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JOHNNY CROW'S PARTY
Written by L. Leslie Brooke. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 2116785
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

White cloth spine with green title. Green boards, white title and oval pictorial onlay to front. Endpapers are maps of the Maze in Johnny Crow's Garden. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Cover edges are unevenly faded. Grubby marks to spine. Browning to outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks.

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THE CONQUEST OF CHRISTINA
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by G.B. Foyster.
Stock no. 1404020
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with pictorial onlays to spine and front cover; decoration borders. Gilt titles to spine. Black titles in gilt title block. Colour frontis and half-title page. B/w illustrations. 343 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Mark to pictorial onlay on front and gilt a little rubbed. Pictorial only on spine is very rubbed as is author's name. Light marks to rear board. Front joint and a few hinges are cracked. Name in ink to top of half title page. Foxing mostly to prelims and page edges. Top edge of text block is a bit grubby. Some fingering otherwise contents generally clean.

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NODDY'S SHOP OF BOOKS
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1314494
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Slightly better than very good condition.

Five little card wrap books contained in box shaped to look like a sweetshop with opening door at front. Volume 3 has a small ink mark by staple to covers and there is a tiny mark to front cover of volume 5. There are a few light creases to covers and tiny nicks at edges. Overall the books are lovely and bright and would be difficult to find in better condition. Box has creases and is slightly edge rubbed, there is an inscription in blue biro to lower edge of front of box.

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NODDY'S TOY STATION OF BOOKS
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1314492
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition.

Set of small format paperwrap Books contained in a shaped box: Noddy and his passengers; Noddy and the magic boots; Noddy flies a kite;Noddy and naughty Gobby; Noddy has hankie troubles. Foxing to page edges and cover edges. Light creases to rear cover of volume 5. Box is lightly creased with some foxing but otherwise complete and bright.

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NODDY'S HOUSE OF BOOKS
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1314491
Published by Sampson Low. 2nd 1955. Very good condition.

Six small format paperwrap books contained in pictorial slipcase shaped like a house with opening door at front. B/w illustrations. The Tiny Noddy Books nos 1-6: A Tale of Little Noddy; Noddy Has More Adventures; Noddy Goes to the Seaside; Noddy has a Shock; Noddy Off to Rocking-Horse Land; Noddy and Big-Ears Have a Picnic. Each book is small format (3.5" x 3") with pictorial cardwraps, 36 b/w illustrations with text below. Staples are rusty. Covers are just a little edge worn, some creases and small tears to covers. Contents of books are clean. Box is worn with crease to top front and erased pencil writing to front.

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DOLPHIN SUMMER
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam.
Stock no. 1314488
Published by Collins. 1st 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Romney Marsh story. Green boards, silver title to spine. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. A few light spots to covers. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is slightly worn to spine and corners, slightly grubby to rear panel.

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FANTASTIC STORIES
Written by Terry Jones. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1504334
Published by Pavilion Books Ltd.. 1st 1992. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Twenty-one fantastic stories of mischief and magic, dragons and dinosaurs, monsters and mermaids, cruelty and courage. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Blue endpapers. Illustrated in colour throughout. ISBN: 185145957X. Dark marks to top edges of covers and text block, looks like dark powder has been split on it. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

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OVER THE SEA
Written by A Patchett Martin; F.E. Weatherly; et al. Illustrated by Emily J. Harding; H.J. Johnstone; T.J. Hughes; R. Carrick.
Stock no. 1403972
Published by Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh. 1st 1890. Almost very good condition.

Stories of Two Worlds. Brown cloth spine. Cream pictorial boards. Decorated endpapers. 7 colour plates. B/w illustrations. 8 Stories. 48 pages. Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Rear cover is marked and grubby. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Mark down the side margin of one plate otherwise plates are all clean and bright. Faint transfer of colour from plates to opposite pages. Some margin marks otherwise contents are very good.

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MOTHER EARTH SHE FEEDS AND CLOTHES US
No author listed.
Stock no. 1504318
Published by Oxo Limited. Slightly better than very good condition.

Presented by OXO Ltd. In this painting book are shown some of the multitude of things that come from the Good Earth including Grass, Corn, Fruit and Veg, Rice, Coal, Wood etc. Colour illustrations with same picture alongside to be completed. Paperwraps, oblong format. 14 pages. Wear to ends of spine. Contents clean and unused.

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NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by J.A. Symington; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1504314
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1912. Slightly better than good condition.

Treasure Trove Series. Grey boards with pictorial onlay, blue and green titles and borders. With Four Coloured Illustrations, one by Louis Wain, plus many b/w illustrations. 64 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. 0.5" split with flap at top of spine. Covers grubby with marks. Presentation plate to front endpaper. A little light foxing. Page edges browned. A few grubby marks and fingermarks to contents.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 2 - RUPERT AND UNCLE BRUNO
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1403911
Published by Daily Express. Almost very good condition.

A Bestall story originally published in 1938. Story title Rupert and Uncle Bruno. A strange accident to Uncle Bruno leads to a robber's secret hiding place. 9.5x7 inches. 16 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Cover edges worn and a little creased. Rear cover is a little marked and browned. A little foxing to front cover. Foxing to margin edges otherwise contents generally clean.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE BOOK No. 38 - AUTUMN ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1403904
Published by Daily Express. 1958. Very good condition.

Rupert Autumn Adventures. 2 stories: Rupert And The Spinning Globe, Rupert and the Royal Conker. Colour front cover shows Rupert pretending to be a kangaroo and being chased by a real kangaroo. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Covers a little grubby. Slight crease from top edge - more noticeable on inner pages. Staples rusty. A few marks to margins otherwise contents are very good.

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