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THE GHOSTS OF BATWING CASTLE
Written by Terry Deary. Illustrated by Shoo Rayner.
Stock no. 2135451
Published by A & C Black Publishers. 1ST 1988. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713629967. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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FLIGHT FROM FEAR
Written by Deirdre Hill.
Stock no. 2135450
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st AUSTRALIA 1988. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Turquoise covers with white title to spine. ISBN: 0340419350. Wear to cover edges. Sticker of rabbit to front endpaper. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and faded to spine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1936 (FACSIMILE) - THE NEW ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2135417
Published by Daily Express. 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Collectors numbered edition. Facsimile of the first Rupert annual (1936). Red/black pictorial cloth. Red, black and white illustrations throughout. A collectors item in itself. ISBN: 0850791499. Offset browning/yellowing, which looks a little like foxing to endpapers and first and last few pages of book, all in the same place. Rest of contents are excellent. This is copy No. 12192. Still has wrapper and original wrap around band which has a few browning marks; light wrinkling along a couple of edges. Original postal box is still present with some foxing/marks.

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THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING NECKLACE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 1321814
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 4th 1950. Almost very good condition.

The fifth book in the mystery series. Cream cloth, maroon lettering and magnifying glass vignette. Spine slightly bumped. Some foxing to covers. Heavy foxing to contents.

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ENID BLYTON'S SUNNY STORY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1321813
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, black titles and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 160 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light vertical crease to centre of front cover. Name and address in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and text block.

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CHIMNEY CORNER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Pat Harrison.
Stock no. 1321812
Published by The National Magazine Co. Ltd.. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth, red titles and vignette. Green illustrated endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. 144 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped, base of spine is slightly split with some fraying of cloth. Some indentations and light creases to cover edges. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing. Some page corner tips creased.

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THE THIRTEENTH ORPHAN
Written by Christine Chaundler. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1321791
Published by Nisbet & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Dark blue cloth, silver title to spine. Endpapers decorated with fairies. Colour frontis. B/w plates and tailpieces. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light dusty mark to top edge of front cover. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss and grubby on rear panel.

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THE TWO BOUQUETS
Written by Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Reginald Woolley.
Stock no. 1321787
Published by Michael Joseph. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A period novelette featuring the Gills of Twickenham and misunderstandings at a ball, based on the operetta by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon. Deep pink cloth covers with silver titles to spine and silver vignette. B/w chapter headers. 163 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Price-cut wrapper is slightly worn at spine and corners and a tiny bit grubby to rear panel.

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JOE RABBIT AND GIANT FINN MCCOUL
Written by George C. Nash. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1321785
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, red titles and vignettes. 159 numbered pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped, some light rubbing/bumping to cover edges. Prize inscription in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to contents and some small marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with some marks and browned to spine.

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THE TALE OF BABI MONKEY
Written by Valerie Magill. Illustrated by C.H.G. Moorhouse.
Stock no. 1321782
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition.

White boards with picture to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Covers slightly browned and foxed, some wear and slight loss of backing paper to spine. Musty smell to contents. Finger creases to contents. Crease to top corner of last couple of pages. Where the edge of the title-page is bound at the back of the book there is a small piece missing to the bottom.

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MOTHER GOOSE OR THE OLD NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1321776
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1914. Almost very good condition.

An early edition. Small format, green cloth spine with black title and cream pictorial boards. 52 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Cover edges rubbed with a dent and small patch of wear to lower edges. Covers slightly browned. Endpapers lightly browned. One hinge cracked.

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BINGO BONES AND THE BOGGART
Written by K.H. Roberts. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 1321775
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Bingo Bones meets a boggart at the slag heap. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0340278536. SIGNED by the author to verso of half title-page ("To John Best Wishes K.H. Roberts"). Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Ex-Libris plate to front free-endpaper. Contents fine.

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