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THE STUFFED DOG
Written by John Symonds. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2131658
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Daisy and her friend discover a doll with a difference! Blue boards with gilt and black titles to spine and decoration to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 60 pages. SIGNED by author, with a dedication to a previous owner. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-chipped, but with minimal loss.

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FAIRGROUND BILLY
Written by Dora Broome. Illustrated by Mary Shillabeer.
Stock no. 2131638
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow boards with red title to spine. B/w illustrations. Wrapper has light edge-wear with a few nicks at corners.

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SAMMY: THE STORY OF A RED SQUIRREL
Written by Joseph Palmer; Jean Palmer.
Stock no. 2131637
Published by Geoffrey Bles. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is foxed, with edge-creasing and chipping; small chips of loss.

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THE WONDERFUL PENNY STAMP
Written by Hilda Boden. Illustrated by Dorothy Clark.
Stock no. 2131634
Published by Burke. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. B/w and two-colour illustrations. ISBN: 0222973021. Bumping to spine. Wrapper has some tears, chips and marks, but minimal loss.

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THREE JAYS LEND A HAND
Written by Pat Smythe. Illustrated by Keith Money.
Stock no. 2131621
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The seventh adventure of the Three Jays. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Bumps to top and tail of spine. Foxing to outer page edges and wrapper, which is also edge-creased with nicks to corners.

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ROBINSON CRUSOE CORAL ISLAND TREASURE ISLAND
Written by Daniel Defoe; R.M. Ballantyne; Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by John Harcourt Finnie; J.E. Sutcliffe; Frank Gillett.
Stock no. 1318496
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

Orange cloth, gilt title to spine. Three volumes in one. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Pencil writing (name and address) to front free-endpaper. Endpapers slightly browned, textblock slightly grubby.

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STORIES FROM CHAUCER
Written by Emily Underdown. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 1318495
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1913. Very good condition.

Small format. Blue cloth, orange titles and pictorial onlay to front cover. 157 pages. 8 colour plates. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Heavy foxing to textblock. Light page browning to endpapers. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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THE DOG FIEND; OR, SNARLEYYOW
Written by Captain Frederick Marryat.
Stock no. 1318472
Published by Richard Bentley. 1847. Good condition.

Bentley's Standard Novels series. Brown embossed cloth with gilt title/decoration to spine. 400 pages, b/w frontis. Spine has been rebacked retaining most of original cloth. Covers are worn. New endpapers. Contents are fingered and foxed but generally clean.

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STRANGERS AT SNOWFELL
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Wynne.
Stock no. 1818430
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

A Jilly Family story. The Jillies start for Scotland but decide to leave the train when it is snowbound at Shap in Westmorland. Grey cloth with silver titles to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 231 pages. SIGNED by the author to half-title page. Faint mottling to front board. Text block lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean.

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THE DOWNHILL CROCODILE WHIZZ AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Margaret Mahy. Illustrated by Ian Newsham.
Stock no. 1818428
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1986. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of ten enchanting tales of varying lengths for five to nine year-olds. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 130 pages. ISBN: 0460062379. SIGNED by the author with dedication and a drawing to title page. Child's name & room number in black pen to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to text block and edge of prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed with a closed tear repaired to verso with clear tape so that it is barely visible to rear panel.

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OUR DARLINGS: AT HOME, IN TOWN, AT THE SEA-SIDE, IN THE COUNTRY, AT PLAY
Written by Mars. Illustrated by Mars.
Stock no. 1818422
Published by George Routledge & Sons. Circa 1890. Almost very good condition.

A picture book with minimal text. Oblong format. Bevelled edge boards. Green cloth spine, pictorial boards. Green, floral endpapers. 47 pages. Edges rubbed, corners worn, boards a little browned and scuffed. Joints repaired. Diagonal corner crease to lower corner of free front endpaper is fragile and liable to tear. Vertical crease to half-title page. Light browning to contents with minor grubby marks in places.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1941 - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1818419
Published by Daily Express. 1941. Poor condition.

The last hardcover annual to be published during the war years and widely considered to be the best Rupert annual ever. Front cover shows Rupert holding a paddle and waving while Algy looks on from a little boat. First story Rupert and the Red Egg. 118 pages. Backstrip missing. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Boards a little grubby. Name in belongs to box. Front joint split but binding thread holding. Some hinges pulled. Page 15/16 detached but present. Foxing and browning throughout. A few pages have a tear to lower margin, sometimes affecting text.

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