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RUPERT ANNUAL 1961
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1328474
Published by Daily Express. 1961. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial laminated boards showing Rupert on a swing. 1st story Rupert and the Hearth-Rug. Includes puzzle page and Magic Painting pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Covers bright and clean. Name and address in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Magic paintings DONE. Tiny patch of surface paper damage from removal of a small label to top edge of title-page.

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MR. BUMBLETOES OF BIMBLETON
Written by L.C. Ockenden. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1328473
Published by Odhams Press Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition.

Some Jolly Tales of Bimbleton. Blue cloth. Dark blue title to spine and vignette to front. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. Uneven fading to boards. Fading and browning to spine. Top of spine frayed. A few scattered foxspots else contents clean.

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GNOMELAND
Written by Uncle Elgo. Illustrated by Ogle.
Stock no. 1328472
Published by P.R. Gawthorn Ltd.. Circa 1945. Very good condition.

Teatime Tales For Tiny Tots. Blue cloth, brown title and illustration to front cover. Orange and white pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis, two tone illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Light marks to rear cover. Creases to lower page corner tips else contents clean.

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GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM
Written by Michelle Magorian.
Stock no. 1328469
Published by Kestrel Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Two days before the declaration of War in 1939 Willie along with hundreds of other children was evacuated from London. He found himself in Little Weirwold and takes some time to adapt to the quiet of the countryside and Tom Oakley the old man with whom he lodges. Winner of The Guardian Children's Fiction Award. Dark green boards, metallic title to spine. 304 pages. ISBN: 0722657013. Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock. Book leans to one side a little. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher (with 'new' price sticker above cut), is badly sunned to spine and has a small tear to top of spine.

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THE DIARY OF A GOOSE GIRL
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Illustrated by Claude Shepperson.
Stock no. 1328468
Published by Gay and Bird. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. B/w illustrations to text. 117 pages. 16 page catalogue to rear. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers very slightly scuffed in places. Inscription in ink to half-title. A bright clean copy.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1328467
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Hampton Library edition. Orange boards, black title to spine. B/w chapter headers. Spine and corners bumped. Page edge browning and a few foxspots to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tears at corners and scuffing to rear panel.

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SERGEANT BIGGLESWORTH C.I.D.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1328466
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1950. Very good condition.

Blue boards with black titles. Colour frontis and 8 other illustrations. The first post-war Biggles story. Third impression. Spine bumped and faded. Slight mark to rear cover (old tape?). Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing.

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BIGGLES IN THE BLUE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1328464
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards, scottie dog design. Blue title to spine. 6 colour plates. 192 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is chipped at front edges with slight loss, slightly browned to spine and very slightly grubby to rear panel.

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THE WIZARD OF BOLAND
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1328462
Published by Edmund Ward Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, red title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped with slight browning at top and tail. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Some light brown stains to margins of a few of the first few pages. Wrapper is price-cut by publisher ('new' price printed above) and edge worn with slight loss.

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SALLY SCATTERBRAIN
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Betty Ladler.
Stock no. 1328461
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth, black titles. 4 b/w plates. 253 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn and creased with minimal loss at spine and corners.

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THAT'S JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Rodney Sutton.
Stock no. 1328460
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt titles to spine. Last of the Jennings books. Incorrect ISBN 0333611330 printed on publisher information page in some books. 121 pages. ISBN: 0333617932. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Red title to spine wrapper has slightly faded.

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THE LITTLE GREY MEN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1328459
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A story for the young in heart. Cream boards, red titles. Colour frontis plate, b/w illustrations. 255 pages. 7.5 x 5". Fourth printing. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper has been erased but leaves impressions of the writing. Two page corner tips are slightly creased. One hinge is slightly cracked. Some foxing to front endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and creased, faded to spine with some loss at top.

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