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RUPERT ANNUAL 1971
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329040
Published by Daily Express. 1971. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert climbing into a cave with a bucket and spade. 1st story Rupert and the Gomnies. 115 pages. 10 x 7inches. Spine and corners bumped. Very slight loss of surface paper to lower front corner tip. Boards are very very slightly faded. Tiny biro scribble to front free-endpaper. Light page edge browning and foxing.

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THE GOLDEN AGE
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by Lois Lenski.
Stock no. 1329039
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st thus 1921. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. 4 tipped-in, tissue-guarded colour plates. 199 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed.

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THE BARNSTORMERS
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Charlotte Hough.
Stock no. 1329036
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Another exciting story about Fricka Hammond and her friends. 192 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Brown patch to base of spine. Child's writing to front free-endpaper (the ink has partially smudged). Heavy foxing. Dustwrapper is chipped with loss and edge tears, foxed on verso. Rear panel is grubby.

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SMUGGLERS' GAP
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329035
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Peach cloth, gilt title to spine. Blue and white decorated endpapers. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to textblock, prelims and page margins. Dustwrapper is price-cut and edge worn, grubby to rear panel.

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AUGUST ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329034
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1937. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Five children in a caravan, and a horse between its shafts, in pursuit of an absent-minded aunt whose address they didn't exactly know! Green cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Second impression (October 1937). Spine slightly bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little worn at edges.

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THE COMPASS POINTS NORTH
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329033
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1938. Very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some light marks to covers. Foxing to textblock.

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STEEPLE FOLLY
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Charlotte Hough.
Stock no. 1329032
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1950. Good condition.

Purple cloth, black titles to spine. A story of the Lockett family. Pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 271 pages. Spine bumped and slightly faded, small hole to front edge of spine. Covers are mottled. Foxing to textblock.

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MYSTERY MANOR
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329031
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1937. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, title to spine. B/w illustrations. A story of the Lockett family. 407 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers marked and slightly rubbed at edges. Foxing to contents. Small name and address label to top corner of front fly-leaf.

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HUNTER'S MOON
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Charlotte Hough.
Stock no. 1329030
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards with brown title to spine and vignette to front cover. 222 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers are browned. Foxing to prelims and textblock. Musty smell to contents. Price-cut wrapper is edge chipped with loss, torn and creased. Rear panel of wrapper is a bit grubby.

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CHIMNEY COTTAGE
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Dorothy Craigie.
Stock no. 1329029
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink cloth, blue titles to spine. 3 red/black pictures to prelims, remainder b/w. A novel for boys and girls. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Slight fading to spine and cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is foxed and grubby with tear to top edge of front panel.

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THE NEST OF THE SCARECROW
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1329028
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An exiting adventure involving a remote and lonely bungalow and a cruel sea. Dark red cloth, black titles to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers, b/w illustrations. 214 pages. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing to top edge of textblock, contents lovely and clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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THE MONSTER OF WIDGEON WEIR
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1329027
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1943. Almost very good condition.

The Lockett family had not been on their Thames island many days before Adventure cropped up in the usual fashion... Green cloth, blue title to spine. Blue pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and textblock, affecting some pages.

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