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THE SEA OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1324727
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Another exciting story in the 'Adventure' series. Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 320 pages. Spine bumped, some knocks to cover edges. Some light browning/foxing to lower 2" of spine. Heavy pencil writing (name and address) to front free-endpaper and evidence of previous writing having been erased. Some slight cracking to the front joint. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Small, light ink stamp to rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is worn with a large tear across front panel and some surface paper damage to centre of panel, 8 written in blue biro to top edge of front panel. 2" loss to base of spine which also carries on around to the rear panel spine edge. Small amount of loss to top edge of rear panel.

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THY SERVANT A DOG
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by G.L. Stampa.
Stock no. 1324612
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1930. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Told by 'Boots', edited by Kipling. Boots is a terrier. Red cloth, black titles and vignette. Charming b/w sketches. Slight bumping to spine. Endpapers very slightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and browned. Reprint in same year as first edition (reprint November 1930).

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THE SHIP OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1324583
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The sixth book in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations throughout. 327 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers damp stained at edges. Endpapers partly browned. Small and neat name and date in ink to front pastedown (beneath wrapper flap). Rear joint is cracked showing webbing. Textblock is slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is worn and grubby with loss at edges and browned to spine.

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THE MAGIC CITY
Written by E. Nesbit. Illustrated by H.R. Millar.
Stock no. 1324392
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Good condition.

Red cloth with gilt titles and vignettes to front and spine. 333 pages plus 2 page booklist to rear. Top edge gilt. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby and slight fading to spine. Foxing to endpapers. Evidence of erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper. Some light fingermarks to page margins, generally very clean.

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JUST SO STORIES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1324332
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Red and black and white pictorial cloth with white titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Title to spine and border edges rubbed off. Name in pencil to front fly-leaf. Foxing to endpapers, crease to corner of rear free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby. Contents generally clean.

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RUBBALONG TALES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Norman Meredith.
Stock no. 1824359
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Twenty-two tales to enchant young readers. Cream cloth, red titles and vignette to front. Two-tone illustrations. Some pale brown mottling to boards, heavier spot to spine. Name & address label to front pastedown. Foxing to text block and a few foxsppots to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with a few small tears, spine lightly browned.

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THE CIRCUS OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1323940
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Good condition.

Cream pictorial cloth, blue titles. B/w illustrations. 316 pages. Covers are a bit grubby and foxed. Spine and corners bumped. Some dents to cover edges. A couple of light marks to textblock else contents clean.

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THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1323938
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The eighth in the Adventure series. Cream pictorial cloth, b/w illustrations. 277 pages. The spine is slightly bumped but the cloth is beautifully bright and clean. The endpapers are partly browned. Some light foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and torn and slightly browned to spine. The verso is browned.

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CRACK THE ANT
Written by David Ross; Sephanie Ross.
Stock no. 1824097
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A picture book for very, very junior science enthusiasts - and what small child has not been fascinated by watching a tiny ant scurrying about its business? Oblong format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Base of spine split for 0.5" to rear edge. Boards very slightly browned. A few grubby marks to contents, mainly to margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a little loss, a little grubby.

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THE WHITE NIGHTS OF ST PETERSBURG
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by William Stobbs.
Stock no. 1323383
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A story of the Russian Revolution in 1916. Red boards, gilt title to spine. 201 pages. B/w chapter headers. SIGNED by the author to front free-endpaper. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is browned on verso and is rubbed at edges.

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GREEN WILLOW AND OTHER JAPANESE FAIRY TALES
Written by Grace James. Illustrated by Warwick Goble.
Stock no. 1323375
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1923. Almost very good condition.

Medium 8vo edition. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt vignette to front cover. 16 exquisite illustrations in colour. 232 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. A few tiny indentations to rear cover. Frontis is MISSING. Light foxing to textblock. Contents clean.

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JUST WILLIAM THROUGH THE AGES
Written by Richmal Crompton; Mary Cadogan. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2140635
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An indispensable companion for anyone who has ever read and loved Richmal Crompton's classic stories. Black boards, silver titles to spine. Many b/w and colour illustrations throughout. 95 pages. 9.75 x 7.75". ISBN: 0333620976. A few marks to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine and edges; a few indentation marks.

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