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HOLLOW TREE HOUSE
Written by Enid Blyton.
Illustrated by Elizabeth Wall.
Stock no. 1330626
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1949.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, pink titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (in child's hand). One gathering is slightly pulled at top stitch else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss to base of spine and to top edge of rear panel. Fold of front flap is worn with tears (but no actual loss).
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- ENID BLYTON
FIVE ON A HIKE TOGETHER
Written by Enid Blyton.
Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1330625
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1952.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black titles. Orange and black pictorial endpapers. B/w & two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Second impression. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to page margins and light page edge browning throughout. Dustwrapper is edge worn, large tear to lower 2" of spine with some loss. Spine faded.
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- CHILDRENS
- ENID BLYTON
- FAMOUS FIVE
FIVE ON KIRRIN ISLAND AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton.
Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1330622
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1950.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
The 6th adventure of the Famous Five. Timmy is in trouble, there are strangers on the island and a secret tunnel under the sea. Red boards. Blue and black pictorial endpapers. 192 pages. B/w and two-colour illustrations. Fourth impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to prelims and textblock. Name and address in ink to verso of front fly-leaf. Dustwrapper is worn with tear to front edge of spine and loss to top and tail of spine. Front flap of dustwrapper is detached (but still present).
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- CHILDRENS
- ENID BLYTON
- FAMOUS FIVE
BIGGLES FOLLOWS ON
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330620
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1st
1952.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
Red boards, black titles and vignette. 4 double-sided b/w plates. 158 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some slight browning to cover edges. Name and address written in ink to front pastedown. '6' written in a small circle to both front pastedown and rear free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby to rear panel, a few small tape repairs to verso and name and address written on verso of wrapper.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
BIGGLES TAKES A HOLIDAY
Written by W.E. Johns.
Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1330619
Published by Hodder & Stoughton.
1950.
Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Blue boards, red titles and panther vignette. 8 full-page illustrations. 190 pages. Second impression. Spine and corners bumped. Front free-endpaper removed, front joint cracked. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is well worn, torn and chipped, tape repairs on verso and faded to spine. Rear panel is a bit grubby.
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- CHILDRENS
- BIGGLES
- BOYS
- BOYS ADVENTURE
RUPERT ANNUAL 1974
No author listed.
Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1330618
Published by Daily Express.
1974.
Very good condition.
Pictorial laminated boards - Rupert in the snow holding a chick made of snow. 1st story Rupert and the Iron Spade. The first cover design and endpapers by Alex Cubie. Spine and corners bumped. Child's name in ink in belongs to box and another name in ink to top margin of title page (also in child's hand). Price NOT cut. Pale page browning else contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- ANNUALS
- RUPERT
- RUPERT ANNUAL
THE EAGLE BOOK OF CUTAWAYS
Written by L. Ashwell Wood; Denis Gifford.
Stock no. 1830846
Published by Webb & Bower.
1st
1988.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The first book to bring together a selection of the best of the painstakingly accurate technical drawings that ran across the centre spreads of the Eagle comic for more than a decade. Oblong format. Red boards, black title to spine and vignette to front. Colour illustrations. 95 pages. ISBN: 0863502857. Light rubbing to lower board edges. Minor foxing and browning to top edge of text block. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is foxed to verso (not visible to front), has a 2" closed tear to lower edge of front panel repaired to verso with clear tape, lightly scuffed.
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- CHILDRENS
- EAGLE ANNUAL AND RELATED
- TRANSPORT
COPS AND ROBBERS
Written by Allan Ahlberg.
Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 1330617
Published by William Heinemann.
1st
1978.
Very good condition.
On Christmas Eve while children sleep the scallyway robbers prowl and creep... Glazed pictorial boards. Lively colour illustrations. ISBN: 0434925012. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Indentation to top edge of rear cover. Some light/faint scoremarks to covers. Foxing throughout. A couple of hinges pulled but binding still tight.
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- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
THE MIDNIGHT HORSE
Written by Monica Edwards.
Stock no. 1330615
Published by John Goodchild.
1st thus
1984.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Romney Marsh story. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 204 pages. Revised edition. ISBN: 0863910076. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Slight fading to base of spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and rubbed to head and tail.
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- CHILDRENS
- HORSE AND PONY STORY
- KENT
- SOUTH EAST UK
THE CORN DOLLY
Written by Margaret Elliot.
Illustrated by Colin Dunbar.
Stock no. 1330612
Published by Abelard-Schuman.
1st
1976.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A Grasshopper Book. Susan and her brother Jack find a corn dolly which has powers for good, which are tested to the utmost when the enemy struck. An unusual adventure story based on folk lore of the English countryside. Bright green boards, gilt title to spine. 128 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0200723715. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Very pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge rubbed. Light fading to wrapper spine.
THE MYSTERY AT THE CHALET SCHOOL WITH ROBIN HEEDS THE CALL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Sheena Wilkinson; Susanne Brownlie.
Stock no. 1330611
Published by Girls Gone By.
1st thus
2014.
Very good condition.
Mystery At was originally published in "The Chalet Book For Girls" (1947) and Robin Heeds is a novella about when Robin realises she has to answer God's call to be a nun. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour frontis. B/w text illustrations to Mystery At. ISBN: 9781847451804. Minimal creasing to corners and light rubbing to edges. A couple of tiny marks to textblock. Some page corner tips lightly creased.
RUN AWAY HOME
Written by Elinor Lyon.
Illustrated by Elinor Lyon.
Stock no. 1330610
Published by Fidra Books.
1st thus
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Originally published in 1953 by Hodder & Stoughton. Cream cardwraps. 199 pages. ISBN: 9781906123048. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Tiny indentation to lower edge of textblock. A few page corner tips lightly creased. A super copy.