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THE HUMAN BODY
Written by Cyril Bibby. Illustrated by Ian T. Morison.
Stock no. 1323604
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1957. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 102. Pictorial paperwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Name in ink to front cover (x2) and to first page. Annotations in ink to some pages. Foxing to textblock.

POND LIFE
Written by Jean Gorvett. Illustrated by Paxton Chadwick.
Stock no. 1323595
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 93. Oblong format, pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some light foxing to textblock. Pencil annotations to two pages.

RUPERT ANNUAL 2015
Written by Stephanie Milton. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter; John Harrold; Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323594
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The 80th year! Front cover shows Rupert in diving suit, riding sea monster, with key in his hand. Contains stories and illustrations from different previous Rupert annuals. ISBN: 9781405279000. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners otherwise fine.

THE SURPRISING CARAVAN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1323582
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Fair condition.

An Enid Blyton Picture Book. Oblong format 7.25 x 9", pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers are very worn, backstrip missing, pencil marks to rear cover. Name and address in pencil to front pastedown. Lower corner of title-page/first text page torn off (no text of story missing). Contents are well fingered but generally clean. Stitching pulled causing contents to be loose.

THE ROUNDABOUT BY THE SEA AND OTHER VERSES FOR CHILDREN
Written by John Walsh. Illustrated by Christopher Brooker.
Stock no. 1323567
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poems about everyday things such as school, home, the seaside, etc made to seem new and exciting. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. A letter SIGNED by the author is included to the previous owner (D.R. Oldham). Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut and a little foxed.

TENTS IN MONGOLIA
Written by Henning Haslund.
Stock no. 1323563
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1943. Very good condition.

A Youth Edition prepared by Eleanor Graham. The true story of a pioneering expedition to Urianhal, a little No-man's-land between Russian and Chinese territory. Puffin Story Book PS10. Red and white cardwraps. 144 pages. Covers edge rubbed. Small, light damp stain affects top corners of pages, else clean.

THE PUFFIN PUZZLE BOOK
Written by W.E. Gladstone.
Stock no. 1323562
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1944. Good condition.

Puffin story book PS9. Blue pictorial card wraps. Light rubbing to cover edges and rear cover slightly grubby. Foxing to contnets. One puzzle has been neatly completed in light pencil. Front cover detached from front joint (glue dried out) but binding still tight.

DICKON AMONG THE INDIANS
Written by M.R. Harrington. Illustrated by Clarence Ellsworth.
Stock no. 1323561
Published by Penguin Books. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition.

Puffin Story Book PS56. Pictorial cardwraps. 174 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine sunned. Name stamped in ink to half title-page. Contents clean.

NOBODY'S GARDEN
Written by Cordelia Jones. Illustrated by Victor Ambrus.
Stock no. 1323560
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. A few foxspots to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with new price printed beside the cut, edge rubbed and slightly grubby on rear panel.

GAY GO UP
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Decie Merwin.
Stock no. 1323559
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Childrens Poetry. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few grubby marks to covers. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked. Contents are a little fingered.

HARLEQUIN CORNER
Written by Pamela Brown. Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Stock no. 1323558
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Writing in ink (black and pink) to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and chipped, rear panel slightly grubby.

A RABBIT'S TALE
Written by G.R. Glasgow.
Stock no. 1323557
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Very good condition.

Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Some slight wear to cover edges. Light page browning.