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ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA
Written by Sheila Hawkins. Illustrated by Sheila Hawkins.
Stock no. 1323215
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1947. Very good condition.

Puffin picture book no. 45. Oblong format, paper wraps. Colour and b/w lithographed illustrations. Lithographed by Brown & Bibby. Name in ink and old price in pencil to front cover. Foxing to covers, inside covers and to page edges.

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OUR HORSES
Written by Lionel Edwards. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards.
Stock no. 1323214
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1945. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 43. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w lithographed illustrations. Lithographed by Charles and Read Ltd. 2nd issue of 1st edition. Covers slightly grubby and edge worn. Small tear to top edge of front cover and slight loss to lower spine corner of front cover. A few small marks to page margins else contents clean.

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BIGGLES WORKS IT OUT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1323208
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1952. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles and vignette. 8 yellow and black illustrations. 191 numbered pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name in ink to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to textblock, endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is a little edge rubbed with minimal loss to spine and corners. Foxing to verso of wrapper, showing through to flaps.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1983
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1323206
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1983. Very good condition.

Tall 4to glazed boards - Rupert in plane flown by clown. 1st story Rupert and the Black Circle. 92 pages. ISBN: 0850791308. There is a small crease/tear to the surface paper on the lower edge of the front cover. A few tiny scuff marks to front edge of spine. Contents are fine (not price-cut or inscribed).

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SAUCERS OVER THE MOOR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1323205
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A gripping and fast-moving adventure story about the Lone Pine Club set on Dartmoor. Cream boards, red titles. Endpapers show sketch of the Moor. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Neat colouring to the map on the front endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and chipped with very slight loss. Blurb to front flap has I assume a correction pasted to the middle of the blurb (see photo).

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ELECTRIC MODELS FROM ODDS AND ENDS
Written by D.C. Gohm. Illustrated by E. Patterson.
Stock no. 1323201
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 83. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Covers edge rubbed and slightly grubby. Some light foxing to page edges. Contents clean.

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AIRLINERS
Written by John Stroud. Illustrated by John Stroud.
Stock no. 1323198
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1949. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 86. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Staples rusty. Some edge rubbing and slight creasing to corner tips. Contents clean.

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SAILING SHIPS
Written by Archie White. Illustrated by Archie White.
Stock no. 1323196
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1951. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 88. Pictorial paperwraps, oblong format. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Tiny corner tip of top front corner torn off. Cover and page corner tips lightly creased.

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SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
Written by G.E. Pallant Sidaway. Illustrated by G.E. Pallant Sidaway.
Stock no. 1323195
Published by Penguin Books. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 89. Oblong format. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some light creases to corner tips. Staples rusty. Rear cover is very slightly grubby.

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MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB AND OTHER NURSERY SONGS
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 1323193
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book 91. Oblong format. Pink pictorial paper wraps. Delightful colour illustrations. Words and music. Printed prices on covers have been covered with small, white 2/6 price stickers. Slight fading to spine. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

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THE SKY AND HEAVENS
Written by Peter Hood. Illustrated by Peter Hood.
Stock no. 1323192
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 92. Paperwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Some foxing to covers and contents. Some slight rubbing at edges and light creases to corner tips. Not sure if it is a light crayon mark or a scuff mark to the front cover.

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SPADES AND FEATHERS
Written by Tyler Whittle. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard; Tyler Whittle.
Stock no. 1323186
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Searching for the lost plate of a ruined Norfolk monastery is the main theme of this story. Peach boards with black title to spine and small avocet vignette to front cover. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Endpapers are maps of Crome's Broad. Some slightly bumped. Some very slightly browning to lower cover edges. Small patch of white paper transfer to base of spine (from dustwrapper). Contents are foxed and browned. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed on verso with damp stains to edges and tape repairs on verso.

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