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MANKIEWICZ, Joseph L. More About All About Eve.New York : 1972
First edition, first printing of this book on the making of All About Eve and director Joseph Mankiewicz's career in Hollywood. Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 85849
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HUTCHINSON, Geoffrey. Common Sense about the Surtax.London : 1929
First edition, first impression. Described on the front of the dust jacket as "the first book on an important topic" in the run up to the 1929 General Election, also known as the "Flapper Election" because it was the first election in which women over the age of 21 were allowed to vote.
Provenance: from the publisher's archive of Victor Gollancz... Learn More£50.00Stock Code: 96262
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CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri. About Russia.London : 1974
First UK edition, first impression. About Russia was originally published the year prior in France as A propos de l'U.R.S.S. Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 136820
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SASSOON, Siegfried. Something About Myself.Worcester : 1966
First edition, first impression, printed on the occasion of the author's 80th birthday from the manuscript of More Poems which Sassoon wrote in 1897, when he was 11 years old, about his cat. Learn More£225.00Stock Code: 140753
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ROSENDAHL, Charles Emery. What About the Airship?New York : 1938
First edition, first printing; a superb presentation copy, inscribed by the author across the front free endpaper, "With best wishes and happiest recollections of our airship service together, to Captain George W. Steele. Charles Emery Rosendahl, August 1938". The recipient was Rosendahl's predecesor as commander of the ZR-3 airship USS Los Angeles... Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 143198
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BENTLEY, Nicolas. "My own deep conviction about the destinies of free men is that from February 15 their movements are liable to be severely constricted."1960
Two commuters contemplate the threatened rail strikes, and make their priorities clear. In his historically important "Wind of Change" speech of the previous day, Harold Macmillan made clear that the British government intended to pursue a policy of decolonization in Africa, and referring to South Africa persistence with apartheid had warned; "that... Learn More£325.00Stock Code: 67370
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WIESE, Kurt, & Marjorie Flack. The Story About Ping.New York : 1933
First edition, first printing. The adventures of a duck from the Yangtze River. An ALA notable children's title. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 100541
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NORMAN, Frank. Much Ado About Nuffink.London : 1974
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the novelist Denise Robins on the front free endpaper, "For Denise Robins, with best wishes. Vive la difference! Frank Norman. July '74." Learn More£75.00Stock Code: 103564
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LONDON, Fulham. In and About Fulhamc.1870.
Four scenes on one plate. 1: Fulham House and Ranelagh Lodge. 2: Old "Swan" Tavern, 1820. 3: Pryor's Bank,. 4: Old Pottery. Monogramed WHP within the text.
Learn More£40.00Stock Code: 57420
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HOLDEN, Ursula. Sing About It.London : 1982
First edition, first impression. Learn More£50.00Stock Code: 103351
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ROSE, Edward B. The Truth about the Transvaal.London : 1902
First Edition. Anti-Imperialist analysis published under the aegis of the Morning Leader. Rose is described on the title page as "Late President of the Witwatersrand Mine Employés sic and Mechanics Union." Thomasson was MP for Bolton, 1880-85, and was described in his obituary in the Bolton News in 1904 as "Bolton's greatest benefactor." Learn More£95.00Stock Code: 37362
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UNWIN, Sir Stanley. The Truth About A Publisher.London : 1960
First edition, first impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to Storer Lunt, head of the New York publishing house W. W. Norton & Co., on the front free endpaper, "To Storer Lunt, Colleague of my best friend among american publishers, the late W. W. Norton, from Stanley Unwin, 31st March 1960". Includes, clipped from the New York... Learn More£425.00Stock Code: 77300
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COLE, George Douglas Howard (ed.) What Everybody Wants to Know About Money.London : 1933
First edition, first impression, of this overview of the monetary system, policy, and debates. Nine economists from Oxford contributed, all broadly on the left, including future Labour Leader Hugh Gaitskell, and Colin Clark, George Douglas Howard Cole, Evan Frank Mottram Durbin, E. L. Hargreaves, R. F. Harrod, G. R. Mitchison, E. A. Radice, and Aylmer... Learn More£75.00Stock Code: 140163
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LEE, Christopher - LOVECRAFT, H. P. Something About Cats.Sauk City, WI : 1949
First edition, first printing. From the library of Christopher Lee, though unmarked as such. Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 121005
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MITFORD, Mary Russell; BROCK, C. E. (illus.) Scolding little boys and girls about their ABC.1904
The original illustration, signed by the artist, for one of the scenes in Mary Russell Mitford's "Our Village", which comprised a series of sketches of country life. Brock's illustrations form part of the "Series of English Idylls" published by J. M. Dent & Co. The scene depicted shows the village nursery school. Learn More£975.00Stock Code: 76096
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BENTLEY, Nicolas. "Don't lose your sense of proportion, darling. Forget about Tulyartos and imagine you're Sophia Loren."1960
The reference is to Anthony Asquith's hit film, a loose adaptation of the Shaw play The Millionairess. The cartoons and illustrations of Nicolas Bentley (1907-1978) were part of the warp and weft of English popular culture in the 1950s and 60s. Never savage, though often waspishly accurate and exuding an urbane air of amusement at the foibles of his... Learn More£325.00Stock Code: 67347
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BENTLEY, Nicolas. "It's the wife I'm worried about, not the car; that only 1900."20 July 1960
The cartoons and illustrations of Nicolas Bentley (1907-1978) were part of the warp and weft of English popular culture in the 1950s and 60s. Never savage, though often waspishly accurate and exuding an urbane air of amusement at the foibles of his fellows, Bentley's work was familiar to the public from a wide variety of publications. Between 1952 and... Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 100814
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BENTLEY, Nicolas. "I don't care about your politics, don't let me catch you sitting here next Sunday."[1960s]
A policeman attempts to move on a destitute old veteran who is peddling art on the streets.
