THE PLAY'S THE THING!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2116905
Published by The Home Library Book Company; George Newnes Limited. 1st 1927. Good condition.

Very large format. Orange cloth, black titles to spine. Music by Alec Rowley. 24 full page illustrations. Pictorial endpapers. Spine is bumped and faded. Corners are bumped and worn, with a bit of cloth fraying. Cover edges are faded, with wear. Joints are cracked, with wear, showing webbing through. Foxing throughout. Some plays have pencil marks/names next to characters lists. All plates present.

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WE WANT A STORY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by George Bowe.
Stock no. 2116894
Published by Pitkin. 1952. Almost very good condition.

Imitation brown leather covers with gilt title. B/w illustrations. 96 Pages. Reissue. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing throughout.

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MARTIN PIPPIN IN THE APPLE ORCHARD
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 2116889
Published by Collins. 7th 1926. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth boards, with dark brown titles and decorations to front cover. 4 Colour plates. Spine is faded. Bumping and wear to corners. Spotting to cover edges (from damp?). Some light foxing to outer page edges and to page margins throughout.

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THE YELLOW STORY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Gell.
Stock no. 2116885
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition.

The fourth of Enid Blyton's Colour books. Yellow cloth, dark green title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Front joint next to front endpaper is cracked; webbing can be seen through; making binding weak. Tape glue marks to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE FOURTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda Boswell; et al..
Stock no. 2116831
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine. Green boards. Gilt titles. Colour illustrations. First story is "Silly Sammy". Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins. Maze puzzle to page 65 is DONE. Wrapper is creased with some large closed tears; repaired to verso with sticky tape; faded to spine; some loss to corners.

Price: £95.00 £71.25.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1953 - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2116830
Published by Daily Express. 1953. Fair condition.

Pictorial covers - Rupert, Bill Badger and Algy sitting on a fence. 120 pages. 1st story Rupert and Miranda. Painting page and puzzle pages. Backstrip (spine) is completely MISSING. Cover edges are bumped with some wear; marks to covers. Binding is still good. Belongs to box has been completed with ink and then scribbled out in pencil. Price-cut. Painting contest has been partially completed with crayon. 3-4" tear to first story page. A few marks to first few pages, else contents are generally very good; illustrations are nice and bright. A few margin marks. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. A reading copy.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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THEY MELTED HIS BRAIN!
Written by Simon Cheshire.
Stock no. 1810978
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Matthew Bland is a school boy director of a series of sensational movies each starring his trusty friends. His genius receives little appreciation because his movies are rubbish! Yellow boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0744559170. Dustwrapper lightly scuffed.

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TALES AND RHYMES FOR HAPPY TIMES
Written by Dorothy Arnold.
Stock no. 1314516
Published by The Religious Tract Society. Almost very good condition.

Short stories and rhymes. Large format 12.5 x 10.25". Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows Santa Claus. 4 full page chromolithographs and 80 b/w engravings. 64 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Wear to cover edges. Rear cover is browned and foxed, light damp staining to spine and some damp staining to lower edge of front cover. Endpapers foxed. Some light foxing and fingering else contents clean.

Price: £68.00 £51.00.

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A LITTLE BOY LOST
Written by W.H. Hudson. Illustrated by Dorothy P. Lathrop.
Stock no. 1314511
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1921. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt decorations. 12 plates, colour and b/w plus other b/w drawings. 11 x 8". Large format. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A few small, light marks to covers and a small splash mark to lower edge of front cover. Name plate to front pastedown. Tiny booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Endpapers and prelims lightly browned. Small drink(?) stains to lower margins of first half of the pages (small stain to lower textblock which has seeped into the pages - they are very small marks, not affecting the text).

Price: £64.00 £48.00.

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THE FARMER'S BOY
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1314510
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

One of Randolph Caldecott's Picture Books. 8 delightful colour illus. B/w text illus. 30 pages.9.25" x 8.25". Colour illustrated boards. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. First and last pages lightly browned and foxed otherwise contents bright and clean.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK No. 1
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1314508
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Containing The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House That Jack Built; An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog; The Babes in the Wood. Large square format 9.25 x 8.25". Orange cloth with dark orange and black pictorial front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, light stain to base of spine and spine edge of front cover. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned, some light foxing to contents.

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TINKER, TAILOR
Written by Edric Vredenburg. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1314506
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1914. Good condition.

Brown cloth spine, brown paperboards. Front cover has vignettes of cats with central pictorial onlay of a cat tailor sewing on a patch. 12 wonderful colour plates and numerous b/w drawings - all of cats! 136 pages plus 4 page publication list. Spine and corners bumped and worn with slight loss of paper covering to lower front corner. Some light wrinkling to paper covering on covers. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing and light fingering to contents, light pink stain to inner margin of last plate (affecting the illustration slightly). A very desirable copy of a scarce Wain title. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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