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BIMBO AND TOPSY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lucy Gee.
Stock no. 813620
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Top and tail of spine faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pages lightly browned with odd foxspot. Pictorial wrapper is grubby with slight loss to corners and top and tail of spine. Red title to wrapper spine is faded.

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BIMBO AND TOPSY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Lucy Gee.
Stock no. 813628
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Top of spine bumped. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Page edges are browned, with the odd foxspot. Wrapper is edge-chipped with surface paper damage, mainly to top of spine. Reduced from £160.

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BABY'S DOGGIE BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 381589
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. Circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

A board book, 8 stiff board pages showing full-page colour illustrations (featuring dogs) with a brief sentence of text below. Covers edge worn and scuffed, rear cover marked. Some light chipping to page edges, small crease to edge of 2nd page. Some light marks to page edges else contents clean.

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THE ODD ONES
Written by Christine Chaundler. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 381569
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 3rd 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The "Odd Ones" were Simon, the little brother who was always left out when the two older boys at the Rectory got together, and Larry the Cairn, whose master let Rufus, a lovely red setter, take his place in his affections. Beige cloth, green titles. Charming b/w illustrations. 106 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Some fading to covers (mainly to top of spine edge on rear cover). Some light foxing else contents clean. Cream dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with some loss to spine edge on rear panel.

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US
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 811763
Published by Humphrey Milford. 1st 1922. Slightly better than good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale yellow cloth boards with black vignette of 'US' to front. Six colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 44 pages. 'A Story in Seven Breaths'. The story of Smut, a little black puppy of the Scotch terrier breed and his six-year old mistress. Covers a little grubby. Joints pulled exposing webbing. First three pages starting to detach from top half. Front hinge also pulled. Contents nice and bright. Pictorial wrapper is edge-worn and torn with some loss and has a few marks to rear.

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BERTIE AND THE BIG RED BALL
Written by Edward Lucie-Smith. Illustrated by Beryl Cook.
Stock no. 381285
Published by John Murray; Gallery Five. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition.

When Ruby takes Bertie for a quiet walk on the seafront little does she know what lies in store... Pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0719539765. Very slight wear to top of spine. Contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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IT'S A DOG'S LIFE
Written by J.G. Marash. Illustrated by Gwendoline Perkins.
Stock no. 437795
Published by Edwards The Printers Limited. 2nd Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Just over half an inch of backstrip missing to base of spine; smaller piece missing to top of spine. Some long splits to spine. Corner cut from top of front endpaper. Contents are very good. Pictorial wrapper is very torn and chipped, with pieces of loss and marks.

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HUCKLEBERRY HOUND COMIC ALBUM NO. 1
No author listed. Illustrated by Bill Hanna; Joe Barbera.
Stock no. 597097
Published by World Distributors Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Red spine. Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Hanna-Barbera characters. 1.5" tear to base of spine. Corners are creased. Some indentation marks and some browning to covers. Small water mark to price on title page. A few indentation marks to pages. Contents are still very good.

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LASSIE COME-HOME
Written by Eric Knight. Illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse.
Stock no. 596707
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1st 1941. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Lassie, the prize dog of a cottager's household is sold to a wealthy family when hard times befall her original owners. Taken hundreds of miles away, she does what many collies have done before her, she starts for home so that she can be faithful to a duty - that of meeting a boy by a schoolhouse gate. Brown cloth, dark brown title to spine. B/w illustrations, colour frontis. Endpapers are maps of England and Scotland. Front joint split exposing mull holding cover to book. Minor foxing to outer page edges else contents clean. Pictorial wrapper is worn, chipped at edges and torn with brown tape repair to verso.

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BARKS AND REMARKS AND SOME OF HIS LARKS, BY OUR DOG DASH
Written by L.L. Weedon; Mary E. Boyle; et al.
Stock no. 379352
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1896. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Beige cloth spine, pictorial front board. Floral decorated endpapers. Full-page colour (chromolithograph) and b/w text illustrations. Spine bumped, corners worn (covered with clear tape). Edges slightly rubbed and a couple of tiny dents to top edge of front cover. Small splash mark to front cover. Inscription in ink and some extra writing to front endpaper. Joints reinforced with clear tape. Contents lightly browned else clean. One page has a small tear to lower margin. A nice copy.

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THE ADVENTURES OF GOOPY THE PERSONALITY PUP
Written by James Gilroy.
Stock no. 627095
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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CHIPPY 'I SQUEAK'
No author listed.
Stock no. 595499
Published by Collins. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps, shaped book with a picture of a puppy with a slipper in his mouth to front cover. Adventures of Chippy the puppy and Puff the kitten. Part of the 'Collins Squeaker Books' serie. Press the middle of the book and Chippy squeaks! Slim volume just ten pages. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy.

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