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LITTLE BO-PEEP'S NURSERY RHYME BOARD BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by E.W.B..
Stock no. 1403232
Published by Collins. Almost very good condition.

A six page board book containing 11 nursery rhymes. Large colour illustrations with text either above or beneath the illustration. Decorative borders on each page. Bound with four plastic 'spirals'. Board edges are rubbed and a little worn. Inscription to top of front cover. Mark to edge of front cover. Small green mark to edge of text block. A little browning to pages but contents generally clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1942 (FACSIMILE) - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2115314
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. Couple of small nicks to top and tail of spine. Very light page edge browning. Contents are excellent. This is copy no. 2874. Original slip-case is in very good condition - creased to spine, with wear to a couple of edges.Belongs to Box is clean. NOT price cut.

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THE SHIP BOOK 1844-1944
Written by J. Reason.
Stock no. 2115237
Published by The Livingstone Press. 1st 1944. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial front cover. Includes stories, games, poems and models etc. A few marks to covers. Bumping to corners and spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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SMUGGLER BEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by William Backhouse.
Stock no. 1503565
Published by Werner Laurie. 1st thus 1950. Good condition.

Grey boards with blue titles. B/w text illustrations. 91 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers are grubby, spine is browned, rear cover partially faded. Front joint badly cracked, one hinge and rear joint starting to crack. Word in pen to front pastedown and numbers to endpaper, inscription to prelims, rest of contents very good.

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BABIES OF THE PONDS AND STREAMS
Written by Marla Tyrrell. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1503563
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format 6 x 4.752, pictorial boards. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 60 pages. Minimal bumping but a little wear to spine and corners. Ink inscription to front endpaper otherwise contents clean. One hinge cracked. Just an odd fox spot. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with small piece missing from front panel disguised by paper stuck to verso. Small patch of damage to spine and a few fox spots.

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BOM AND HIS MAGIC DRUMSTICK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1403202
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1957. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Bom book no. 2. 61 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Covers are grubby and a little browned. First gathering is a little detached at top and bottom. Name in ink to front pastedown. Names in child's writing (ink and pencil) to belongs to box. Some ink blobs and a couple of written numbers to prelims. Several words on pages 15 and 16 circled in purple crayon. One page has diagonal creasing. A few foxspots to page edges and an occasional grubby mark.

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LITTLE PIG BARNABY
Written by Ursula Hourihane. Illustrated by Judith Brook.
Stock no. 1503553
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

10 bedtime stories, featuring Little Pig Barnaby, Peggotty the Horse, Angus the Scottie Dog and others. Cream cloth covers with red title to spine and vignette of pig to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 109 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to spine. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Foxing, mostly to endpapers. Page 55 has craypn marks to margin, crayon also to text block. Rest of contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped but with very little loss. Rear panel grubby, crayon line to rear flap.

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BOM GOES ADVENTURING
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1403201
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1958. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial boards, colour pictures. No. 3. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small piece missing from the top of the spine. Board edges are rubbed and a little worn. Rear board is grubby. Contents are clean.

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CECIL ALDIN - THE STORY OF A SPORTING ARTIST
Written by Roy Heron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2115149
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed biography of the famous illustrator of dogs. Green pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0906671469. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine.

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BILLY BUNTER AFLOAT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 2115142
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Book 21. Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Some light browning to cover edges. A few foxspots to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; 1" piece of loss to base of spine; grubby.

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THE NURSERY SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by Irene Pearl. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2115129
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Small format. 6 colour plates plus cover by Dulac. B/w drawings (illustrator not named). 5.5 x 5.4". Colour pictorial boards. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Edge wear. Foxing to outer page edges. All plates present.

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THE LIVING THINGS AROUND US: BIOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS BOOK I
Written by T.J.S. Rowland.
Stock no. 1809891
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

Based on Living Things for Lively Youngsters, and More Living Things for Lively Youngsters. Green pictorial limp cloth covers. B/w text illustrations. 144 pages. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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