JAPHET AND HAPPY'S ANNUAL 1941
Written by J.F. Horrabin. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin.
Stock no. 1503942
Published by News Chronicle. 1941. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Green pictorial covers. 4 colour plates. Front cover shows characters - two of them playing musical instruments. First story is 'Mr. Noah's Guardian Angel'. Spine is worn and chipped with loss from top and bottom. Bumping to corners. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers a little grubby and scuffed. Both joints and a couple of hinges cracked. Remains of label and ink inscription to front pastedown. Mark to verso of frontis. Contents are browned with a little foxing and just a few marks.

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JAPHET AND HAPPY'S ANNUAL 1939
Written by J.F. Horrabin. Illustrated by J.F. Horrabin.
Stock no. 1503941
Published by News Chronicle Publications. 1939. Fair condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a snow scene with a tortoise being surprised by a snow ball. Colour frontis + 4 other colour plates. Two-tone and b/w strip pictures. First story is 'The Shipwrecked Mariner'. Spine bumped, faded and stained. Corners and cover edges worn. Covers grubby and marked. Front joint almost broken, only holding by a couple of threads. Most hinges also badly cracked, rear joint ok. All plates present but 2 detached. All pages present. Some foxing, browning and marks to contents. A reading copy.

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THE GREEN UMBRELLA
Written by W. Perring; A.J. Macgregor. Illustrated by A.J. Macgregor.
Stock no. 1314276
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. circa 1958. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird series 401. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Story told in verse, colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped, small nick to top of spine. Covers grubby. "Easy 3" written in blue biro to front pastedown. Old tape mark to front endpaper. Some light fingering but contents generally clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and grubby, small burn mark to lower edge of front panel and large tear to rear fold. Spine of wrapper is sunned.

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SHORT STORIES FOR CHILDREN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1503906
Published by Houlston and Stoneman. 1845. Slightly better than good condition.

From the Records of the Baptist Missions. Small format 4.75 x 3", dark green boards with blind decoration, gilt titles and decoration to spine. 15 stories. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and marked. Front joint is badly cracked but still firm, a couple of hinges cracked. Full page neat ink inscription to front endpaper. A little browning and a few marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE TRIO FROM RIO
Written by Alan D. Mickle. Illustrated by Bovey.
Stock no. 1810592
Published by Collins. 1947. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

"A Book which the Author cannot make up his mind whether to describe as a Grown-Up's Book for Children or a Children's Book for Grown-Ups." Red cloth spine with green title, green paper boards with dark green vignette of the Trio to front. Colour frontis, b.w illustrations. 192 pages. Top edge green. Edges of boards slightly browned. Front joint starting to crack. Attendence inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and text block. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with slight loss and also has some minor foxing.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BENEFIT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1810521
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, dark blue titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 236 pages plus 4 page book list. White marks to rear board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing mainly to prelims and text block. Dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss and also grubby.

Price: £62.00 £46.50.

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THE OUTLAWS
Written by Ralph Simmonds. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1503865
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1924. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown and green pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. 3 b/w plates. 212 pages. Spine bumped, corners slightly worn. Covers grubby. Front joint cracked for about 1" near centre, rear joint cracked. Small bookseller's stamp to rear pastedown. Contents are grubby and foxed throughout, very grubby in places. Text block also grubby.

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THE MARY FRANCES STORY BOOK
Written by Jane Eayre Fryer. Illustrated by Edwin John Prittie.
Stock no. 1503864
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Good condition.

Or Adventures Among the Story People. Blue cloth covers with pictorial onlay. Gilt titles to spine. 4 colour plates plus 24 two-tone full page illustrations. 286 pages. Spine split for 3.5" along front edge. Top part of spine looks to have been glued into place. Spine darkened with small splits at either end and middle of rear edge. Corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby and marked. Nick to onlay. All plates are present but frontis is detached. Top 2" of front joint broken. Pen writing to publisher's page. Foxing and marks to contents throughout.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE SLIPPERY SLOPE
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 1403382
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2nd Slightly better than very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. Book The Tenth. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 1405210869. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small mark to top of text block. Contents are fine.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TROOPER PEEK-A-BOO
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Chloe Preston.
Stock no. 1503844
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1916. Slightly better than good condition.

Timothy Peek-a-Boo decides to become a soldier. Paper boards with pictorial onlay and brown titles, 7.75 x 6.5". Illustrated endpapers. 4 plates plus b/w text illustrations. Spine reglued into place, some damage at top and bottom. Wear to corners. Some browning to cover edges and a few marks to covers and onlay. Front joint cracked with glue seeped through from spine repair showing along joint. Tiny tear to top edge of front endpaper. Half-title page browned. Some marks to contnets but many pages are clean. Last plate has marks to margin and a little wax(?) to picture. Brown spot on lower edge affects last couple of pages and endpapers.

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THE THIEF LORD
Written by Cornelia Funke. Illustrated by Cornelia Funke.
Stock no. 1503838
Published by The Chicken House. 1st 2002. Fine condition.

A story about two brothers called Prosper and Bo who have run away from home. Their mum has died and they escape from their horrible aunt, ending up in Venice and being taken in by a gang of homeless children. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Blue paperwraps with black titles. B/w illustrations. 348 pages. ISBN: 1903434777. SIGNED by author to title page with doodle. Mark to rear cover from removal of label. Crease to tip of lower corner of front cover with small spot above. Red marks to lower edge of text block. Contents clean. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 19 - RUPERT AND THE SPACE SHIP
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2115841
Published by Daily Express. 1954. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Also includes Rupert and the Mischief Makers. 22 pages. Colour illustrations. 1" split to base of spine; small nick to top of spine. Name in ink to top of front cover and to top of first page. Grubby marks to covers and to page margins throughout.

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