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GAMMON AND SPINACH
Written by John Brymer. Illustrated by Stewart Orr.
Stock no. 1312737
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Verses with accompanying colour illustrations. Large oblong format. Beige pictorial boards with green cloth spine. Covers edges worn, spine a little bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Foxing to endpapers. Some fingermarks to page margins and a couple of small page edge tears.

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INSPECTOR MOUSE
Written by Bernard Stone. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1312726
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0905478843. Minimal rubbing to corners, spine very slightly sunned. Name and date in black biro to front endpaper. Some light foxing to endpapers else contents clean.

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PRIVATE ZOO
Written by Georgess McHargue. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1312720
Published by Collins. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0001956434. SIGNED by the artist to title page ("for Abdullah Michael Foreman"). Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is just a little rubbed to top of spine and is price-cut with new publisher price sticker above.

Price: £58.00 £43.50.

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THE BORROWERS ALOFT
Written by Mary Norton. Illustrated by Beth Krush; Joe Krush.
Stock no. 1312716
Published by Harcourt, Brace & Company. 1st USA 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped, minimal rubbing to spine and corners. First 26 pages are lightly creased at lower corners, next 6 leaves have not been cut at lower corners properly during the binding process, 1 leaf has slight loss (text not affected). Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and very very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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SUNNY DAYS
Written by Mabel Mackintosh.
Stock no. 1502664
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Paper boards with full size pictorial onlay to front cover which shows horses and dogs by a stream. 3 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. A mix of short stories and rhymes. Wear to spine, corners and edges of onlay on front cover. Covers a little grubby. Name in ink to verso of frontis which is first page in book. Staples rusty. Tiny tear to bottom edge of first two pages. Odd mark and fox spot but contents generally clean.

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THE RAINBOW FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1312710
Published by William Morrow & Company Inc. 1st 1993. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Blue boards with dark blue cloth spine and gilt title. Contains 23 full colour plates. A comprehensive and beloved collection of fairy tales. 288 pages. 10.5 x 8". ISBN: 0688108784. SIGNED by the artist to title-page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

Price: £84.00 £63.00.

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I DON'T WANT TO GO TO HOSPITAL
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1312706
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862649684. Light browning to spine and to page edges else a fine copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2008
Written by Stuart Trotter; Anna Bowles. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1711012
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2008. Fine condition.

Large format. Pictorial covers, with a padded front cover. The first annual by Stuart Trotter. Front cover shows Rupert with an orange ice-lolly. ISBN: 9781405238908. Peelable Sticker to front cover still present. Belongs to Box is clean. NOT price cut.

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THE BORROWERS AFIELD
Written by Mary Norton. Illustrated by Diana Stanley.
Stock no. 1109493
Published by Readers Union. 1962. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 194 pages. Wrapper spine browned.

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NISTER'S HOLIDAY ANNUAL FOR 1907
Written by Alfred C. Playne; George Manville Fenn; Clifton Bingham; et al. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy; Edith A. Cubitt; et al..
Stock no. 1109462
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. 1907. Very good condition.

19th Year of Publication. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a fisherman and 2 children looking out to sea. 6 colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Story by Fenn is Our Soldier Boy. Edges rubbed, corners worn. A little fraying to cloth spine edges. A few light score marks to front board. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Page browning. Hinges pulled. A few margin tears. Contents clean.

Price: £60.00 £45.00.

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THE DARLING BOOK
Written by Natalie Joan. Illustrated by Millicent Sowerby.
Stock no. 1109461
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. Circa 1923. Almost very good condition.

Paper boards. Embossed feel illustration to front board in colour depicts two young girls picking tulips. Full page colour illustration accompanied by a verse on facing page. Back strip worn with loss. Foxing to pictorial boards. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Scattered foxing throughout.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1950 - ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1109456
Published by Daily Express. 1950. Very good condition.

Annual format returns to hardback with this issue but is much thinner than earlier hardbacks. Pictorial boards - Rupert riding a huge seashell. 1st story Rupert's Silver Trumpet. 120 pages. 10x7 ins. Spine slightly cocked. Corners worn. Small foxspots to boards. Spine browned and has a 1" split to top rear edge. Small patch of surface paper loss to front board just above the 'RT' of 'Rupert'. Name in belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Closed repaired tear to lower margin of page 63 (very neat and no loss). Rupert's Garden Puzzle faintly completed. Contents are clean.

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