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RUPERT ANNUAL 1982
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1704558
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1982. Very good condition.

Tall laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert jumping with springs on his feet. First story is: Rupert & Ping Pong. 92 pages. ISBN: 0850791200. Belongs to box completed in ink. Price-cut. Corners bumped.

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THE FORM THAT LIKED TO BE FIRST
Written by Nancy Breary. Illustrated by W. Spence.
Stock no. 1305935
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1948. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth, purple titles to front and spine. 272 pages. 4 b/w plates. Spine and corners are bumped with some slight wear to top front corner. Front endpapers have been replaced and the front joint (between half-title and frontis) is partially cracked. Light foxing throughout else contents clean.

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THIS TIME NEXT TERM
Written by Nancy Breary. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1305934
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with white titles. 4 b/w plates. Very slight bumping to spine and corners, a few tiny dents to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1945). Light foxing to prelims and heavy foxing to page edges. Pictorial wrapper is just slightly edge rubbed/nicked and a little grubby on rear panel.

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THE LOWER FOURTH EXCELS ITSELF
Written by Nancy Breary.
Stock no. 1305925
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black titles. 207 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some fading to lower 1.5" of spine. Top edge of front cover has been ever so slightly nibbled by a rodent(?). Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Heavy foxing to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with tape repairs on verso, loss to base of spine and some slight loss at other corners.

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DIANA OF THE RANGES
Written by C. Bernard Rutley. Illustrated by C. Caney.
Stock no. 1804685
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth, black titles. 4 b/w plates. 240pp. SIGNED by the author by way of a gift inscription to front endpaper. Spine faded, cover edges faded. Pictorial wrapper is slightly edge-chipped and has 1.5" loss to top of spine.

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HONK THE MOOSE
Written by Phil Stong. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
Stock no. 1305782
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1936. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green pictorial paperboards. Cloth spine. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. The fair dustwrapper (large amount of loss to front corner) - looks like it has been attached by book worm! - has done it's job and kept the boards bright and clean. Lower edges of boards are just ever so slightly rubbed. Prize plate to front pastedown. Endpapers very lightly browned. Some light fingering to page margins else contents clean.

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THE BLACK PATCH PIRATES
Written by Robert Aitchen. Illustrated by Robert Aitchen.
Stock no. 1305781
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Colour pictorial boards. Superb full-page colour illustrations plus b/w drawings. Spine and corners bumped, covers edge worn. Some very light foxing and fingering, title-page and last text page lightly browned. Contents clean.

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A BOY AND A SECRET
Written by Raymond Jacberns. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1305772
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1908. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, yellow titles. 304 pages. 10 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers just a little grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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THE ROBBER KITTEN
Written by R.M. Ballantyne. Illustrated by F.A. Williams.
Stock no. 1305765
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1931. Very good condition.

Large format. Burgundy cloth spine, pictorial front board. 32 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Green, brown and white pictorial endpapers. Spine slightly bumped and worn. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Small grubby mark to front endpaper. Contents clean.

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A PRINCESS COMES TO OUR TOWN
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Gertrude Lindsay.
Stock no. 1305709
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Orange cloth, gilt titles. 12 plates. 119 pages plus 8 page publication list to rear. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight darkening to cover edges and covers grubby with spots to rear cover. Front joint and a couple of hinges cracked. Contents clean.

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NEW CHRONICLES OF REBECCA
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Illustrated by F.C. Yohn.
Stock no. 1305694
Published by Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st UK 1907. Very good condition.

Blue embossed cloth, gilt titles, gilt vignette to front cover. 8 b/w plates. 310 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Front joint starting to crack. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout else clean.

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MONA ST. CLAIRE
Written by Annie E. Armstrong. Illustrated by Gertrude Demain Hammond.
Stock no. 1305648
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Attractive blue embossed cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w plates. 311 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light browning to endpapers. "Property Room" ink stamp to front endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss to top and tail of spine and a large section of loss to top corner of front panel. Still a decent copy of a very scarce book.

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