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THE RUSTLERS OF RATTLESNAKE VALLEY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Drake Brookshaw.
Stock no. 1326555
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt title to spine, colour frontis. A thrilling tale of the ranches and deserts of Arizona. Spine and corners bumped. Covers faded at edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, chipped and torn with loss to lower 3" of spine.

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THE STORY OF A RED-DEER
Written by J.W. Fortescue. Illustrated by G.D. Armour.
Stock no. 1326541
Published by Halsgrove. 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The classic Exmoor story for all ages. Third facsimile edition. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 152 pages. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1841142611. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased.

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SONGS OF CHILDHOOD
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Richard Doyle.
Stock no. 1326535
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1924. Almost very good condition.

Longmans' Pocket Library. Small format, green cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine. B/w frontis with tissue-guard. 105 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some light marks to covers. Light foxing and page browning to contents. Name in pencil to front free-endpaper.

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THE SPYFLYERS
Written by W.E. Johns; Jennifer Schofield. Illustrated by Andrew Skilleter.
Stock no. 1827163
Published by Norman Wright. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Limited edition of 300 copies. Introduction by Jennifer Schofield. W.E. Johns only non-Biggles novel with a First World War flying setting. SIGNED by the illustrator, publisher and JenniferSchofield. Copy 140 of 300 numbered copies. Light rubbing to corners. Contents clean.

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MR. TUMPY AND HIS CARAVAN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Dorothy M. Wheeler.
Stock no. 1827133
Published by Cresta Books. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 4 b/w illustrations to each page with text below (264 scenes). Edges lightly rubbed. Boards nice and bright. Joints starting to split but binding tight. Light page browning. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and creased with some loss at folds, spine and corners.

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THE DALE READERS - SECOND PRIMER
Written by Nellie Dale. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1326492
Published by George Philip & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

New Edition, entirely reset in large type. Yellow pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations throughout. Easy to read text. Unpaginated. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners a little rubbed. Covers grubby. Contents generally clean.

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BIGGLES & CO.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1326488
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, black title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 248 pages. Spine bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock. Flying Jacket wrapper is very worn, torn and edge chipped with some loss, spine and rear panel are grubby and there is a small circular (drink?) mark to front panel.

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BIGGLES SECRET AGENT
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1326486
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1949. Good condition.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine and cover edges browned. Foxing to textblock and some page margins. Pencil writing and scribbles erased from title-page (still evident).

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BIGGLES & CO.
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1326481
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1949. Good condition.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 6 b/w illustrations. 256 Pages. Spine and corners bumped, spine faded. A few small marks to covers. Small split to base of spine. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing throughout, heavy to textblock.

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MOTS D'HEURES: GOUSSES, RAMES
Written by Luis D'Antin Van Rooten.
Stock no. 1827119
Published by Angus & Robertson. 1973. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The d'Antin Manuscript. The rhymes of your childhood in the accents of Moliere and De Gaulle! Edited and annotated by Luis d'Antin van Rooten. ISBN: 0207949913. Text block lightly browned else contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and scuffed to rear panel.

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THE FOURTH WAS FUN FOR PHILIPPA
Written by Nancy Breary. Illustrated by Drake Brookshaw.
Stock no. 1326480
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1961. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w text illustrations. 206 pages. Spine bumped. Faint discolouration and foxing to covers. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Dustwrapper is foxed, grubby to rear panel and slightly edge worn, there is a small biro scribble to the front panel (not too obvious).

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NUT CRACKER
Written by David Walser. Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.
Stock no. 1326479
Published by Puffin; The Penguin Group. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Paper engineering by Iain Smyth. Pictorial boards with heart-shaped cut out to cover. 5 elaborate glitter illustrations - one at rear is 3-D. ISBN: 9780141384542. A few small, light scratches to cover edges. One tiny foxspot to the 3d image else contents are fine.

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