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THE ADVENTURES OF WONK - FIREWORKS
Written by Muriel Levy. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 2129021
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 2nd 1942. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird Series 417. Green boards with colour vignette and titles. Also contains: THE DIAMOND RING AFFAIR. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to spine. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Large page tear to first text page (between 3-4").

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THE DANDY MONSTER COMIC 1942
No author listed.
Stock no. 2129020
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1942. Fair condition.

Front cover shows Korky fishing with sausages from the front of a boat called Dandy. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. Binding is weak; joints are nearly broken and showing stitching. Splitting to top and tail of spine; some wear of loss to spine. Heavy wear to edges and corners. Belongs to page has inscriptions in ink. A few brown paper tape repairs to hinges of prelims. Foxing throughout. Some page tears. A fair copy of a very scarce wartime annual.

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FUN & FANTASY A BOOK OF DRAWINGS
Written by A.A. Milne; E.V. Knox. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 2128979
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial boards. Introduction by A.A. Milne. 7 colour plates, with verses by E.V. Knox. B/w illustrations. The artists illustrations from Punch Magazine. Heavy bumping and wear to covers; some splash/stains to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Some corner creasing. Contents are still very good. Wrapper is grubby, creased with tears and chips; a few pieces of loss; some tape repairs.

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MY DOG
Written by Maurice Maeterlinck. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2128944
Published by George Allen and Co. Ltd.. 1st 1913. Good condition.

Stories of a cute little bulldog. Translated by A. Teixera de Mattos. Brown cloth, gilt titles. Large pictorial onlay to front cover. 6 colour plates. Bumping and wear along cover edges. Scuffing to onlay to front cover. Damp marks to covers and to some pages (mostly margins) internally. Piece of top of front endpaper has been cut out. Foxing. A few hinges are pulled, so that webbing/stitching can be seen. All plates present.

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THE PETER PAN CALENDAR 1976
No author listed. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2128891
1976. Almost very good condition.

Beautiful Rackham Illustration from 'Peter Pan' for each different month! Card wraps. Some chipping to top 'spine'; a little loss. Acetate cover has corner missing. Creasing to cover corners and some page corners. Rear cover is creased. Some browning. Some fading to front cover. Illustrations are still very good.

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THE BUTTON ELVES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2128865
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1948. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations to text. 62 pages. Bottom 1-2" of spine are missing. Creasing and some chipping to cover edges. Brown stains to page edges of some pages to rear.

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ANIMALS AT HOME
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2128863
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1950. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. New edition. Old Thatch Series. Staples have rusted, so a few brown spots are showing through to front cover. Some creasing to corners. The odd grubby margin mark.

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BRER RABBIT AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Oxley.
Stock no. 2128862
Published by J. Coker & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1948. Good condition.

New Edition of the Old Thatch Series No. 5 (contents are Old Thatch series No. 9). Large format. Pictorial paperwraps (cover illustration by Mary Smith). 62 pages. Full-page b/w illustrations. Bottom 2-3" of spine are chipped and mostly missing. Top 1" of spine is chipped. Creasing to covers and pages; some foxing and browning.

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THE FIRELIT FOREST
Written by Norah K. Colman. Illustrated by B. Ross Jones.
Stock no. 2128847
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. Delightful colour plates and b/w illustrations of forest animals. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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TRAINS AND RAILWAYS
Written by Philip Gagg. Illustrated by Harold Sheild.
Stock no. 2128777
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1971. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blackwell's Learning Library No. 38. Pictorial boards. Colour plates, b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 063106740X. Ex-lib. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; a few marks to covers. Normal library stamps etc. Wrapper has some browning and chips to corners and spine; minimal loss.

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THE WILLIE WADDLE BOOK 1930
No author listed.
Stock no. 1317610
Published by John Leng & Co. Ltd.. 1930. Good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing the animals enjoying a water slide. First story is "Willie's Christmas Cracker". 125 pages. 3-tone text illustrations throughout. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers edge worn and scuffed. Light scratch marks to front cover. Contents browned with some slight spotting. Hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose.

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SOMETHING FOR CHRISTMAS
Written by Palmer Brown. Illustrated by Palmer Brown.
Stock no. 1317599
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st UK 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a little mouse's search for a very special Christmas gift. Delightful colour illustrations. Pale blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Small format. Slight bumping to spine. Some light foxing to top edge of textblock else contents fine. Some small marks to dustwrapper and a light vertical brown mark to edge of front panel, dustwrapper spine is lightly browned.

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