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THE BEDTIME BOOK
Written by Mrs. Ernest Ames. Illustrated by Mrs. Ernest Ames.
Stock no. 1313582
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1901. Good condition.

Large oblong book, 8 x 10". Cloth bound pictorial boards. Full page colour illus throughout accompanied by adaptations of well known nursery rhymes. Printed one side of paper only. 103 pages. Covers are edge worn with some slight loss of surface paper. Spine bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Endpapers have been replaced. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins/edges. Generally contents clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2006
Written by Jim Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1313563
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2006. Fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert and a baby Yak on top of a reindeer. ISBN: 0850793203. SIGNED by the illustrator to front pastedown with an accompanying couplet. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE TOPPER BOOK 1975
No author listed.
Stock no. 1313549
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1975. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. NOT price cut. Child's writing in belongs to box and inscription in ink above. Contents clean.

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ROCKING ISLAND
Written by Edwin M. Love. Illustrated by Edwin M. Love.
Stock no. 1712322
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1927. Good condition.

Gilt titles. Onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w plates. 182 pages. Covers marked damp? Front joint a little weak. All plates present.

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IVAN THE PEARL-FISHER
Written by Marie Bayne.
Stock no. 1712317
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 1957. Almost very good condition.

Card wraps. Grade B. Oliver and Boyd's Pleasure Readers. Subtitle: Or The Boy whose, dreams came true. B/w illustrations. 46 pages. Corners creased.

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MAX AND THE MISSING MEGASTAR
Written by Terrance Dicks. Illustrated by Toni Goffe.
Stock no. 1712313
Published by Piccadilly Press. 1st 1992. Fine condition.

A Cat Called Max. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 51 pages. ISBN: 185340103x.

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MR BUMSTEAD
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1503114
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Mr Bumstead is a spaniel, with a gift for getting into scrapes. Red boards, blue title and black vignette to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Small dark spots to top edge of front cover by corner and outside edge by lower corner. Some light browning to endpapers and prelims. Pen lines to lower corner of page 59, text not affected. Some light foxing to text block with small light stain to top edge. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped with a little loss at top of spine. Tears to side of spine have been repaired on verso with clear tape. Spine is faded, rear panel is browned. Some grubby marks.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1966
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1712305
Published by Daily Express. 1966. Good condition.

Dark blue laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert and chums in a flying saucer. First story - Rupert and the Magic Ball. Includes Magic Paintings. Spine has a little loss to top and tail, repaired with tape. Corners worn. NOT Price-cut or inscribed. 3 magic paintings have been touched. There are two repaired closed tear to magic painting pages. Some margin marks.

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THE SENIOR CADET
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by Rowland Hilder.
Stock no. 1503106
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1932. Very good condition.

Green cloth with black titles and small picture to front cover. 255 page. 6 b/w plates. Bumping and some wear to spine and corners. Spine browned, covers unevenly browned and slightly grubby. Book plate and name to front endpaper. Some marks to margins. Erased ticks to list of titles in prelims. All plates present.

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BILLY BUNTER AT BUTLIN'S
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1503101
Published by Cassell & Co.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beaver Club edition. Red boards. B/w illustrations. 217 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Front joint starting to crack. Light browning and a couple of marks to endpapers. Some foxing to text block and pale page edge browning. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with a few small tears and foxing. Four small squares of tape stuck to verso.

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HELLO, MR. TWIDDLE!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda McGavin.
Stock no. 1313504
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1944. Good condition.

More stories of Mr. Twiddle, who makes the most ridiculous mistakes and does the most amazing things, much to the surprise and annoyance of his wife! Green cloth, black titles. B/w illustrations. Covers are faded, some foxing to spine edges. A few small, light crayon marks to covers. Heavy foxing to endpapers and light foxing to contents. A few small red biro doodles to front free-endpaper.

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THE MYSTERY THAT NEVER WAS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1402821
Published by Collins. 1st 1961. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This most peculiar mystery was made up by four children to entertain Uncle Bob. Cream boards, red title to spine. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Spine and corners a little bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and page edges otherwise contents are in very good condition. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn with a couple of small tears. Rear panel and flap slightly grubby. A few brown marks to verso.

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