SWEET WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2139937
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1949. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth black title to spine. 252 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded. A few marks to covers. Foxing throughout. Wrapper is creased and torn and chipped with a few small pieces of loss; small area of surface paper damage to rear panel.

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THE TALE OF KITTY-IN-BOOTS
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2139849
Published by Frederick Warne. Circa 2016. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Kitty's owner thinks she is a serious, well-behaved cat but Kitty sneaks out at night to go hunting. Beatrix Potter wrote this in 1914 but did not find time to illustrate it, over 100 years later Quentin Blake has brought Kitty to life. Blue matt boards with white titles and mock pictorial onlay. Colour illustrations. 69 pages. ISBN: 9780241247594. 3rd printing. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Wrapper has some uneven browning and a few nicks at edges.

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AWFUL AUNTIE
Written by David Walliams. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1323023
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Do you have an awful Auntie? However awful your auntie might be, she will never be in the same league of awfulness as Aunt Alberta. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. 410 pages. ISBN: 9780007453603. Slight bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn/creased.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving; Shirley Goulden. Illustrated by Nardini.
Stock no. 1323019
Published by W. H. Allen. 1st thus 1965. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Splendour Books series. Large format. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed. Tape marks to pastedowns and facing endpapers. Some surface paper damage to endpapers. Contents clean. Original film dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and has tape marks to flaps where it was stuck down to pastedowns of book at one time. Removal of tape has left sticky residue.

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WHEN THE COMICS WENT TO WAR
Written by Adam Riches.
Stock no. 1323017
Published by Mainstream Publishing Company (Edinburgh) Ltd.. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A colourful authoritative history of the British war comic-book genre from the 1860s to the mid-1980s. Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781845965549. Nasty (but small) dent to top edge of front cover. Old pencil price to front free-endpaper has been partially erased. Contents otherwise fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Everett Shinn.
Stock no. 1323016
Published by Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.. Circa 1939. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour plates plus green and white text illustrations/surrounds. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to front free-endpaper. Small label to verso of front free-endpaper. Pencil doodles to verso of half title-page. Contents generally clean.

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THE TRAIN TO IMPOSSIBLE PLACES
Written by P. G. Bell. Illustrated by Flavia Sorrentino.
Stock no. 1323011
Published by Usborne Publishing Ltd.. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. 345 numbered pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781474948616. Minimal bumping/rubbing to spine and corners. Tiny mark to top edge of textblock. Slight creasing to wrapper edges.

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THE CUCKOO CLOCK
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1323008
Published by MacMillan Publishers Ltd.; Godfrey Cave. 1st thus 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile reprint of the 1931 children's edition. Illustrated with 16 colour plates and numerous line drawings. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles and decoration. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge purple. ISBN: 0333290593. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is faded at spine and edges and has a damp stain to lower edge of rear panel.

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ENID BLYTON'S NATURE LESSONS
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2139788
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. Circa 1933. Very good condition.

25 chapters, each on a different aspect of nature with questions to answer and things to do. B/w drawings and diagrams. Blue cloth. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 187 pages plus booklist. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some fading to spine. Name in pencil crayon to front pastedown. Light foxing to outer page edges endpapers.

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FRIENDS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by MacDowell.
Stock no. 2139785
Published by W. & A.K. Johnston Limited. Very good condition.

Old Thatch Series. Brown pictorial linen covered cardwraps. B/w text illustrations. 64 pages. Spine is faded. Some wear to cover edges.

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CIRCUS DAYS AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by E.H. Davie.
Stock no. 2139777
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1942. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

The third story about Mr. Galliano's famous circus. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. B/w text illustrations. 192 pages. Ex-lib. with partial bookplate left to front pastedown; front endpaper is MISSING. Some grubby margin marks and foxing; colouring in to b/w illustrations. Wrapper is torn into pieces, with 2/3rds of spine MISSING. This is a reading copy only!

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139774
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1943. Good condition.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis and full-page b/w illustrations. Front endpaper is a map. 223 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Foxing/fading and mottling to covers. Foxing and browning to outer page edges.

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