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TRIFFENY
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1404235
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition.

Triffeny joins the family pottery firm and rather unexpectedly becomes an asset to the business in more ways than one... Brown cloth, silver title to spine and small vignette of a squirrel to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 275 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and rubbed. Spine is faded and a little marked. Title on spine faded. Front joint is cracked. Foxing mainly to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Rear endpaper is browned. Frontis is creased. Contained in a photocopy dustwrapper.

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WILLIAM THE FOURTH
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1404228
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles to front and spine. 250 pages and 2 pages of adverts to rear. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Spine is browned and has a small hole on front joint. Covers are marked. Foxing to prelims and page edges. Some joints are cracked.

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THE ADVENTURES OF SAMUEL AND SELINA
Written by Jean C. Archer. Illustrated by Jean C. Archer.
Stock no. 2117195
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1902. Almost very good condition.

Small format. The Dumpy Books For Children Series No. 13. Green cloth with dark green titles and borders. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Front cover is a bit bowed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint a little cracked. Some browning to pages, a few grubby marks; couple of small nicks to page edges.

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I'LL TELL YOU A STORY
Written by Elfreyda M.C. Wightman. Illustrated by Harold Copping.
Stock no. 2117172
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1948. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Bible Story Books Series - New Testament - Five. Colour plates. B/w illustrations. Some marks to cloth spine, with a little fraying to top. Bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1974
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 2117170
Published by Daily Express. 1974. Very good condition.

Pictorial laminated boards - Rupert in the snow holding a chick made of snow. 1st story Rupert and the Iron Spade. The first cover design and endpapers by Alex Cubie. Covers are browned with some bumping to spine and corners. NOT price-cut. Erased name to belongs to page (some colour rubbed off). Pale damp mark to edges of some pages.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1988
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 2117161
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1988. Very good condition.

Tall 4to glazed boards - Rupert in Umbrella with Sage of Um. 1st story Rupert on Um Island. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850791790. Bumping to spine and corners. Name in ink in belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Foxing to outer page edges.

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RUPERT AND THE MAGIC WHISTLE - RUPERT LITTLE BEAR LIBRARY No. 9 (WOOLWORTH)
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 2117147
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Good condition.

Yellow pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Some creasing to covers. A few marks; damp-stains to rear. Red mark to prelims. A reading copy.

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THE BELLS OF ROME
Written by Mabel Esther Allan.
Stock no. 1314757
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How Flavia risks her life to foil a murder, and how she solves the mystery... Brown boards, gilt title to spine. 150 pages. ISBN: 0434926957. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Spine bumped. Faint marks to edge of front cover. Name in blue biro to top edge of front free-endpaper. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly grubby to rear panel and lightly foxed on verso.

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ROOM FOR THE CUCKOO
Written by Mabel Esther Allan.
Stock no. 1314741
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a Farming Year - a career story. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. 181 pages. B/w photographic frontis and a few b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers lightly browned, foxing to contents. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with slight loss, slightly grubby to rear panel and is foxed (showing mainly on verso).

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CHILTERN SCHOOL
Written by Mabel Esther Allan.
Stock no. 1404200
Published by The Bemrose Press Limited. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Grey cardwraps with b/w illustration and black titles to front cover. 177 pages. SIGNED with inscription to inside of front cover. Corners a little bumped. Contents clean.

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Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1404196
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

From the Chudleigh Hold Series. Hawk Chudleigh goes to work in Queensland bearing papers about a new secret weapon. He and his chum, Walter Urquhart escape to an island owned by the Penrose family who fall into enemy hands. Pale blue boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w frontis. 204 pages. Spine bumped. Boards a little foxed. Name and address to edge of front pastedown. Front joint beginning to crack. Pages browned. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is a little edgeworn and chipped. Foxing to front and verso.

Price: £75.00 £56.25.

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ELIZABETH THE GALLANT
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1404171
Published by Thornton Butterworth. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

Elizabeth Felthwaite longs to take part in the struggle against the Roundheads. She is sent to take despatches to the King at Oxford and then onto London where she is caught and imprisoned. Pale green boards with black titles to spine. 288 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned. Uneven fading to covers. Couple of small marks to covers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Small erasure mark to top of front endpaper. Pages browned. Foxing mostly to endpapers and page edges, otherwise contents are generally clean. Contained in a photocopy dustwrapper.

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