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BIGGLES IN THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327194
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. 184 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Contents browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly foxed on verso.

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BIGGLES OF THE CAMEL SQUADRON
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1327193
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. 182 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Browning to contents which are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and slightly creased, small tear to lower corner of front panel and slight foxing on verso.

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BIGGLES HITS THE TRAIL
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1327192
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1951. Good condition.

Green cloth, dark red/brown title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Writing to front free-endpaper (and some blotted out with black crayon). Top 1" of front joint is cracked. Foxing to contents.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2015
Written by Stephanie Milton. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter; John Harrold; Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1327144
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The 80th year! Front cover shows Rupert in diving suit, riding sea monster, with key in his hand. Contains stories and illustrations from different previous Rupert annuals. ISBN: 9781405279000. Small binding error to lower corner of inside front cover else a fine copy.

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BIGGLES AIR COMMODORE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Alfred Sindall.
Stock no. 1327141
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1950. Almost very good condition.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 7 b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine faded. Some marks to covers. Front joint cracked. Contents clean.

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MAGICAL TALES: MYTH, LEGEND AND ENCHANTMENT IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Written by Carolyne Larrington; Diane Purkiss.
Stock no. 1327098
Published by Bodleian Library. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

An engaging blend of words and images showing how books make magic by weaving old myth into new fantasy... Cardwraps. 188 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781851242641. Minimal rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine.

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THAT'S JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge. Illustrated by Rodney Sutton.
Stock no. 1327096
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, gilt titles to spine. Last of the Jennings books. Incorrect ISBN 0333611330 printed on publisher information page in some books. 121 pages. ISBN: 0333617932. SIGNED by the author to title page, tiny dent to lower edge of front cover. Light foxing to top edge of textblock else contents fine. Dustwraoeor is just a little edge creased and slightly sunned to spine.

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LORD OF THE FOREST
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 1327094
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards with gilt title to spine. B/w scraperboard illustrations throughout. 127 pages. A boy herding pigs in a Sussex forest plants an acorn in 1272. This is the story of the giant oak which grew from the acorn. ISBN: 0416836003. Spine very slightly bumped. Tiny dent to lower edge of front cover. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper ('new' price sticker above) is slightly sunned to spine and edges.

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THE SPRING OF THE YEAR
Written by Elfrida Vipont. Illustrated by T.R. Freeman.
Stock no. 1327090
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2012. Very good condition.

Cardwraps. B/w text illustrations. 190 pages. Just a few grammatical errors corrected from the first edition which was originally published in 1957. ISBN: 9781847451293. Corner tips of covers and pages are slightly creased. "1st published 1957" written in blue biro to title-page.

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MARDIE'S ADVENTURES
Written by Astrid Lindgren; Patricia Crampton. Illustrated by Ilon Wikland.
Stock no. 1327089
Published by Mammoth. 1st thus 1993. Very good condition.

Translated by Crampton. Cardwraps. 155 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 074971266X. Some creasing to covers. Light scratch marks to textblock.

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SEA WITCH COMES HOME
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1327079
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Adventure. Blue boards, gilt titles and lone pine vignette. Endpapers are maps. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some slight fading to top and tail of spine. Small 'compass'(?) hole to centre of front cover (and dustwrapper). Prize plate to verso of front free-endpaper. Light foxing to prelims and to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with a tear to top of spine at rear edge.

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JO TO THE RESCUE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 1327076
Published by Armada. Circa 1994. Very good condition.

Number 21 of the Chalet School Series - Pictorial card wraps, Blue spine, title in blue box to front. ISBN: 0006943888. 2nd printing. Covers are edge rubbed and lightly creased. Light page browning else contents clean.

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