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THE OUTLAWS
Written by Ralph Simmonds. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1503865
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown and green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. 3 b/w plates. 212 pages. Spine bumped, corners slightly worn. Covers grubby. Front joint cracked for about 1" near centre, rear joint cracked. Small bookseller's stamp to rear pastedown. Contents are grubby and foxed throughout, very grubby in places. Text block also grubby.

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THE MARY FRANCES STORY BOOK
Written by Jane Eayre Fryer. Illustrated by Edwin John Prittie.
Stock no. 1503864
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Good condition.

Or Adventures Among the Story People. Blue cloth covers with pictorial onlay. Gilt titles to spine. 4 colour plates plus 24 two-tone full page illustrations. 286 pages. Spine split for 3.5" along front edge. Top part of spine looks to have been glued into place. Spine darkened with small splits at either end and middle of rear edge. Corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby and marked. Nick to onlay. All plates are present but frontis is detached. Top 2" of front joint broken. Pen writing to publisher's page. Foxing and marks to contents throughout.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE SLIPPERY SLOPE
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 1403382
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2nd Slightly better than very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. Book The Tenth. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1405210869. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small mark to top of text block. Contents are fine.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TROOPER PEEK-A-BOO
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Chloe Preston.
Stock no. 1503844
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1916. Slightly better than good condition.

Timothy Peek-a-Boo decides to become a soldier. Paper boards with pictorial onlay and brown titles, 7.75 x 6.5". Illustrated endpapers. 4 plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine reglued into place, some damage at top and bottom. Wear to corners. Some browning to cover edges and a few marks to covers and onlay. Front joint cracked with glue seeped through from spine repair showing along joint. Tiny tear to top edge of front endpaper. Half-title page browned. Some marks to contnets but many pages are clean. Last plate has marks to margin and a little wax(?) to picture. Brown spot on lower edge affects last couple of pages and endpapers.

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THE THIEF LORD
Written by Cornelia Funke. Illustrated by Cornelia Funke.
Stock no. 1503838
Published by The Chicken House. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

A story about two brothers called Prosper and Bo who have run away from home. Their mum has died and they escape from their horrible aunt, ending up in Venice and being taken in by a gang of homeless children. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Blue paperwraps with black titles. B/w illustrations. 348 pages. ISBN: 1903434777. SIGNED by author to title page with doodle. Mark to rear cover from removal of label. Crease to tip of lower corner of front cover with small spot above. Red marks to lower edge of text block. Contents clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 19 - RUPERT AND THE SPACE SHIP
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2115841
Published by Daily Express. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Also includes Rupert and the Mischief Makers. 22 pages. Colour illustrations. 1" split to base of spine; small nick to top of spine. Name in ink to top of front cover and to top of first page. Grubby marks to covers and to page margins throughout.

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MR TRUNK - HIS DAY OUT
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1403365
Published by F. Warne & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format. 4" x 4". Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations throughout. Covers a little grubby. Top corner is a little creased. Fingering to a couple of pages otherwise contents are generally clean.

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MR PUP AND HIS ESCAPADE
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1403363
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial paperwraps. Full page colour and two-tone illustrations. Covers a little grubby. Staples a little rusty. Contents generally clean

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MY DAD'S A BIRDMAN
Written by David Almond. Illustrated by Polly Dunbar.
Stock no. 2115803
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The authors first book for younger readers. Cream pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781406304862. Light edge-creasing to wrapper.

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BY WOOD AND FIELD (DIGGERS AND BUILDERS)
Written by R. Hudson.
Stock no. 2115800
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1933. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow covers with dark brown titles. 4 colour plates. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with darkening to spine and edges; couple of closed tears and some edge-creasing.

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THE MIDNIGHT CIRCUS
Written by Peter Collington. Illustrated by Peter Collington.
Stock no. 2115795
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A beautiful story without words. ISBN: 0434933252. Light browning to page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some uneven browning; small piece has top layer of wrapper (laminate) missing.

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RUPERT AND EDWARD AT THE CIRCUS - RUPERT LITTLE BEAR LIBRARY No. 4 (WOOLWORTH)
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 2115766
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co.. Very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 62 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Pages are browned, with foxing.

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