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CRUSOE ISLAND
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329026
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. B/w illustrations. A story of the Locketts family. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Name in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss, small hole to base of spine, grubby to rear panel and browned/foxed on verso.

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CHALLENGE TO ADVENTURE
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1329025
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1942. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of the Locketts family. Red cloth. B/w illustrations. Top edge of textblock is foxed. Spine of dustwrapper is slightly faded.

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GOING GANGSTER
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329024
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1946. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

What are they - Kidnappers or Rescuers - the Lockett family find themselves launched upon a most unusual enterprise... Blue cloth, black title to spine. Green decorated front endpapers, b/w illustrations, 267 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers partly browned. Light foxing to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly faded to spine.

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HORSESHOES AND HANDLEBARS
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Sheila Rose.
Stock no. 1329023
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Which is the best way to travel, by horse or by bicycle? Green boards with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and a tiny indentation to lower edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock, also affecting some page margins. Dustwrapper is browned on verso, slightly grubby to rear panel and just a little rubbed to spine.

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RIDERS AND RAIDS
Written by M.E. Atkinson. Illustrated by Sheila Rose.
Stock no. 1329022
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited. 1st 1955. Very good condition.

Green boards, black titles and vignette. A pony story. Top corners bumped. Spine browned/foxed. Foxing throughout.

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JOYCE STRANGER'S BOOK OF HANAK'S ANIMALS
Written by Joyce Stranger. Illustrated by Mirko Hanak.
Stock no. 1329021
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Prose and poems accompany enchanting pictures of animals. White cloth, gilt title to spine. 103 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0460066242. Spine and corners very slightly bumped. Some slight browning at cover edges and foxing to top edges. Pale page browning and light foxing to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit edge rubbed.

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ADVENTURES OF A BEAGLE
Written by T.L. McCready. Illustrated by Tasha Tudor.
Stock no. 1329020
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st UK 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Revised edition. Blue boards. Pictorial colour endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Price cut wrapper is lightly browned on verso and slightly edge rubbed.

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THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE FLOWER FAIRIES
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1829246
Published by Frederick Warne; The Penguin Group. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cream boards, silver titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0723248397. A few foxspots to endpapers else contents are clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and front edges, has a few minor grubby marks and is scuffed to rear panel.

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THE BOY'S OWN ANNUAL - VOLUME 1
Written by James Macaulay; W.H.G. Kingston; et al.
Stock no. 1829236
Published by Leisure Hour Office. 1879. Fair condition.

The very first Boy's Own Annual. Large format. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title block to spine, decorative 'B', 'O', 'A' in gilt to front board, remaining title letters are blue. 8 colour and b/w plates, Chess Board for separate use. B/w illustrations to text. iv and 588 pages. Board edges worn with some fraying of cloth. Top & tail of spine very worn with slight loss. Spine is browned. Boards a little scuffed. Text block browned. Endpapers grubby and marked. Transfers and hand-coloured clippings pasted in to prelims and last few pages. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Large plate 'The Death of Nelson' pasted to verso of frontispiece. Frontispiece is listed as 'Moths' but is of British Butterflies. Hinges are pulled but binding is tight. Grubby marks and foxspots to contents. Chess Board is missing. All other plates present. Overall a Good working copy of a scarce annual.

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A HISTORY OF ENGLAND
Written by Rudyard Kipling; C.R.L. Fletcher. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1829224
Published by The Clarendon Press. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to spine. Maps to endpapers. 15 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 250 pages. Boards a little marked & scuffed. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn, front edge of spine has 2" split in cloth. Front joint has small tear where spine has split to front and is lightly worn. Front endpaper starting to pull from title page from top. Contemporary inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to contents. All plates present. Hinge between page 8 & 9 pulled but binding is tight.

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RED CONKER
Written by Kathleen MacKenzie. Illustrated by Violet Morgan.
Stock no. 1829217
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Frances Pentire is delighted to be able to ride a beautiful chestnut horse after her own is injured. But someone is trying to get him away from his owner by unscrupulous methods. Brick red/brown cloth with silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. Boards ligthly marked. Lower corners of boards lightly bumped, lower edges of boards lightly rubbed with light fraying. Spine is slightly cocked. Text block browned with a few foxspots. A few foxspots to contents, mainly prelims and rear endpapers. A few minor margin marks. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with tape repairs, loss to top & tail of spine, spine is faded, rear panel is scuffed and grubby.

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STAR TREK POP-UP GIANT IN THE UNIVERSE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1329019
Published by Random House. 1st 1977. Almost very good condition.

American edition. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 4 pop-up scenes. ISBN: 0394835565. Last scene (transporter room) has misfolds causing the scene not to pop-out correctly. Spine is lightly browned.

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