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THE MYSTERY OF THE BURNT COTTAGE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by J. Abbey.
Stock no. 1315317
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The First Adventure of the Five Find-Outers and Dog. Discoveries, Shocks, Surprises and Excitements by the dozen! Blue cloth, magnifying glass vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 164 pages. SIGNED by the author on an autograph slip which has been stuck to the front free-endpaper and dedicated to Ria. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Autograph slip is foxed but contents are fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and torn with some slight loss and tape repairs on verso.

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THE CHILDREN'S BLUE BIRD
Written by Georgette Leblanc. Illustrated by Albert Rothenstein.
Stock no. 1314890
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1913. Very good condition.

Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos. Blue cloth spine with gilt title. Pictorial boards. Colour plates. Spine bumped. Corners worn and edges rubbed. Foxing to contents and a mark to one page (2) otherwise contents clean.

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FEARLESS FREDDY'S SUNKEN TREASURE
Written by Bamber Gascoigne. Illustrated by Christina Gascoigne.
Stock no. 2117716
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.; Walker Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416065104. Bumping to spine and corners. Middle binding is a bit pulled.

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THE YELLOW STORY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Kathleen Gell.
Stock no. 2116885
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition.

The fourth of Enid Blyton's Colour books. Yellow cloth, dark green title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Front joint next to front endpaper is cracked; webbing can be seen through; making binding weak. Tape glue marks to endpapers. Foxing to outer page edges.

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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1503791
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1959. Almost very good condition.

Smaller format - 10.5 x 7.5". Glazed pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Infant School ink stamp to front endpaper, rear pastedown and one page otherwise contents clean and bright. Wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Colour sheet has come away from board at bottom corner of front cover. Laminate starting to crack on spine. A couple of light scratches to covers.

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SIX ENID BLYTON PLAYS
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1403119
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 6th 1946. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Grey/blue cloth with dark blue titles. 166pp. 6.75 x 4.25". Spine and corners a little bumped. Cover edges browned. Small piece torn from top of front endpaper. Light foxing to endpaper and page edges. Dustwrapper has tear to top of spine, front panel and front flap plus other edge tears. Wrapper is very grubby.

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TWENTY TEATIME TALES
Written by Rose Fyleman.
Stock no. 1712879
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A selection of 20 short stories of fun, fantasy and fact. Small format. Beige cloth with black titles and decoration to front cover. 135 pages. Foxing to prelims and outer page edges. Wrapper has 1" damp mark to base of spine and some foxing and generally grubby to rear panel.

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THE BEASTLY BIRTHDAY BOOK
Written by Nicolas Bentley. Illustrated by Nicolas Bentley.
Stock no. 1313082
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Quotations from works as diverse as those of Chaucer, Chesterton, Binstead and Byron. Grey cloth with red title to spine and vignette to front cover. 182 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly browned and light foxing to edges of covers. Endpapers partially browned, some foxing. Contents unused. Heavy foxed dustwrapper is also very browned to spine and and rear panel edges, is edge worn with loss and section of loss to top of spine and front panel.

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BILLY-BOB TALES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by May Smith.
Stock no. 1311995
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pink cloth, blue titles. Full page b/w illustrations. 148 pages. Spine bumped and lightly browned at base. Small 'splash' mark to rear cover. Light page browning and foxing else contents clean. Contained in an original, extremely scarce dustwrapper which is slightly grubby/foxed, lightly faded to spine and has a very small tear to top edge of rear panel. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON & THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Written by S. Lyle Cummins. Illustrated by G.L. Stampa.
Stock no. 1402363
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1922. Slightly better than good condition.

Small format. Grey boards. Colour pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 2 plays for children. Spine and corners bumped. Couple of marks to boards. Small ink marks to top of textblock. Endpapers are browned. Names written in pencil by Dramatis Personae to first play. First few pages are creased on inner margin. Foxing mainly to page edges. Some pencil marks to text. Biro line next to inner margin on one page.

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THE MAGIC PENCIL
Written by Rose Fyleman.
Stock no. 1502157
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

And other plays from my tales. New plays adapted from eight of the author's tales. Blue cloth covers with dark blue titles. 145 pages. Top and bottom of spine faded, cover edges browned, spine a little stained. Some wear to corners. Presentation plate to front endpaper. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and page edges. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and chipped. Spine is faded and panels are grubby.

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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1710302
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

Maroon pictorial boards, light blue cloth spine, wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Blue/grey pictorial endpapers, Very large format. 40 pages. Edges worn. Corners bumped. Covers scuffed. Front and rear joint partly cracked. Name in ink to top of title page. Some page have closed tears a couple neatly repaired.

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