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THE YOUNGEST ANNUAL
No author listed. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; Jack Orr; Lilian A. Govey; J.M. Rickard; et al..
Stock no. 1313654
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy in a toy car with girl sat on the bonnet waving to the reader. First story "The Rabbity Ruffikins Family". Colour plates plus b/w illustrations to text. 144 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few light spots to covers and some light rubbing at edges. Old price (75p) in black biro to front pastedown. Some grubby fingermarks but contents generally clean.

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NOAH'S ARK
Written by Jasper Dimond. Illustrated by Jasper Dimond.
Stock no. 1313650
Published by Hamish Hamilton. 1st 1983. Very good condition.

A book and press-out model. Large oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0241109663. Spine and corners slightly bumped. The book originally came in a slipcase but this is missing. Contents are fine and unused.

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BABY'S OWN ANNUAL 1953
No author listed.
Stock no. 1313640
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1953. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Nursery rhymes, ABC, reading primer. Covers are grubby, edge rubbed and creased at corners. Price NOT cut. Page corner tips creased throughout. Staples rusty. Grubby fingermarks to page edges.

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THE CUCKOO TREE
Written by Joan Aiken. Illustrated by Pat Marriott.
Stock no. 1402899
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dido Twite and Captain Hughes set out from Chichester Harbour with urgent dispatches for London. Their coach overturns in the middle of nowhere leading Dido to become involved in some 'havey cavey goings in' with smugglers, witches, kidnappers and treasonous pirates. Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illus. 251 pages. ISBN: 0224005146. Spine and corners bumped. Ex -Library with stamps to front and rear endpapers. Textblock edge a little grubby but contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge worn. Spine is darkened.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1938 (FACSIMILE) - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1402893
Published by Daily Express. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition.

Reproduction of the third Rupert annual. Pictorial paper-covered boards showing Rupert waving from a tree. Red cloth spine. Red, black and white pictures throughout. 125 pages. ISBN: 0850791979. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name label and handwritten date to belongs to box. Light foxing to prelims and endpapers. Small mark to bottom edge of text block. Still has original wrap-around band to book which is slightly faded to spine. Copy no. 07987.

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RUPERT GOES HIKING - RUPERT LITTLE BEAR LIBRARY No. 17 (WOOLWORTH)
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 1402875
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 62 pages. ISBN: 0361029594. Spine and corners bumped. Small split to bottom of spine. Bump to top of front cover. Pages browned otherwise contents are clean

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SOLDIERS IN ARMS
No author listed. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1313603
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1918. Good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and two-tone pictures. Ink writing inside front cover states "G.S.Fletcher - Mother bought me this book" - Fletcher believed to be the famous artist. Covers are edge worn and grubby. Foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents. Top and tail of spine of cover is split.

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MOTHER GOOSE COOKED
Written by John H. Myrtle; Reginald Rigby. Illustrated by John H. Myrtle; Reginald Rigby.
Stock no. 1313591
Published by John Lane. circa 1901. Good condition.

Pale blue boards with black title orange/green vignette to front cover. Floral decorated endpapers. 52 pages. Colour illustrations throughout with adapted rhymes below. 9.5" x 7". Spine and corners bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper. Covers damp stained and browned. Endpapers browned with name in ink to front endpaper. Some light page browning and fingering else contents clean.

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THE BOOK OF PENNY TOYS
Written by Mabel Dearmer. Illustrated by Mabel Dearmer.
Stock no. 1313589
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.; The Macmillan Company. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Burgundy cloth spine with green pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout. 94 pages, all edges red. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some light scuffing to covers. A few small chips to spine cloth, cleverly disguised with matching ink(?). Quite heavy foxing and a musty smell to contents. A couple of pages have very slightly ragged edges. A very nice copy of an extremely rare book.

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PRETTY TOY PICTURES
Written by L.L. Weedon.
Stock no. 1313586
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Almost very good condition.

A Colour Book of Favourite Objects. Oblong format. Pictorial front board. Thick board pages with colour illustrations showing every day objects with words beside them and short rhymes as well. Covers edge rubbed, wear to corners with minimal loss to lower corner tip of first page as well (no loss of text or illustrations). Some grubby fingermarks and foxspots and name in ink inside front cover. Pale page browning to contents. A nice copy overall of a scarce book.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2007
Written by James Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1712399
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

The last Rupert annual to be illustrated by John Harrold. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Front cover shows Rupert with a shopping list in his hand and a basket full of shopping in his other hand. Annual No. 72. ISBN: 9781405231015. Maze has be completed in pencil. Book: not price-cut or inscribed

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PUSSYCATS AND BOW-WOWS
No author listed. Illustrated by Gilbert Haldane Dodd.
Stock no. 1313583
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. circa 1915. Good condition.

Untearable pages, mounted on cotton cloth. Large format. Green cloth with gilt title and pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations plus multi-colour text and text illustrations. Includes the rhyme "Three Little Kittens" and a story "The Dog's Party". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers replaced. Inscription in ink to title-page. Title-page and first text page separated at lower corner, some page creases and grubby marks to contents.

Price: £84.00 £63.00.

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