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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1701507
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; C.A. Publications, Ltd.. 1st 1955. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fifth Big Noddy Book. Large format. Green cloth spine. Orange pictorial boards showing Noddy playing cricket. Colour illustrations. First story is 'Noddy and the Wooden Horse'. Wrapper is scuffed with some small chips to top of spine.

Price: £60.00 £45.00.

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THE BOYS AT MENHARDOC
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by C.J. Staniland.
Stock no. 1302071
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1912. Very good condition.

A story of Cornish nets and mines. Blue decorated cloth with pictorial onlay to front, gilt title to spine and front cover. Colour frontis plus 6 b/w plates. 352 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light fingering to page edges else contents clean.

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THE BEEZER BOOK 1984
No author listed.
Stock no. 1701467
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1984. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0851162835. Wear to corners and top and tail of spine. Price-cut.

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LIONBOY: THE CHASE
Written by Zizou Corder.
Stock no. 1101937
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2004. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, red title to spine. Charlie is on the run from an amazing floating circus with six homesick, beautiful Lions. Second in the 'Lionboy' series. ISBN: 0141380527.

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GOLD AND SOME OTHERS
Written by Peggie C. Moody.
Stock no. 1101923
Published by R.T.S Lutterworth Press. Circa 1942. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with black titles and vignette. One colour frontis. Bookplate to front endpaper. Some scuffing to covers. Foxing. Wrapper is heavily edge chipped with fading and grubby marks.

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THE EARLY HERDSMEN
Written by Katharine Elizabeth Dopp.
Stock no. 1101646
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1923. Very good condition.

Green and black decorated cloth boards. B/w illustrations. 231 pages. Top and tail of spine have small splits with a little fraying to cloth.

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THE SCARLET HERRING AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Edward Abbott Parry. Illustrated by A. D. Rusden.
Stock no. 1101558
Published by Smith, Elder & Co.. 1st 1899. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with red and black title and vignette to front; gilt title to spine. All edges gilt. 252 pages. Covers are browned, with some wear. A few finger marks to endpapers.

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JOSEPHINE'S PANTOMIME
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1301850
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cream cloth spine. Beige boards with pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. A few light foxspots to contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is just a little bit grubby and has a 5cm closed tear to top of spine edge on front panel (for some reason the wrapper appears to be 0.5cm too short for the book!).

Price: £160.00 £112.00.

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STORIES ABOUT DOGS
Written by Thomas Bingley. Illustrated by Thomas Landseer.
Stock no. 1801210
Published by T.J. Allman. 1864. Slightly better than good condition.

Illustrative of their Instinct, Sagacity and Fidelity. New Edition. Small format. Red cloth boards with gilt titles and embossed decorations. All edges gilt. Eight b/w plates. Re-backed with original spine laid down and new endpapers. Spine browned and title faded to spine. Uneven fading to cloth boards. Two of eight plates missing. Pale damp stain to top half of plates. Contents generally clean. A good working copy.

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THE NOW-A-DAYS FAIRY BOOK
Written by Anna Alice Chapin. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1301820
Published by J. Coker & Co.. Slightly better than good condition.

6 beautiful colour plates. Pictorial boards, cloth spine. Front cover shows Goldilocks with three teddy bears. 159 numbered pages. 11.5" x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cover edges worn and faded. Covers are a little bit grubby. Lower 2" of front joint cracked. Lower corner of front free-endpaper is creased. Fingermarks to contents and some light foxing but generally clean. "The Three Bears" plate has been reinserted at some stage (is now slightly shorter than the rest of the pages and has some slight damage at inner margin). Rear free-endpaper has been replaced. A couple of large spots to rear pastedown.

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THREE LITTLE NEST BIRDS
Written by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated by R. Andre.
Stock no. 1201592
Published by SPCK. 1st 1883. Very good condition.

Small oblong format. Pictorial boards with brown cloth spine. Pretty colour and sepia illustrations throughout. A sobering tale of what happens when three children take three baby birds from their nest. Rebacked with modern cloth and new endpapers. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents near fine.

Price: £90.00 £67.50.

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ARTEMIS FOWL THE ARCTIC INCIDENT
Written by Eoin Colfer.
Stock no. 1101349
Published by Puffin Books. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0670899631. Name in ink to front endpaper.

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