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Long Ago when I was Young | Edith Nesbit, Edward Ardizzone, George BUCHANAN
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And book haul 2 - writers autobiographies - Fay Weldon (signed), Agatha Christie and E Nesbit. 😍 #greendolphin #secondhandbooks

Ruthiella Nice! 👍 14mo
Jeg Very envious of the signed Fay Weldon. 14mo
batsy Lovely haul. Have you read much Weldon? I've only read this and I quite enjoyed it 14mo
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LeahBergen That E. Nesbit has me intrigued! 14mo
Centique @Jeg @batsy when I was a teenager Weldon was very popular so it seemed very grown up to read her! I read Puffball and The Heart of the Country back then but I‘m not sure I‘ve read any since. I will look up the one you mention @batsy it sounds good 😊 14mo
Centique @LeahBergen and an introduction by Streatfeild 😍 14mo
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Here‘s the fiction I bought from Green Dolphin books - Joan Aiken, Noel Streatfeild and tiny editions of Baldwin and Buck. #greendolphin

Rissreads Look at those covers! ♥️ 14mo
batsy Omg! Look at those Streatfeilds! The Aiken! And that Baldwin 😍😍😍 14mo
ClairesReads Omg Noel Streatfield- classics! 14mo
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LeahBergen Ooo! I hope you love those Streatfeilds! 👏👏 14mo
Centique @Rissreads I love those 1960s type of covers 😍 14mo
Centique @batsy I had to be restrained, they had SO many 🤯 14mo
Centique @ClairesReads if you come to Auckland Claire, it‘s at the top of Pitt Street. The man said he had an upstairs filled with vintage books he hadn‘t sorted yet - I will have to go back! 14mo
Centique @LeahBergen I am sure I will 😍 14mo
erzascarletbookgasm These covers are great! 14mo
rockpools Oh my goodness! I have that very same edition of Apple Bough, bought as new, backalong. Awww. 🥰 13mo
Centique @rockpools aww! The covers bring back such memories don‘t they? It‘s like time travel, how strongly the illustrations take me back! 13mo
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Centique
Second Hand Book + Comic store | Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Bookstore)
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I found such a cool bookshop today - stumbled upon it while getting my daughter a bag for University - it doesn‘t have a listing in the database but this is pretty close. It‘s named after the Elizabeth Goudge book @LeahBergen and it‘s got a great selection of vintage childrens books. Book haul to follow! #greendolphin #secondhandbooks

Ruthiella I read The Green Dolphin. 1/2 takes place in NZ, though Goudge had never been there. 14mo
batsy It looks absolutely wonderful! Those vintage editions 💕 14mo
LeahBergen Gahhhh! Look at all those beauties! 😮 14mo
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Centique @Ruthiella wow! I never knew that! Now I have to read it 💕 14mo
Centique @batsy @LeahBergen so many! And I so rarely see these in NZ, I was amazed. 14mo
rockpools Seriously! It looks like my childhood bookshelf transported itself through time and space, and wound up in NZ! (Kind of 😂😂 - but we owned a good few of those, in these editions!) 13mo
rockpools THE PINBALLS! Random fact, if I remember right, they use mayonnaise in their cake-baking. Which always struck me as odd. 13mo
Centique @rockpools there must be a wormhole in this shop! Yes, so much like my childhood bookshelves too. 😍 13mo
Centique @rockpools I think I have a recipe somewhere that does that too! But I haven‘t read The Pinballs, I might go back and get it! 13mo
rockpools @Centique Did you ever read Betsy Byars? She tended to write very ‘issues‘y stuff, so not a barrel of laughs - I think this was set in a children‘s home or the care system. But it definitely stuck! Down to remembering ridiculous details… (I‘m probably thinking of a totally different book now 🤔) 13mo
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