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TRYLLA AND OTHER SMALL FRY
Written by Gunnar Gunnarsson. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard.
Stock no. 1104093
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Corners are bumped. Tape marks to endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is torn with loss and some tape repairs.

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LAND, SEA AND AIR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1303154
Published by The Alexandra Publishing Co.. circa 1925. Very good condition.

'Untearable'. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. 6 full-page colour illustrations and brief histories of all kinds of transport. Name and date (July 1925) in ink to top margin inside front cover. Staples are rusty. Some very light rubbing to cover edges.

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THE LOST TREASURE OF WALES
Written by James Roose-Evans. Illustrated by Brian Robb.
Stock no. 1303149
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1977. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Odd and Elsewhere story. Burgundy cloth, gilt title to spine. Charming b/w illustrations of the two bears. ISBN: 0233967842. SIGNED by author with red ink dedication to front endpaper (although the author hasn't actually signed his name it is dedicated to M from J and we have another book which is dedicated with the same hand writing to Martha from James). Small number '7' written in blue ink to top corner of front endpaper. Dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear to top edge of front panel.

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GRANNY BEAK COMES TO STAY
Written by Minter-Kemp. Illustrated by Minter-Kemp.
Stock no. 1802247
Published by Tom Dickins Fine Art. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ponk is the head of the Duckins family and a master brewer by trade. He wants Messrs Mall & Lard to sell his new beer in their swanky emporium. But Ponk has not reckoned on the assistance of the eccentric Granny Beak... Glazed pictorial cream boards. Superb colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0954306708. SIGNED by Minster-Kemp to half-title page. Corners lightly rubbed, lower rear corner worn with slight loss of surface paper. Contents fine.

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THE SPECTRE OF ST. JIM'S
Written by Martin Clifford.
Stock no. 1202501
Published by Howard Baker. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Gem Volume No. 7. Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703000578. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some to wrapper.

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HIGH IN THE CLOUDS
Written by Paul McCartney; Geoff Dunbar; Philip Ardagh. Illustrated by Geoff Dunbar.
Stock no. 1202498
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st USA 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. A quest to save enslaved animals everywhere! Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0525477330. Bumping and wear to top edge of front cover. Wrapper is a little scuffed, with edge-creasing.

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RUPERT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION GIFT SET
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1303043
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 2000. Fine condition.

A box containing the 2000 Rupert Annual and a video "Rupert and the Song Sntatcher". Celebrating Rupert's 80th birthday. ISBN: 1902836480. Video untested. Box slightly edge rubbed.

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THE MAN WHO STOPPED TO HELP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Elsie Walker.
Stock no. 1702645
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, dark title to spine. Colour frontis + b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0718801083. Bookplate to front endpaper. Corners bumped. Wrapper price-cut and edge-chipped.

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THE BUCKINGHAMS AT RAVENSWYKE
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 1303035
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A thrilling story set in and around Whitby and the moors of North Yorkshire. Blue boards, gilt titles and author signature vignette to front. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 216 pages. Spine and corners bumped, a few marks to covers. Small dent to edge of front cover. A small brown spot to edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly edge worn, faded to spine.

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ROSALY'S NEW SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by T.J. Overnell.
Stock no. 1103869
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1913. Very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 4 colour plates. 303 pages. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Presentation plate, partially removed to front pastedown. Some foxing to outer page edges and page margins internally. All colour plates are present.

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THE ADVENTURES OF BINKLE AND FLIP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Nixon.
Stock no. 1702597
Published by George Newnes Limited. Circa 1950. Good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red covers with black titles to spine and front cover. B/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pencil marks to prelims. 1 illustration coloured in. Wrapper has closed tears, repaired to verso with tape, and some chips of loss.

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APPLEY DAPPLY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1103802
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Green boards with red lettering. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 52 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Edition is identified by the endpapers. Book has been professionally rebacked. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Some foxing and browning to outer page edges and a few page margins.

Price: £180.00 £126.00.

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