RUPERT LITTLE BEAR'S ADVENTURES NUMBER ONE
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1208720
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1924. Very good condition.

The first book of Rupert's Library. Grey boards with pictorial onlay to front showing Rupert with a Golly and the Magic Toy-Man in the distance. Contains four stories: Rupert and the Magic Toy-Man, Rupert and the Princess, Rupert At School and Rupert and the Old Miser. 3 colour plates plus two-tone illustrations throughout. Rebacked with blue cloth. A few minor scuff marks to front cover, small mark to rear cover. Corners a little worn. Front joint repaired as part of rebacking. Original pictorial endpapers retained. On verso of frontis plate there is an inscription in ink dated 1924 and offsetting from the picture. The outer margin of the frontis is grubby. Prelims and endpapers are foxed. Some foxing to contents but the pages are generally clean. Overall a bright copy of this scarce early Rupert book.

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QUAKE, QUAKE, QUAKE
Written by Paul Dehn; Edward Gorey. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1208712
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Leaden Treasury of English Verse. hair-raising parodies of familiar verses. Terrifying if they were not so funny - and funny if they were not so terrifying! Yellow mottled boards with green title to spine and vignette of tree to front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 109 pages. A few faint margin marks to contents. Wrapper is price-cut, nicked and rubbed at corners with a small closed tear at lower spine.

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THE EPIPLECTIC BICYCLE
Written by Edward Gorey. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Stock no. 1316829
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st UK 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small format. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 4.75 x 7". ISBN: 0747541655. Minimal fading to spine. Contents fine.

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POLLYANNA OF THE ORANGE BLOSSOMS
Written by Harriet Lummis Smith.
Stock no. 1507668
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark titles and border to spine and front cover. 208 pages. Spine faded. Top rear corner bumped. A little foxing/darkening to top edges of covers. 1" square blue label to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers. A few fox spots to text block. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears to ends of spine and folds. Spine faded. A couple of small marks to rear panel.

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NODDY AND TESSIE BEAR
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Lee.
Stock no. 1609606
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book no. 12: Pink pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Board edges scuffed. Spine bumped, unevenly faded, and split at base (about 2cm). Belongs To box completed in pencil. Wrapper is creased, edge torn and chipped with loss; faded to spine.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Florence Harrison; Ethel Talbot; Angela Brazil; Violet M. Methley; et al. Illustrated by Florence Harrison; Warwick Reynolds; Frank Wiles; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1507661
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paper boards show girl in red blazer with tennis racket, cloth spine. 4 colour plates, 1 colour plate by Florence Harrison. B/w and two tone illustrations. First story is 'The Socialist' by Mrs. J.D. Westwood. 208 pages. Spine bumped, worn and browned with a few marks. Corners and cover edges worn. Marks to covers. Small amount of crossed out writing to front endpaper. Grubby mark to top corner of half-title page. Rear joint and a couple of hinges cracked but binding is firm. Light foxing and a few marks to contents. All plates present.

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LITTLE TALES FROM LONG AGO
No author listed. Illustrated by W. Foster.
Stock no. 1407149
Published by Methuen. 1982. Almost very good condition.

Reproduced from antique books first published in the 1890's by Ernest Nister. 4 small books contained in a pictorial slipcase: Three Friends; Cats' Cradle; The Tale of a Dog; Three Little Maids. Colour pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations to each volume. ISBN: 0416886604. Spines and corners bumped. Small split to bottom of spine of Three Friends. Slipcase is bumped. Edges are scuffed.

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THE DAY TRIP
Written by Peter Hayden.
Stock no. 2123421
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. It was Michael's first school trip and first time abroad... ISBN: 0192715100. SIGNED by author, with dedication to previous owner to title page.

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SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO & JULIET
Written by William Shakespeare; Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jane Ray.
Stock no. 1407146
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A re-telling of the story by Michael Rosen. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 9.25 x 8". ISBN: 0744588243. Light bumping to spine and corners. Name to top corner of front endpaper. Dustwrapper is a little edge rubbed.

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THE DAYDREAMER
Written by Ian McEwan. Illustrated by Anthony Browne.
Stock no. 1407142
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

"Peter unlocks the door to the secret world of his imaginings and invites us to step inside". Green boards, gilt titles to spine. Cream endpapers. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0224036718. Dustwrapper is a little edge rubbed. Book feels unread.

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GALLANT OLD ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1407139
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1966. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Black boards, white titles and vignette to front. Colour pictures throughout. A little bumping to spine and corners. One hinge is cracked. A few light foxspots. Dustwrapper is edge worn with seom tears. Spine and folds are rubbed. Some creasing and rubbing to front panel. Rear panel is lightly browned. Couple of tears have been mended on verso with clear tape.

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THE COOL RIDE IN THE SKY
Written by Diane Wolkstein. Illustrated by Paul Galdone.
Stock no. 1814296
Published by World's Work. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An adaption of the tale 'Straighten Up and Fly Right'. A sly buzzard entices one animal after another into taking a "cool ride" with him. Then the monkey, wanting to protect his friends, devises a plan to force the buzzard to "straighten up and fly right." Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437860205. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges.

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