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RALPH'S YEAR IN RUSSIA
Written by Robert Richardson.
Stock no. 1330199
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1893. Almost very good condition.

Our Boys' Select Library. Red pictorial cloth, gilt titles. 9 b/w engravings. 351 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded, affecting cover edges a little. Large prize plate to front pastedown. Booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock else contents clean.

THE ADVENTURES OF TINKER THE HOLE-EATING DUCK
Written by Patrick Woodroffe. Illustrated by Patrick Woodroffe.
Stock no. 1330196
Published by Dragon's World. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Anyone can make a hole, Tinker did something very different... he ate them! Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0905895444. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Rear cover is very slightly grubby, barcode label to base of same. Inscription in ink in belongs to box.

CATLAND
Written by Rodney Dale. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1330194
Published by Magna Books; Promotional Reprint Company Ltd.. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tells the story of Wain's life. Large format. Red glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Published by the Promotional Reprint Company exclusively for Magna Books. ISBN: 1854229222. Spine and corners bumped. Top edge of textblock is foxed. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

THE NUTCRACKER
Written by E.T.A. Hoffmann. Illustrated by Robert Ingpen.
Stock no. 1330193
Published by Templar Publishing. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt title to spine. Embossed vignette to front cover. 144 pages. Cream pictorial endpapers. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781783704859. Slight rubbing to cover edges and dustwrapper edges. Contents fine.

YOUR VERY OWN PICTURE DICTIONARY
No author listed. Illustrated by Jaro.
Stock no. 1330186
Published by Spring Books. Circa 1949. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards showing girl and boy with toys and dictionary. Spine slightly bumped, ink stain to edge of spine. Corners worn, cover edges rubbed. Child's name in sharp pencil to front pastedown. Contents clean.

GREAT NORTHERN?
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1330180
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine and embossed title to front cover. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 351 numbered pages. 5th impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped, tiny nick to top of spine. Some light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, rear panel is very slightly grubby from scuff marks.

THE ARPINO ASSIGNMENT
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Paul Leith.
Stock no. 1330178
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A story based in the time of World War II. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 074450810X. Light bumping and fading to top of spine. Ink name stamp and date in ink to front endpaper. Some page browning and light foxing to textblock. Wrapper is very slightly edge-creased with a couple of small nicks.

THE CROWN OF VIOLET
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by C. Walter Hodges.
Stock no. 1330171
Published by Penguin. 1st thus 1968. Very good condition.

Puffin Story Book PS330. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Page browning else contents clean.

JACK OF ALL TRADES
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1330167
Published by Mandeville Publications. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 231 pages. Covers are lightly damp stained. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Name in ink to front pastedown and old price also (small). Endpapers are partially browned. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with large tear to front fold and is slightly grubby to rear panel. Slight chipping at edges with minimal loss.

THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CINEMA CLUBS ANNUAL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1330166
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Boards showing children coming out of cinema. Frontis shows Bobby Driscoll and Robert Newton in Treasure Island. Covers edge worn. Spine bumped and slightly grubby. Slight mark to front cover and light surface paper damage to rear cover (small label has been removed). Child's name in ink in belongs to box. Foxing else contents clean.

ON DUTY WITH P.C. 49
Written by Alan Stranks; Brian Reece. Illustrated by F.G. Moorsom.
Stock no. 1330165
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows P.C. 49 looking out across the Thames river. Pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. First Story: The Case of the Rank Outsider. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed. Name and age in biro to front free-endpaper. Endpapers partly browned. Foxing to textblock.

TOM MERRY & CO. OF ST. JIM'S
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1330162
Published by Spring Books. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Mr. Ratcliff, housemaster of the New House, causes much trouble among the footballers at a soccer match with Harry Wharton & Co. of Greyfriars. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Book by Frank Richards writing under the pseudonym of Martin Clifford. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to endpapers and textblock, light page browning throughout. Slight creasing to corner of one page. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.