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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by E.C. Matthews; Bessie Marchant; C. Bernard Rutley; et al. Illustrated by H.L. Bacon; Radcliffe Wilson; D.M. Cafferata.
Stock no. 1325127
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, showing two girls with mountains in the back ground. One girl is holding the rim of her hat, to keep it on. First story is 'Sheila's Magic' by Matthews. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a bit grubby and browned, covers slightly grubby. Some loss of surface paper to top front corner. Foxing else contents clean.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by C. Bernard Rutley; Rusty; E.E. Cowper; Doris Pocock; et al. Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley; Alfred Bestall; R.H. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325126
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1931. Very good condition.

Pictorial paper boards showing two girls horse riding. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 1st story is The Flaming Trail by Rutley. Covers are edge worn with splits/damage to top of spine. Prize plate to front pastedown. Endpapers are browned. Foxing else contents clean.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by Henrietta Merriman; Phyllis I. Norris; C. Bernard Rutley; M.E. Buckingham; May Wynne; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Alfred Bestall; Peter Fraser; et al..
Stock no. 1325125
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards showing two girls at a fence looking at lambs. Colour frontis. B/w plates and text illustrations. First story is "A Good Word for Captain Bob" by Merriman. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine, two small white spots to front cover. Partially erased inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing else contents clean.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by George Surrey; J.H. Ambrose; R.C. Barnard; et al. Illustrated by W. Bryce Hamilton; Conrad H. Leigh; Topham; et al..
Stock no. 1325123
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1937. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards showing two girls beside a lake - one looking out of binoculars. Dalmation dog is laid on grass beside them. First story is Grizzy's Clump by Surrey. Colour frontis. B/w plates and text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers grubby. Prize plate to front pastedown. Some foxing to contents, heavy to textblock.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR GIRLS
Written by Rusty; C. Bernard Rutley; M.E. Buckingham; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Gordon Browne; Frank Wiles; et al..
Stock no. 1325122
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1939. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Covers (illustrated by Bestall) show girls walking with backpacks on on a hillside. The first story is 'The Best Laid Schemes' by Rusty. Colour frontis. B/w plates and text illustrations. Covers edge rubbed, spine bumped. Prize inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small patch of pencil erasure markings to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock.

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FIVE ON KIRRIN ISLAND AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1325109
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Red textured boards with black title to spine. Blue and black pictorial endpapers. Two-colour and b/w illustrations. Colour frontis. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing and page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby to white spine and rear panel, large tear across front panel has been neatly repaired on verso (so hardly noticeable on front now).

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1325108
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1917. Good condition.

Red cloth with black titles and vignettes. 16 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards. B/w text illustrations. 288 pages. Top edge red. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Covers marked. 2 plates are creased and 1 other has a tiny corner crease. Foxing to text pages and some margins of plate mounts. Tissue-guards are browned/foxed. Textblock is foxed and slightly stained at top edge.

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CAVE BABY
Written by Julia Donaldson. Illustrated by Emily Gravett.
Stock no. 1325104
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 2010. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations to every page. ISBN: 9780230743083. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge creased and has a small nick to rear edge of spine.

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THE CREATURE CHOIR
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1325103
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A delightfully wonderful story about doing what makes you happy and being loud about it! Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780008262198. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed/creased.

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MICHAEL FOREMAN'S MOTHER GOOSE
Written by Iona Opie; Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1325102
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Foreword by Iona Opie. Blue oblong boards with gilt title to spine. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0744507758. SIGNED by the artist to half title-page. Spine and corners bumped. Some light fingermarks to prelims else a clean copy. Price-cut wrapper is slightly faded to spine and ever so slightly rubbed at spine and corners.

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THE MOTOR CAR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1325101
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

A small, shaped book. 13 pages told in verse how a group of children take a motor car. Heavy vertical crease to front cover. Covers rubbed and otherwise lightly creased. Child's name and address in heavy pencil inside front cover. Centre pages are detached but still present. Some grubby marks to pages (small ink splodge to one page).

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR SCOUTS 8TH YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; Harold Markham; Major J.T. Gorman; et al. Illustrated by K.W. Coales; Ellis Silas; Savile Lumley; et al..
Stock no. 1325097
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Circa 1926. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, spine shows totem pole and front shows two scouts on a bouy. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations and plates. First poem is The Shining of the Sun by Markham. Covers are edge worn and a bit grubby, some fading to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Heavy foxing to textblock. Small sticker to top margin of page 97 ("April 14 to 19. Easter. House Parties. Worthing & Bexhill").

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