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THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1320960
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

A Just So Story. Green pictorial glazed boards. Red endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 31 pages. 9.5 x 7". ISBN: 0333341384. Slight fading to spine and cover edges. Some foxing to contents.

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CHILDREN'S BOOKS IN ENGLAND
Written by F.J. Harvey Darton.
Stock no. 1320957
Published by Cambridge University Press. 3rd 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

"Five Centuries of Social Life". Third edition revised by Brian Alderson. Brown boards, gilt title and vignette. Beige endpapers. B/w text illustrations. 398 pages. 10 x 7". ISBN: 0521240204. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is sunned to spine and just a little rubbed at edges.

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THUNDERBIRDS COUNTDOWN TO DISASTER
Written by Graham Marks. Illustrated by Arkadia.
Stock no. 1320894
Published by Boxtree Limited. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Card wraps. 16 page story, with pop-up at end. Paper engineering by Ruth Mawdsley. ISBN: 1852838493. Some wear to cover edges. Pop-up in excellent working order.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1980
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1320881
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1980. Very good condition.

Tall format glazed boards - the first Rupert annual in this format. Cover design of Rupert playing with glove puppets. 1st story Rupert and the Flavours. ISBN: 0850790964. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Price NOT cut, no inscriptions. Light page browning throughout.

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WILLIAM AND THE MASKED RANGER
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Henry Ford.
Stock no. 1320874
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Gilt vignette of William saluting to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed, has a couple of light stains to rear panel and a scratch mark to front panel (causing tiny patch of surface damage to the H of The in the title).

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JUST WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1320872
Published by George Newnes Limited. 6th 1923. Almost very good condition.

Original publisher's burgundy leather binding with gilt titles and vignettes, top edge gilt. Green marble-effect endpapers. 248 pages, 4 page adverts at rear. B/w illustrations. 6th impression of the first edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Front edge of spine is starting to split. Foxing to contents. A nice copy with very scarce binding.

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THE ARABIAN NIGHTS THEIR BEST-KNOWN TALES
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin; Nora A. Smith; Mark Helprin. Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish.
Stock no. 2134587
Published by Quality Paperback Book Club. 1996. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. Colour plates. Introduction by Helprin.

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WINTER JOYS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
No author listed. Illustrated by John Hassall; E. Lance; et al..
Stock no. 1320793
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Almost very good condition.

A mix of stories and verses. Cloth spine, pictorial boards, front cover shows two children on a sledge on ice. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Corners worn. A few light scratches to rear cover. Joints just starting to crack. Foxing to endpapers and text block, last text page is browned. Just an odd fingermark to contents and looks like small staple(?) indentations to margins of first pages.

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ALISON'S SPY ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1320711
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth. 4 b/w plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine sunned and covers lightly marked. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed.

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ALISON'S ISLAND ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop.
Stock no. 1320709
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1954. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with black titles to spine and front cover. 4 b/w plates. 253 pages. Spine slightly bumped, light rubbing to spine and corners. Book leans to one side a little. Foxing to textblock. Small brown mark to top margins of some pages.

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BIGGLES FLIES AGAIN
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1320704
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Circa 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark blue boards, black title to spine. 183 pages. Spine bumped. Pages browned. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Rear panel lists 10 Biggles titles, the last being The Boy Biggles.

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LITTLE FOLK'S BEDTIME BOOK
Written by Betty Coombs; et al. Illustrated by Fel.
Stock no. 2134470
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. First story is 'What Shall I do?' by Coombs. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few scuff marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins.

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