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BUBBLES ANNUAL 1941
No author listed.
Stock no. 1322064
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1941. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Blue pictorial front board. Colour & b/w illustrations. New endpapers front and rear. Spine has been glued inside (possibly a replacement spine but very professionally done if it is). Ole tape to spine edge of rear cover. Puzzles done. Some foxing and light page browning. Contents clean.

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RICKY THE RABBIT
No author listed. Illustrated by Vojtech Kubasta.
Stock no. 2136061
Published by Bancroft & Co.(Publishers) Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. An eight page story of Ricky the Rabbit with a stunning fold out pop-up scene to the rear of the book. No. 106 to bottom left corner of front cover. Title to title page is 'Easter' - but this IS text of 'Ricky the Rabbit' when compared to other copies. Creasing and tape repairs to cover corners. Paper tape repairs to strengthen joints. Creasing to page corners; browning. Pop-up has been repaired - but now broken - figures to front of pop up do not 'pop' and have come unstuck (torn). Inscription in ink to belongs to/dedication/gift page.

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THE DREAMKEEPER
Written by Robert Ingpen. Illustrated by Robert Ingpen.
Stock no. 2136014
Published by Dragon's World Children's Books. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A letter from Robert Ingpen to his granddaughter Alice Elizabeth. ISBN: 1850282226. Wrapper is faded to spine and front edge.

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FRED
Written by Posy Simmonds. Illustrated by Posy Simmonds.
Stock no. 2135983
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

Everyone in the neighbourhood was terribly sad to hear from Nick and Sophie that their cat Fred had died. Late one night they are awakened by a curious 'Meeeyow'. Something baffling was about to begin in the garden which will amaze even the most experienced catwatcher... Blue glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations with balloon captions. ISBN: 0224024485. SIGNED by author, with dedication to a previous owner and small cat drawing. Spine is browned with a few small knocks. Contents are still excellent!

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1949
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1321970
Published by Daily Express. 1949. Good condition.

Last Rupert annual issued in card wraps - Rupert carol singing. 1st story Rupert & Ninky. 120 pages. 9.5x7 ins. Covers are edge worn and creased, spine slightly darkened with slight loss at base and small tape repair at top. Small stains to front edge of spine at base (from glue used during binding process). Some foxspots to covers. Staples rusty. 1.5" horizontal tear to centre of front cover has been repaired with tape on inside of cover, small tear to rear cover likewise repaired. Inscription in ink to belongs to page with child's name and age in belongs to box. Price cut. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins throughout. Puzzle pages clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1940 - RUPERT'S ADVENTURE BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1321969
Published by Daily Express. 1940. Fair condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Picture of Rupert drawing on wall on front cover. Colour pictures throughout. Covers are worn, grubby and scuffed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and name and address in belongs to box. Doodles/scribbles to both pastedowns have been partially erased. Pencil doodles to verso of title-page. Contents are very grubby with some stains at margins and some tears. A good copy to work with.

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THE SEA KING'S DAUGHTER
Written by Aaron Shepard. Illustrated by Gennady Spirin.
Stock no. 2135974
Published by Skyhook Press. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A Russian Legend. ISBN: 9781620355534.

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THE MAGIC JACKET
Written by Nicholas Brennan. Illustrated by Nicholas Brennan.
Stock no. 2135935
Published by Kestrel Books. 1ST 1976. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 072265085X. Bumping to spine; some marks to covers. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and loss to top edge of front panel; some tape repairs to verso.

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LONE BULL'S HORSE RAID
Written by Paul Goble; Dorothy Goble. Illustrated by Paul Goble.
Stock no. 2135934
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A young Ogala Sioux tells how he and his best friend joined a party setting out against the neighbouring Crows, and experienced their first horse raid. The pictures take their inspiration from Plains Indian paintings of the period 1860-1900 when the story takes place. Pictorial matt boards. Colour illustrations. Large format. ISBN: 0333147545. Foxing and browning to covers, endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some grubby marks.

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GUMDROP TO THE RESCUE
Written by Val Biro. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 2135933
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1986. Very good condition.

Gumdrop speeds to the rescue of a stolen motorbike - which does him no good at all! Glazed boards. 9.75 x 8". ISBN: 0340392401.

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WILLIAM THE BAD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1321910
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1963. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette to front cover. 188 pages. Abridged edition. 20th impression. Covers bumped at edges. Foxspots to contents. Duswrapper is edge worn and creased, grubby to rear panel and slight loss to spine and corners.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BARRING-OUT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1321897
Published by Charles Skilton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped, slight rubbing to cover edges. Ink writing to front free-endpaper. Light foxing. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with some loss at spine. Old tape marks to verso of wrapper (showing through to otherside a little).

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