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JUST WILLIAM'S LUCK
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326170
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1948. Fair condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles on spine and front cover. This is the only full-length William book (the others being made up of short stories) and was based on Val Guest's screenplay for the 1947 film of the same name. 264 pages. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, marks to covers. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Child's pencil and red felt-tip pen writing to rear pastedown. Light foxing to textblock. Some margin marks but contents generally clean.

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WILLIAM AND THE MASKED RANGER
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Henry Ford.
Stock no. 1324709
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt titles to spine and front cover. Gilt vignette of William saluting to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A couple of spots to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed with slight loss to top of spine and just a tiny bit grubby to rear panel.

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LONE PINE FIVE
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1324646
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The fifth book in the Lone Pine series. This is Jenny's Harman's story. Her desire to possess an old spoon which she found on a junk-tray in Bishop Castle's market laid the foundation of another great adventure for the Lone Piners. Beige cloth, red titles and pine tree vignette. Endpaper maps. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Spine bumped. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with creases. Some loss to top and tail of spine and tape repairs on verso. Rear panel of wrapper is slightly grubby.

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SEA WITCH COMES HOME
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Stock no. 1324581
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Lone Pine Adventure. Blue boards, gilt titles and lone pine vignette. Endpapers are maps. Spine and corners bumped. Small pink mark to top of spine and small white mark to centre of front cover. Slight foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed with small tape repairs on verso, name in blue biro to front flap of wrapper.

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WILLIAM AND A.R.P.
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324571
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1940. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black titles to spine. 256 pages. B/w illustrations. Fifth impression, May 1940. Spine bumped and slightly faded. A couple of light marks to covers. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to prelims and to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss, large piece of loss to lower front corner. Spine is browned and rear panel is a bit grubby with tick marks to title list. There are brown paper repairs at edges on verso of wrapper.

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WILLIAM THE GANGSTER
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324569
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1934. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title on spine. B/w illustrations. 252 pages. First cheap edition, November 1934. Spine and corners bumped. Covers unevenly faded. Name in ink to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock and light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper (second edition) is edge worn, torn and creased with slight loss. Rear panel and spine are a bit grubby.

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WILLIAM
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1324566
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1938. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Eleventh impression, November 1938. Spine bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss, tape repairs on verso and spine and rear panel are a bit grubby.

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COME TO THE CIRCUS!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joyce Johnson.
Stock no. 1323729
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and edge rubbed, a couple of small tears to spine have been repaired with white paper tape on verso.

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HURRAH FOR THE CIRCUS!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by E.H. Davie.
Stock no. 1323548
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1942. Almost very good condition.

Another splendid book about Mr. Galliano's wonderful circus! Peach cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. 8 x 5.5". 4th reprint. Spine and corners bumped. Light foxing and fading to spine. Dark spots to lower margins of pages 6-12. Foxing to textblock.

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SAUCERS OVER THE MOOR
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 1323205
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A gripping and fast-moving adventure story about the Lone Pine Club set on Dartmoor. Cream boards, red titles. Endpapers show sketch of the Moor. B/w illustrations. 244 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Neat colouring to the map on the front endpapers. Light foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and chipped with very slight loss. Blurb to front flap has I assume a correction pasted to the middle of the blurb (see photo).

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AMELIA JANE AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Sylvia Venus.
Stock no. 2140013
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red covers, black titles. B/w illustrations, including gollys! 160 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and a few to page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased with tears and chips; some loss; grubby marks and foxing.

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LONE PINE FIVE
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Bertram Prance.
Stock no. 2139663
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The fifth book in the Lone Pine series. This is Jenny's Harman's story. Her desire to possess an old spoon which she found on a junk-tray in Bishop Castle's market laid the foundation of another great adventure for the Lone Piners. Beige cloth, red titles and pine tree vignette. Endpaper maps. B/w illustrations. 256 pages. Bumping and mark to base of spine. A few marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Name in ink to verso of front endpaper with some transfer across to half-title page. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-tears and some chips; a little loss; tape repair to base of spine; some marks.

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