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THE YOUNGEST ANNUAL
No author listed. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; Jack Orr; Lilian A. Govey; J.M. Rickard; et al..
Stock no. 1313654
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream cloth spine, pictorial front board shows boy in a toy car with girl sat on the bonnet waving to the reader. First story "The Rabbity Ruffikins Family". Colour plates plus b/w illustrations to text. 144 pages. Spine and corners bumped. A few light spots to covers and some light rubbing at edges. Old price (75p) in black biro to front pastedown. Some grubby fingermarks but contents generally clean.

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HANS ANDERSEN'S FAIRY TALES
Written by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1502852
Published by Peter Lunn Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

World favourite Library for Boys and Girls. Beautiful colour frontis and 9 b/w full-page illus. Grey cloth covers, gilt vignette and title. 224 pages. Cr 8vo. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. 15 written in pen plus grubby fingermark to front endpaper. One hinge cracked. Endpapers lightly browned. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a grubby rear panel and spine.

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THE SILVER SHIP
Written by Cynthia Asquith; Angela Thirkell; Flora Klickmann; et al. Illustrated by A.H. Watson; H.M. Brock; A.K. MacDonald; et al..
Stock no. 1312284
Published by Putnam. 1st 1932. Very good condition.

New Stories, Poems & Pictures for Children collected by Asquith. Large format. Light blue cloth, green titles. Colour plates, black and white illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Small dent to lower edge of front cover. Prize plate to front endpaper. Foxing to contents otherwise clean.

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A BOOK OF OLD BALLADS
Written by Beverley Nichols. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1309709
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette to front. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. 16 superb colour plates. Poems that are 'the very essence of the British spirit' selected and introduced by Nichols. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to front cover. Inscription in ink to front fly-leaf. Heavy foxing to prelims and to page edges.

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SMUGGLER'S WAY
Written by Dorothea Moore. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 1804583
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1928. Almost very good condition.

Cassell's Popular Library for Boys and Girls series. Red boards with black titles and borders. B/w frontis. Popular edition. Edges worn and bumped. Covers unevenly faded.

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THE MAHATMA AND THE HARE
Written by H. Rider Haggard. Illustrated by W.T. Horton; H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 383570
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

A Dream Story. Red cloth, black titles and silhouette illustration to front. 164 pages. B/w plates. Spine and corners bumped, a couple of tiny indentations to cover edges. Spine faded. Covers a bit grubby. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers are lightly browned and there is some light foxing to outer page edges. Otherwise contents are clean.

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THE CAPTAIN VOL XLIV
Written by Percy F. Westerman; Herbert Strang; L.R. Brightwell; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; H.M. Brock; Chris Heaps; et al..
Stock no. 814757
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1921. Very good condition.

Burgundy pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. A Magazine for Boys. October 1920-March 1921. Spine faded. Covers unevenly faded and rubbed. Light marking to endpapers.

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BLACKIE'S BOYS' ANNUAL
Written by Richard Bird; Percy F. Westerman; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; D.L. Mays; et al..
Stock no. 814184
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1931. Very good condition.

Front cover shows man dressed in white on a horse, riding through what looks like a tea plantation. First story is 'Martingale's Move' by Westerman. Colour and b/w plates. Spine is browned and marked, edges worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Glue marks to endpapers. All plates present.

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BLACKIE'S BOYS' ANNUAL
Written by Richard Bird; Percy F. Westerman; et al. Illustrated by H.M. Brock; D.L. Mays; et al..
Stock no. 814185
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Front cover shows man dressed in white on a horse, riding through what looks like a tea plantation. First story is 'Martingale's Move' by Westerman. Colour and b/w plates. Spine and edges are worn. Covers grubby. Small chip to rear cover onlay. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. 1 plate has 1" closed tear. All plates present. Front joint cracked.

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YOUNG JACK
Written by Herbert Strang. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 584013
Published by Oxford University Press. 1930. Slightly better than very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light blue cloth, dark blue title to spine and blind vignettes. Colour frontis plus 4 b/w illustrations. A Story of Road and Moor. Book: book plate to front endpaper. A few light foxspots to endpapers. A fine bright copy in pictorial wrapper which is edge-chipped with large closed tear to front.

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THE LITTLE REGIMENT
Written by D.H. Parry. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 735517
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with black titles and borders, oval pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour frontis and 3 b/w plates. 213 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Half-title page is browned and foxed, foxspots to outer page edges. Top edge of text-block is dusty. A nice copy.

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SMUGGLER'S WAY
Written by Dorothea Moore. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 427365
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1928. Almost very good condition.

Cassell's Popular Library for Boys and Girls series. Blue pictorial cloth. B/w frontis. 215 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a bit marked. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Some foxing to endpapers and prelims and last few pages of book and outer page edges. Rest of contents are generally clean.

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