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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1898
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506082
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.. 1898. Almost very good condition.

Beige cloth covers with black borders and decoration around gilt title block. 13 chromolithograph colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 164 pages plus publication list. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Covers grubby with darkening to spine and some edges. Front joint cracked next to frontis and frontis partially detached. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Foxing and browning to endpapers and prelims, small hole to rear endpaper. Publication list is browned. A few marks to contents but generally clean. All plates present.

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DAILY MAIL ANNUAL FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Written by Susan French; Enid Blyton; Mollie Chappell.
Stock no. 2121802
Published by Daily Mail. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blyton story is 'The Dirty Little Boy'. Red boards, blue titles. Wrapper edge-torn and rubbed with slight loss.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 23RD YEAR
Written by Madeline Barnes; Will H. Ogilvie; Jessie Pope; Evelyn Smith; et al. Illustrated by Frank Adams; Warwick Reynolds; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1506036
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1926. Fair condition.

Orange cloth spine, front cover shows girl & boy reading a book on floor. Colour plates. Two-tone & b/w illustrations. Spine, corners and cover edges bumped and worn. Covers grubby. Joints badly cracked, holding by threads, a few hinges cracked too so binding feels weak. Colouring to some b/w illustrations. Last text page partially detached. A few marks to contents. All plates present but one is detached.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by W. Davenport Adams; Catharine Shaw. Illustrated by Edith Farmiloe; Harry B. Neilson; Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1315885
Published by John F. Shaw. circa 1910. Good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows two children playing in a rock pool. Mounted colour plates plus full-page colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Cr 4to. 336 pages plus 4 page book list at rear. First story is "In the Days of Chivalry". Covers are edge worn, spine and corners bumped and spine slightly darkened. Fingermarks to page margins. Small stick sticker to front pastedown. Small corner crease to one of the mounted plates.

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OUR DARLINGS
Written by Mrs. George Corbett; et al. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris; Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1506020
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. circa 1915. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine with black title, pictorial boards with front showing 3 girls playing with a hoop. Mounted colour plates. Numerous b/w text illustrations. First story is "Little Miss Robinson Crusoe" by Corbett. Includes some b/w cat illustrations by Wain. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Spine faded and silver rubbed. A few marks to covers and two scratches to onlay. Joints cracked, rear joint showing webbing. Label, with name on, stuck to front endpaper covering writing, label partially removed below. Edge of front endpaper creased with small tears. Contents generally clean, all plates present.

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ST. NICHOLAS VOL XIII PART II MAY TO OCTOBER 1886
Written by Mary Mapes Dodge.
Stock no. 1505993
Published by The Century Co.; Frederick Warne & Co.. 1886. Slightly better than good condition.

An Illustrated Magazine For Young Folks Conducted by Dodge. Red cloth covers with black and gilt decoration. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped, worn and browned with nicks to cloth at ends. Corners bumped and worn. Large chip to bottom edge of front cover and smaller one to outside edge. Covers grubby and darkened with white stains to front cover. Browning to endpapers with ink name stamp to front endpaper. Contents very good.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1946 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1405467
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. Spine and corners rubbed. Small tear to bottom of front cover. Covers are bright. Inscription to top corner of inside front cover. Name in belongs to box. Price-cut. Some grubby marks to margins. Book has a slight musty smell.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2004
Written by James Henderson; Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 2121296
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Cover shows Rupert holding baby Ming the dragon. Large format. Colour illustrations. Annual No. 69. ISBN: 0850793009. Book: not price-cut or inscribed

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1992
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 2121294
Published by Annual Concepts Limited. 1992. Very good condition.

Tall 4to pictorial laminated boards - Rupert carol singing with lantern. 1st story Rupert and the Falling Leaf. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 1874507007. Some bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Not price-cut. Name in pencil to belongs to box. Felt colouring to Ruperts on Answers to puzzles page.

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THE JOLLY BOOK - ELEVENTH YEAR
Written by Harold Avery; Angela Brazil; Ethel Talbot; et al. Illustrated by Lawson Wood; G.E. Studdy; Harold Earnshaw; Anne Anderson; et al..
Stock no. 1505914
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1920. Almost very good condition.

For boys and girls. Pictorial boards showing a boy and girl skating on front and a boy and a girl on spine. Black titles to spine and orange titles to front board. Colour plates plus black and white illustrations. Brazil story is 'The Scallywag Boys'. First story is The Spoil Sport by Avery. 10.25" x 8". Spine bumped with some rubbing to vignette. Wear to corners and cover edges. A few marks and scratches to covers. Pencil writing about contents to front endpaper. Some browning to endpapers, prelims and last couple of pages. Evidence of something having been stuck to rear endpaper. Contents very good.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 3RD YEAR
Written by Herbert Strang; Clifton Bingham; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Alice Talwin Morris. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; John Hassall.
Stock no. 1405424
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1907. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth spine with black titles and vignette. Pictorial front board showing children round a brazier. Colour and b/w illustrations. First story is Bastable Cove by Strang. 192 pages Spine bumped, rubbed and darkened. Corners bumped and very worn. Board edges worn. Covers scuffed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some hinges cracked. Top corner of frontis missing. Colouring to one b/w illustration. Some foxing. Grubby marks to most page margins. A few small margin tears.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2005
Written by James Henderson; Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1608048
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2005. Very good condition.

No. 70. Front cover shows Rupert skating on ice with Zeph holding onto his scarf. ISBN: 085079305X. Spine bumped. Inscriptionin ink to front pastedown. Colouring competition completed.

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