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SUNNYSIDE TALES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1102138
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Circa 1937. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows boy and girl on barrel in the sea. Colour plates and b/w illustrations, all by the same artist, a few very similar to the style of Arthur Rackham. First story is "John, Topsy and the Raven". Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is torn with some chipping.

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THE NEW RUPERT COLOUR ADVENTURE BOOK
Written by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1102137
Published by L.T.A. Robinson Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth spine, pictorial boards featuring Rupert and Prince on a pony (Dapple) with Rupert's father with the king in the background. 2 stories: Rupert and the Wonderful Boots plus Rupert and Dapple. Coloured pictures throughout. Printed L.T.A. Robinson. Spine is split to one side for approx. 3". Edges are worn.

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BOOK OF PETS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1701658
Almost very good condition.

Red and green pictorial boards. A board book with bright colour pictures and small amount of text to bottom of each page. Covers are scuffed and creased.

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PLAYBOX ANNUAL 1954
No author listed.
Stock no. 1701649
Published by The Fleetway House. 1954. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Front cover shows young girl and boy on raft. Corners are worn. Spine is faded. Surface damage to rear pastedown.

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THE PICTURE SHOW
No author listed.
Stock no. 1302306
Published by Ernest Nister. circa 1895. Good condition.

Green cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing girl dressed in clown suit. "A Novel Picture book For Children". Four pop-up colour pictures. B/w text illustrations. Spine worn at top and tail. Corners worn and cover edges rubbed. Joints and hinges cracked, front free-endpaper missing. A few loose pieces to first pop-up and skipping rope is twisted (but still intact), other 3 pop-ups in excellent working order. Some tears to inner margins and some loose pages caused by the cracked hinges. Some light page browning and fingering. Still a nice copy of a very scarce Nister pop-up.

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MISS DUTCH OF DOLLAND
No author listed.
Stock no. 1302259
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Valentine's Book Toys, Dolly Series, no. B221. A shaped book with card covers, face to front is moveable. Two-tone illustrations. Backstrip covering is mostly missing. Some creases to covers and crack to rear cover. Contents are fingered and foxed else clean.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 25 - RUPERT AND THE FRENCH POODLES
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1701597
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Second story is 'Rupert and the New Jersey'. 22 pages. Colour illustrations. 2" split to base of spine. Covers creased.

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PUCK ON PEGASUS
Written by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell. Illustrated by John Leech; John Tenniel; et al..
Stock no. 1801549
Published by John Camden Hotten. 6th 1869. Fair condition.

Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Blue cloth boards, bevelled edges, gilt titles, xii and 196 plus four page publisher adverts to rear. B/w illustrations. Boards marked, spine worn with loss to top. Front joint cracked. A few hinges split and one section detached. One or two margin marks but contents generally clean.

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PLAYTIME & COMPANY
Written by E.V. Lucas. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1801536
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1925. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Green pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Rhymes for children. Corners lightly worn, covers a little scuffed, red spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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TALES FROM FAIRYLAND
Written by Rosa Annesley.
Stock no. 1801502
Published by Charles Taylor. 1st 1893. Almost very good condition.

A collection of stories. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt titles, illustration to front cover is of a sunset with a young boy flying on a bat over a pond with a frog sat on a toadstool. B/w illustrations. Floral endpapers. All edges gilt. Corners rubbed, top & tail of spine worn. Covers lightly scuffed. Small bookplate to front pastedown. Small closed tear to lower edge of front joint and free front endpaper. Endpapers, title page and last page browned. Hinges pulled but binding tight. A few marks to contents. Still a nice copy.

Price: £90.00 £67.50.

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THE ENCHANTED UNCLE
Written by Christian Tunstall. Illustrated by Doris Pailthorpe.
Stock no. 1701554
Published by Silas Birch Limited. 1924. Very good condition.

Green cloth with dark titles and image of armoured hero surrounded by children. B/w illustrations. SIGNED by author with personal dedication to front endpaper. Some foxing.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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OUR UPS AND DOWNS
Written by Mabel Ince. Illustrated by Mabel Ince.
Stock no. 1302143
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.. circa 1905. Very good condition.

Four young children King & Queen of Sealand and the Queen of Cloudland. Small format. Pictorial cardwraps with string tie to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers a little grubby and edge rubbed. Old price in ink inside front cover (6/-). Pages are lightly browned but otherwise clean, light foxing to centre pages. Crease to top corner of rear cover.

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