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HEARTSEASE
Written by Peter Dickinson. Illustrated by Robert Hales.
Stock no. 1328017
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red brick coloured covers. Gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0575002239. Minimal bumping to spine. Some light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed else bright and complete.

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THE SUBMERGED CAVE
Written by M. Frow.
Stock no. 1328016
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A complete story of the Intelligence Corps. Blue cloth, cream titles. 208 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, some rubbing to cover edges. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with loss (mainly at spine), rear panel and spine are grubby.

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BRECON ADVENTURE
Written by William Glynne-Jones.
Stock no. 1328014
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black title to spine. Colour frontis. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with minimal loss, slightly grubby to rear panel.

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RINGED ROUND WITH FOES
Written by C. Bernard Rutley. Illustrated by C.P. Shilton.
Stock no. 1328013
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A story of thrills, capture and escape. Tower House Series. Blue cloth with dark titles to spine and front cover. Small Tower House motif to bottom right hand corner of front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name and date in pencil to front free-endpaper (child's writing). Light foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss, marks to rear panel.

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THE FAR ISLAND
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1328002
Published by Fidra Books. 1st thus 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Far Island was Margot Pardoe's first book and introduces Dean and Jean Fraser who later appear in the Bunkle series of books for which the author is best known. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0955191009. Minimal rubbing to corners. Foxing to prelims but looks unread.

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GIMLET GOES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327813
Published by Youth Book Club Ltd.. Circa 1950. Good condition.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 185 pages. A grubby and well worn copy. Spine is browned. Foxing and marks to contents. Front joint cracked.

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THE GRENVILLE GARRISON
Written by Gwendoline Courtney. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1326883
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Britannic Series. Green cloth, black titles. 277 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. 277 pages, top edge green. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxspots to textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn with old tape repairs to front and verso, rubbing to spine, crease to front flap where price was folded over.

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THE CHILDREN OF KIDILLIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by C. Holland.
Stock no. 1326776
Published by Werner Laurie. 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1940 under the pen-name of 'Mary Pollock', and re-issued in 1951. Brown cloth with yellow title to spine and author name to front cover. B/w illustrations. 94 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few foxspots to textblock. Light browning to rear free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a repaired tear to top of rear panel and a small tear to base of spine. Dustwrapper is browned on verso.

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STRANGERS TO THE MARSH
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1326708
Published by Collins. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Dark blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. It started off with the scuppering of The Emma, old Jim Deck's ancient and unroadworthy bicycle... Spine bumped with very slight fading at top and tail. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Small, light marks to lower margins of first 30 pages. Price-cut wrapper is creased to front flap, is slightly grubby to rear panel, and is edge worn with slight loss to top and tail of spine.

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THE HOODWINKERS
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1326706
Published by Collins. 1st 1962. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

"Jim Decks is once again up to his nefarious activities - hoodwinking innocent Americans who, with their love of history, are convinced that Jim's old boat belonged to William The Conqueror". Red boards, silver title to spine. Endpapers are maps of the Romney Marsh area, b/w illustrations to text. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers faintly foxed and some light red staining from cover dye to top edge of front endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn with a small piece of loss to top edge of front panel (covered with a piece of white paper), tape repairs and damp staining to verso (stains show on rear panel and rear flap). Rear panel is a bit grubby.

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BIGGLES IN THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Pat Williams.
Stock no. 1326395
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A Biggles Strip Book. Spine and corners bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper. Covers grubby. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Browning and fingering to page margins.

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BUNKLE WENT FOR SIX
Written by M. Pardoe. Illustrated by Julie Neild.
Stock no. 1326346
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title and vignette. 222 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few foxspots to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss, lightly foxed and slightly browned to spine

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