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THE PEDALLING MAN AND OTHER POEMS
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Lillian Hoban.
Stock no. 738145
Published by World's Work Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poems about animals, people, both big and small, and about those things and those moments in life that are worth holding on to. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 33 pages. ISBN: 043746704X. Spine slightly bumped and some light fading to top edge of front cover. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Name plate and name in ink to front endpaper. A small damp stain affects the top margins of all pages. Wrapper is price-cut (with new price sticker above, slightly edge worn and faded to spine with a small mark to edge of front panel.

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GIRL ANNUAL No. 8
Written by Marcus Morris.
Stock no. 588778
Published by Hulton Press Ltd.. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

10.25 x 8.25 ins. Pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Theatre through the Ages imprint on front and back paste-downs and flyleaf and rear endpaper. Black and white and colour illustrations. Light rubbing to cover edges. Small circle of surface paper damage to top of front endpaper. Crossword to page 81 completed in pencil. Wrapper is faded to spine, edge-chipped, with a few closed tears and worn at edges.

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KNOCKOUT FUN BOOK 1948
No author listed.
Stock no. 588821
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1948. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Red pictorial boards. Includes Billy Bunter story. Spine grubby and marked. Top corner of front cover is bent. Light scuffing to cover edge. Name in ink to front pastedown. Crosswords have been completed in pencil.

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A BOOK OF LITTLE PLAYS
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 588835
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 2nd 1928. Very good condition.

Reading Practice No.8. Blue cloth covered limp cardwraps. 5 plays. Grubby marks to covers.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 23 - RUPERT AND THE SNOW SPORTS
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 588844
Published by Daily Express. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Snow Sports. Also includes Rupert And The Vanishing Pet. 24 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Some wear to spine. Cover corners are lightly creased. Contents bright.

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THE BIG PICTURE BOOK
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 588845
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Front cover shows a boy handing a young black and white puppy to a girl through a window. Colour plates & b/w and two tone illustrations. Spine is faded, bumped and worn, with small split to top. Edges are bumped and worn. Name in pencil to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges and page margins.

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FURRY TAILS
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 738080
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

A bumper book of ten favourite animal tales retold and illustrated by Ross. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862649269. Minimal bumping to corners. Some light fingering to page margins else contents fine.

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MERRY CONCEITS AND WHIMSICAL RHYMES
Written by Charles H. Ross. Illustrated by Charles H. Ross.
Stock no. 737995
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1st 1866. Good condition.

Blue embossed cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt decoration/title to front cover. Colour illustrations to each page with rhyme below (printed on one side of the page only). 62 pages. Spine and corners worn, covers slightly grubby and spine a bit darkened. Name in pencil (underscored) to front endpaper. Front joint cracked. Name in ink to booklist on rear fly-leaf. Lower corner tip of front free-endpaper torn off. Contents are a bit foxed and fingered but considering the age of the book still very good.

Price: £78.00 £58.50.

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TALES IN VERSE FOR THE YOUNG
Written by Mary Howitt.
Stock no. 737996
Published by Darton And Clark. 1865. Good condition.

Blue embossed cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 207 pages. States "New Edition" on the title page. Contains b/w illustrations which have been hand-coloured for publication. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers a bit grubby and spine slightly darkened. Front joint cracked. Evidence of removal of bookplate to front pastedown, embossed address stamp and date in crayon to front endpaper. A few hinges pulled. Contents are well fingered with some slight foxing but still very good.

Price: £58.00 £43.50.

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THE LOOKING GLASS FOR THE MIND OR INTELLECTUAL MIRROR
Written by M. Berquin. Illustrated by I. Bewick.
Stock no. 737997
Published by John Harris; G. Whittaker. 17th 1827. Very good condition.

"Being an elegant collection of the most delightful little stories and interesting tales; chiefly translated from that much admired works L'Ami Des Enfans." Black leather binding with gilt title and flower vignettes to spine. Marble effect endpapers. 74 b/w woodcut illustrations to text. 259 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A couple of tiny dents to cover edges. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Front joint just starting to crack. Some foxing to page margins. Very light damp stain to edges of title-page and preface. Pages 13-16 have a light brown stain to lower corners. Overall a very nice copy of this antiquarian children's book.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1963
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 588677
Published by Daily Express. 1963. Very good condition.

Laminated pictorial boards showing Rupert sitting on a rock having just caught a Merchild in his fishing net. 1st story Rupert and the Birthday Present. 115 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Some chipping to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Small biro doodles on page 9. A few repaired margin tears. Magic paintings done neatly.NOT price cut.

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TALES OF WAYBEYOND
Written by Eileen Hunter. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 737942
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, green title to spine. B/w illustrations, 87 pages. ISBN: 0233970843. Minimal bumping to spine. Child's name in ink to title-page else contents fine. Green pictorial wrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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