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BOM AND HIS MAGIC DRUMSTICK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1403202
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1957. Good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Bom book no. 2. 61 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Covers are grubby and a little browned. First gathering is a little detached at top and bottom. Name in ink to front pastedown. Names in child's writing (ink and pencil) to belongs to box. Some ink blobs and a couple of written numbers to prelims. Several words on pages 15 and 16 circled in purple crayon. One page has diagonal creasing. A few foxspots to page edges and an occasional grubby mark.

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LITTLE PIG BARNABY
Written by Ursula Hourihane. Illustrated by Judith Brook.
Stock no. 1503553
Published by Geoffrey Cumberlege; Oxford University Press. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

10 bedtime stories, featuring Little Pig Barnaby, Peggotty the Horse, Angus the Scottie Dog and others. Cream cloth covers with red title to spine and vignette of pig to front cover. B/w text illustrations. 109 pages. A little bumping to spine and corners. Light foxing to spine. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Foxing, mostly to endpapers. Page 55 has craypn marks to margin, crayon also to text block. Rest of contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped but with very little loss. Rear panel grubby, crayon line to rear flap.

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BOM GOES ADVENTURING
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1403201
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1958. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial boards, colour pictures. No. 3. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small piece missing from the top of the spine. Board edges are rubbed and a little worn. Rear board is grubby. Contents are clean.

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CECIL ALDIN - THE STORY OF A SPORTING ARTIST
Written by Roy Heron. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2115149
Published by Webb & Bower. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed biography of the famous illustrator of dogs. Green pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0906671469. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine.

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BILLY BUNTER AFLOAT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 2115142
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Book 21. Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Some light browning to cover edges. A few foxspots to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with edge-tears and chips; 1" piece of loss to base of spine; grubby.

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THE NURSERY SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by Irene Pearl. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2115129
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Small format. 6 colour plates plus cover by Dulac. B/w drawings (illustrator not named). 5.5 x 5.4". Colour pictorial boards. Some bumping and wear to spine and corners. Edge wear. Foxing to outer page edges. All plates present.

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THE LIVING THINGS AROUND US: BIOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS BOOK I
Written by T.J.S. Rowland.
Stock no. 1809891
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1935. Very good condition.

Based on Living Things for Lively Youngsters, and More Living Things for Lively Youngsters. Green pictorial limp cloth covers. B/w text illustrations. 144 pages. Edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Michael Hornby. Illustrated by Kuniro Fukazawa; Jiro Mizuno; Kei Wakana.
Stock no. 1809881
Published by Paul Hamlyn. 1st thus 1968. Slightly better than very good condition.

Includes Puss In Boots; Little Red Riding Hood, Brother and Sister. Orange glazed pictorial boards with yellow titles. Printed on thick card. Colour illustrations. 48 pages.

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SINDBAD THE SAILOR AND OTHER STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN
No author listed. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 1314121
Published by Weathervane Books. 1st thus 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth cover, with gilt title to cover and spine. Colour frontis piece. Many full page colour prints. Decorations to all text. Unpaginated. 11 x 9". Some slight browning to cover edges. Light musty smell (cigarettes?) to contents and a light damp stain affecting top page corner tips of some pages. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small chips/tears but no loss.

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BILLY BUNTER AT BUTLIN'S
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1314108
Published by Cassell. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 217 pages. Spine very slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Hinge between frontis and title-page is just starting to crack. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a large tear to rear panel which is also grubby.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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THE WHITE DRAGON
Written by Logi Southby. Illustrated by Logi Southby.
Stock no. 1314095
Published by Rich & Cowan Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition.

Very large, heavy format (12.25 x 9.75"). 265 pages. 10 colour plates (printed on brown paper) plus colour illustrations at the beginning and end of each chapter. Inside the book the publisher is listed as The Griffon Press Ltd. An extra set of the 10 colour plates are contained in an envelope at the back of the book. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some light scuff(?) marks to covers. Light foxing to contents else contents clean. Only 4 of the 10 plates remain in the envelope at the back of the book.

Price: £54.00 £40.50.

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MR. PINK-WHISTLE'S PARTY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1314078
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Beige boards with blue titles. B/w illustrations. 152 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to edge of front cover. Light foxing to endpapers, prelims and textblock. Contents clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with slight loss at corners, some disguised loss to top and tail of spine (1").

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