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THE PIED PIPER
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 812858
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

From the Walt Disney Silly Symphony. The town of Hamelin was over-run with rats; the townsfolk simply couldn't get rid of them. So the Mayor offered a large reward to the first person who could clear the rats away... Pictorial paper boards. Colour pictorial endpapers showing Pied Piper leading the rats away. Colour & b/w illustrations. REDUCED from £120. 0.5" loss to top of backstrip affecting 'T' in 'The', base of spine worn. Corners worn. Covers still nice and bright. Minor foxing to endpapers. Some colouring to some b/w illustrations. A few grubby marks to margins. Verso of pictorial wrapper is foxed. Pictorial wrapper is in two halves, spine of wrapper is torn, overall wrapper is edge-worn and torn with a some loss. Overall a nice copy of a scarce item.

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BESSIE BUNTER OF CLIFF HOUSE SCHOOL
Written by Hilda Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 381762
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1949. Good condition.

Green cloth covers. Colour frontispiece and black & white illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine badly faded, some fading to cover edges. Covers also slightly marked. "2211156" written in blue biro on rear pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned and some foxing to page edges. Contents generally clean.

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TOM MERRY'S BEST
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 812641
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st 1979. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The Gem no. 8. Eight reproductions in facsimile of issues of The Gem 1935-36. ISBN: 0703001612. Front endpaper very lightly marked.

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WRATH OF THE ICE SORCERER
Written by Andrew Bill. Illustrated by John Woodward; Andrew Bill.
Stock no. 440598
Published by Holland Studio Craft Ltd.. Circa 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An adventure in Enchantica featuring trolls, dragons, demons, witches etc. Grey boards with metallic red titles. Endpapers are maps of Enchantica. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0951429809. Wrapper flap to front is creased. Rubbing also to wrapper.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1963
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 812442
Published by Daily Express. 1963. Very good condition.

Laminated pictorial boards showing Rupert sitting on a rock having just caught a Merchild in his fishing net. 1st story Rupert and the Birthday Present. 115 pages. Spine and corners are bumped with small split to top of spine, repaired with magic tape. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Front endpaper has corner creased. Not price-cut. Magic Paintings Done.

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THE GIRLS AND I
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke.
Stock no. 381723
Published by Macmillan & Co.. 1st 1892. Good condition.

Orange cloth wtih black decorations, gilt title to spine. 1944 pages plus 2 page booklist to rear. 7 full-page b/w illustrations. Covers grubby and darkened. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Name plate to front fly-leaf. Embossed booksellers stamp to front endpaper. Joints cracked. Grubby fingermarks to page margins else contents clean.

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THE WONDERFUL CASTLE
Written by Mary E. Murray. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 381703
Published by The National Sunday School Union. Circa 1927. Very good condition.

The Red Nursery Series. Red pictorial boards. 125 pages plus 2 page booklist to rear. Full-page b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some light scuffing to covers and a small mark to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front endpaper, vertical crease to centre of endpaper. Light page browning else contents clean, a couple of hinges just starting to crack.

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THE ADVENTURE OF JACK AND BUNNY
Written by Piet Broos. Illustrated by Piet Broos.
Stock no. 381653
Published by Sandle Brothers Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Full-page colour pictures and b/w text illustrations. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Small crease to top corner of front cover and to page corner tips. Contents clean.

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BABY'S DOGGIE BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 381589
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

A board book, 8 stiff board pages showing full-page colour illustrations (featuring dogs) with a brief sentence of text below. Covers edge worn and scuffed, rear cover marked. Some light chipping to page edges, small crease to edge of 2nd page. Some light marks to page edges else contents clean.

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JOLLY SMILES
Written by Bertha Leonard; Edith Millard; Constance Heward; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Ruth Cobb; Grace Lodge; et al..
Stock no. 381602
Published by Lewis's Ltd.. Very good condition.

Orange cloth spine. Pictorial boards showing 2 children on donkeys with man behind them. 4 colour plates by wain (each plate with 2 illustrations) - unfortunately not of cats. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine bumped. Corners worn with some surface paper missing from lower corner of rear cover, cover edges lightly rubbed. Light page browning throughout.

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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk.
Stock no. 381585
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The eighth big Noddy book. Large format. Red cloth spine, pink pictorial boards show Noddy in an aeroplane. First story is "A Horrid Little Trick". Colour illustrations throughout. Spine slightly bumped. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Colouring page of Noddy and Tessie Bear has been completed with crayons. Some light fingering and foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and a bit grubby, ink doodles to front panel of wrapper.

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THE ODD ONES
Written by Christine Chaundler. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 381569
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 3rd 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The "Odd Ones" were Simon, the little brother who was always left out when the two older boys at the Rectory got together, and Larry the Cairn, whose master let Rufus, a lovely red setter, take his place in his affections. Beige cloth, green titles. Charming b/w illustrations. 106 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some fading to covers (mainly to top of spine edge on rear cover). Some light foxing else contents clean. Cream dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with some loss to spine edge on rear panel.

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