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FATHER TUCK'S ANNUAL FOR LITTLE PEOPLE - 16TH YEAR
Written by Cecily M. Rutley; Gurney Slade; Margaret Rhodes; et al. Illustrated by Gordon Robinson; Beatrice Mallet; Rene Cloke; et al..
Stock no. 1315556
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Front cover shows dog in spectacles. Colour plates. Colour illustrations. First story "A Wolf-Cub to the Rescue". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Rear joint and some hinges cracked causing contents to be a little loose. Foxing to pages, mainly at margins and some grubby fingermarks.

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FATHER TUCK'S ANNUAL - 7TH YEAR
Written by Nora Chesson; Helen Marion Burnside; et al. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; Hilda Cowham; M. Bowley.
Stock no. 1315555
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

Blue cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows girl in red jacket pulling sleigh with holly. Pretty colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. First story is "The Magic Apple Tree". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Some scratching to covers. Lower front corner has tape repairs. Small address label to front pastedown and inscription in ink to endpaper. Front joint cracked. Name in ink to top margin of title-page. Contents are generally clean.

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FATHER TUCK'S ANNUAL - 21ST YEAR
Written by Edric Vredenburg; M.I.K. Carruthers; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick; M.A. Peart; Hilda Cowham; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1315552
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine with black title and illustration. Front pictorial board shows boy and girl in wintry scene with puppy, mistletoe and basket of goodies. 6 colour plates (including one of cats by Wain - A Beauty of Japan). B/w and two-tone illustrations throughout. First story is December's Guest. 21st issue of Father Tuck's annual. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Rear cover is scuffed and slightly grubby with a few scratch marks. Page browning and some foxing otherwise contents clean.

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HAPPY HOURS
Written by Elizabeth S. Perks; Jessie Pope; Nancy M. Hayes; et al. Illustrated by Ethel K. Burgess; R.H. Facey; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1505514
Published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd.. circa 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictures and Stories. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows boy with geese, wonder books advert to rear cover. Endpapers by Thomas Maybank. 3 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Spine bumped, worn and slightly faded. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. A few hinges and bottom 2" of front joint cracked. Dated ink inscription to half title page. One small illustration coloured in. Light browning and a few marks and fox spots to contents.

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PAGES TO PLEASE YOU
Written by Edric Vredenburg; Queenie Scott-Hopper; Cecily M. Rutley; et al. Illustrated by Hilda Cowham; Elsie Blomfield; G.H. Thompson; et al..
Stock no. 1505512
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine with black title, pictorial covers, front shows two horses and a cockerel, back shows dog and two sheep. Colour frontis plus two-tone and b/w illustrations. A mix of short stories and rhymes edited by Vredenburg. Spine slightly faded and worn. Some bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby with a few light scratches. Inscription to front pastedown. One hinge cracked, first gathering pulled. A little light browning and a few marks to contents. Odd small margin tear.

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ROYAL NAVY INSTRUCTIONAL AIRFRAMES
Written by R.C. Sturtivant; et al.
Stock no. 2120077
Published by British Aviation Research Group. 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. No. 3 in the Super-Monograph series. ISBN: 0906339022. Spine and some cover edges are faded.

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OUR HAPPY HOME BOOK
Written by Clifton Bingham; May Byron; Felix Leigh; et al.
Stock no. 1505498
Published by Blackie And Son Limited. circa 1914. Slightly better than good condition.

Stories and Pictures for Little Folk. Green cloth covers, pictorial front cover shows two children at a table reading. 8.5 x 6.25". Colour and b/w illustrations. All edges gilt. Unpaginated. Damp staining to outside edges of covers, more noticeable on back than front, endpapers not affected. Spine darkened with some bumping and wear. A couple of hinges cracked but binding still firm. Large presentation inscription in pen to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to page edges. An odd mark but most pages are clean.

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AIR TRAINING CORPS GAZETTE VOL. II No. 2 FEBRUARY 1942
Written by W.E. Johns; et al.
Stock no. 2119957
Published by The Air League Of The British Empire. 1942. Fair condition.

Magazine with article 'The Officer's Men' by W.E. Johns. Paperwraps. B/w photos. Covers detached and torn nearly in two - one piece of tape to top. Contents are still very good.

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AIR TRAINING CORPS GAZETTE VOL. II No. 5 MAY 1942
Written by W.E. Johns; et al.
Stock no. 2119956
Published by The Air League Of The British Empire. 1942. Almost very good condition.

Magazine with article 'Gliding Grows Up' by W.E. Johns. Paperwraps. B/w photos. Small tear and chipping to top of spine. Some creasing and browning.

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AIR TRAINING CORPS GAZETTE VOL. II No. 6 JUNE 1942
Written by W.E. Johns; et al.
Stock no. 2119955
Published by The Air League Of The British Empire. 1942. Almost very good condition.

Magazine with article 'A Tradition Worth Maintaining' by W.E. Johns. Paperwraps. B/w photos. Bottom corner of front cover is torn off and missing. Spine has split. Some creasing and browning.

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AIR TRAINING CORPS GAZETTE VOL. II No. 6 JUNE 1942
Written by W.E. Johns; et al.
Stock no. 2119953
Published by The Air League Of The British Empire. 1942. Good condition.

Magazine with article 'A Tradition Worth Maintaining' by W.E. Johns. Paperwraps. B/w photos. Front cover has large tear and cover is nearly torn in two at top of spine. Some creasing and foxing. Contents are generally very good.

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AIR TRAINING CORPS GAZETTE VOL. II No. 8 AUGUST 1942
Written by W.E. Johns; et al.
Stock no. 2119952
Published by The Air League Of The British Empire. 1942. Good condition.

Magazine with article 'The Pedal Glider' by W.E. Johns. Paperwraps. B/w photos. Front cover is almost in two halves at spine (split). Some grubby marks and page browning. A reading copy.

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