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THE SMITH FAMILY
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by S.G. Hulme Beaman.
Stock no. 1307027
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1931. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth, gilt titles and vignette. 4 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations to text. 87 pages. 9 x 7". Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned. Covers a little grubby. Inscription in ink and removal of a label to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned/foxed. Grubby fingermarks to page margins and some hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose.

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RUTHLESS ROGER
Written by Geoffrey Lowis. Illustrated by Winslade.
Stock no. 1307018
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A lively, stirring tale of pirates on the Spanish Main, thrilling but never frightening, told by a sailor with a glorious sense of humour. Red cloth, dark blue titles and vignette to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Light page browning to half-title and last text page. Some light fingering else contents clean. White pictorial wrapper is grubby and edge worn, chipped to spine with loss, extensive tape repairs on verso.

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BLUE PETER ANNUAL No. 28
Written by Oliver Macfarlane; John Comerford.
Stock no. 1306931
Published by World International. 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Scarce due to the sacking of Richard Bacon and withdrawal from sale. Fortieth Anniversary Edition. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0749837616. Joints just starting to crack. There is a WHSmith competition sticker to front cover.

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TOM SAWYER GROWS UP
Written by Clement Wood. Illustrated by W. Lindsay Cable.
Stock no. 1306896
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black titles and vignette to front. 286 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Neat date (August 1942) written in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with minimal loss at spine and corners, rear panel is a bit grubby and there are a couple of tape repairs on verso.

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MONICA TURNS UP TRUMPS
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1306893
Published by Lutterworth Press. 3rd 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black title to spine. 224 pages. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Tiny dent to lower edge of rear cover. There are some grubby marks to front cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners.

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A CLEAN SWEEP THE TALE OF A CAT AND A BROOMSTICK
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by May Smith.
Stock no. 1805081
Published by Basil Blackwell. Circa 1933. Very good condition.

Paper boards, blue title to front with pictorial onlay of old lady with a cat on her back and young girl on a broomstick. 2 b/w illustrations. 32 pages. Boards slightly marked, spine browned. Prize-plate to front endpaper. A few margin marks.

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A DAY IN A CHILD'S LIFE
Written by Myles B. Foster. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1705224
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Cream pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to text throughout. Music by Foster. Edges-worn.

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ISOBEL HARDY'S SCHOOLDAYS
Written by Alys Chatwyn.
Stock no. 2106220
Published by The Epworth Press. Circa 1932. Very good condition.

Stiff card covers. Chipping to spine. Creasing to cover edges and corners.

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THE DOG WHO WOULD GO DIGGING
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1306766
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1966. Very good condition.

John & Mary Book No. 3. Yellow cloth spine with pictorial covers. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A couple of light marks to rear cover. Slight foxing else contents clean.

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THE GREAT BIG FISH
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1306764
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1966. Very good condition.

John & Mary book 1. Colour pictorial boards. Colour pictures. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Name, age and date in blue biro inside front cover.

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CLEVER SUE
No author listed.
Stock no. 2106123
Circa 1927. Almost very good condition.

Small cardwraps in shape of a girl with her dog. Only a few pages in length. Two-tone illustrations. 3" split to base of spine. Creasing and wear to covers. Some page browning. Inscription in ink to inside front cover.

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AUTUMN SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 2106107
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1926. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

From Flower Fairies of the Autumn. Grey paper boards with blue titles, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plates and music by Linnell. A lovely book. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper has some edge-tears and chips, with a little loss; browned; creased; some grubby marks.

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