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RUPERT ANNUAL 1956 - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330782
Published by Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd.. 1956. Very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert flying through the air on a sledge. 107 pages. Painting page, cinema show and puzzle pages. A Daily Express annual. Not published in facsimile form as some of the content was considered politically incorrect. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Masking tape to base of spine. Name and address in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Small brown marks to pages 93-97. Contest page UNTOUCHED. A few tiny spots to textblock else contents lovely and bright. A nice copy of a scarce annual.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1966
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330781
Published by Daily Express. 1966. Very good condition.

Dark blue laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert and chums in a flying saucer. First story - Rupert and the Magic Ball. Includes Magic Paintings. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Child's name in pencil in belongs to box. Price NOT cut, but corner creased. Tiny piece of loss to inner corner of front free-endpaper, small patch of surface paper damage and grease to same (and grease mark to opposite pastedown). Dot-to-Dot done, magic paintings DONE. Crease to lower corner of rear free-endpaper.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1964
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330780
Published by Daily Express. 1964. Almost very good condition.

Laminated boards - front cover shows Rupert on a rock waving a camera. 1st story Rupert and the Dover Sole. Magic Painting pages. 114 pages. 10 x 7 inches. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Date (partially erased) to top edge of front cover. Spine lightly browned. Child's name and address written in belongs to box in ink (and name again in pencil). Price NOT cut. Magic Paintings DONE. Rear pastedown is damaged at edges - partially removed.

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MARLON BRANDO: ANATOMY OF AN ACTOR
Written by Florence Colombani.
Stock no. 1830931
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st thus 2013. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Marlon Brando is an icon in the history of American cinema. From his beginnings in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) to his mythic performances in The Godfather (1972) and the Apocolypse Now (1979), Brando worked with famous film stars such as Elizabeth Taylor and Al Pacino and has become a benchmark for other actors. Matt red boards with white title blocks. B/w photos and a few colour. 191 pages including index. ISBN: 9780714866635. Lower board edges lightly knocked and a little rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE JAGUAR XK
Written by Chris Harvey.
Stock no. 1830930
Published by The Oxford Illustrated Press. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Covering production history, road test reports, worldwide racing, restoration and anecdotes. The story of the thirteen-year reign of the XKs comprehensively and entertainingly told. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photos. 246 pages including index. ISBN: 0902280570. Minor mark to lower edge of boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BIGGLES IN THE CRUISE OF THE CONDOR
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Pat Williams.
Stock no. 1830929
Published by Juvenile Productions Ltd.. Very good condition.

A Biggles Strip Book. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Not paginated. Boards a little grubby and scuffed, lower edge of spine worn with loss to surface paper and small nick to lower rear board edge. Light browning to contents else clean.

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JAGUAR MK2 SALOONS (SUPER PROFILE)
Written by Paul Skilleter.
Stock no. 1830928
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1982. Very good condition.

2.4, 3.4 & 3.8 litre models. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. 56 pages. ISBN: 0854293078. Reprint. Boards lightly scuffed. A few pale foxspots to endpapers and prelims. Else contents clean.

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OOH-LA-LA (MAX IN LOVE)
Written by Maira Kalman. Illustrated by Maira Kalman.
Stock no. 1830927
Published by Viking Penguin Inc.. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Max the millionaire poet dog has landed in Paris, the city of lights, the city of dreams, everyone is in a froufrou of delight over Max. Matt pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations throughout. Not paginated. ISBN: 0670841633. SIGNED & doodled by the author (no inscription) to title page. Circular 'Autographed' sticker to front panel of dustwrapper. Dustwrapper spine is faded and lightly rubbed to top & tail, lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ALBERT AND EMERALD OR HOW THEY SAVED THE NATION
Written by Christopher Sykes. Illustrated by Christopher Sykes.
Stock no. 1830926
Published by Hollis & Carter. 1st 1961. Very good condition.

A Romance. Large format. Brown cloth spine, orange pictorial boards. Colour and b/w text illustrations throughout. 94 pages. SIGNED by the author by way of a gift presentation in ink. Boards lightly edge-rubbed, a little grubby, original wrap-around paper band present inside. Text block browned, contents clean.

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THE DAZZLE
Written by Edna O'Brien. Illustrated by Peter Stevenson.
Stock no. 1830925
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1981. Very good condition.

Bullied by the objects in his bedroom, which nag him endlessly, Tim is made even more nervous than usual when, after a bad storm, he has to move into the attic bedroom for a while. Here he meets Mattie. a mouse with a magic dazzle. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 44 pages. ISBN: 0340264918. Boards slightly unevenly better. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Boards a little grubby. A few minor marks to contents and lightly fingering from page turning. Still a nice copy.

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OXFORD ART JOURNAL: EARLY MODERN HORROR SPECIAL ISSUE VOLUME 34 NUMBER 3
Written by Maria H. Loh; David Young Kim; Bronwen Wilson; et al.
Stock no. 1830924
Published by Oxford University Press. 2011. Nearly fine condition.

A series of essays on the relationship between early horror and art. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. A few minor marks to rear cover else very nice copy, little read.

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THE JOWETT JUPITER: THE CAR THAT LEAPED TO FAME
Written by Edmund Nankivell.
Stock no. 1830923
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Jupiter story from inception, production and racing derivatives and also includes a register of all Jupiters. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 144 pages including index. ISBN: 0713438355. Boards clean. A few foxspots to text block. Minor grubby marks to front endpaper. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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