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RUPERT ANNUAL 1945 - A NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2122141
Published by Daily Express. 1945. Almost very good condition.

Harrison printing with red endpapers. Pictorial card wraps showing Rupert flying in air on a bicycle with wings. Castle overlooking sea in background. 2" horizontal tear across front cover near bottom. Other creasing and wear to covers. Base of spine is repaired (re glued), with a little colouring - about 1.75", split to one side. Creasing to rear cover, with some scuffing and light surface paper damage. Not price-cut. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Year date in ink to inside front cover. Grubby margin marks to a few pages internally. Pictures are still bright. Small margin tear to last page, repaired with magic tape. Last page has a split gutter. Still a good copy of this rarer edition.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1950 - ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1812697
Published by Daily Express. 1950. Almost very good condition.

Annual format returns to hardback with this issue but is much thinner than earlier hardbacks. Pictorial boards - Rupert riding a huge seashell. 1st story Rupert's Silver Trumpet. 120 pages. 10x7 ins. A few very minor marks to covers which are nice and bright. Backstrip complete but 1" and 2" splits to front edge. Rear edge of spine starting to split. Corners lightly rubbed. Front and rear joint weak. Name in belongs to box. NOT price-cut (no price printed in this copy). Maze garden puzzle page completed. Contents bright.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1938 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1812692
Published by Daily Express. 1938. Very good condition.

The third Rupert annual. 1st story Rupert and the Daffodils. Colour pictorial boards. Red cloth spine. 126 pages. 10x7.5". Edges lightly rubbed, corners worn. At first glance, covers appear clean and bright, just a few grubby marks when looking closer. Red cloth spine is nice and bright. '1938' written in ink to front pastedown and name in belongs to box. 2" tear to lower gutter edge of pages 15-18 and 81-82. Hinges are pulled. Tape stain to some pages at the gutter (inner margin) where a tape repair was once affected due to pulled hinges. Page 49 and 63 detached. A few grubby marks. A reasonable copy of a scarce annual.

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TALES OF TOYLAND
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Hilda McGavin.
Stock no. 1405862
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1944. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Another Enid Blyton book - this time all about the delightful Land of Toys, where Tiptoe the Fairy Doll and Jolly the Sailor live happily together in Jolly Cottage... Light orange cloth, red titles. B/w illustrations. Large text. 152 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers damp stained. Pencil ticks to booklist at front of book. Name (Susan) in pencil to invitation. Light foxing to page edges otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn. Spine and rear panel is browned. Foxing, mainly visible on verso.

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MERRY MISTER MEDDLE!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey; Joyce Mercer.
Stock no. 2122043
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Dark cream boards, black titles. B/w text illustrations. A little bumping and wear to corners and cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with chips and tears to edges; some repairs to verso with sticky tape. Some small loss to corners of wrapper; a few grubby marks.

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THE ADVENTURES OF FRISKERS AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by Marian Isabel Hurrell. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1405778
Published by Robert Culley. circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards with dark titles to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to front cover. 16 coloured illustrations (including cover) 161 pages. Small format. 5.5" x 4". Corners bumped. Board edges rubbed. Spine re-covered. Dated inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint cracked. Endpapers browned. Foxing throughout. Some grubby marks to verso of some plates. All plates present.

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FIVE GO TO SMUGGLER'S TOP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1506249
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1945. Slightly better than good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black titles. Blue pictorial endpapers. Colour frontis, b/w and two-colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn, tint split to cloth at top of spine. Covers are damp spotted. Spine a little faded. Some browning/foxing to cover edges and base of spine. Small grubby mark to rear cover. Faint erased writing to top edge of front endpaper and ink inscription to verso. Four pencil numbers to top edge of rear endpaper. Brown marks to text block affects many page margins but otherwise contents very good. A few fox spots to top edge of text block. Dustwrapper has loss, mainlt from bottom edge of front panel and spine and from top edge of rear panel and spine. Creasing to front panel. Spine and rear panel browned and grubby.

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THE PATSY BOOK
Written by Anne Anderson. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; Alan Wright.
Stock no. 1506246
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

Being the Adventures of Patsy, Patty and Pat. Large format 11.75 x 9.75". Cloth spine. Colour pictorial front board. Illustrated endpapers. 13 beautiful colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Browning and foxing to cover edges. Rear cover marked. Free endpapers browned. Contents generally clean just a few fingermarks. All plates present but 2 have been remounted and have slightly ragged edges.

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AN ARTIST'S MODELS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1316213
Published by H. F. & G. Witherby. 1st 1930. Very good condition.

SIGNED/LTD edition of which 300 copies are for sale. Not a collection of lovely ladies but a collection of even lovelier dogs! 20 superb full-page sketches depicting models the artists has known in various doggy poses. White boards, gilt titles. Plates have captioned tissue-guards. 80 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by Aldin to limitation page. This is copy no. 46. Spine and corners bumped. Some foxing and slight grubbiness to covers. Evidence of removal of a name plate to front pastedown. Some pale foxing else contents clean.

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TOOTSIE WOOTSIE KIDDIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Chloe Preston.
Stock no. 1608644
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. c. 1920. Very good condition.

Concertina board book. 6 panels, 12 illustrations. Charming colour large illustrations with accompanying text. Corners a little worn, corner of onlay to front cover missing. Patch of surface damage along edge of end panel. A little foxing. Illustrations are nice and bright. A charming copy!

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THE SURINAM ALBUM
Written by Julie Harvey. Illustrated by Maria Sybylla Merian.
Stock no. 1812675
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile edition with introductory booklet in custom made clamshell box. 91 watercolour facsimiles from the Maria Sibylla Merian Collection in the British Museum. Maria Sibylla Merian was one of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries' great painters of plants and animals. Limited edition of 1000. A sturdy inner panel holds the commentary volume underneath. This is bound in green cloth and printed on high-quality white laid paper. Julie Harvey of the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum has written a fascinating introduction to Merian's work, setting it in context and providing an overview of her life and times. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. Small scuff mark to top of rear board (minor). Else a beautiful copy. Copy No. 16 of 1000. Clam shell case is in fine condition. Contained in original packaging from the Folio Society - polystyrene (reinforced and repaired with brown tape) and cardboard box. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE SWORD OF ST. CYPRIAN
Written by Violet Needham.
Stock no. 1316112
Published by The Violet Needham Society. 1st 1991. Very good condition.

Needham's last book - it was never previously published and due to the bad handling of the publishers rejection Needham never wrote again. Large format. Blue cardwraps with black title to spine and front cover. 133 pages. Mostly unedited from the author's original manuscript (a few grammar errors and renumbering of chapters). Slight rubbing to spine and corners. A few very small marks to rear cover. Foxing to contents. Top corner tips are lightly creased. Contents clean.

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