The cartoons and illustrations of Nicolas Bentley (1907-1978) were part of the warp and weft of English popular culture in the 1950s and 60s. Never savage, though often waspishly accurate and exuding an urbane air of amusement at the foibles of his fellows,... Learn More£225.00Stock Code: 100803
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LEACH, Hugh. Strolling about on the Roof of the World.London : 2003
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the title page: "For Mary Soames, in respectful memory of your father, who joined the Society in 1921. With best wishes from Hugh, November 2002". From the library of Mary Soames, with the posthumous bookplate loosely inserted. Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 97930
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BENTLEY, Nicolas. "Darling, I know I ought to feel absolutely mizz about Dick Crossman, but all I really feel is good-oh for Polly Elwes."1960
Polly Elwes, BBC announcer and reporter, married sports broadcaster Peter Dimmock on 12 March. The Dick Crossman reference likely relates to his election as chairman of the National Executive of the Labour Party. The cartoons and illustrations of Nicolas Bentley (1907-1978) were part of the warp and weft of English popular culture in the 1950s and 60s.... Learn More£325.00Stock Code: 67354
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![Divân-ı Zâtî ("Diwan of Zati"); [together with:] Sawanih al-nawadir fi ma'rifat al-anasir ("Rare Thoughts about Knowledge of the Elements").](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/2/126850.jpg)
ZATI, Suleyman. Divân-ı Zâtî ("Diwan of Zati"); [together with:] Sawanih al-nawadir fi ma'rifat al-anasir ("Rare Thoughts about Knowledge of the Elements").Istanbul : 1841
First edition. Scarce, with only 11 locations on WorldCat. A lavishly produced copy the first edition of these works by Suleyman Zati, clearly specially produced for presentation, since the printers have deliberately omitted the opening title device and a new design has been hand painted in its place. The attractive binding bears the seal of the reigning... Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 126850
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Typed letter signed ("Scott" in ink) to Gilbert Seldes.Baltimore : 1934
Seldes gave Tender Is the Night a rave review in the New York Evening Journal on the day of publication, 12 April 1934. Fitzgerald writes two weeks later to thank him: " I never had any doubt after the weeks and months of half-sleepless work on the thing that it had some special merit and value but it is so nice to see an appreciation of it so early... Learn More£8,750.00Stock Code: 124321
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WILSON, Colin. A Book of Booze.London : 1974
First edition, first impression. "This book about wines, and to a lesser extent about spirits and beers, is a delightful new departure for Colin Wilson". (jacket front flap) Learn More£65.00Stock Code: 142810
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Artist: RALPH, B.Engraved by Ryland, J. Raby Castle, Durham1764
View of Raby Castle. Beneath image is text about the geography Durham. Learn More£20.00Stock Code: 57688
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CREWS, Harry. Car.New York : 1972
First edition, first printing. "Car is about a man who, in public and before national TV cameras, will eat a car, eat it, in his own words, 'from bumper to bumper.' He loves the car. And Car is about the love of cars" (front flap blurb). Learn More£325.00Stock Code: 104137
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BEVERIDGE, Lord. Voluntary Action. A Report on Methods of Social Advance.London : 1948
First edition, first impression, scarce in the jacket. "His book Voluntary Action (1948) was a passionate defence of the role of the voluntary sector in provision of social welfareand it was also, perhaps, an admission of doubt about the increasing bureaucratization of welfare that his own ideas on social policy had done much to bring about" (ODNB).... Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 141865
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SAINSON, Louis Auguste de, & J. Brodtmann (engr.) Die Berathung des Geistes um ein Krankes Kind (Tonga Tabu).[c.1860]
Interesting print showing the natives of Tonga Tabu island consulting the spirits about an ill child. Learn More£50.00Stock Code: 58464
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WHITE, Antonia. Minka and Curdy.London : 1957
First edition, first impression, of this charming little story about two cats. Learn More£75.00Stock Code: 142846
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MOORE, George. Confessions of a Young Man.London : 1888
