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MODERN BOY No. 40 NOVEMBER 19TH 1938
Written by W.E. Johns; Murray Roberts; et al.
Stock no. 1403765
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1938. Almost very good condition.

Weekly magazine, paperwraps. Contains an installment of Biggles' Rescue Flight. Staples a little rusty. Spine torn at top and bottom. Contents detached from covers. Writing in pencil to top of front cover. Some marks to covers. Pages browned.

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PRINTED KATE GREENAWAY A CATALOGUE RAISONNE
Written by Thomas E. Schuster; Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1403761
Published by T.E. Schuster. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A fully comprehensive reference book listing over 600 major items with hundreds of variants within each heading. Covering published books, greetings cards, periodicals, ephemera and spinoffs. Green cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951175203. SIGNED with dedication to front endpaper. Light grubby mark to text block edge. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is a little edgeworn with light fading at folds.

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FREEGLADER
Written by Paul Stewart; Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 1713404
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Book 7 of the Edge Chronicles series. Undertown is destroyed. Gnokgoblins, cloddertrogs, woodtrolls and others who live there prepare for a mass exodus to a new home in the Free Glades. Purple boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385604629.

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THE INVINCIBLE FIFTH
Written by E.E. Cowper. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1403731
Published by The Children's Press. circa 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Light blue boards. Black titles to spine. B/w frontis. 216 pages. Spine and corners worn. Bottom of boards scuffed. Prize presentation plate to front pastedown. Frontis is partially detached. Couple of hinges cracked. A few marks to page margins but contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn and creased with a few small tears. Rear panel and spine are grubby.

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THE PRISONERS OF SEPTEMBER
Written by Leon Garfield.
Stock no. 1504164
Published by Kestrel Books. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Originally published by Penguin in paperback format in 1975. Green boards, gilt title to spine. An adventure story for older children set in the French Revolution. A story full of intrigue, daring and terror. 280 pages. ISBN: 0722650973. A little bumping to top corners and base of spine. Large pen inscription to front endpaper. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn with a few small chips and tears, spine slightly faded.

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THE SECRET VOYAGE
Written by Gordon Grant.
Stock no. 1403726
Published by George Harrap & Co. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Uncle Ben gives Tommy a Chinese brush. When Tommy uses it to draw ships he is whisked away on the Secret Voyage in search of sunken Chinese Treasure. Green cloth with black titles to spine and vignette to front board. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 56 pages. Spine, corners and bottom of boards bumped. A little foxing to top of boards. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to contents. Price-cut dustwrapper is edgeworn with some small tears and small areas of loss to top and bottom of spine and front fold. Spine is browned and scuffed. Front cover is browned and a little marked. Dustwrapper is foxed.

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SAMBO AND SUSAN AND OTHER TALES
Written by Katharine Harrison-Wallace. Illustrated by Katharine Harrison-Wallace.
Stock no. 2116403
Published by Apple Tree Press. 2012. Fine condition.

Contains: The Adventures of Sambo and Susan, Jim The Huntsman and The Story of a Disobedient Salmon. A modern republication of the original. ISBN: 9780957306509.

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THE FORGOTTEN FARM IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS
Written by Caroline Downey. Illustrated by Caroline Downey.
Stock no. 2116302
Published by Caroline Downey. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Square format. Card wraps. Proper Dragon Tales Series No. 5. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780955361852. SIGNED by author to title page.

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A MASQUE OF MAY MORNING
Written by W. Graham Robertson. Illustrated by W. Graham Robertson.
Stock no. 2116289
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial cloth. 12 pretty colour illustrations. A play featuring fairies and the seasons. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some browning and foxing to spine and cover edges. Nicks to top corner of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. All plates are present - 2 are detached, but still present and loosely inserted. Several plate pages have ink dots (......) to margin at very edges, near where book is bound. Some pencil annotation to one page in prelims. Foxing.

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BY PIKE AND DYKE
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Maynard Brown.
Stock no. 1403692
Published by Blackie & Son. 1st 1890. Slightly better than good condition.

A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic. Brown cloth with gilt title area and decorations. 10 b/w plates + 4 plans. 384 pages + 32 page booklist. Spine bumped and worn with small splits to top and bottom. Small split to cloth between top of spine and rear board. Board edges are rubbed. Couple of white marks to front cover. Gilt and colour in vignettee are a little faded. Rear cover is marked and has a few scratches. Several hinges are cracked leaving the binding a little loose. Foxing and some fingering to contents. Plates are all clean.

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TALES OF DARING AND DANGER
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 1403687
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. Almost very good condition.

Green decorated cloth with green titles on orange to front and yellow titles to spine. 3 b/w plates. 160 pages plus two page booklist. Spine and corners bumped and a little rubbed. Spine is a little faded. Couple of small indentations to rear board. Inscription in ink and small booksellers label to front pastedown. Frontis is loose with ragged edge and has marks to verso. Some hinges are pulled. Endpapers are browned. Foxing mainly to page edges and occasional fingering otherwise contents are clean.

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THE YOUNG BUGLERS
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by John Schonberg.
Stock no. 1403685
Published by Griffith Farran Browne & Co Limited.. circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

A Tale of the Peninsular War. Blue cloth, gilt titles and decorations. 8 b/w plates. 10 battle plans. 346 pages. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Spine is browned. Bottom front corner is heavily bumped. Top of front cover is bumped. A few marks to covers. Front and back joints beginning to crack. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and a name printed in ink. 'Special Prize' written in ink to rear pastedown. Rear endpaper creased. Foxing especially to endpapers and fingering to page margins.

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