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RUPERT ANNUAL 1980
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 2117931
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1980. Very good condition.

Tall format glazed boards - the first Rupert annual in this format. Cover design of Rupert playing with glove puppets. 1st story Rupert and the Flavours. ISBN: 0850790964. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine is also faded. Price-cut with inscriptions in ink to belongs to box. Some damp staining to page margins - which is also wrinkling page edges.

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TIME AND THE CLOCKMICE ETCETERA
Written by Peter Dickinson. Illustrated by Emma Chichester-Clark.
Stock no. 2117918
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0385403658. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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THE STORY OF EBENEZER BRISTLES
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1314881
Published by Humphrey Milford. circa 1920. Fair condition.

A Uncle Toby Book. Brown cloth spine, chequered pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations plus colour plates. Ebenezer Bristles is a hedgehog. Covers are edge worn and scuffed. Damp damage to page edges throughout. A couple of pages are loose but still present. A reading copy of an early edition.

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LATER, GATOR!
Written by Erik Brooks. Illustrated by Erik Brooks.
Stock no. 2117907
Published by Sterling Children's Books. 1st USA 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Gator's moving, and he's so sad to say goodbye to his friends. Worst of all, he doesn't know anyone in his new neighbourhood! Easy-to-read text. American edition. ISBN: 9781454918165. Bumping to base of spine; some edge-creasing to wrapper.

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BABY BUNTING'S BIG PLAY BOOK
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1314878
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Contains 4 colour plates, numberous b/w illustrations, an ABC, short stories and dot-to-dot puzzles. Spine bumped and rubbed, corners worn. Front cover edges ever so slightly grubby. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Foxing to contents. Dot-to-dot puzzles not done.

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MCTOAD MOWS TINY ISLAND
Written by Tom Angleberger. Illustrated by John Hendrix.
Stock no. 2117904
Published by Abrams Books For Young Readers. 1st 2015. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large square format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781419716508.

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HOW TO BE A HERO
Written by Florence Parry Heide. Illustrated by Chuck Groenink.
Stock no. 2117902
Published by Chronicle Books. 1st USA 2016. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large square format. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781452127101. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks.

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AN AFTER BEDTIME STORY
Written by Shoham Smith. Illustrated by Einat Tsarfati.
Stock no. 2117901
Published by Abrams Books For Young Readers. 1st 2016. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Slightly oblong. Colour pictorial boards. Easy-to-read text with colour illustrations throughout. Translated by Annette Appel. ISBN: 9781419718731.

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IT WAS SO QUIET I COULD HEAR A PIN DROP
Written by Andy Goodman. Illustrated by Andy Goodman.
Stock no. 2117899
Published by Princeton Architectural Press. Circa 2016. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Square format. Pictorial boards. Large easy-to-read text. Simple colour illustrations by Goodman. Translated from the Italian. ISBN: 9781616894801. Wrapper has some light edge browning and a couple of marks to rear panel.

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ARTHUR RACKHAM HIS LIFE AND WORK
Written by Derek Hudson. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1314867
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

An introduction to the man behind the work with comments on his technique and achievements. Bibliography at rear. Re-issued with a revised checklist of Rackham's work. Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour tipped-in plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0434353507. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with a few small tears and is faded to spine, laminate has started to lift at front edge of spine.

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TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST
Written by Richard Henry Dana. Illustrated by Charles Pears.
Stock no. 1314856
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1911. Good condition.

A personal narrative of life at sea. Attractive blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration, pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. Top edge gilt. 415 pages plus 5 page catalogue to rear. Spine and corners bumped and worn with gilt faded to spine. Scuffing of pictorial onlay to front. Light damp(?) stain to edge of rear cover. Name in ink to front endpaper. Bookworm damage(3 small holes) to front joint which is cracked. Some browning and fingering to contents which are generally clean. Embossed "presentation copy" stamp to title-page. 2 tissue guards missing.

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RANDOLPH CALDECOTT 'LORD OF THE NURSERY'
Written by Rodney K. Engen. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1811257
Published by Bloomsbury Books. 1st thus 1988. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An account of Caldecott's life. Large format. Red boards with gilt title to spine. Full of colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1870630459. Dustwrapper spine lightly faded.

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