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Discusses British children's books in the Opie collection
By Gillian Avery and Julie Briggs (editor)

Paperback:

9780198122531 | Reprint edition (Clarendon Pr, November 1, 1990), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Discusses British children's books in the Opie collection

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When P.T. Barnum decides to take Jumbo to America, Aunt Louisa and the Oxford children band together to save the animal and begin The Elephant War of England.

Hardcover:

9780030863073 | Henry Holt & Co, June 1, 1971, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Harriet leads a group of young people in their attempt to keep P.

Paperback:

9780440400400 | Dell Pub Co, March 1, 1988, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Harriet leads a group of young people in their attempt to keep P.

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An anthology of poems and nonsense verse by British and American writers about nature, journeys, animals, love, childhood, battles, magic, and music
By Gillian Avery and Thomas Bewick (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780679436348 | Everymans Library, September 1, 1994, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: An anthology of poems and nonsense verse by British and American writers about nature, journeys, animals, love, childhood, battles, magic, and music

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By Gillian Avery (editor) and Emily Pepys

Hardcover:

9780907325246 | Prospect Books, October 1, 1984, cover price $12.95

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Pressured by his father to leave school for a career he doesn't want, a nineteenth-century Manchester boy runs away and gains a new perspective on his future

Paperback:

9781481425278 | Simon & Schuster, January 21, 2014, cover price $19.99

School and Library:

9780671798673 | Simon & Schuster, June 1, 1994, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Pressured by his father to leave school for a career he doesn't want, a nineteenth-century Manchester boy runs away and gains a new perspective on his future

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Running away from her stuffy boarding school, free-spirited Maria flees to her uncle, a college warden at Oxford, and begins a new life of intrigue, mystery, and excitement. By the author of Italian Spring.
By Gillian Avery and Scott Snow (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780671770747 | Simon & Schuster, June 1, 1992, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Running away from her stuffy boarding school, free-spirited Maria flees to her uncle, a college warden at Oxford, and begins a new life of intrigue, mystery, and excitement

When Maria's uncle and guardian dies, her uncle's scholarly cousin whisks her away to Italy, where she befriends the mischievous Cordelia and discovers the hidden marvels of Italy.
By Gillian Avery and Scott Snow (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780671795825 | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 1993, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: When her latest guardian dies, a twelve-year-old English girl is relieved when a distant cousin offers her a home in Italy

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A tribute to more than 350 years of literary works features the fables, alphabet stories, fairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books, and illustrations of 170 authors and artists, in a slipcased volume that includes discussions on the cultural contexts of children's literature as well as author annotations and bibliographies. Original. 20,000 first printing.

Paperback:

9780393327762 | Slp edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, October 15, 2005), cover price $65.00 | About this edition: Presents a selection of fairy tales, picture books, nursery rhymes, fantasy, alphabets, chapbooks, and comics published in English since 1659, including more than ninety complete works and excerpts from 170 authors and illustrators.
9780393975383 | W W Norton & Co Inc, June 30, 2005, cover price $98.65 | About this edition: A collection of fairy tales, picture books, nursery rhymes, fantasy, alphabets, chapbooks, and comics published in English since 1659, representing 170 authors and illustrators, and including more than ninety complete works and excerpts from others.

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By Gillian Avery (editor) and Kimberly Reynolds (editor)

Hardcover:

9780312224080 | Palgrave Macmillan, February 5, 2000, cover price $140.00

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An illustrated collection of traditional Russian tales including 'Vassilissa the Beautiful,' 'The Frog Princess,' and 'The White Duck'

Hardcover:

9780679436416 | Everymans Library, October 1, 1995, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: An illustrated collection of traditional Russian tales including 'Vassilissa the Beautiful,' 'The Frog Princess,' and 'The White Duck'

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By Gillian Avery (introduced by) and Jane Johnson

Paperback:

9781851240654 | Facsimile edition (Bodleian Library, March 15, 2005), cover price $25.00

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