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One of the rarest Olympia titles, first published in 1955 as Vol. 12 of the Traveller's Companion Series, later reprinted as part of the impossibly scarce "Ophir Books" set, and not seen since (until today). Chariot of Flesh is the story of Baroness Carla, deceased at the introduction, and recollections...

A short collection of seven ghostly tales by the author better known for her works for younger readers, like The Railway Children and Five Children and It. Of the seven, two are extraordinarily slight (one has the feel of a retold urban legend), and most of the seven are a tad predictable in that they hinge on the meme of love being more powerful than death.

A gentle tale of romance and art from a noted children's author . . . "He asked idle questions: she answered them with a conscientious tremulous truthfulness that showed to him as the most finished art. Betty told him nervously and in words ill-chosen everything that he asked to know, but all...

It's startling enough to have a Phoenix hatch in your house, but even more startling when it reveals you have a magic carpet on the floor. Conceited it may be, but the Phoenix is also good-hearted, and obligingly accompanies the children on their adventures through time and space-which, magic being what it is, rarely turn out as they were meant...

When young Philip Haldane builds a play city out of odds and ends, the fantastic creation comes to life, and he and new stepsister Lucy are magically transported into it. Now they must try to save the Magic City by fulfilling an ancient prophecy--despite a mysterious adversary determined to steal...

Edward has inherited some money, and he decides he'd like to tramp around England a bit. At his first stop he befriends a young boy and builds him a toy airplane. But his country idyll takes an adventurous turn when he happens upon a young woman who seems to be unnaturally nervous about her home life....

A short collection of seven ghostly tales by the author better known for her works for younger readers, like The Railway Children and Five Children and It. Of the seven, two are extraordinarily slight (one has the feel of a retold urban legend), and most of the seven are a tad predictable in that they hinge on the meme of love being more powerful than death.

First published in 1899. A collection of stories for younger children by the author of "The Railway Children." Illustrated throughout.

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Después de conocer el inicio de las andanzas de los hermanos Bastable en Los buscadores de tesoros, los chicos de la familia siguen sus aventuras. Tras un episodio particularmente rebelde, los bien intencionados pero descarriados muchachos prometen solemnemente reformar su conducta. Pero sus grandes...