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PIETER PLUNKER FLYING TAILOR
Written by Peter Dennis. Illustrated by Peter Dennis.
Stock no. 1824387
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

The true story of the beginnings of flight and how a simple tailor beat the Wright Brothers by four hundred years... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour comic strip story. ISBN: 035607904X. Boards corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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THE MIAMI GIANT
Written by Arthur Yorinks. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1824386
Published by Harper Collins. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0062050680. Spine and corners lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at spine & corners, small red ink mark to rear panel, a few small closed edge-tears, repair to verso with clear tape.

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GOODY O'GRUMPITY
Written by Carol Ryrie Brink. Illustrated by Ashley Wolff.
Stock no. 1824384
Published by North-South Books. 1st thus 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Children come from far and near to taste Goody O'Grumpty's wonderful spice cake. A classic poem of colonial times. Easy-to-follow-recipe at the back. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1558583270. SIGNED by the illustrator with a personal dedication to half-title page. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at top of spine.

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THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL AFRICAN HIPPOPOTAMUS RACE
Written by Morris Lurie. Illustrated by Richard Sawers.
Stock no. 1824383
Published by Collins. 1st UK 1969. Almost very good condition.

Eight year old Edward Day, the hippo, trains for the greatest river race of them all - the annual African hippopotamus race. White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Ex-library with usual library marks. Spine browned, boards a little discoloured. A few grubby marks to contents.

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CAPTAIN PUGWASH AND THE HUGE REWARD: A TALE OF SMUGGLING IN THE ANCIENT TOWN OF SINKPORT.
Written by John Ryan. Illustrated by John Ryan.
Stock no. 1824382
Published by Gungarden Books. 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

When Captain Pugwash retires from active piracy he is amazed and delighted to be offered a Huge Reward for performing what seems to be a simple task. Little does he realise what villainy and treachery lurk in the little town of Sinkport, or what a hideous fate may await him there. Aqua cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0951707108. Reprint. SIGNED (no dedication) by the author with a doodle of Captain Pugwash. Foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is foxed to verso and a few foxspots to rear panel, top edge lightly creased and lightly faded.

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THE SUNSHINE CHILDREN
Written by May Wynne.
Stock no. 1824376
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Circa 1938. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. The Children's Own Series. Boards browned and with some scuffing andf faint scribble. Corners worn. Handwritten presentation plate to front endpaper. Name & address in ink to rear endpaper. Some foxing present.

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LITTLE SISTER SNOW
Written by Fannie Caldwell Macaulay. Illustrated by G. Kataoka.
Stock no. 1824374
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 2nd 1909. Almost very good condition.

Second Edition. Blue cloth with oval onlay to front and gilt titles. 143 numbered pages. Colour plates. Spine browned and cocked. Lower edge of text block is uncut. Browning to endpapers. Remains of bookplate to front endpaper and diagonal pocket created to rear pastedown. Inscription in ink to half-title page and front endpaper part stuck down to half-title page. Foxing throughout - heavy in places.

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FIVE RUN AWAY TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1824373
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1949. Almost very good condition.

Blue boards with black titles. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w and two-colour illustrations. Colour frontis. The third Famous Five book. Third impression. Boards grubby and marked. Lower corners of boards bumped. Text block browned. Some foxing and grubby marks to contents. One ilustration neatly coloured in.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1824360
Published by Daily Express. 1965. Very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a Christmas tree. 1st story Rupert & Gaffer. Magic Painting pages. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Boards bright, Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed, a few minor scuff marks. Slight loss to paper at base of spine. Name in pencil in belongs to box. Price cut (neatly torn out). Text block browned. Magic paintings mostly DONE, neat. Puzzle pages clean. Minor corner creases to some pages. Overall, a decent copy.

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THE TWELFTH HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Weink; Grace Lodge; Yvonne Perrin; et al..
Stock no. 1824357
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine with gilt title, pale blue boards with gilt title and vignette to front. Colour plates and text illustrations. 156 pages. First story is "One Christmas Eve". Boards faintly browned at edges. Name in ink to top of title page. One or two finger marks to contents (minor). Text block lightly browned. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and creased, some light fading, a few closed edge-tears.

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BUNTER THE SPORTSMAN
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1323959
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 214 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Small dents to top edges of covers. Name in blue biro to front free-endpaper. Looks like a free-endpaper at the rear of the book has been removed? Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

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ALEXANDER THE CIRCUS PONY
Written by Phyllis Ginger. Illustrated by Phyllis Ginger.
Stock no. 1323952
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1943. Fair condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 24. Pictorial card wraps. Bright colour and b/w lithographed illustrations. Covers are almost detached. Slight loss to corners of front cover. Small tear and slight loss to lower edge of first page. Light page browning else contents clean.

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