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TROUBLE ON THUNDER MOUNTAIN
Written by Russell Hoban. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1814137
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1999. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

The O'Saurus family rebuild Thunder Mountain with the aid of their friends... Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0571193595.

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HEYO, BRER RABBIT!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1507449
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1938. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Tales of Brer Rabbit and his friends, retold from the original. Green cloth, gilt titles to spine. 10 x 7.5". Red, grey and white illustrations throughout. 128 pages. Top front corner bumped. A couple of very small marks to covers. Just a little light browning to endpapers and light foxing to text block. Text pages clean. Very scarce dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss from top of spine and top corner of front panel. A couple of horizontal tears to spine with a few white labels stuck to verso to strengthen/repair. Spine browned. Wrapper slightly grubby.

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TOBY THE TRAM ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby.
Stock no. 1316758
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No. 7. Poor Thomas has been in trouble - the Fat Controller asks Toby to come and help run the Branch Line. Delightful colour pictures every page. Grey boards, red titles and vignette. 4 x 5.5". 63 pages. Spine bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Light foxing to endpapers, pale page edge browning to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with small pieces of loss to top of spine and to front panel edges. Rear panel of wrapper is just a little grubby.

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ENTERPRISING ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1316753
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1968. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with yellow vignette to front and full page colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. 4 x 5.5". Oblong format. ISBN: 0718200225. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly edge rubbed with a tiny tear to top edge of rear panel.

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DUKE THE LOST ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1316742
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 1st 1970. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No. 25. Small oblong format. Blue boards with red title and vignette of Duke to front. Plain endpapers, colour illustrations. 56 pages. ISBN: 0718208404. A couple of tiny spots to edge of front free-endpaper else a fine copy. Dustwrapper has a few tears at edges, and small piece of loss to lower edge of front panel and there is a damp stain which is only visible on verso of front panel.

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VERY OLD ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by Gunvor Edwards; Peter Edwards.
Stock no. 1316738
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Railway series no. 20. Small oblong format. Blue boards, white title and vignette to front cover. Colour illustrations. Very slight bumping to spine and corners. Name in ink to front pastedown (covered by dustwrapper flap). Some foxing to page edges and a few light marks to endpapers else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears and lightly browned on rear panel/flap, there are a few foxspots to verso.

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DUCK AND THE DIESEL ENGINE
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 1316734
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Railway Series No 13. Red boards, gilt title and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. Small, oblong format. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Very faint pink mark to margin of 1 page (31) else contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge torn with tape repairs on verso and just a little grubby to rear panel.

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STORIES FROM HANS ANDERSEN
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Agnes Richardson.
Stock no. 1814112
Published by Geographia Ltd.. 1923. Very good condition.

Dark green spine with light green covers with pictorial onlay to front. 7 Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 80 pages. Cloth spine fading, glue to rear of cloth spine becoming dried out. Light uneven fading of cloth. Pictorial onlay clean. Light page browning. All plates present.

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THE SCAPEGRACE OF ST. JIMS
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406919
Published by Spring Books. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A very undesirable character can bring disgrace to one of the members of St. Jim's, and a vital cricket match hangs in the balance. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 188 pages. Bumping to spine and corners. Spine a little faded. Page browning. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some tears. Rear panel is marked. Wrapper is grubby.

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THE SHOPPING BASKET
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 1208667
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1982. Very good condition.

A simple story with plenty of bright colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Yellow end papers. Unpaginated. Large format. ISBN: 0224018647. Faint browning to covers and edge of prelims. Two pages have small patch of surface loss, not affecting text or illustrations, else contents near fine.

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THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson.
Stock no. 1507399
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1938. Very good condition.

Abridged from the original tale. Dark green cloth covers with black titles to spine, children silhouettes in yellow block to spine and front cover. 6.5 x 5". 4 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Ink inscription to front pastedown. A couple of hinges cracked. Light browning to endpapers. A few small marks and fox spots to contents, a few of the small b/w illustrations have been neatly coloured in. All plates present.

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ELLEN AND THE QUEEN
Written by Gillian Avery. Illustrated by Krystyna Turska.
Stock no. 1507389
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ellen felt convinced that she would be the first person to catch sight of Queen Victoria but she was banished from the school party. But she would see her by some means or another. Antelope Book. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 84 pages. Slight wear to lower edges of covers, light browning to top edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with light browning to top of spine and front panel.

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