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RUPERT ANNUAL 1966
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330781
Published by Daily Express. 1966. Very good condition.

Dark blue laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert and chums in a flying saucer. First story - Rupert and the Magic Ball. Includes Magic Paintings. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Child's name in pencil in belongs to box. Price NOT cut, but corner creased. Tiny piece of loss to inner corner of front free-endpaper, small patch of surface paper damage and grease to same (and grease mark to opposite pastedown). Dot-to-Dot done, magic paintings DONE. Crease to lower corner of rear free-endpaper.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1964
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330780
Published by Daily Express. 1964. Almost very good condition.

Laminated boards - front cover shows Rupert on a rock waving a camera. 1st story Rupert and the Dover Sole. Magic Painting pages. 114 pages. 10 x 7 inches. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Date (partially erased) to top edge of front cover. Spine lightly browned. Child's name and address written in belongs to box in ink (and name again in pencil). Price NOT cut. Magic Paintings DONE. Rear pastedown is damaged at edges - partially removed.

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BIGGLES IN THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Pat Williams.
Stock no. 1830929
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Biggles Strip Book. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Not paginated. Boards a little grubby and scuffed, lower edge of spine worn with loss to surface paper and small nick to lower rear board edge. Light browning to contents else clean.

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OOH-LA-LA (MAX IN LOVE)
Written by Maira Kalman. Illustrated by Maira Kalman.
Stock no. 1830927
Published by Viking Penguin Inc.. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Max the millionaire poet dog has landed in Paris, the city of lights, the city of dreams, everyone is in a froufrou of delight over Max. Matt pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations throughout. Not paginated. ISBN: 0670841633. SIGNED & doodled by the author (no inscription) to title page. Circular 'Autographed' sticker to front panel of dustwrapper. Dustwrapper spine is faded and lightly rubbed to top & tail, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ALBERT AND EMERALD OR HOW THEY SAVED THE NATION
Written by Christopher Sykes. Illustrated by Christopher Sykes.
Stock no. 1830926
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1961. Very good condition.

A Romance. Large format. Brown cloth spine, orange pictorial boards. Colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. 94 pages. SIGNED by the author by way of a gift presentation in ink. Boards lightly edge-rubbed, a little grubby, original wrap-around paper band present inside. Text block browned, contents clean.

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THE DAZZLE
Written by Edna O'Brien. Illustrated by Peter Stevenson.
Stock no. 1830925
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Bullied by the objects in his bedroom, which nag him endlessly, Tim is made even more nervous than usual when, after a bad storm, he has to move into the attic bedroom for a while. Here he meets Mattie. a mouse with a magic dazzle. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 44 pages. ISBN: 0340264918. Boards slightly unevenly better. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Boards a little grubby. A few minor marks to contents and lightly fingering from page turning. Still a nice copy.

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THE COLD-BLOODED PENGUIN
Written by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1830922
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1945. Very good condition.

Pablo wasn't like other penguins - he was c-c-cold! From the film, "The Three Caballeros". Colour and b/w pictures. Green pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. 8.5 x 6.5". Boards a little grubby and lightly worn at corners. Contents clean. Binding slightly pulled but tight.

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THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA (7 VOLUMES)
Written by C.S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 1830919
Published by Collins. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Seven volumes of the Narnia series. Black cloth boards, silver title to spines. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0007241402. Spines lightly edge-worn. One or two minor corner creases to contents. Contents clean. Dustwrappers are lightly edge-creased. Contained in the publisher's slipcase which is much more worn than the books themselves are with heavy scuffing, and heavy rubbing to edges. Overall, this is a nice set.

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BIGGLES LEARNS TO FLY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1330779
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How Biggles at 17 joined the Royal Flying Corps. and after a few fights, went to war. Red boards, black title to spine. Embossed scottie dog design to covers. Colour frontis. Slight bumping to spine. Endpapers are browned. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge rubbed and lightly scuffed on rear panel.

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BIGGLES WWII COLLECTION
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330778
Published by Doubleday. 1st thus 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Omnibus edition containing: Biggles Defies the Swastika, B Delivers the Goods, B Defends the Desert and B Fails to Return. Black boards, silver title to spine. 642 pages. ISBN: 9780857532077. Minimal shelf wear to spine. Pale page browning to textblock. Dustwrapper has minimal creasing at edges.

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BIGGLES FLIES EAST
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330777
Published by Oxford University Press. 1952. Fair condition.

Green boards, black title to spine. 256 pages. Covers are marked, grubby and edge rubbed. Endpapers are browned. Heavy foxing to textblock, also affecting page margins.

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THE BEST OF BIGGLES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1330776
Published by Chancellor Press. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition.

Five Thrilling Adventures! Glazed pictorial boards. Blue endpapers. Stories are: Biggles in Africa; Biggles Flies North; Biggles in the South Seas; Biggles and the Black Mask; Biggles and the Dark Intruder. ISBN: 0907486592. Spine and corners bumped. Contents clean.

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