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WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330458
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt vignette of William to spine and gilt lettering to spine/front cover. 248 pages. B/w illustrations to text throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Some browning to top and tail of spine. Prize-plate to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with loss to top and tail of spine and slightly grubby/browned to rear panel and faded to spine.

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WILLIAM'S BAD RESOLUTION
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330394
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1958. Very good condition.

Formerly entitled 'William and A.R.P.'. Red boards with title to spine with black background. Black vignette of William's head to front cover. B/w frontis and text illustrations. 252 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Pages are browned but otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased, slightly browned to spine.

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WILLIAM THE DETECTIVE
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330393
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn, loss to top of spine.

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WILLIAM AND THE BRAINS TRUST
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330391
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards with small vignette of William's head to front and title in red on black square background to spine. 252 pages. 6th impression, cheap edition. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents are browned with a slight musty smell else clean. Price-cut dustwrapper (cut by publisher) is just a little worn at spine and corners.

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WILLIAM AND THE TRAMP
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330390
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette of William to front cover. B/w illustrations. 248 pages. 4th impression (cheap edition). Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with minimal loss and small tear to top edge of rear panel.

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WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1330361
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt vignette of William to spine and gilt lettering to spine/front cover. 248 pages. B/w illustrations to text throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Gilt to spine has dulled. Foxing throughout, mainly to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with some loss, grubby to rear panel.

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JANE'S COUNTRY YEAR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bernard Bowerman.
Stock no. 1330227
Published by George Newnes Limited. 3rd 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Third (Crown Octavo) Edition. Pale blue cloth, dark titles. Endpapers are A Plan of MoorEnd Farm drawn by Richard Herrick. B/w illustrations. Jane spends a whole year in the country on a farm. Month by month as the seasons unfold, Jane discovers the fascination of country lore, the ways of animals and birds, the beauty of trees and wild flowers, and the satisfying rhythm of seed-time and harvest. Spine slightly bumped and faded. Endpapers partly and lightly browned. Contents are clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby to rear panel.

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SEVEN WHITE GATES
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1329812
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1944. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Story. Red cloth, black titles. Full-page b/w illustrations plus b/w maps to the endpapers. 200 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink and some pencil markings (old price and date) to half title-page. Light foxing to textblock and top edge of textblock slightly grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby to spine and rear panel, is edge worn with slight loss at corners and spine ends and is lightly creased. A nice copy of a scarce Lone Pine title.

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THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF WOODLE BEAR
Written by G.E. Breary. Illustrated by G.E. Breary.
Stock no. 1329177
Published by George Newnes Limited. Circa 1946. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Woodle was a Fairy King Bear and goes to the Toyshop where he once lived to take back a Girl Bear to Fairyland... Grey cloth with dark red titles and vignette to front. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some staining to lower edges of covers. Child's inscription in crayon to front pastedown (dated 1946). Light foxing to endpapers. Some light fingering to page margins and a couple of other marks also. Dustwrapper is worn and creased, grubby to rear panel and chipped with slight loss to spine and corners.

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WILLIAM THE BOLD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1329170
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1950. Good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles and vignette to spine. B/w text illustrations. 248 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers edge rubbed and lightly stained. Gilt titles faded. Foxing, mainly to textblock but affecting some pages as well.

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JIMMY
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1328854
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth covers. Title to front and spine, vignette of Jimmy also to spine. 272 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Slight darkening to cover edges. Pencil erasure patch to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and prelims.

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WILLIAM THE GOOD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1328476
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth. black title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 252 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Some fading to spine. Tiny hole to inner margin of page 143. LATER dustwrapper (pink spine) is price-cut and edge rubbed.

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