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JUST WILLIAM - THE STORY OF THE FILM
Written by Richmal Crompton.
Stock no. 1330373
Published by George Newnes. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth covers. Includes the script of the film. 248 pages. Some light mottling to boards. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine slightly browned. Light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, creased and torn with some loss. Spine of wrapper is browned and rear panel is a little grubby. Tears have been neatly repaired.

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SWEET WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330372
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1936. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Cheap edition. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Cover edges very slightly rubbed. Some light foxing. A small margin tear to one page. Contents clean. Second Impression dustwrapper is edge creased and torn, spine is slightly grubby. Wrapper is generally complete (very minimal loss at spine and corners). A nice copy of the cheap edition published in same year as the first edition.

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THE SPY FLYERS
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Howard Leigh.
Stock no. 1330369
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Circa 1935. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine, sundial vignette to base of spine. Colour frontis. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages plus 32 page catalogue to rear. A wonderful book of flying thrills. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly bowed. Light spotting and damp staining to covers. Inscription in ink to front pastedown has been scribbled over. Small piece of lower corner of frontis torn off (actual illustration not affected). Page browning and foxing else contents clean. Some light corner creases and margin tears.

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THE RAID
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330368
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Circa 1937. Very good condition.

Orange cloth, black title and sundial to spine. 221 pages plus 39 page book list to rear. Contains 5 tales including a Biggles story "The Ace Of Spades". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Tiny splits to top of spine and spine faded. Catalogue to rear of book is dated Spring 1937. Lower corner on page 23/4 is lightly creased. A couple of tiny margin tears. Some slight foxing. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Page browning to prelims else contents clean.

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THE BLACK PERIL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330367
Published by John Hamilton. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth. Black title and sundial to spine. 222 pages. No catalogue. Colour frontis, 4 blue tinted plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some spotting to covers. Tiny water stain to lower margins of some pages. A couple of page corner creases and a couple of page corner tips have very slight loss (text not affected). Some foxing to first few and last few pages else contents clean. A nice copy of a very early reprint.

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'IN THE BEGINNING,' SAID GREAT-AUNT JANE
Written by Helen Bradley. Illustrated by Helen Bradley.
Stock no. 1330365
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt titles to front and spine. Large, oblong format. Yellow endpapers. Colour paintings throughout. ISBN: 0224011499. Slight bumping to spine. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge creased, faded to spine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2019
Written by Mara Alperin. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1330364
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2019. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. Colour illustrations. Front cover shows Rupert on the back of a cycling bear! ISBN: 9781405294447. Corners bumped. Contents fine.

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GREAT NORTHERN?
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1330362
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 351 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss to top of spine and 1" loss to base of spine. Spine of wrapper is llightly browned and has a small patch of surface paper damage (removal of a small label?).

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WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330361
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt vignette of William to spine and gilt lettering to spine/front cover. 248 pages. B/w illustrations to text throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Gilt to spine has dulled. Foxing throughout, mainly to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with some loss, grubby to rear panel.

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FOURTEEN SONGS FROM WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne; H. Fraser-Simson. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330359
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd.. 6th 1925. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cloth spine, brown boards with title label to front. Songs with music and b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some slight grubbiness to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge torn with minimal loss. Vertical crease to spine edge of front panel of wrapper.

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THE DOLL'S HOUSE
Written by Lothar Meggendorfer. Illustrated by Lothar Meggendorfer.
Stock no. 1330357
Published by Kestrel Books. 1982. Very good condition.

A reproduction of the Antique Pop-Up Book. The book unfolds to over four feet, revealing five old-fashioned domestic scenes connected by doors which open and close. Size when closed is 8.5 x 10". ISBN: 0722655347. Fading to cover edges and edges slightly rubbed. Small mark to rear cover.

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THE CHURCH MICE AND THE RING
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1330353
Published by Pan Macmillan Children's Books. 1992. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Another splendid pictorial account of the exploits of Sampson the cat and the church mice. Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Super colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 0333539036. Reprint in same year as first edition. Dustwrapper is price-cut with slight fading to front panel.

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