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GIMLET COMES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326099
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Good condition.

Light brown cloth, black titles and vignette of stag to front. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 186 pages. Spine and corners bumped, very slight fading to spine. Contents clean.

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GIMLET TAKES A JOB
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1326098
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

Red boards with embossed dog design, black titles to spine. 4 B/w plates. 176 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some very light fading to spine. Heavy foxing (mainly to textblock), contents generally clean.

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GIMLET COMES HOME
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326096
Published by University of London Press Ltd.. 1949. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Peach boards, black titles and stag vignette to front. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. 186 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing else a clean copy. Dustwrapper is worn and torn, grubby to white spine and rear panel and large section missing to lower edge of rear panel. Small patch of surface paper damage to front panel.

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A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH (CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED No. 6)
Written by Jules Verne. Illustrated by Norman Nodel.
Stock no. 1826825
Published by CCS Books. 1st thus 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes a biography of Jules Verne, theme discussions and study questions. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781911238249. A nice copy.

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THE MOUSE WITH THE DAISY HAT
Written by Ruth Hurlimann. Illustrated by Ruth Hurlimann.
Stock no. 1826822
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Miss Selina Town Mouse was very proud of her new daisy hat and took it for a trip into the country... Matt pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0582151473. Boards lightly browned and rubbed at corners. Light browning to contents, some fingering creases, one double page spread has a small piece of surface paper damage to gutter. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily edge-worn, creased, split to spine which is repaired to verso, a few small edge-tears, a few foxspots and lightly browned & grubby.

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STORIES OF ROBIN HOOD
Written by Charles Herbert. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse.
Stock no. 1826816
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Circa 1935. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Shaw's Sunshine Series. Pictorial paper boards, yellow titles. Colour plates & b/w illustrations. Board edges rubbed and worn, boards unevenly faded at edges. Belongs completed in ink and dated 1935. Contents browned. Some foxing present. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with loss and faded to spine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1968
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1326075
Published by Daily Express. 1968. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards - Rupert & chums watching large ball coming down from the sky. The last Rupert annual to include Magic Paintings. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and worn, top of spine split at front edge. Child's name in red felt-tip pen to belongs to box. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. Price-cut. Magic Painting pages are UNTOUCHED. Pale page browning to contents else clean. Some page corner tips lightly creased.

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BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL SQUADRON
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326069
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. 182 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents browned but clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn, last title listed on rear panel is Biggles Flies to Work.

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BIGGLES FLIES WEST
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326065
Published by Brockhampton Press. Circa 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Hampton Library series. Pale blue mottled covers, red title to spine. 185 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn.

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WILLIAM THE REBEL
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326061
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with black title labels to spine and vignette of William's head/shoulders to front board. B/w text illustrations. 160 pages. Abridged edition. 18th impression. Spine and corners bumped. Erased pencil mark to front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is scuffed and edge worn, rear panel is very slightly grubby.

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WILLIAM AND A.R.P.
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326060
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1949. Good condition.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. 11th impression. Spine bumped and faded. Cover edges faded. Book leans to one side a little. Front joint cracked. Foxing else contents clean.

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JIMMY THE THIRD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1326057
Published by Armada. 1st thus 1965. Good condition.

Compilation of stories from Jimmy and Jimmy Again. Blue pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 124 pages. Covers are edge rubbed. Hinge is cracked (almost completely split) between pages 10 and 11. Contents are browned but clean.

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