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  • 20484 - Turner, Ethel
  • Seven Little Australians
  • London, Ward, Lock & bowden, 1895. 240pp plus ads, sm8vo. Near fine third edition in original illustrated boards with minimal fading to spine, wear and markings consistent with its age. There is some foxing to page edges and prelims and a previous owner's inscription on the ffep, but otherwise this a very attractive copy of this beautifully illustrated edition.
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  • 21031 - Edwards, Hazel; illustrated by Deborah Niland
  • There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake
  • Sydney, Hodder & Stoughton, 1980. 4to. Very good first edition hardback in dustwrapper with very minor wear apart from a 2inch closed tear to the front panel at the head of the spine. Otherwise very neat and clean.
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  • 20371 - "Flight-Lieutenant", (W. E. Johns)
  • Air Adventures
  • London, Ace Publishing Company, no date (c.1939). 248pp, 8vo. Very good hardback in illustrated boards and cloth spine. There is some wear and marking to boards and a small 1/2cm piece missing from the head of the spine. Hinges are visible at both front and rear inside covers, but the binding is still firm. Page edges have some marks and have darkened and there is an inscription in pencil on both endpapers, but otherwise this book is neat and complete and much lovelier than it sounds. All plates present, images available at your request.
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  • 20343 - Base, Graeme
  • My Grandma lived in Gooligulch
  • Melbourne, Thomas Nelson, 1983. No pagination, 4to. Near fine first edition with minor creasing to rear panel and a previous owner's name on the ffep.
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