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HYMNS IN PROSE FOR CHILDREN
Written by Mrs. Barbauld.
Stock no. 1318821
Published by Henry Mozley And Son. Good condition.

Small format. Buff cardwraps. 72 pages. Some b/w text illustrations. Covers grubby and worn with some loss to spine. Contents are lightly browned but generally clean.

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LE PETIT PRECEPTEUR
Written by F. Grandineau.
Stock no. 1318820
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 16th 1894. Good condition.

First step to french conversation for the use of young beginners. Small format. Brown embossed cloth with gilt title to spine. A few b/w plates. Short simple sentences in english and french. 176 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers damp stained. Name in pencil to front pastedown. Name and inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Front free-endpaper is missing. A few page corner tips are lightly creased. A few pencil tick marks to contents and some pencil writing to rear free-endpaper.

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AMELIARANNE BRIDESMAID
Written by Ethelberta Morris. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2132993
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine with black title, blue pictorial boards. Delightful full page colour pictures. B/w page header and footer on text page. Browning and small fade marks to spine. Corners are bumped, with wear. Foxing to endpapers, margins and outer page edges. Inscriptions in ink to verso of front endpaper. Wrapper is creased with foxing, some tears and chips/nicks, but minimal loss.

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THE SECRET OF THE KNOT GARDEN
Written by Diana Harker. Illustrated by Jonathan Harker.
Stock no. 2132991
Published by Tabb House. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dip and his friends frustrate a Nazi plot and unlock a 300 year old mystery dating from the Civil War. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0907018696. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner on title page. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with brown spots to rear panel.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1966
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1819281
Published by Daily Express. 1966. Very good condition.

Dark blue laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert and chums in a flying saucer. First story - Rupert and the Magic Ball. Includes Magic Paintings. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Front lower corner has small diagonal split across laminate & surface paper. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Boards are bright. Name in belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Dot-to-dot completed in pen. Magic paintings DONE fairly neatly. Light crinkling to some pages as a result of the dampness when magic paintings were completed. Small closed tear to top of page 61 (affects margin only).

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BUNTER COMES FOR CHRISTMAS
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1819263
Published by Cassell. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 218 pages. Colour frontis present. Minor foxing to prelims and text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed with slight loss, grubby to rear panel and has 'JF' in ink to spine. Front flap of dustwrapper has tape residue to vertical edge.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1980
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1819254
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. Boards clean and bright. NOT inscribed or price-cut. Browning to page edges. Fairly strong smell of cigarettes present.

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SOME TRIUMPHS OF MODERN EXPLORATION
Written by B. Webster Smith.
Stock no. 2132964
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Grey cloth with black titles and decoration. 6 b/w plates. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and marks to endpapers and outer page edges. All plates present. Wrapper is price-cut with large tears and chips; some loss; very creased.

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THE EVEN MORE AMAZING SCIENCE POP-UP BOOK
Written by Chris Oxlade.
Stock no. 2132954
Published by Franklin Watts. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

A 3-Dimensional Exploration by Jay Young. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Contains a working gravity-clock, binoculars, scales, telephone, phenakistoscope and abacus. ISBN: 0749625600. Bumping to corners. All pieces and pop-ups appear present and in very good working order.

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MR. PETTIGREW'S TRAIN
Written by Leonard Clark. Illustrated by Toffee Sanders.
Stock no. 2132864
Published by Thornhill Press. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illus to text. Orange, green, blue & white paper used. 63pp. Demy 8vo. ISBN: 0904110192. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is damp marked with some scuffing and fading.

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THAT LITTLE GREY MOUSE
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 2132860
Published by Humphrey Milford. Circa 1919. Almost very good condition.

Green spine with pictorial front board. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 5" x 3.75". Punch hole to front cover. Some marks to covers, with bumping and a bit of chipping. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to outer page edges. A few margin marks.

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THE RIDDLE OF THE PAINTED BOX
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1819217
Published by Noel Carrington. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A vivid, fast-moving story of an unusual adventure on the Grand Union Canal. Orange cloth. B/w illustrations. 164 pages. Staining to boards. Spine slightly cocked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some colouring to b/w frontis. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily repaired with tape to verso which has aged and is now showing through to the front. Some surface paper loss to rear panel of dustwrapper and some loss to spine.

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