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OUR DARLINGS - 22ND VOLUME
Written by G. Stebbing; Catharine Shaw; Mabel Mackintosh. Illustrated by Louis Wain; A.H. Collins; et al..
Stock no. 1325927
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine, front cover shows 3 children on a beach with small wrecked boat behind them. First story is "Never Give In" by Stebbing. Includes a couple of b/w illustrations of cats by Wain. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Scratch mark to front cover. Heavy page browning to endpapers and lighter page browning to margins. Some foxing to textblock.

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OUR DARLINGS - 31ST VOLUME
Written by M.S. Comrie; Catharine Shaw; W.A. Atkinson; Mabel Mackintosh; et al. Illustrated by Levine Helmer; Fred S. Howard; D. Peachey; May Gladwin; et al..
Stock no. 1325926
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Fair condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl in red cloak holding holly and a basket of fruit. First story is "In The Tyrant's Grip" by Comrie. Colour plates and numerous other illustrations. Spine bumped and grubby. Covers edge worn. Rear cover is grubby and spotted. Front joint is almost broken, rear joint cracked. Page browning and some fingering to margins.

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SUNDAY READING FOR THE YOUNG 1910
Written by M. Bainbridge; Queenie Scott-Hopper; Percy J. Barrow; Flora Waddington; Bessie Marchant; et al. Illustrated by G.E. Robertson; A. Bauerle; et al..
Stock no. 1325877
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1910. Almost very good condition.

Copyright date is 1910. Red cloth spine with black title and decoration. Front board shows a boy and girl leaving church (girl has red and white striped socks on!). Colour plates showing scenes from the life of David. Packed full of b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Tape repairs/reinforcements to edges of covers (tape folded over onto pastedowns inside). Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Old tape mark to front free-endpaper. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Grubby fingermarks to some page margins. Light foxing to textblock and some page browning. Not as bad as it sounds!

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2010
Written by Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1325860
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2010. Nearly fine condition.

The 75th Rupert annual. Celebrating 90 years of the little bear from 1920-2010, from Tourtel to Trotter. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405252393. Minimal rubbing at corners. "Celebrating 90" sticker to front cover. Contents fine.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1913
Written by Herbert Strang; Leslie Beresford; Captain Charles Gilson; Walter C. Rhoades; et al. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo; T.H. Robinson; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325849
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1913. Very good condition.

Beige cloth with gilt titles and onlays to front and spine showing a Canadian Mountie. Beige pictorial endpapers. Colour plates mounted on captioned brown paper. B/w illustrations. First story is "The Drums of the Twenty-Fourth" by Gilson. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Onlay to spine is slightly edge rubbed and faded. Some slight marking and spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Hinges cracked. Foxing to contents.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1912
Written by Herbert Strang; David W. Bone; Stacey Blake; Captain Charles Gilson; Herbert Hayens; et al. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo; Lionel Edwards; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325848
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1912. Almost very good condition.

Purple boards with large pictorial onlay to front (scene showing schoolboys talking to a teacher). Blue cloth spine. Colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Merchants' Cup" by Bone. Spine bumped, corners slightly worn. Fading to cover edges and to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. endpapers partly browned. Plates loose, some with slightly ragged edges. Heavy foxing to contents.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1914
Written by Herbert Strang; Walter C. Rhoades; et al; Harold Avery; Tom Bevan. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325847
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1914. Good condition.

Green paperboards, pictorial onlay to front shows boy rescuing another from a cliff fall. Pictorial spine. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. First story is "The Coward" by Rhoades. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly damp stained. Prize plate to front pastedown. Vertical crease to edge of front free-endpaper. Joints starting to crack. Heavy foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents.

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THE GREYFRIARS HOLIDAY ANNUAL 1983
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1325838
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Stories from The Magnet. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703002333. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light vertical crease to front cover. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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THE DANDY BOOK 1976
No author listed.
Stock no. 1325834
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0851161340. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light vertical crease to centre of front cover. Belongs to box clean. NOT price-cut.

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THE DANDY MONSTER COMIC 1939 (FACSIMILE)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1325833
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Special Facsimile Edition of the first ever Dandy annual originally published in 1938. Colour pictorial boards. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. 128 pages. ISBN: 9781845132170. Slight bumping and rubbing to top of spine else a fine copy in slipcase which is very slightly bumped at corners and lightly rubbed at edges.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2022
No author listed. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; John Harrold; Alex Cubie; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1325831
Published by Farshore; Harper Collins. 2022. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert under an umbrella surround by friends. ISBN: 9780008507688. Slight rubbing to corners else a fine copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1964
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1325828
Published by Daily Express. 1964. Almost very good condition.

Laminated boards - front cover shows Rupert on a rock waving a camera. 1st story Rupert and the Dover Sole. Magic Painting pages. 114 pages. 10 x 7 inches. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Vertical creases to covers. Green biro writing to front pastedown and also last page (115). Name and address in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Magic Paintings COMPLETED. Foxing to textblock and some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Small margin tear to page 95.

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