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A REGENCY LADY'S FAERY BOWER
No author listed.
Illustrated by Amelia Jane Murray.
Stock no. 1329723
Published by Holt Rinehart & Winston.
1st USA
1985.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
American edition. Cream boards, gilt titles. Beautiful colour illustrations. ISBN: 0030061091. Minimal bumping to cover edges. Wrapper spine is slightly faded and there is minimal creasing to edges.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THINGS THAT NEVER WERE
Written by Michael Page.
Illustrated by Robert Ingpen.
Stock no. 1329697
Published by Parkgate Books.
1st thus
1997.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Describing a huge range of persons, places, creatures and objects. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 240 pages (including index). ISBN: 1855853698. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper is creased at top edges with a tiny nick to top of spine.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- FANTASY
- ILLUSTRATED
BIGGLES SWEEPS THE DESERT
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1329695
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1951.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis and 8 b/w illustrations, 2 double page spreads. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Grubby mark to fore-edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is well worn and torn with loss at corners. Old tape repairs to spine and front edges.
BILLY BUNTER AFLOAT
Written by Frank Richards.
Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1329694
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd..
1st
1957.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Billy Bunter book no. 21. Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Spine bumped. Old tape marks to endpapers. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is very worn with edge chips and slight loss. 2" loss to base of spine, remaineder of spine faded and torn with slight loss at the top.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BILLY BUNTER
- BOYS
- SCHOOL STORIES
- SCHOOL STORIES (BOYS)
A TOLKIEN BESTIARY
Written by David Day.
Illustrated by Ian Miller; Michael Foreman; Allan Curless; et al..
Stock no. 1329682
Published by Artists House.
1992.
Very good condition.
A comprehensive reference guide, sumptuously illustrated in colour and black and white, to all the living creatures, races, flora and fauna - that inhabited J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Undying Lands. Large format. Purple glazed pictorial boards. 287 pages. ISBN: 1857320840. Spine is heavily sunned (also affecting spine edges of covers). Corners lightly rubbed. Some foxing to first few and last few pages.
RUPERT ANNUAL 1942 (FACSIMILE) - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329664
Published by Pedigree Books Limited.
1994.
Nearly fine condition.
A limited and numbered collectors edition of the 1942 Rupert book - the most scarce of all the Rupert annuals due to wartime paper shortages. Colour pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. 118 pages. ISBN: 1874507252. This is copy no. 5697. Spine ends very slightly rubbed, laminate at corners of covers just starting to lift. A few foxspots to textblock. Contained in a tight fitting publisher's slipcase.
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- CHILDRENS
- RUPERT ANNUAL PRE1970
- FACSIMILE
- ANNUALS
- RUPERT
- RUPERT ANNUAL
RUPERT ANNUAL 1959
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329663
Published by Daily Express.
1959.
Very good condition.
Laminated pictorial boards. Front cover has head and shoulders of Rupert with sea in the background. First story is Rupert and the Copper Bird. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price has been cut. A few small margin tears and corner creases. Colouring contest page untouched. Printing error to page 70 means light blue strip to edge (pictures and text still very visible).
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- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- RUPERT ANNUAL PRE1970
- RUPERT
- RUPERT ANNUAL
THE GREEN UMBRELLA
Written by W. Perring; A.J. Macgregor.
Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1329662
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd..
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Ladybird series 401. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Story told in verse, colour illustrations throughout. Not dated, an early reprint. Spine and corners bumped. Small 'Z3' written in blue biro to front free-endpaper. Heavy pencil name has been written to page opposite title-page and attempt has been made to erase. Contents are clean. Orange pictorial wrapper is worn at corners and rubbed at spine edges. Pencil(?) mark to front panel has been partially erased. There are 13 titles listed on the rear wrapper flap, the last is this one.
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- CHILDRENS
- LADYBIRD
- LADYBIRD 401 RHYMING STORIES
- RABBITS (CHILDRENS)
- ANIMAL STORY
LONE PINE FIVE
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1329661
Published by George Newnes Ltd..
1st
1949.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The fifth book in the Lone Pine series. This is Jenny's Harman's story. Her desire to possess an old spoon which she found on a junk-tray in Bishop Castle's market laid the foundation of another great adventure for the Lone Piners. Beige cloth, red titles and pine tree vignette. Endpaper maps. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock and prelims. Dustwrapper is edge worn, creased and torn with slight loss, foxed on verso and also a tape repair to front fold (on verso).
BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1329660
Published by Brockhampton Press.
1st
1961.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Another case from the records of Biggles and the Special Air Police. Brown boards. Green titles. Colour frontis. 182 pages. Minimal rubbing to cover edges and covers ever so slightly marked. Light foxing to textblock. Inscription in black felt-tip pen to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and worn and scuffed to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
RUPERT ANNUAL 1941 (FACSIMILE) - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329659
Published by Pedigree Books Limited.
1993.
Fine 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. A fine copy contained in publishers pictorial slipcase which is ever so slightly edge rubbed and slightly marked to rear.
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- CHILDRENS
- FACSIMILE
- ANNUALS
- RUPERT
- RUPERT ANNUAL
- RUPERT ANNUAL PRE1970
RUPERT ANNUAL 1961
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329648
Published by Daily Express.
1961.
Very good condition.
Pictorial laminated boards showing Rupert on a swing. 1st story Rupert and the Hearth-Rug. Includes puzzle page and Magic Painting pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Crease to page 55/6. Magic paintings DONE. Maze of Butterflies completed in heavy pencil.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- RUPERT
- RUPERT ANNUAL
- RUPERT ANNUAL PRE1970
- ANNUALS