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A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS: THE BAD BEGINNING
Written by Lemony Snicket. Illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Stock no. 381849
Published by Egmont Children's Books Ltd.. 1st UK 2001. Fine condition.

The first in the series. An unhappy tale about unlucky children. Pictoral boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0749746114. Minimal bumping to lower front corner. First printing of first UK edition.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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THE MASTER OF MARYKNOLL
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Alice Bush.
Stock no. 441126
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

An exciting story following the Buckingham's, set in Ludlow and Hereford. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour frontis and b/w text illustrations. Some foxing to covers. Front endpaper has been torn out and is missing. Bookseller's label to rear pastedown. Some foxing mostly to page edges. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn and chipped, with some areas of loss. Rear panel is a little grubby. Price crossed out in pen.

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JOLLY ZOO FOLK
No author listed. Illustrated by Newnham.
Stock no. 813378
Published by S. Guiterman & Co. Ltd.. 1943. Very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Bright full-page colour illustrations with stories. Spine and corners rubbed.

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PAGES AND PICTURES FROM FORGOTTEN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Written by Andrew W. Tuer.
Stock no. 813388
Published by Bracken Books. 1st 1986. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Title on spine "Stories From Forgotten Children's Books". B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0946495742. Wrapper spine faded.

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A CHAPTER OF ADVENTURES
Written by G.A. Henty.
Stock no. 440945
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1931. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, blind decoration to covers. 4 colour plates. 212 pages. 7" x 5" Bookplate to front endpaper. All plates present. Endpapers are browned and a little foxing to text block.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 9 - RUPERT AND THE NEW ROSE
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 629080
Published by Daily Express. 1951. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert and the New Rose. Also includes Rupert and the Ticking Box - 2 original Bestall stories for the series. Front cover shows Rupert holding a black and white rose. 24 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Name in ink to front cover. Rear cover is lightly creased. First page a little grubby.

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THE PLOTTERS OF ST. JIM'S
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 381812
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1982. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Gem volume no. 15. Large format. Green boards wit gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703002341. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at spine and corners.

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THE VICTORIAN NURSERY BOOK
Written by Antony Miall; Peter Miall.
Stock no. 440857
Published by Spring Books. 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, with brown titles and decorations. Some photographs and illustrations internally. ISBN: 0600562883. A few light marks to wrapper.

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LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER AND OTHER TALES
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 440800
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Adds 40 more stories to the 60 which Rackham already illustrated several years earlier. The violence and grotesqueries have been toned down conveying instead a wealth of humour and charm throughout. 12 beautiful tipped-in colour plates plus 43 b/w drawings. Large format. Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette. Pictorial endpapers and title page. 250 pages. Top corner/edge of front cover had semi-circular piece missing (depth 8mm, width of 22mm). Covers a little marked. Bumping to corners. Browning to endpapers. Some page edges uncut. Frontis has light corner creases. All plates present.

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THOSE OTHER ANIMALS
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by Harrison Weir.
Stock no. 440808
Published by Henry And Co.. 1st 1891. Fair condition.

Part of 'The Whitefriars Library of Wit and Humour' series. Green boards with gilt titles and white vignette to front cover. 217 pages + adverts to rear. Corners and spine bumped. Covers marked. Half-title page missing. A few pages have closed tears; some repaired with tape.

Price: £110.00 £77.00.

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A MARCH ON LONDON
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by W.H. Margetson.
Stock no. 440809
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1898. Almost very good condition.

Being a Story of Wat Tyler's Insurrection. Blue pictorial cloth. 8 b/w plates. 352 pages + 32 page booklist. All edges green. First edition produced in 1897 but dated 1898. 2nd state of 1st edition (has plain endpapers). Spine and corners are bumped. Small split to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light foxing to prelims. Frontis has silvery sheen, giving an overall browned effect.

Price: £68.00 £51.00.

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MICKEY MOUSE STORY BOOK
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 381780
Published by David McKay Company. 1st 1931. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations from the cartoon films. 62 pages. If you flick through the pages Mickey and Minnie both dance at the bottom corners. Covers slightly edge rubbed. Front cover almost detached.. Some light vertical creases to rear cover. A couple of small, light marks to page margins else contents clean.

Price: £100.00 £70.00.

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