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WILFUL JOYCE
Written by W.L. Rooper. Illustrated by Harold Copping.
Stock no. 1206088
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1912. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth. 3 b/w plates. 192 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine split.

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PATSY
Written by Marie Jeanne Lind. Illustrated by Inez Topham.
Stock no. 1704236
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles. 4 b/w plates. Bookplate to front endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is torn with a little loss mainly to top of spine.

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MAIDS OF THE MERMAID
Written by E.E. Cowper. Illustrated by Dudley Tennant.
Stock no. 1804542
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Beige pictorial cloth. 6 b/w plates. A story of adventure on the coast of England. Corners bumped. All plates present.

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BLACKIE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL 23RD YEAR
Written by Madeline Barnes; Will H. Ogilvie; Jessie Pope; Evelyn Smith; et al. Illustrated by Frank Adams; Warwick Reynolds; Harry Rountree; et al..
Stock no. 1305091
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1926. Good condition.

Orange cloth spine, front cover shows girl & boy reading a book on floor. Colour plates. Two-tone & b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, some scuffing to front cover, rear cover slightly grubby and spine slightly darkened. Name and address in pencil in belongs to box. Some grubby fingermarks and light foxing to contents.

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PONTO PAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A PET DOG
Written by Kate J. Fricero. Illustrated by Kate J. Fricero.
Stock no. 1304620
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, brown boards, yellow pictorial onlay to front cover. Delightful full-page colour illustrations in french-fold format. Stapled binding. Unpaginated. 11 x 8.5". Spine bumped and rubbed. Corners worn, cover edges rubbed. Staples are rusty and top two are detached from front cover and all three are detached from rear cover, however, the joints have not broken and the binding is still tight. Light page browning and foxing else contents clean.

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MARGERY MERTON'S GIRLHOOD
Written by Alice Corkran.
Stock no. 1303938
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1906. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 6 b/w plates. 286 pages plus 32 page catalogue at rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few small bubbles in the cloth on rear cover. Prize plate to front pastedown (name crossed out). Some fingering but contents generally clean. Last page of catalogue is slightly torn at inner margin.

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THE MANOR HOUSE SCHOOL
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by F.G. Moorsom.
Stock no. 1303911
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1923. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red pictorial cloth, cream titles. Colour frontis, 4 b/w plates. 256 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing throughout (some heavy). First gathering of pages is loose. White pictorial wrapper is grubby, creased and edge worn, 1.5" loss to top of spine and slight loss to base, a few repairs on verso.

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THE IMPOSSIBLE PREFECT
Written by Nancy Breary. Illustrated by Leo Bates.
Stock no. 1303471
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 304 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Light damp staining to lower edges of front cover and spine. Name in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers partly browned. Light foxing to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is just a little bit edge rubbed.

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THE BOYS AT MENHARDOC
Written by George Manville Fenn. Illustrated by C.J. Staniland.
Stock no. 1302071
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1912. Very good condition.

A story of Cornish nets and mines. Blue decorated cloth with pictorial onlay to front, gilt title to spine and front cover. Colour frontis plus 6 b/w plates. 352 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. A few light marks to covers. Prize plate to front pastedown. Light fingering to page edges else contents clean.

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JOSEPHINE'S PANTOMIME
Written by Mrs. H.C. Cradock. Illustrated by Honor C. Appleton.
Stock no. 1301850
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1939. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Cream cloth spine. Beige boards with pictorial onlay to front. 8 colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned. A few light foxspots to contents otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is just a little bit grubby and has a 5cm closed tear to top of spine edge on front panel (for some reason the wrapper appears to be 0.5cm too short for the book!).

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PONTO PAGES FROM THE DIARY OF A PET DOG
Written by Kate J. Fricero. Illustrated by Kate J. Fricero.
Stock no. 1801106
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine, brown boards, yellow pictorial onlay to front cover. Delightful full-page colour illustrations in french-fold format. Stapled binding. Unpaginated. 11 x 8.5". Edges rubbed, corners worn. Boards a little marked. Spine a little discoloured. Staple binding rusty. Bottom staple broken therefore some sections splitting from base as seen in the photos. A few minor foxspots else a beautiful copy!

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BANJO THE PUPPY
Written by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett. Illustrated by Vernon Stokes; Cynthia Harnett.
Stock no. 1201143
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1938. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial paper boards. Cream cloth spine. Beautiful pencil drawings throughout. 52 pages. 12.25 x 9 inches. Large format. The story of Banjo the puppy and his exploits. Endpapers lightly foxed else contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is edge-torn with some loss.

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