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RUPERT ANNUAL 1949
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2113912
Published by Daily Express. 1949. Good condition.

Last Rupert annual issued in card wraps - Rupert carol singing. 1st story Rupert & Ninky. 120 pages. 9.5x7 ins. Spine has 2" loss to base and 1.5" loss to top; smaller bit of loss to middle. Cover corners are creased. Some foxing. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Contents are still very good; a few margin marks, else contents are bright.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK QUIBBA
Written by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 2113901
Published by James Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1903. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green cloth with black title to spine and vignette to front cover, with red titles to front cover. 143 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine is browned, with bumping. Some wear to cover edges. Corners are bumped. New endpapers, that have a little foxing. Some grubby margin marks.

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ON'Y TONY AND THE DRAGON
Written by Brenda E. Spender. Illustrated by Barbara Turner.
Stock no. 1502426
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

On'y Tony meets Bell's brother, known as the Dragon, and through him did a great many very naughty things. Pale blue marble effect boards with blue spine and dark blue titles. B/w illustrations. 80 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Top of spine darkened, edges of covers browned and foxed. Endpapers browned. One hinge cracked. Dustwrapper has loss from top and bottom of spine and is also torn along the spine. Also loss at bottom of front panel, tears and chipping elsewhere. Spine very browned, rear panel a bit grubby.

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SING ROUND THE YEAR
Written by Donald Swann. Illustrated by Roy Spencer.
Stock no. 1402464
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Songs of Praise, selected and composed by Donald Swann. Green boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370010701. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Light browning to board edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Small hole to front endpaper. Pale browning to endpapers and a couple of marks otherwise contents clean. Slight musty smell to book. Orange and green dustwrapper is price -cut and a little edge worn.

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THE UNKNOWN ISLAND
Written by Dudley Charles Hoon. Illustrated by Brenda Sheldon.
Stock no. 1402462
Published by Pongo Books. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

The Adventures of Pongo the Pup. Brown cloth. Title and vignette of Pongo on front board. Two-tone illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Small piece of bottom corner of front endpaper missing. Creasing to rear endpaper. Small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. A few foxspots and a couple of grubby marks otherwise contents are generally clean. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with areas of loss at bottom of spine, top of rear panel and bottom of rear flap. Creasing to both panels and flap. Couple of pen marks at bottom of front flap. Grubby marks to rear panel.

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I DISCOVER COLUMBUS
Written by Robert Lawson. Illustrated by Robert Lawson.
Stock no. 1502405
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A true chronicle of the Great Admiral and his finding of the New World, narrated by the venerable parrot Aurelio, who shared in the glorious venture. Beige cloth covers with dark blue titles and vignette of ship to front cover. Illustrated endpapers. B/w illustrations. 99 pages. Spine slightly bumped with line of fading at top and bottom of spine. Grubby mark to front endpaper. Name in ink to half-title page. Small brown marks to lower margins of last few pages. Spine of dustwrapper is worn and torn with slight loss at top and bottom. Also edge chipped at folds and slightly grubby.

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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Philip Pullman. Illustrated by Ian Beck.
Stock no. 1109127
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The adventures of that most enterprising feline. An action-packed and very funny retelling of Puss-In-Boots. Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0385410328. Light bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. Wrapper is creased to edges, with a few marks to rear panel.

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ANTHONY BROWNE'S KING KONG
Written by Edgar Wallace; Merian C. Cooper. Illustrated by Anthony Browne.
Stock no. 1109104
Published by Julia MacRae Books. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Anthony Browne has always acknowledged this classic cult movie to be one of the most potent influences on his work. Never before appearing as a full colour book, there will not be a dry eye in the house as the last page is turned. Blue cloth. 92 pages. 11.75 x 9". ISBN: 1856812588. Some light wear along cover edges. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is edge-creased, with 1" closed tear to top of front panel.

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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE WIDE WINDOW
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 1109093
Published by Egmont Children's Books Ltd.. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition.

Third in the series. Have you got the stomach for a story that includes a hurricane, hungry leeches, a horrible villain and other horrid things? Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0749747013. Light wear to cover edges.

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NODDY THE CRY-BABY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1109084
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co.. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations, 3 per page. A Noddy Strip Book. A little surface paper damage to title page. Some page browning and light corner creasing.

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NODDY'S PENNY WHEEL CAR
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1109083
Published by Sampson Low. Very good condition.

A Noddy Strip Book. Red pictorial paperwraps. Oblong format. Small colour pictures to contents. (Also contains: Noddy in trouble). 3 x 7". A few marks to covers; some foxing.

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NODDY GOES DANCING
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1109081
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition.

Small oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. A Noddy Strip Book. Light wear to spine.

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