THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; M.A. Peart; May Smith; et al..
Stock no. 1324754
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928. Good condition.

Pictorial paper boards entitled 'Fairy Lights' shows children with Chinese lanterns. Colour frontis by Florence Harrison plus b/w and two-tone illustrations (one or two by F.Harrison). Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine browned. Rear cover is grubby. Browning and foxing to contents. Some pencil colouring to endpapers, especially rear endpapers. One b/w illustration has been coloured in with watercolours. Hinges pulled but binding still tight. Name in heavy pencil to rear free-endpaper.

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THE GREAT BOOK FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Lilian A. Govey; Anne Anderson; Alan Wright; et al..
Stock no. 1324752
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1925. Good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Scene shows two children with kites "on the hilltop". Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. First story is "Lennie the Woodman". Spine is bumped and browned with damage at top (split and slight loss of surface paper). Endpapers browned. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some hinges cracked but binding still tight. Some foxing to contents.

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NUMBER NINE JOY STREET
Written by Michael Lynn. Illustrated by L.R. Brightwell; Eve Garnett; C.T. Nightingale; et al..
Stock no. 1324625
Published by Basil Blackwell. Good condition.

A medley of prose & verse for boys and girls. Contributors include Laurence Housman, Compton Mackenzie, Hugh Chesterman etc. One story illustrated in colour, packed with b/w illustrations. Cream cloth with blue titles and decorations on covers. Spine and corners rubbed, spine slightly browned. Half title-page is detached at lower 2". Colouring to quite a number of the b/w illustrations. Some light fingermarks to page margins.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1324585
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert hiking in a field. 1st story Rupert and Poll Parrot. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light marks to covers. Endpapers are lightly browned, slight evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. Name, adderess and date in belongs to box (blue biro). NOT price cut but price also written (in blue biro) 3 times to other corners of title-page. Crossword done in pencil. Painting contest part completed with entry form completed. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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GOLDEN SUNBEAMS 1899-1900
Written by Mary E. Lester; Maud Carew; Edith Farmiloe; et al. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; T.H. Robinson; W. Heath Robinson; Edith Farmiloe; et al..
Stock no. 1324329
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 1900. Almost very good condition.

Includes 2 years from January 1899 to December 1900. Yellow cloth with gilt borders and gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine professionally rebacked. New endpapers. Cloth a bit grubby. Page edge browning else contents clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1824360
Published by Daily Express. 1965. 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. Boards bright, Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed, a few minor scuff marks. Slight loss to paper at base of spine. Name in pencil in belongs to box. Price cut (neatly torn out). Text block browned. Magic paintings mostly DONE, neat. Puzzle pages clean. Minor corner creases to some pages. Overall, a decent copy.

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THE SCHOOL GIRL'S ANNUAL
Written by Flora Klickmann. Illustrated by Maude Angell; Louis Wain; Persis Kirmse; G.L. Stampa; Gordon Browne; et al..
Stock no. 1323930
Circa 1922. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl and horse's head. Title on front cover reads School Girl's Stories. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Includes two articles and b/w illustrations by Louis Wain. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Damp stain to base of spine and affecting lower inner corners of covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear free-endpaper. Some light browning and foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby with damp staining to lower edges and some other marks, loss at edges.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1969
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323764
Published by Daily Express. 1969. Very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert sitting on rock looking into stream. 1st story Rupert & the Whistlefish. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped. Light crease to top corner of front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and light page browning else contnets clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1958
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323734
Published by Daily Express. 1958. Very good condition.

This is the first Rupert annual to be dated on the inside title page. Colour illustrated boards showing Rupert leap-frogging over Bill Badger. First story 'Rupert and the Water-Lily'. 107 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Splits at top and tail of spine. 'B' written in belongs to box, price NOT cut. Colouring contest messily completed. Stamp puzzle unused. Some small margin tears and some fingermarks to margins.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1958
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323622
Published by Daily Express. 1958. Very good condition.

This is the first Rupert annual to be dated on the inside title page. Colour illustrated boards showing Rupert leap-frogging over Bill Badger. First story 'Rupert and the Water-Lily'. 107 pages. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Colouring contest page has been partly (and neatly) completed. A few foxspots to textblock. Contents clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1958
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323619
Published by Daily Express. 1958. Very good condition.

This is the first Rupert annual to be dated on the inside title page. Colour illustrated boards showing Rupert leap-frogging over Bill Badger. First story 'Rupert and the Water-Lily'. 107 pages. Spine is bumped and slightly worn, also slightly browned. Minimal rubbing to corners. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Colouring contest has been partly coloured in (messily but lightly), lower corner of same page is creased.

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BOYS OWN PAPER SUMMER NUMBER FOR 1887
Written by G.A. Hutchison; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse; et al..
Stock no. 1824198
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1887. Almost very good condition.

Edited by G.A.Hutchison, stories by numerous authors. First item (a poem) is 'A Holiday Discovery' by Somerville Gibney. Blue & white pictorial paper wraps. Staple binding. B/w Frontis by Alfred Pearse plus numerous b/w illustrations by multiple people throughout. Adverts to front and rear. Staples rusty and bleeding therefore binding is a little fragile especially for the covers. Spine is worn with a little loss. Covers are browned. A few marks mainly to margins but overall a good copy for a magazine of this age!

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