PIPPI LANGSTRUMP
Written by Astrid Lindgren. Illustrated by Ingrid Nyman.
Stock no. 1319755
Published by Raben & Sjogren. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

Swedish text of "Pippi Longstocking". Grey cloth spine with black title. Yellow pictorial front board. 6.25 x 4.25". 174 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers are edge worn. Spine slightly bumped. Faint stain to top edge of front cover. Some suface paper damage to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Pages are browned but contents are otherwise clean.

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ELSA PUTS THINGS RIGHT
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 1319754
Published by Frederick Muller Ltd.. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Beige cloth, green title to spine and vignettes to front cover. 188 pages. B/w frontis and text illustrations. Spine bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with closed tears and a little grubby.

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LOUIS WAIN'S PICTURE BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; Harry Rountree; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1319478
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Slightly better than good condition.

Brown cloth spine with dark brown title and illustration, pictorial front board. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations (mostly Wain but others also). Spine is grubby. Covers are edge worn and also grubby, a couple of small scratch marks to front cover. New endpapers. Some light foxing. Some colouring to some of the b/w illustrations and some erasing as well. There is a musty (tobbaco?) smell to the contents.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1937
Written by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1319452
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1937. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Front cover shows Bonzo as a clown with a black cat reading to him. First story is 'Bonzo's Queer Zoo'. B/w illustrations. Colour frontis is 'All The Fun of the Fair'. Covers are edge worn and a little scratched and marked. Spine worn with splits at top and tail. Ink name and address stamps to belongs to page and name and address in ink to belongs to box (also ink stamps which has been partially erased). Some hinges cracked/pulled. Small tear at inner margin of frontis. A good copy of a scarce Bonzo annual.

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THE ANIMALS' TRIP TO SEA
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by G.H. Thompson.
Stock no. 2133487
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Almost very good condition.

Being a true and veracious history of the eventful voyage of the S.S.Crocodile from Nowhere in particular to Anywhere in general. Large oblong format. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Floral decorated endpapers. 12 colour plates and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners, some chipping. Scuff marks to covers. Front joint is a bit cracked. Page edge browning. Contents are still very good.

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THE THREE RAILWAY ENGINES
Written by Rev. W. Awdry. Illustrated by William Middleton.
Stock no. 1319023
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The first title in the Railway series. The three engines all lived in the same shed and worked on the same railway... Small oblong format. Cream boards with green title and border to front cover. 62 pages. Colour illustrations. The first printing WITHOUT the advert at the rear of the volume for Thomas the Tank Engine which was published in 1946 and the use of the term fat director which is present on pages 40, 42, 52, 54, 56 and 60. In the 1947 edition and after he was renamed famously The Fat Controller. Covers slightly edge worn, some light foxing to covers. Small split to base of spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Stitching slightly pulled causing contents to be a little loose. Some small, light fingermarks to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small chips and slight loss and grubby. Still a nice, desirable copy of the scarce first edition with very scarce original dustwrapper.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133295
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spotting to covers. Bumping to covers. Some hinges are pulled; a few gatherings are detached/stitching is broken. Chipping to page edges; a little loss; foxing. Wrapper is badly creased and torn with some loss; most of picture to front is complete.

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MERRY AND BRIGHT
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133294
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Brown boards with large pictorial onlay to front. Delightful full-page colour illustrations of doggies. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks/browning to covers. Foxing throughout.

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US
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133292
Published by Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

Pale yellow cloth boards with black vignette of 'US' to front. Six colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 44 pages. 'A Story in Seven Breaths'. The story of Smut, a little black puppy of the Scotch terrier breed and his six-year old mistress. Corners are a bit bumped. Grubby marks to covers. A few prelim pages are detached, but still present. Some foxing, including to outer page edges.

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SPOT: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
No author listed. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2133285
Published by Houlston & Sons. 1894. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth with gilt titles and decorations. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks, including red 'damp' mark to covers. Name in ink to verso of frontis. Front endpaper has a couple of tears with small chip of loss. Damp staining to some edges of page margins.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1946 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1819653
Published by Daily Express. 1946. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial card wraps - Rupert looking out through a window. 1st story - Rupert on Coon Island. 120 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. This annual has not been reproduced in a facsimile edition. Covers rubbed, creased, foxed and worn. Rubbing to top & tail of spine with very slight loss. NOT price-cut. Name in belongs to box. Inside covers and text block grubby. A few minor marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE RED PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1819646
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1910. Almost very good condition.

Green/grey cloth spine, pictorial paper boards show the red puppy with white bow and red title to front. 12 colour plates. The adventures of a cheeky puppy! Boards edge-rubbed and worn at corners, a few marks. Front joint cracked but binding holding. Crossed out inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Light foxing and light marks to contents, illustrations bright.

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