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STRANGERS AT THE ABBEY
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1326294
Published by Collins. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, green titles to spine. Colour frontis. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Light browning to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with white paper reinforcements and some foxing on verso.

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THE THIRD CLASS AT MISS KAYE'S
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by A.A. Dixon.
Stock no. 1326279
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt title blocks. 4 b/w plates. 256 pages plus publication list to rear. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some light scuffing and a small damp stain to rear cover. Remains of a label to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Foxing and a light tobacco smell to contents. A nice copy of the first edition.

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WILLIAM THE EXPLORER
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326264
Published by George Newnes Limited; Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd.. 1st thus 1964. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Australian Edition. Red boards, black titles to spine and front cover. 256 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some marks to covers. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is badly creased with tape repairs on verso, rear panel is grubby.

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WILLIAM AND THE BRAINS TRUST
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326262
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1961. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards with small vignette of William's head to front and title in red on black square background to spine. 252 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers are damp stained. Front joint is cracked. Foxing and page browning to contents. Price-cut wrapper is worn, torn and creased with magic tape repairs.

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WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326171
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

Green boards, gilt vignette of William to spine and gilt lettering to spine/front cover. 248 pages. B/w illustrations to text throughout. Spine bumped and faded. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Some small marks to page margins else contents generally clean.

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JUST WILLIAM'S LUCK
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326170
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1948. Fair condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles on spine and front cover. This is the only full-length William book (the others being made up of short stories) and was based on Val Guest's screenplay for the 1947 film of the same name. 264 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, marks to covers. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Child's pencil and red felt-tip pen writing to rear pastedown. Light foxing to textblock. Some margin marks but contents generally clean.

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JUST WILLIAM AT CHRISTMAS
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326169
Published by Ted Smart. Circa 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ten classic stories of William at Christmas. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. 2nd printing of this edition. Spine bumped at top. Erased heavy pencil mark to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and just a little edge creased/rubbed.

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WILLIAM CARRIES ON
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326168
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1963. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title blocks to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 185 pages. Abridged edition. 7th impression. Spine bumped. Small mark to front cover and front cover slightly warped. Foxspots to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, grubby to rear panel.

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JUST WILLIAM'S LUCK
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326166
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title label to spine. Small vignette of boys head to front board. B/w frontis piece and text illustrations. 256 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine slightly bumped. Top corner tip torn from one page (text not affected). Contents browned else clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn and a bit grubby to spine and rear panel.

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WILLIAM AND THE TRAMP
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326165
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1959. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w illustrations. 248 pages. 5th impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Pale page browning. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and slightly grubby to rear panel.

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WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326164
Published by The Children's Book Club. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations to text. 248 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly darkened at edges and slightly spotted. Child's name in pencil to front pastedown. Light page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is well worn and creased with large amount of loss to top of rear panel. Loss also to top of spine and across top front panel. Price has been torn from front flap.

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WILLIAM THE GOOD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326162
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1951. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title labels to spine and vignette of William to front. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. 20th impression. Spine slightly bumped. Some slight fading to cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and textblock, small brown spot to textblock. Light crease to lower corner of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is well worn and torn with loss. Large tear to front fold (so flap is almost detached), spine and rear panel grubby and quite a bit of loss to top of spine and to front corner.

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