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GUMDROP MAKES A START
Written by Val Biro. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 1325601
Published by Hodder & Stoughton Children's Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Pink glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340262753. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents clean.

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THE MOTOR CAR
No author listed.
Stock no. 1325101
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. Good condition.

A small, shaped book. 13 pages told in verse how a group of children take a motor car. Heavy vertical crease to front cover. Covers rubbed and otherwise lightly creased. Child's name and address in heavy pencil inside front cover. Centre pages are detached but still present. Some grubby marks to pages (small ink splodge to one page).

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THE STORY OF THE MOTOR CAR
Written by David Carey. Illustrated by Robert Ayton.
Stock no. 1324669
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1962. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 601. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Some light browning to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is bright, just a little edge rubbed.

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THE GOBBLING BILLY
Written by William Mayne; Dick Caesar.
Stock no. 1323107
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1959 under the pseudonym Dynely James. The Gobbling Billy is a powerful vintage racing car. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 160 pages. ISBN: 034004232X. Light spotting to covers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed.

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THE STORY OF THE MOTOR CAR
Written by David Carey. Illustrated by Robert Ayton.
Stock no. 1322136
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 601. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Large tears to dustwrapper (no loss), were repaired on verso but the tape has aged (leaving brown stain) and come off.

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GUMDROP AND THE BULLDOZERS
Written by Val Biro. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 2135541
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1991. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0340548665. Bumping to spine and corners. Belongs to sticky stuck to front pastedown.

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JOLLY MOTOR RIDES
No author listed. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 2133453
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1930. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. 4 colour plates by Kennedy. B/w illustrations. Spine is bumped and browned. Grubby marks and scuffs to covers. Binding is weak and starting to break in places. Foxing to outer page edges and page margins. Small name and address label stuck to rear pastedown.

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ROAD, RAIL AND SEA
Written by Clare Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2131319
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. A Picture-Book For Little Folk. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Marks to covers. Uneven fading and marks to spine. Scuffing. Joints are partially cracked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edge edges.

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HAPPY CHRISTMAS HONK
Written by Joy K. Seddon. Illustrated by Joy K. Seddon.
Stock no. 1208534
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1952. Good condition.

A strip book. Small oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. 124 frames. Covers creased and lightly browned. One page has a large closed tear repaired with tape. Contents clean.

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GUMDROP'S MAGIC JOURNEY
Written by Val Biro. Illustrated by Val Biro.
Stock no. 1207829
Published by Hodder Children's Books. 1997. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0340714557.

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THE STORY OF A TOY CAR
Written by Molly Brett. Illustrated by Molly Brett.
Stock no. 1305389
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st thus 1960. Very good condition.

Revised edition. Green pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. Some fingermarks to pages but generally clean.

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MICHAEL AND THE OK
Written by Keith Dadds; Jane Dadds. Illustrated by David Kidger.
Stock no. 824404
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of a boy who helps an antique motor car, the OK, to escape from the wreckers and from a ditch full of nettles. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Covers clean. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and a little grubby.

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