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RUPERT ANNUAL 1936 (FACSIMILE) - THE NEW ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2135417
Published by Daily Express. 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Collectors numbered edition. Facsimile of the first Rupert annual (1936). Red/black pictorial cloth. Red, black and white illustrations throughout. A collectors item in itself. ISBN: 0850791499. Offset browning/yellowing, which looks a little like foxing to endpapers and first and last few pages of book, all in the same place. Rest of contents are excellent. This is copy No. 12192. Still has wrapper and original wrap around band which has a few browning marks; light wrinkling along a couple of edges. Original postal box is still present with some foxing/marks.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1941 - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1822382
Published by Daily Express. 1941. Fair condition.

The last hardcover annual to be published during the war years and widely considered to be the best Rupert annual ever. Front cover shows Rupert holding a paddle and waving while Algy looks on from a little boat. First story Rupert and the Red Egg. 118 pages. Spine missing, edges rubbed & worn. Boards a little dull. Front joint cracked. Rear joint starting to crack. Name in belongs to box. Heavy pencil erased from verso of title page and also belongs to box. Page 77 has loss to lower margin but this does not affect the text. Contents browned and a little grubby. A good reading copy.

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JOCK OF THE GREAT WAR
Written by Lucy Jackson. Illustrated by Jucy Tucker.
Stock no. 2135374
Published by Utl Printing. 1st 1994. Very good condition.

Jock is an Irish Terrier. Large format. Green pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0952040727. SIGNED by author to front endpaper. A few grubby margin marks. Light foxing to outer page edges.

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THE COMING OF AGE OF THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 2135311
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w frontis plate by D. Brook. Blue boards, gilt title and borders to spine. 224 pages. Some fading to spine and cover edges. Page edge browning and some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with some chips and nicks.

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EXCITEMENTS AT THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 2135232
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Title on spine of book is "Excitements FOR The Chalet School". Pale blue covers, dark blue title and stripes to spine. B/w frontis plate. 224 pages. Bump with browning to top of spine. Stain to outer page edges; light foxing to endpapers. Wrapper has nicks; some marks.

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A PROBLEM FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 2135230
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, dark blue title and strips to spine. B/w frontis plate. 224 pages. Knocks to corners and cover edges. Page browning. Light foxing to endpapers. Wrapper is creased with some chips and nicks; a few marks to wrapper.

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THE FAIRY KITES
Written by Ethel K. Crawford. Illustrated by Florence Harrison.
Stock no. 1321410
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine with blue title. Blue title and yellow/blue illustration of castle to front. Colour frontis, 6 b/w plates. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers browned and a little grubby with erased pencil marks to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned, foxing to contents. Large tear to one page has been neatly repaired.

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THE CHILD'S OWN STORY BOOK
Written by Mrs. Jerram.
Stock no. 2134930
Published by Darton & Co.. Circa 1847. Almost very good condition.

Tales and Dialogues for the Nursery. Smaller format. Leather spine and corners, marbled boards. Third edition. 2 volumes in one - 1843 + 1840. Engraved plates. Scuffing and wear to covers, some marks. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning throughout, a few 'splash' marks to pages. Corner tips to a couple of pages appear to have been repaired.

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LUCY BROWN AND MR. GRIMES
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2134789
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1937. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Very large format (14 x 8.25"). Pictorial boards, green spine. Delightful colour illustrations with text in script. Printed on one side of pages only. Text later changed as this story of a little girl who was befriended by an old gentleman is now considered to be "politically incorrect". Ardizzone's second book. Page edge browning, with a few foxspots to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears and chips to cover edges; small loss along top edge of rear panel.

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LITTLE TIM AND THE BRAVE SEA CAPTAIN
Written by Edward Ardizzone. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 2134788
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1936. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour lithographs throughout. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Scuff marks and browning to rear cover. Red mark to front cover. Front joint is partially cracked. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Green crayon to verso of one page (plain page). Margin marks to some pages.

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THE DANDY LION
Written by Clifton Bingham. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2134718
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1900. Almost very good condition.

Nister No. 584. Brown cloth spine. Pictorial paper covered boards shows Fully clothed Dandy Lion in top hat with a billboard in the background. Colour frontis of 'The Stork and the Owl'. B/w illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Damp mark down edge of rear cover. Some scuffing. Award plate to front pastedown. Page browning; some other marks to pages.

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THE ANNE ANDERSON PICTURE BOOK
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 2134634
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Almost very good condition.

Orange/brown cloth spine. Large format. Pictorial boards. Numerous coloured and b/w illustrations by Anne Anderson, illustrating Hans Andersen and Grimms' Fairy Tales. Spine is faded. Bumping/some scuffing/wear to cover edges and a couple of corners. Surface paper damage to edge of rear cover. Page edge browning, but contents are still very good.

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