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THE WISE GRASSHOPPER
Written by Constance Barnes.
Stock no. 1505959
Published by Art & Educational Publishers Limited. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

Whilst missing her spaniel who has disappeared in the garden, Jane is astonished to find fairies. Through them, she meets the Wise Grasshopper who helps her to learn how fairies and human kindness work together to solve many human problems. Blue cloth spine. Blue pictorial paper boards. Full page colour illustrations plus b/w text illustrations. 38 pages. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Light crease to front cover. Some light browning and foxing to covers. Sunday School present label to front endpaper with address in ink below. Two margin tears to bottom edge of page 13/14. One hinge starting to crack at top. Just an odd fox spot to contents.

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THE WEYMANN STORY PART ONE 1923-1945
Written by John A. Senior.
Stock no. 1812403
Published by Venture Publications. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

The British Bus and Truck Heritage. A history of the Company and its products from 1923 to 1945. Large format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 1898432368. Minor scuffing to boards else a lovely copy.

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D.J. NORTON'S PICTORIAL SURVEY OF RAILWAYS IN THE WEST MIDLANDS PART ONE LMS WESTERN DIVISION LINES
Written by R.J. Essery.
Stock no. 1812398
Published by Wild Swan Publications. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Cardwraps. 139 numbered pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781905184507. Very slight bowing, very slight rubbing to corners. A lovely copy.

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THE MERRY FOLK OF FLOWERDALE
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Elsie Thomas.
Stock no. 1315786
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 10 short stories of the lovable animal characters who live at Flowerdale. Yellow boards, blue title to spine. 135 numbered pages, b/w illustrations throughout. Decorated endpapers. Spine slightly buped, some grubby marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Loss to margin of page 63/4. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some slight loss, slightly grubby and lightly foxed on verso.

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QUINTILIAN AND THE CURIOUS WEATHER SHOP
Written by John Hatfield. Illustrated by John Hatfield.
Stock no. 1315784
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 110 pages. ISBN: 0224616897. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Browning to edges of endpapers and prelims, foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper has a few small marks but is generally clean and complete.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1946 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1405467
Published by Daily Express. 1946. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial card wraps - Rupert looking out through a window. 1st story - Rupert on Coon Island. 120 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. This annual has not been reproduced in a facsimile edition. Spine and corners rubbed. Small tear to bottom of front cover. Covers are bright. Inscription to top corner of inside front cover. Name in belongs to box. Price-cut. Some grubby marks to margins. Book has a slight musty smell.

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FROM FRIEND TO FRIEND A CALENDAR FOR 1912
No author listed. Illustrated by Fred Hines; Eddie J. Andrews; et al..
Stock no. 1505944
Published by Ernest Nister. 1912. Very good condition.

A calendar for the year 1912. Beautiful chromolithographs. 6 x 4.5". White cloth spine. Cream covers with blue titles and decoration. Colour chromolithographs. Green illustrations on pages with verses and months. Covers slightly grubby with a little bubbling to front cover and faint stains, looks like been splashed with water. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Staples strating to rust. Contents clean and colours bright.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2004
Written by James Henderson; Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 2121296
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Cover shows Rupert holding baby Ming the dragon. Large format. Colour illustrations. Annual No. 69. ISBN: 0850793009. Book: not price-cut or inscribed

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1992
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 2121294
Published by Annual Concepts Limited. 1992. Very good condition.

Tall 4to pictorial laminated boards - Rupert carol singing with lantern. 1st story Rupert and the Falling Leaf. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 1874507007. Some bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Not price-cut. Name in pencil to belongs to box. Felt colouring to Ruperts on Answers to puzzles page.

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MANCHESTER IN THE DAYS OF STEAM PART ONE VICTORIA STATION AND THE NORTH EAST SUBURBS
Written by Paul Shackcloth.
Stock no. 2121280
Published by Steam Image. 1ST 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 0954312813. Light creasing to a couple of corners.

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ILLUSTRATED INDEX OF BRITISH SHELLS
Written by G.B. Sowerby. Illustrated by G.B. Sowerby.
Stock no. 1208607
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 2nd 1887. Almost very good condition.

Containing Figures Of All The Recent Species, With Names and Other Information. Habits and localities, range of depth of marine species and comparative abundance. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 26 tissue-guarded hand-coloured plates depicting 668 species. Red cloth, gilt title to front cover, embossed decorative borders to covers. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn with small tear in cloth at base of spine. Covers darkened at edges and on spine. Front hinge cracked. Inscription in ink on verso of front endpaper. All plates present. One tissue guard detached. Foxing to tissue guards. Plates clean except for a very few which have minor foxing at the edges. A bright copy.

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ISLAND NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Stock no. 1505925
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Nelson's Classics in Leather series. Consisting of The Beach of Falesa, The Bottle Imp and The Isle of Voices. Green leather soft covers, gilt titles and circular vignette. Small format 6.25 x 4.25". Top edge gilt. B/w frontis. 281 pages plus book lists. Wear to ends of darkened spine with slight loss to top edge. Corner tip of rear cover missing. Faint light marks to covers. Name in pencil to prelims. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a little loss from ends of spine. Panels grubby, spine darkened.

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