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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THE BLUE FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 2139762
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1889. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth covers, gilt title to spine and vignettes to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations throughout. 390 pages plus 16 page booklist to rear. All edges gilt. Catalogue to rear of book is dated August 1889. Spine is bumped with wear and faded. Corners are bumped. Front hinge next to frontis page is cracked, with browning glue marks showing. Frontis is edge-creased with a few nicks and some foxing. Tissue guard to frontis is heavily foxed. A couple of hinges are pulled. Foxing to varying degrees to pages throughout book.

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BIGGLES FAILS TO RETURN
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 2139739
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1943. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. Colour frontis and full-page b/w illustrations. Front endpaper is a map. 223 pages. Spotting and damp marking to covers. Marks to outer page edges and some to page margins. Wrapper is badly torn with some pieces of loss; messily taped back together.

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GIMLET LENDS A HAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 2139738
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

A "King of the Commandos" adventure. Blue cloth, black titles. B/w pictures. 4 b/w plates. 189 pages. Fading and spotting to spine; some other marks also to covers. Browning and foxing to outer page edges.

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BIGGLES AIR COMMODORE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 2139719
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1948. Good condition.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. Spine is browned. Uneven fading to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges.

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