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MY BOOK OF ANIMALS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2129672
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1907. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. A Picture-Book For Little Folk. First animal is 'The Wolf', last animal looked at is 'The Whale'. Some scuffing to covers. Wear to spine; small nicks to top and tail of spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Joints are partially cracked. Some foxing throughout.

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LITTLE TOOT
Written by Hardie Gramatky. Illustrated by Hardie Gramatky.
Stock no. 2129670
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with silver titles and vignettes. Colour & b/w illustrations. Little Toot is the name of a tug-boat on a river. Some brown spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges; a few to page margins. Wrapper is torn and creased with some repairs to verso; top torn of rear panel has a couple of inch loss - with piece inserted to 'disguise' loss.

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THE TWIRLY-WHIRLY BOOK
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 2129669
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1913. Very good condition.

Off-white covers with red title and border and pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis plate. 11 additional colour plates to contents, each facing a page of rhyme. 9.25 x 7 inches. Bumping o corners. Some marks and browning to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing/browning to endpapers; a few to page margins. Plates are lovely and bright!

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KENNELMAID NAN
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2129651
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 191 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fade marks to spine. Ink inscription to front endpaper has been covered with white correction fluid. Foxing to outer page edges; a few margin marks. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; some loss to spine and a couple of corners. Fading to wrapper spine.

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A GARDEN OF BEAUTIFUL STORIES
Written by William J. May.
Stock no. 2129641
Published by Allenson & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth with black title to spine. Bumping to corners. A little fading to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is browned to spine, with chipping a little loss to corners; some creasing.

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EDMUND DULAC
Written by Edmund Dulac; Colin White. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2129627
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons. 1st USA 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Profusely illustrated with exquisite examples of Dulac's work. Large format. Light blue cloth boards, dark title to spine. 205 pages plus index. ISBN: 0684147912. SIGNED by author (White) to prelims. Bumping to cover edges and a couple of corners. Red pen mark and some foxing to outer page edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is unevenly browned, with a few marks.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1945 - A NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2129624
Published by Daily Express. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Harrison printing with red endpapers. Pictorial card wraps showing Rupert flying in air on a bicycle with wings. Castle overlooking sea in background. Spine has been repaired with yellow cloth. 4.5" loss to bottom of original paper spine; quarter inch paper loss to top. Creasing to cover corners; some foxing and a few marks. What appear to be sticky glue marks to inside front cover and opposite on belongs to page. Name in ink in belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins. Some page corner creases. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!!!

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THE CONDOR CRAGS ADVENTURE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2129551
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Godfrey Chudleigh paying one of his annual visits to the Argentine didn't expect that the family's possession of an Inca treasure would lead to his own kidnapping! Pale blue boards with dark blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 204 pages. Spotting to covers. Page browning and some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few closed tears and chips; a little loss to a couple of corners.

Price: £95.00 £71.25.

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THE SAINT BRIDE BLUE
Written by Sybil Burr. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 2129550
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue covers. B/w illustrations. Marks to outer page edges. Cellophane has been put to cover the book - but has been stuck using sticky tape - so wrapper is stuck to book at pastedowns and edges. Some chipping at edges of cellophane.

Price: £54.00 £40.50.

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MOTORCARS
Written by Philip A. Turner.
Stock no. 1817377
Published by Temple Press. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The "Power and Speed" Series for Boys. The fascinating story of how the motorcar came to be invented, how it works and how motoring and motorcars have developed through the years. Cloth boards. B/w photos and illustrations. Foxing to top edge of text block and endpapers. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned and edge-rubbed/creased.

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BEATEN BY A BALLOON
Written by Margaret Mahy. Illustrated by Jonathan Allen.
Stock no. 1317700
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

When Buckbounder springs into the bank, the scoundrel gets more of a bounce than he bargained for... Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0241137780.

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CLOUD NINE
Written by Norman Silver. Illustrated by Jan Ormerod.
Stock no. 1317699
Published by The Bodley Head Children'S Books. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The charming tale of a little boy finding peace on his own. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0370319265.

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