A GALLERY OF HEROES AND HEROINES
Written by Sir Harry Johnston. Illustrated by Joseph Simpson.
Stock no. 1504786
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. circa 1915. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, tan pictorial boards, dark titles. Grey paper. Features 12 heroes/heroines with a tipped in colour plate for each. 140 pages. Spine is bumped, worn and lighter in places (damp stained?). Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Light browning to endpapers and a few brown spots to rear endpapers. Faint black marks to half-title page and page opposite. Tissue guard to frontis marked. Contents very good. All plates present.

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TOT AND TIM ANNUAL
Written by Laurence Alma Tadema; Alice Massie; Bertha Leonard; Ethel Talbot; Natalie Joan; et al. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; E. Dorothy Rees; Grace Lodge; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1504777
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1925. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format, 10.5 x 8". Front cover shows two children holding a book. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Spine bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper, titles faded. Wear to corners and cover edges. Spine and covers grubby, some small areas of surface paper loss from front cover. Joints cracked. Some marks and foxing to contents but generally clean.

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HANS IN LUCK
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Felix Hoffmann.
Stock no. 1504776
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

His master rewarded Hans for his faithful service with a lump of gold. Happily Hans set off to see his mother after seven years, but before long he was persuaded to part with his precious burden. Oblong format, white pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations, one line of text to a page. ISBN: 0192797077. Heavy bump to top corners affects all pages too. Some wear to spine and corners. Covers a tiny bit grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with a few small chips. Also slightly grubby and browned. Top corner crease to both flaps. Book has been used as a rest for writing, visible on dustwrapper at certain angles.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1990
Written by James Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1504771
Published by Daily Express. 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

No. 55. 70th anniversary edition. Tall 4to pictorial glazed boards - Rupert on a bench with Baby Badger and Little Yum. 99 pages. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850792061. Light bump to top of spine. Name in belongs to box in pen. Not price-cut. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, small tear to base of front fold.

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WILLIAM-THE BOLD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2117594
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Number 27 in the 'William' series. Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette to front cover. 248pp. B/w illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some dark browning to page edges. Wrapper is very browned to spine, with some fading and scuffing to other panels; creased with edge-tears; repairs with sticky tape to verso.

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BILLY BOBTAIL
Written by Alec Buckels. Illustrated by Alec Buckels.
Stock no. 1314843
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition.

Oblong format. White pictorial boards. Simple b/w drawings throughout. Billy Bobtail is a rabbit. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, tiny nick to side of spine. Covers a little grubby and foxed. Light foxing to endpapers. Name in ink (Alec Buckels - but no idea if this is an authentic author signature or not!) to front endpaper. A couple of page hinges slightly cracked. Creases to some pages from the binding process. Contents clean.

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PAT FROM KILMARA
Written by Annie M. Stoneley.
Stock no. 1504721
Published by Dawson Publications. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Pat stages a mock pirates' visitation on Grant's Creek but when she goes to recover the evidence it has disappeared, then Pat disappears. Green boards, black title to spine. 4 b/w illustrations. 207 pages. 7.75 x 5". Spine and lower corners bumped. A few small marks to covers. Front endpaper is MISSING. Underlined name in pen to half-title page, 200 in pen to top corner of pastedown. Foxing, mainly to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss from ends of spine and folds, also grubby.

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ENID BLYTON'S NODDY COLOUR STRIP BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1314836
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards showing Noddy and friends in sailing boat. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed and a bit grubby, a few small sums in ink to rear cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Not price cut. Foxing to textblock.

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THE GOLDEN AGE
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by Lois Lenski.
Stock no. 1314832
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st thus 1921. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. 4 tipped-in, tissue-guarded colour plates. 199 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly discoloured (faded) with a few light foxspots. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to contents.

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BILLY BUNTER IN BRAZIL
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 2117519
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A trip to Brazil was an unexpected pleasure in the summer holidays. However when they got there they discovered that their host, Brian Mauleverer had disappeared. Peach boards. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is badly torn with chipping and some loss; messy tape repairs to spine and edges.

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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA PRINCE CASPIAN
Written by Ernie Malik.
Stock no. 1607292
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. The Official Illustrated Movie Companion. Colour illustrations throughout. 213 pages. ISBN: 9780007823970. Corners rubbed. Scratch and indentation marks to front cover. Contents fine.

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PUPPY TAILS
Written by Richard Waylett. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1314820
Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Good condition.

The Playtime Picture Books No. 4. Puppy dog verses. Small format (13 x 11cm). 10 full page colour illustrations by Aldin plus green/white illustrations to text. Red cloth spine, grey paper boards with red title to front and white puppy dog about to land in water. Covers are grubby with slight surface paper damage to the A of 'Tails' on front cover. Front joint is cracked causing front free-endpaper to be almost detached. Small tear to edge of title-page. Foxing throughout and a few pages affected by a small brown mark at edges (includes margins of two plates - although actual pictures unaffected). Still a decent copy of a scarce book.

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