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FANTASTIC STORIES
Written by Terry Jones. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1504334
Published by Pavilion Books Ltd.. 1st 1992. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Twenty-one fantastic stories of mischief and magic, dragons and dinosaurs, monsters and mermaids, cruelty and courage. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Blue endpapers. Illustrated in colour throughout. ISBN: 185145957X. Dark marks to top edges of covers and text block, looks like dark powder has been split on it. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

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OVER THE SEA
Written by A Patchett Martin; F.E. Weatherly; et al. Illustrated by Emily J. Harding; H.J. Johnstone; T.J. Hughes; R. Carrick.
Stock no. 1403972
Published by Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh. 1st 1890. Almost very good condition.

Stories of Two Worlds. Brown cloth spine. Cream pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. 7 colour plates. B/w illustrations. 8 Stories. 48 pages. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Rear cover is marked and grubby. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Mark down the side margin of one plate otherwise plates are all clean and bright. Faint transfer of colour from plates to opposite pages. Some margin marks otherwise contents are very good.

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MOTHER EARTH SHE FEEDS AND CLOTHES US
No author listed.
Stock no. 1504318
Published by Oxo Limited. Slightly better than very good condition.

Presented by OXO Ltd. In this painting book are shown some of the multitude of things that come from the Good Earth including Grass, Corn, Fruit and Veg, Rice, Coal, Wood etc. Colour illustrations with same picture alongside to be completed. Paperwraps, oblong format. 14 pages. Wear to ends of spine. Contents clean and unused.

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NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by J.A. Symington; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1504314
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1912. Slightly better than good condition.

Treasure Trove Series. Grey boards with pictorial onlay, blue and green titles and borders. With Four Coloured Illustrations, one by Louis Wain, plus many b/w illustrations. 64 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. 0.5" split with flap at top of spine. Covers grubby with marks. Presentation plate to front endpaper. A little light foxing. Page edges browned. A few grubby marks and fingermarks to contents.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 2 - RUPERT AND UNCLE BRUNO
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1403911
Published by Daily Express. Almost very good condition.

A Bestall story originally published in 1938. Story title Rupert and Uncle Bruno. A strange accident to Uncle Bruno leads to a robber's secret hiding place. 9.5x7 inches. 16 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Cover edges worn and a little creased. Rear cover is a little marked and browned. A little foxing to front cover. Foxing to margin edges otherwise contents generally clean.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE BOOK No. 38 - AUTUMN ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1403904
Published by Daily Express. 1958. Very good condition.

Rupert Autumn Adventures. 2 stories: Rupert And The Spinning Globe, Rupert and the Royal Conker. Colour front cover shows Rupert pretending to be a kangaroo and being chased by a real kangaroo. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Covers a little grubby. Slight crease from top edge - more noticeable on inner pages. Staples rusty. A few marks to margins otherwise contents are very good.

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DAN DARE'S ANASTASIA JET PLANE
Written by Wallis Rigby; Frank Hampson. Illustrated by Frank Hampson.
Stock no. 1314482
Published by Hulton Press. 1st 1955. Nearly fine condition.

A press-out book to make your own 18.25" model, by permission of Eagle. Large oblong format (10 x 15"). Cardwraps, red spine and front cover. 8 pages of text with b/w illustrations featuring the story of one of Dan Dare's adventures in Anastasia. 4 card pages with colour press-out pieces. A few light foxspots to rear cover. Text pages are lightly browned and there is minimal rubbing to cover edges. Otherwise this is a very near fine copy.

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MR. TOAD GOES TO SEA
Written by Marjorie Beevers. Illustrated by Alan Wright.
Stock no. 2116590
Published by John Murray. 1st 1940. Good condition.

Yellow cloth with blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine is very browned. Covers are grubby. Front cover is a little bowed. Foxing to enpapers, outer page edges and page margins.

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THE SCAPEGRACE OF ST. JIMS
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2116566
Published by Spring Books. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A very undesirable character can bring disgrace to one of the members of St. Jim's, and a vital cricket match hangs in the balance. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 188 pages. A few marks to covers. Page browning. Wrapper has large creased tear with chips of loss to front panel.

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PARTNERS
Written by H.F. Gethen. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1504247
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1933. Very good condition.

A School Story. Beige covers with oval pictorial onlay, Dark brown borders and titles. 4 colour plates. 302 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine bumped. A couple of small marks to covers. Large presentation inscription to front endpaper. Light browning to endpapers and foxing, mainly to text block and prelims. Contents otherwise very good.

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DRUSCILLA
Written by Clarice England. Illustrated by Lynley Dodd.
Stock no. 1606737
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Druscilla, spirited, sensitive and eloquent, a fascinated observer of the grown-up world flowing around her. Set in New Zealand. Dark orange boards with white title block to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. 91 pages. ISBN: 0340256915. Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper is scuffed with surface damage to front panel, and some small chips at corners etc.

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ALBERT ON THE FARM
Written by Alison Jezard. Illustrated by Margaret Gordon.
Stock no. 1606733
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Albert Bear and Digger the Koala set off to the heart of the East Anglian countryside to help run a farm while its owners go on a well-deserved holiday. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. 60 pages. ISBN: 0575025697. Spine bumped with some lifting of laminate. Some light browning / foxing at page edges.

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