMS AND ARMOUR Loughborough, Wills & Hepworth 1971 ( priced 15p on rear cover ). Very attractive pictorial cover. No inscription or name. Exceptionally bright, clean and very tight. Lovely colour illustrations by Robert Ayton. VG+ Ref: 6787 Price: £7.50

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13. Rupert : THE MONSTER RUPERT - With 200 cut-outs in colour London, Sampson Low, Marston 1950 reprint of 1934 edition Hardback in a dustwrapper. (7 1/2" x 10" ). Very attractive pictorial covers with red cloth spine. Cover shows Rupert and his friends and Rupert pulling a boy out of a hole in the ground of a cave. Btm.corners a little rubbed otherwise exceptionally bright, very clean and very tight. No name in "Book belongs to box". There are 200 cut-outs all intact and five stories in this copy ( later reprints had only 120 cut-outs and four stories ). Identical pictorial dustwrapper with some small loss at spine ends and front two corners. Exceptionally bright and clean. Not priced-clipped.Has clear, removable protective covering. VERY GOOD ++ / GOOD + Ref: 6786 Price: £100.00

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14. Taylor Dorothy and John : MEMORY RHYMES - Learning with Traditional Rhymes Loughborough, Ladybird Books 1976 Hardback ( 4 1/2" x 7 ). Attractive pictorial cover. Slight wear to corners. No inscription or name. Very bright, clean and tight. Lovely illustrations by Martin Aitchison, Frank Humphris, Kathy Layfield & Brian Price Thomas. A nice copy. VERY GOOD. Ref: 6785 Price: £5.00

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15. Harding Harry : WHERE THE BEE SUCKED - Recollections of a 1930's childhood on the fringe of the North Yorkshire Moors. Newton Aycliffe, Co. Durham, Newton Press 1999 Large format softback ( 6" x 8" ). Attractive pictorial cover with photograph of the author and his family. 196 pages. Very clean and tight. A nice copy of a very scarce book. VERY GOOD. Ref: 6784 Price: £10.00

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16. Mitchell Gene : THE SUBJECT WAS CHILDREN - THE ART OF JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH London, Elm Tree Books 1980 1st edition Hardback in dustwrapper ( 8 1/2" x 11" ). Light tan cloth covers with titles in gilt on spine. No inscription or name. Exceptionally clean and tight. Includes an Introduction, Jessie Willcox Smith - An Autobiographical Sketch and 68 of the finest paintings by this great illustrator, mainly full-page in superb colours. Very attractive cream dustwrapper with 2 beautiful colour illustrations on front and rear covers. Very clean and bright. Not price-clipped. Also has a clear, removable protective covering. A lovely copy. FINE in a VERY GOOD PLUS dustwrapper. Ref: 6783 Price: £55.00

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17. Miss Read - author J.S. Goodall - illustrator : AFFAIRS AT THRUSH GREEN London, Michael Joseph 1983 1st edition Hardback in dustwrapper. Blue cloth covers with titles in gilt on spine. No inscription or name. Exceptionally clean and tight. Lovely black and white illustrations throughout by John S. Goodall. Very attractive colour pictorial dustwrapper by John Goodall, price-clipped and with slight rubbing and a few tiny chips at top of spine and top corner very slightly rubbed. A VERY GOOD copy. Ref: 6782 Price: £9.00

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18. Scarry Richard : EUROPEAN WORD BOOK ENGLISH - FRENCH - GERMAN London, Hamlyn 1974 1st edition Hardback (10 1/2" x 12" ). Attractive all-round pictorial covers. Slight splitting at btm.of spine, corners rubbed and bumped and edges a little rubbed. Covers have some feint indentations. No inscription or name. Clean and tight. Richard Scarry's wonderful illustrations throughout and decorated endpapers. VERY SCARCE. A GOOD copy. Ref: 6781 Price: £20.00

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19. Pienkowski Jan - illustrator Brothers Grimm - authors : THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (Fairy Tale Library Series) London, Heinemann 1977 1st in this edition. Hardback miniature( 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" ). Very attractive all-round pictorial covers. Tiny scribble on blank page and some erased scribble on rear of this page otherwise very clean, tight and bright. No inscription or name. SUPERB Full-page colour illustrations and numerous SUPERB black and white silhouette illustrations throughout by Jan Pienkowski. SCARCE. A nice copy. Ref: 6780 Price: £9.50

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20. Pienkowski Jan - illustrator Aiken Joan - author : A NECKLACE OF RAINDROPS London, Jonathan Cape 1976 rpt. Hardback in dustwrapper ( 7" x 10" ). Turquoise covers with titles in black on spine and titles and decoration in black on front cover. Small bump at btm.of front and rear cover. No inscription or name. Exceptionally clean and tight. Beautiful decorated endpapers. SUPERB full-page colour illustrations and numerous SUPERB black and white silhouette illustrations throughout by Jan Pienkowski. Very attractive all-round pictorial dustwrapper, price-clipped. Has a little rubbing at top corners and a tiny repaired chip at btm.of front cover otherwise clean and bright. VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD Ref: 6779 Price: £40.00