THE DOG WHO WASN'T WHAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS
Written by Walter Emanuel. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1504626
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1914. Almost very good condition.

Extracts from the diary of a Mongrelian named Gibus, so-called, says his master, because his face reminds him of his opera hat when it is shut up! Large format. Light brown pictorial cloth. Delightful and amusing colour plates plus a few b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few light marks to covers. Browning to endpapers. Small piece missing from edge of rear pastedown and light stain to top corner. Ink inscription to verso of frontis. A couple of corner tips creased. A few closed margin tears with no loss. Occasional fox spots and light margin marks but overall a decent copy with contents clean and bright.

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JOSEPHINE GOES TRAVELLING
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1504622
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1940. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cream cloth spine. Beige boards with large pictorial onlay to front. 8 attractive colour plates. B/w text illustrations. A little bumping to spine and corners. A few small marks to covers. Light lines to onlay (only visible at certain angles). Front cover ever so slightly bowed. Pencil inscription to front endpaper, small bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown. Half-title page and last text page very browned. Foxing, mainly to endpapers and page edges. Brown spots affect lower margins on a few pages including one plate. Dustwrapper has loss, mainly from top of spine and lower corner of front panel. Also has a few small tears and is grubby.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1972
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1607178
Published by Daily Express. 1972. Very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards - Rupert and chums enjoying a picnic. 1st story Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front endpaper. Belongs To box completed in ink. NOT price-cut. Corner of one page torn off, another page corner torn. Contents otherwise very good.

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PANDORA OF PARRHAM ROYAL
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1404265
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Pandora comes to Parrham Royal to live with her father following the death of her mother. Pink cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 286 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Gilt on spine a little faded. Faint foxing to endpapers and a little to the bottom of the text block otherwise the contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn, torn and creased. Top half of the spine is missing. Rear panel is grubby. Edge of front flap is browned. Clear tape covers front fold on verso.

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CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Wal Paget.
Stock no. 1404263
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1893. Almost very good condition.

Greyish blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles to front and spine. Burgundy endpapers. B/w frontis and 7 other plates, plus 1 map. 352 pages plus 32 pages of adverts to rear. All edges olivine. Spine bumped, worn and faded. Corners bumped and rubbed. White mark to rear panel and small red mark to top of front panel. Board edges a little rubbed. Writing to top of title page - possibly an inscription - some of the writing is faded. Several hinges are cracked. Heavy foxing to first couple and last couple of pages. Foxing to some other pages but many pages are clean.

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BOBBY BEAR'S ANNUAL 1926
Written by Kitsie Bridges. Illustrated by Dora McLaren.
Stock no. 1504608
Published by Daily Herald. 1926. Good condition.

Oblong cardwraps 10.25 x 5.75", pictorial front cover, advert to rear cover and insides of covers. Two-tone illustrations. 64 pages. Tears around staples on spine. Wear to cover edges including a few small tears and chips. Corners creased on most pages. Covers are grubby and marked. Staples rusty. Crossword and competition completed. Contents are fingered and grubby.

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KNIGHTS OF ART
Written by Amy Steedman. Illustrated by Mary Steedman.
Stock no. 2117257
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

Stories of the Italian painters with 24 drawings (16 in colour) by Mary Steedman of pictures by the great artists. Black covers with elaborate gilt decorations to front cover and spine. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Gold coloured endpapers. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 175 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few chips to spine. What looks like small bookworm holes to edges of spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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THE HIDEAWAY-FOUR
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby; Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 2117232
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1928. Slightly better than very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. The Little Giant Books Series. Colour frontis by Sowerby, b/w illustrations throughout by Lodge. Some light bumping and wear to top and tail of spine. Presentation plate tipped in to front endpaper, which also has name in pencil. Light page browning.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1941 (FACSIMILE) - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1404257
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1993. Slightly better than 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. Minimal bumping to spine. Small dark mark to edge of text block otherwise contents are fine. Bottom edge of slipcase is unstuck. Bumping to bottom corner on rear. Tab has been broken.

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BUBBLES ANNUAL 1924
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Helen Jacobs; Herbert Foxwell; et al..
Stock no. 1504594
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format approx. 12.5 x 9.5". Cloth spine, pictorial front cover, advert to rear. Colour and b/w illustrations. 100 pages. Some Louis Wain illustrations. Spine bumped, wear to cover edges, heavy wear to corners. Covers a bit grubby. Front joint badly cracked showing webbing. Belongs to box completed neatly in pen. Contents are edge browned with a few margin tears and an odd fingermark but generally very good.

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THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1504580
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1915. Slightly better than good condition.

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Green cloth, dark titles & vignettes. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Rear joint has been repaired and the spine has been reglued. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine and rear cover. Covers mottled and marked. Two letters in ink to front pastedown. Half-title page and tissue guard to frontis very browned. All colour plates present, tear to top margin of one whilst does reach illustration. Just a few fox spots. Contents mostly clean just an odd mark.

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WAR BABIES
Written by Annie Wood Franchot. Illustrated by Mary Louise Davis.
Stock no. 1504579
Published by William R. Jenkins Company. 1st 1914. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The Adventures in the Air of Jacque and Jacqueline, two little children of Verdun. After both parents are killed in one day during the war the two children are picked up by a man bird with big wings and a man's body and fly around Europe. Red paper boards with gilt title to front cover. 6 Colour and 12 b/w illustrations. 61 pages. Spine bumped with slight damage to base. Wear to lower corners and a few small bumps and a nick to lower edges. Large ink inscription to front endpaper. Small patch of erased writing to pastedown. Small bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. Light browning to endpapers. Contents are generally clean, just an odd mark. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with small tears and chips to ends of spine and folds. Spine browned, panels darkened with marks.

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