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THE RUPERT PICTURE STORY BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2118348
Published by L.T.A. Robinson Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards, front shows Rupert hiking and gnome on a hare. Colour illustrations. First story is "Rupert and the Enchanted Princess". Spine is browned, with wear. Scuffing to covers; patch of surface paper lifting to front cover. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. A few grubby margin marks and some marks to outer page edges.

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PLAYMATES AND PETS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2118334
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

Stories and poems about pets. Pictorial boards showing three children at a gate and a small black dog. Green cloth spine. Mounted colour frontis (chromolithograph) plus b/w illustrations. 3 page book list to rear. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Some scuffing also to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few margin marks and foxspots.

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A HOME FOR SAM & SUSIE
Written by Roz. Illustrated by Haz.
Stock no. 1314938
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

A Tuck Book. Sam & Susie are a pair of red squirrels and this is their story of how they built their house. Oblong format. Pictorial paper boards. Full page colour illustrations and b/w text drawings. Covers are edge worn. Staples rusty. Some chipping of paper covering from spine. Some grubby fingermarks to margins but generally contents clean.

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TIM'S LAST VOYAGE
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1404530
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1972. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Water-colour and b/w line drawings, many double spread. Pink and green pictorial boards. ISBN: 0370020030. Spine and corners a little bumped. Contents are clean. Wrapper has been price-cut by publisher with new price sticker above. A little edge rubbed with a small mark to front panel.

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WIRELESS IN TOYTOWN
Written by S.G. Hulme Beaman. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 1314930
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 192 pages. Grey endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A few light scuff marks to covers. Vertical crease to frontis. Grubby fingermarks to contents. Evidence of removal of name(?) plate to rear pastedown.

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THE FAIRIES' WEDDING
Written by Bassett Green. Illustrated by Ray Foster.
Stock no. 1314927
Published by The Mercian Publishers. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

An illustrated fairy tale for children of all ages. Black cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Lovely colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned/foxed. SIGNED by the author by means of an inscription in ink to front endpaper - "Paula with love from the Author". Contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby, has loss to base of spine, lower front corner and top spine corner.

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THE COURTSHIP AND WEDDING OF THE LITTLE MAN AND THE LITTLE MAID
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314919
Published by McLoughlin Bros.. Good condition.

Pleasure Books. Small, thin format (15x12cm). B/w illustrations. Yellow paperwraps. Covers edge rubbed with a couple of small tears to front edges. Inscription in ink to title-page. Contents have been professionally glued into covers. 1 small tear to edge title-page. Some light foxing and fingering but generally contents clean.

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GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS
No author listed. Illustrated by Rie Cramer.
Stock no. 1314915
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards, full page colour illustrations throughout. 7 x 5.5". Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped. Some pale foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper has edge tears which have been tape repaired on verso.

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THE SAUCY JANE FAMILY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Ruth Gervis.
Stock no. 1504985
Published by Lutterworth Press. 4th 1956. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

New Edition. Blue boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations to text. Spine bumped with some fading. Covers mottled. A little browning to front endpapers and an odd fox spot to text block. Dustwrapper has lower half of spine missing and loss from both panels and edges, creasing to edges.

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KILLER DOG
Written by Monica Edwards. Illustrated by Sheila Rose.
Stock no. 1504971
Published by Collins. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Hawkes and their sheep farming neighbours are suffering from an unknown 'killer dog' that is attacking their flocks. Suspicion centres on two dogs. Each dog is fiercely defended by its owners. Eventually, after a long night of vigil on Romney Marsh, they discover the secret of the unknown attacker, who always strikes at dawn... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Fading to ends of spine. A couple of tiny light spots to rear cover. Ink name and date to front endpaper. Tiny ink stamp '27' to rear pastedown. Contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss from top of spine. Tears to base of spine, small triangle detached but held in place by clear tape on verso. Spine ever so slightly faded.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2005
Written by James Henderson; Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1404482
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2005. Very good condition.

No. 70. Front cover shows Rupert skating on ice with Zeph holding onto his scarf. ISBN: 085079305X. Minimal bumping to spine. Small indents to front board. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Contents very good.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 2118108
Published by William Heinemann. 1919. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Frontis and 50 superb colour plates, tissue-guarded and mounted on green card at rear of book, one pair of plates are on facing pages. 62 text pages. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Damp marking to top of spine and along edges of front and rear covers out from that. Browning to endpapers, pastedowns and page edges/margins of green pages. Light foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; a little loss; some grubby marks and foxspots.

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