First edition in English. Originally published in French in 1886. A memoir written in the form of a novel about the author's bohemian life in Paris and London during the 1870s and 80s, and notable as one of the first English writings about the emerging French Impressionist art scene. With the advert for Parnell and His Island tipped-in to the front... Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 95927
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WILSON, Harold - BOWEN, David. Britain's Weather.Newton Abbot : 1969
First edition, first impression. Presentation copy to then-prime minister Harold Wilson, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "To Harold Wilson, who cares about Britain but who remains silent about British weather! With every good wish David Bowen". The book remained in the possession of Wilson and his wife Mary until the dispersal of... Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 138068
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DOUGLAS, Norman. London Street Games.London : 1916
First edition, first impression, one of about 500 copies printed. It was was quarried by James Joyce when writing Finnegans Wake. Learn More£225.00Stock Code: 104266
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TULLY, Jim. Shanty Irish.New York : 1928
First edition, first printing. Tully's third novel is a semi-autobiographical story about life for poor Irish Americans growing up in the slums of small-town Ohio. Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 118448
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NETHERLANDS; Rotterdam. A View of the Exchange the South and North Blaak taken from the Gaapers Bridge Roterdam. Vue de la Bourse Le Gaper's Brug et le Sud et Nord Blaak à Roterdam.1794
Beautiful view of Rotterdam. Laurie and Whittle carried on business from about 1790, taking over the stock of Robert Sayer's publishing house in 1792-93. Learn More£475.00Stock Code: 56465
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MARTINY, F. Tennis - First Service.[c.1920s]
Signed by the artist. An attractive watercolour of a lady about to serve in a game of social tennis. Learn More£220.00Stock Code: 74897
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PORCACCHI, Tomaso, 1530-1585. Engraved by Girolamo Porro. SCARPANTO.Venice : 1605
A beautiful miniature map of the island. Engraved headpiece above map and engraved initial and text in Italian about the island below. Learn More£130.00Stock Code: 53776
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KNIGHT, Hilary (illus.); SCHAFFNER, Val. Algonquin Cat.New York : 1980
First edition, first printing. Children's story about Hamlet, the cat, that took up residence in the Algonquin Hotel in New York. Learn More£50.00Stock Code: 143626
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ASHTON, Helen. Bricks and Mortar.London : 1932
First edition, first impression. A novel about the life of a London architect from the 1890s to the early 1930s. From the publisher's archive. Learn More£325.00Stock Code: 94178
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DAGLEY, Elizabeth Frances. Fairy Favours, and Other Tales.London : 1825
First edition. Dagley's tales articulate "the problems and misery of economic insecurity, particularly in a fairy tale about a needle - that indispensable tool of women's labour". These tales "provide a detailed account not just of the kinds of objects found in a workbox, but also the various attitudes towards needlework and female employment, both... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 127823
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KAVANAGH, Patrick. Tarry Flynn.London : 1948
First edition, first impression of the autobiographical novel about the life of an Irish farmer and poet. One of Kavanagh's scarcest books in dust jacket. Learn More£675.00Stock Code: 76535
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Artist: HOGARTH, William.Engraved by COOK, T. March to Finchley.1806
This magnificent print shows a chaotic street scene with the bleary-eyed King's Guards being rounded up after nights of debauchery, in September 1745. They are about to defend Londond from Bonnie Prince Charlie. Learn More£145.00Stock Code: 57829
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PRATCHETT, Terry. The Carpet People.Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire : 1971
First edition, first impression of the author's first novel, about the inhabitants of a household carpet. In the jacket with the original plastic jacket protector attached. Learn More£600.00Stock Code: 88671
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BROWNING, Gareth H. The Children's Story-Book of BeesLondon : 1933
First edition, first impression. Charming book about bees written for children, interlacing facts with stories and myths featuring the insect. Part of the publisher's "Nature & Science Series for Children".
