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BADOLI THE OX
Written by Myles Bourke. Illustrated by Stella Bailey.
Stock no. 1401911
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth. Tipped-in, tissue-guarded colour plates. Spine bumped and browned with fraying to top and bottom. Corners bumped and rubbed. Splash marks to front cover and scratch marks to rear. A little foxing, otherwise contents are bright and clean.

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WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS
Written by Christopher Morley. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1709035
Published by William Heinemann. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Gissing lived alone on the Canine Estates, had an income of 1000 bones a year but was not happy... A story about dogs. 4 unusual colour plates and 16 b/w line drawings. Bright blue cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover and spine. Blue and white pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. 227 pages. Top and tail of spine slightly worn with a couple of small nicks. Corners rubbed. Faint damp marks to corners of some pages. Otherwise covers and contents beautifully bright and clean.

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A LITTLE SILK APRON
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1709002
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 4th 1949. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 474. A Tasseltip Tale. Pictorial paper boards. Light wear to cover edges. Contents are bright. A few hinges are a little pulled and stitching becoming a little weak in a couple of places. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped with loss to corners, small tape repair to top of front panel and top of spine and is grubby. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper.

Price: £70.00 £52.50.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUIBBA
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 1708989
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial onlay to front cover with decorative border. Colour illustrations. 139 pages. Top 1/2" of spine split to both sides. A Little foxing, but contents and covers generally bright.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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MOPS VERSUS TAILS
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1311059
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.; Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

The Great Hockey Match (and how the Mops and the Tails bury the hatchet forever)! Small oblong format. Picture to front board. Lovely colour illustrations, including a wonderful double-spread at the centre. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Rear cover is grubby/marked. Endpapers are lightly browned and there is some light foxing, otherwise contents are clean. This is a decent copy of a very scarce book.

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ALMANACK FOR 1883
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1311052
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1883. Slightly better than good condition.

Cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout, some full-page. 4 x 3 inches. Covers are edge worn with scratch marks to rear cover. Light page browning and foxing else contents clean.

Price: £60.00 £45.00.

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UNCLE SAM'S MONEY-BOX
Written by Mrs. S.C. Hall. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1311040
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. circa 1912. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth (illustration to front by Attwell). 2 b/w plates and 2 b/w text illustrations by other artists (not named). 127 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Prize plate to front endpaper. The 2 b/w illustrations have been coloured in (not too badly) and there is heavy foxing else the contents are clean.

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HAPPY AS KINGS
Written by Jean McIntosh. Illustrated by Clara Olmstead.
Stock no. 1311039
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1912. Very good condition.

"or, Stories of Home and Holidays". Nelson's Fireside Library. Attractive green cloth with gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front cover. 96 pages. Colour and b/w plates and some b/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. Large foxspots to contents. One page has a small marginal tear. Contents generally clean.

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THE PRINCES FIRE-FLASH AND FIRE-FADE
Written by Mrs T.H. James.
Stock no. 1311032
Published by The Kobunsha. Very good condition.

Japanese Fairy Tales Series No. 14. A crepe paper book. Small format. Colour illustrations throughout. Front cover slightly worn and foxed. Small mark to bottom corner of 4 pages otherwise contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce little book.

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REAL FAIRIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1311026
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine. A book of poetry. Small format. Enid Blyton's second book. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned, some foxing to contents else clean. Very scarce pictorial wrapper is edge worn with several sections of loss, small red pen mark to slightly grubby rear panel.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1998
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1311012
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1998. Fine condition.

No. 63. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert with plate of cakes. ISBN: 1874507198. SIGNED by the artist to front endpaper. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2006
Written by Jim Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1311011
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert and a baby Yak on top of a reindeer. ISBN: 0850793203. SIGNED by artists to front pastedown. Top of spine bumped else a fine copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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