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THE HOUSE OF THE PALADIN
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1607283
Published by Collins. 2nd 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped. Outer page edges foxed and dusty. Wrapper is browned at edges and foxed to spine.

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STALKY & CO.
Written by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1607276
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine and elephants head vignette to front. 272 pages. Top edge gilt. Corners bumped, top and tail of spine worn with some small splits in cloth. Endpapers foxed. Foxing / brown marks to some pages (32-60).

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1607264
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Almost very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert hiking in a field. 1st story Rupert and Poll Parrot. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Spine and corners bumped, approx. 1cm split at top of spine.Price-cut. 'Belongs To' box completed in ink. Crossword puzzle done in pencil, colouring contest page completed.

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STEPSISTERS FOR LORNA
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by John Bruce.
Stock no. 1504694
Published by C. & J. Temple Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition.

A "Wynyards" book. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis and b/w chapter headers. 238 pages. SIGNED by author, with dedication, to prelims. Book has been rebound and has new endpapers. Small stain near bottom corner of text block also slightly affects page edges. Light stain to person's name in dedication. Contents lightly browned with some foxing but generally clean. Contained in photocopy dustwrapper.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1994
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1607224
Published by Daily Express. 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

No. 59. Tall format, glazed pictorial boards showing Rupert being carried shoulder-high on the beach by Uncle Boris. ISBN: 1874507368. Spine and corners bumped. name in ink to front pastedown and Belongs To box. Some browning / foxing to margins.NOT price cut.

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AMELIARANNE CINEMA STAR
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1504663
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition.

Brown boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers and colour illustrations. Spine bumped with 0.75" split to top front edge, nick towards base of spine. Small piece of surface paper damage to onlay. One hinge cracked. Endpapers browned. Just a few small marks to contents. Browning to some pages alongside stitching.

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RUPERT THE KNIGHT AND THE LADY
Written by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1404305
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The second (and last) in the Rupert's Famous Yellow Library series. Yellow and black Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations throughout. 24 pages Spine and corners a little rubbed. Covers grubby. Staples are rusty. Top corner of one page torn off. Occasional foxspot otherwise contents are clean.

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DAME WIGGINS OF LEE AND HER SEVEN WONDERFUL CATS
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1314808
Published by George Allen. 1st thus 1885. Very good condition.

A Humorous Tale Written Principally by a Lady of Ninety. Dark green cloth, gilt vignette & title to front. 22 woodcuts in b/w taken from the hand coloured edition of 1823, 4 of the illustrations are by Kate Greenaway. 20 pages. Plain endpapers. Spine and corners bumped, small splash mark to lower edge of rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing and fingermarks to contents but generally they are clean. Joints are cracked but binding still tight.

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PIGEON POST
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1404304
Published by Jonathan Cape. 2nd 1936. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Pictorial endpapers of the Hill Country. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped and a little faded. Slight bumping to corners. Small mark to rear board. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Enapapers lightly browned and foxed. Some foxing and marks to contents but many pages are clean.

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PROFESSOR BRANESTAWM UP THE POLE
Written by Norman Hunter. Illustrated by George Adamson.
Stock no. 1314805
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The 4th book about Professor Branestawm. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 130 pages. ISBN: 0370012429. Spine slightly bumped. Light brown spot to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (ink very slightly smudged). A few light foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears but only minimal loss and is grubby to rear panel.

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KATIE KITTEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Violet M. Williams.
Stock no. 1314800
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Father Tuck Little Book No. 31. Small format (4.25 x 4"). Pictorial boards. Cute colour illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Dustwrapper is lightly browned, grubby and edge worn.

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A VISIT TO THE TREE-TOPS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1314799
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Father Tuck Little Book. Small square format (4.25 x 4.25 inches). Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine very slightly browned, light rubbing to cover edges. Contents lightly browned but clean. Dustwrapper is faded/browned to spine and front panel with light damp stains at edges, wrapper edges are rubbed.

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