Learn More£95.00Stock Code: 140134
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ASHTON, Helen. Hornet's Nest.London : 1934
First edition, first impression. With the Book Society wraparound loosely inserted. A novel about a doctor in a small town. From the publisher's archive. Learn More£325.00Stock Code: 94179
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PETERKIN, Julia. Black April. A Novel.Indianapolis : 1927
First edition, first printing. "Peterkin's epic novel about a plantation foreman, Black April, appeared in 1927, and this time there was no confusion about the author's race. Peterkin had changed publishers to Bobbs-Merrill, a sales-oriented firm with an aggressive publicity department. Advertised as the work of a southern plantation mistress, Black... Learn More£525.00Stock Code: 59267
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GOVAN, Christine Noble. [The Plummer Children Trilogy]:Boston and New York : 1934-8
First editions, first printings, of the three instalments of this trilogy about the prominent Eggleston family of Williamson County, TN, and the misadventures of their children. Each is scarce in jacket. Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 126582
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GRIFFITHS, F. A., captain, Royal Artillery. The Artillerist's Manual and British Soldier's Compendium.,Woolwich : 1840
An interesting soldier's vade mecum from the mid-19th century. "The present edition contains about one fourth additional material, one extra Plate, Wood cuts &c." Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 41462
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KNIGHT, Eric. This Above All.London : 1941
First edition, first impression. This Second World War novel about a British soldier's crisis of conscience was adapted into an Academy Award winning film in 1942. Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 80306
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Vegetable or from President to Postman.New York : 1923
First edition, first printing of Fitzgerald's only stage play, a political satire about a postman who dreams of becoming president of the United States and succeeds. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 36238
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FREUD, Lucian. Recent Work.London : 1968
First edition, first impression, presentation copy inscribed "Dear Binky, You missed it and I missed you. Are you angry about the vanishing act? 'I went see sic a man about a dog'... A Borzoi in fact that looked like you. Lots of Love, Lucian" to title page, with the address "227 Gloucester Terrace W.2 (Until Friday)" penned above.
The recipient,... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 138200
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CHATWIN, Bruce. The Songlines.London : 1987
First edition, first impression, of the author's fourth book. This work is Chatwin's "capacious exploration of Aboriginal creation myths and incorporated some of his early speculations about nomads" (ODNB). Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 141986
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ASHTON, Helen. Dust Over the Ruins.London : 1935
First edition, first impression. A novel about an archaeological venture and a woman who tries to sabotage it. The publisher's retained copy with their stamp to the front pastedown. Learn More£325.00Stock Code: 94181
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FISHER, Vardis. Dark Bridwell.London : 1931
First UK edition, first impression of this novel about life in pioneer society. It was first published in the US earlier the same year. The publisher's retained copy with their stamp to the front panel of the jacket and front pastedown. Learn More£475.00Stock Code: 93612
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FISHER, Vardis. Dark Bridwell.London : 1931
First UK edition, first impression of this novel about life in pioneer society. It was first published in the US earlier the same year. The publisher's retained copy with their ink stamp to the half-title. Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 93599
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ROBERT DE VAUGONDY. CARTE DE L'EGYPTE ANCIENNE et MODERNE.c.1770.
Attractive map of Egypt, with a wealth of detail about ancient remains in the Nile Valley, and the mountains in the Sinai. Decorated cartouche with the sphinx and pyramids at lower left. Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 58805
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PEARSON, Robert. A New and Correct Draught of the Bay of Matanzas on ye North Side of ye Island Cuba, done from a survey in the year 1729 by Robt. Pearfon.1759
Matanzas is located about 50 miles east from Havana. Attractive map of the harbour of Matanzas. Rhumb lines, depth soundings and a few navigational notes on map. Published by Mount & Page in London. Learn More£195.00Stock Code: 52990
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TUDOR, Tasha. Linsey Woolsey.New York : 1946
First edition, first printing. Part of the Calico series, this title tells the charming tale of a little lamb. Written about actual happening on the author's farm. Tudor's illustrations capture the ideal American country lifestyle. Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 96057
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KORNISS, Peter. A Vendegmunkas, (The Guest Workers).Budapest : 1988
First edition, first printing. With the photographer's signed presentation inscription to the title page, "To Augusta and Arnold Newman in the hope you will know a bit more about my small country from this book. With warmest regards Korniss Peter Budapest September 12, 1989". Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 76021
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DULAC, Edmund. Lyrics Pathetic and Humorous from A to Z.London : 1908 [1909]
First edition, portfolio issue. This deluxe edition is one of about 160 copies and was issued in 1909 (although the imprint states 1908), a year after the trade edition. It is in a much larger format than the standard edition and is extremely scarce. Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 102465
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DELISLE, Guillaume, & Philippe Buache. Carte D'Asie1783
A magnificent detailed map of Asia, cartouche at right, 'Avertissement' at top right, containing details about the projection, and impossibility of making an accurate scale. From the Atlas Geographique des Quatre Parties du Monde. Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 58848
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MacDONALD, Betty. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.Philadelphia : 1947
First edition, first printing. The first title in the series about a woman who lives in an upside down house, who has a magic chest full of cures for the bad habits of the children who live in her neighbourhood. Learn More£450.00Stock Code: 95610
