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RUPERT ANNUAL 1966
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330567
Published by Daily Express. 1966. Almost very good condition.

Dark blue laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert and chums in a flying saucer. First story - Rupert and the Magic Ball. Includes Magic Paintings. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little chipping to top and tail of spine. Slight surface paper damage to top of front endpaper. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Dot-to-dot has been completed in ink to pages 32/33. Magic Paintings are DONE! Couple of small margin tears/nicks to these pages. Wrinkling to margins of some pages - especially magic paining pages and ones near to them. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330566
Published by Daily Express. 1965. Almost very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a Christmas tree. 1st story Rupert & Gaffer. Magic Painting pages. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine and corners bumped and worn with slight loss of backstrip to top of spine. Pencil name in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Some small margin tears. Magic paintings DONE. Some marks to page margins. There is a printing error to pages 72 and 73 where the black ink appears to have run out (text still readable).

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CASSELL'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 1923
Written by Enid Blyton; Marjorie Seymour; Walter Copeland; Agnes M. Miall; et al. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; Florence Mary Anderson; E. Dorothy Rees; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Harry Rountree; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1330557
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1923. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine with dark titles and vignette. Front cover shows three children in a canoe. First story Tom's Pigs by Marjorie Seymour. Illustrated endpapers by Anne Anderson. Colour plates, colour and b/w illustrations. 200 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Slight scuffing to front cover, rear cover slightly grubby. Light foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1951 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330528
Published by Daily Express. 1951. Good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert at front of a huge snow scene. 1st story Rupert and Doctor Lion. 124 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Covers are worn, slightly grubby and foxed with a small patch of surface paper damage to centre of front cover and lower half of backstrip MISSING. Front free-endpaper is creased and torn at inner margin. Inscription in pencil in belongs to box has been erased. Price NOT cut. Some page corner tips creased. Lower corner tip of rear free-endpaper torn off. Pencil mark to title page of first story. Some foxing and some pale brown spotting to contents.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1941 (FACSIMILE) - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330516
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1993. Very good condition.

Enjoy Rupert's rarest and most sought-after adventures with this beautiful facsimile of the 1941 annual, widely considered to be the best ever. Everything from the colour of the ink to the specially selected paper is true to the original, the only difference being the addition of a slipcase to keep this collector's item in perfect condition. ISBN: 1874507112. Spine is slightly faded. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Slipcase is missing. Contents are fine.

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LITTLE FOLKS 7-8
Written by Mrs. Greene; Julia Goddard; et al.
Stock no. 1330509
Published by Cassell Petter & Galpin. Good condition.

3/4 black leather with purple cloth covers. Volumes 7 and 8 bound together. 416 + 416 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Colour frontis for volume 8. Covers are edge worn, scuffed and marked. Some colouring (doodles to the rear of one plate and one b/w illustrations lightly coloured, there may be more that we have missed?). One page is part detached but is still present and hanging on by a 'thread'. There is foxing. Binders sticker to rear pastedown (H. Walker of Hyson Green).

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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL 1887
Written by Katharine Macquoid; Rev J.G. Wood; Mrs. Molesworth; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; Harrison Weir; et al..
Stock no. 1330508
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1887. Good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Green Trousers" by Mrs. Molesworth. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers dampstained. Joints cracked, last page and rear free-endpaper detached but still present. Hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose. Contents are well fingered.

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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL 1888
Written by Katharine Macquoid; Rev J.G. Wood; Mrs. Molesworth; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; Harrison Weir; et al..
Stock no. 1330507
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1888. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "Puff: An Autobiography" by K.S. Macquoid. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby with browned spine. Endpapers lightly browned. Joints cracked. Foxing to textblock and some page margins else contents clean.

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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL 1889
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Rev J.G. Wood; Katharine Macquoid; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; Harrison Weir; et al..
Stock no. 1330506
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1889. Slightly better than good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Pictorial front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. First story is A House to Let by Mrs. Molesworth. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Covers grubby with some slight bubbling to the cloth. Endpapers browned. One pages was torn out but has been reinserted with (now old) tape. Foxing to textblock.

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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL VOLUME 1890
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Ascott R. Hope; Rev J.G. Wood; Harrison Weir; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; Harrison Weir; et al..
Stock no. 1330505
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1890. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w text illustrations. First story is "Family Troubles" by Mrs. Molesworth. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a bit grubby, spine slightly browned. Creases to both free-endpapers (and some loss at edges of front free-endpaper), both are browned. Foxing to textblock. Some slightly grubby marks to page margins else contents clean.

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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL VOLUME 1892
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Theodore Wood; Ascott R. Hope; A.F. Imlach; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; A. Hallward; et al..
Stock no. 1330504
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1892. Very good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Most illustrations by W.J. Morgan, many illustrations not attributed. First story is "Pansy's Pansy" by Mrs. Molesworth. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby and spine lightly browned. Endpapers browned. Some light fingering to margins and a few small margin tears else contents clean.

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THE CHILD'S PICTORIAL ANNUAL VOLUME 1891
Written by Mrs. Molesworth; Theodore Wood; Ascott R. Hope; Isla Sitwell; et al. Illustrated by W.J. Morgan; A. Hallward; et al..
Stock no. 1330503
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1891. Fair condition.

Cream pictorial cloth. Colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. Most illustrations by W.J. Morgan, many illustrations not attributed. First story is "Pig-Betty" by Mrs. Molesworth. Spine and corners bumped, covers grubby and spine slightly browned. Front free-endpaper has been removed, title page has been re-inserted with old tape (which is browned and loosing its sticky properties). Title-page and rear free-endpaper are browned. A couple of page tears have been repaired with tape.

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