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WHEN TIMOTHY CAME TO STAY
Written by Ann Verrent.
Stock no. 626996
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Jane was very happy, because her little baby brother was too small to play with her. A Play-With_Me book. 'Make everything swing to and fro so Timothy plays with Jane'. A moveable book. Pictorial boards, colour illustrations. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean, moveables in excellent condition.

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NODDY'S CASTLE OF BOOKS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 591408
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; C.A. Publications Ltd.. Very good condition.

Five small format paperwrap books contained in shaped pictorial slipcase with opening doors at front. B/w illustrations. A few small edge-tears to cover edges. Some foxing and a few illustrations have been coloured in. Contained in a very good original shaped card case with has some edge-wear and a bit of creasing.

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THE MODERN WORLD BOOK OF HOBBIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 588346
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Corners worn.

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THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 431000
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Good condition.

Pale green boards with red cloth spine. Front cover shows Rupert helping a boy from a hole in the ground. A Story and Picture Book with 120 cut-outs in colour. The cut-outs are Tourtel pictures taken from the stories. Numerous other b/w illustrations. (This is a 1950's reprint of the original which was published with 200 cut-outs and five stories). Contains: Rupert In Trouble Again; Rupert and the Old Man of the Sea; Rupert and the Wilful Princess; Rupert Goes Hiking. Spine is bumped and damaged - looks like it has been re-glued; also has some fraying to cloth. Some scuff marks and a few ink marks to covers. Corners and cover edges are very worn, with some bumping. Half of 1 of 1st pages with cut-outs on has been torn off. Top corner of 1 page is torn off, with a bit of loss to picture and a little to text. A working copy.

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NODDY AND THE MAGIC RUBBER
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 735960
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Waynford Press Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book 9. Peach pictorial boards. Colour pictures. Spine and corners slightly worn, cover edges lightly rubbed. Child's name in red crayon in belongs to box. Some light fingering but contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge nicked and torn and a bit grubby. Early reprint.

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CHANTREY LAND
Written by Harold Armitage. Illustrated by Charles Ashmore.
Stock no. 581786
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1910. Very good condition.

Being an Account of the North Derbyshire Village of Norton. Colour frontis. B/w photos. Green cloth, gilt titles. Spine faded.

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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 579434
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; D.V. Publications Ltd.. 1st 1958. Good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pink pictorial glazed boards showing Noddy in his aeroplane. Colour illustrations. Big Noddy Book No. 8. Corners are bumped. Some grubby marks to covers. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Some grubby margin marks to contents. Painting page has been messily completed.

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THE BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 579433
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; C.A. Publications, Ltd.. 1st 1953. Fair condition.

Red cloth spine. Green boards showing Big-Ears with bike and Noddy in front of his house. The Third Big Book. Title on front cover is "The New Big Noddy Book". Spine, corners and edges are worn and chipped. A few small splits to spine. Scuff marks to covers. Brown paper residue to pastedowns. Name and date in ink in belongs to box. Foxing to outer page edges and some to contents. Board game page has pen marks to it. Puzzle page has been messily and heavily coloured in with pencil crayons. A reading copy only.

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THE BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 579316
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. 1959. Good condition.

Red boards, green cloth spine. Front cover shows Noddy in his car with a giraffe. Noddy's second Big Book. Spine strengthened with tape. Corners worn. Gatherings pulled. Inscription in ink in belongs to page. Colouring page completed, torn and repaired with sticky tape. A reading copy.

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NODDY BE CAREFUL!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 579000
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson. Fine condition.

Front cover shows Noddy in his car, knocking down a lampost and hitting Mr PLod! A new edition of two Noddy stories 1st published in the 2nd Noddy colour strip-book. Glazed pictorial boards. Bright colour illustrations throughout. Distributed by Amex Company Ltd.

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NODDY HAS AN ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 733915
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson. 1st 1958. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures. Noddy book no. 17. ISBN: 0361004192. Spine and corners slightly worn. Damage to pages 38-40 where piece of page 39 is stuck to page 38 and therefore torn, some slight damage to text on page 38 & 39. Child's name in crayon to front pastedown and in belongs to box. Crayon scribbles to rear endpapers. A couple of lower page margins have been coloured in. Some light finger crease to page margins else contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is creased and edge rubbed.

Price: £26.00 £15.00.

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MONSTER RUPERT 1934
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 575808
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

Orange boards and spine. Front cover shows Rupert and his friend Peter in a room with two barrels and a trunk. Coloured picture of Rupert on spine. 6 stories, first one is 'Rupert at the Seaside'. Colour frontis as cover. 50mm thick. 9 x 6". Unpaginated. Cover edges and sides of spine worn. Slight surface paper loss at top and tail of spine. Rear cover a little scuffed. Covers unusually bright and clean with very little wear to spine. Foxing to endpapers. Some neat colouring to contents. Two closed tears, one approximately 4" and repaired, the other 1". Both have old tapemarks. A couple of pulled hinges, some small closed margin tears, one page has corner tip missing. Otherwise the contents are bright and clean with no foxing. A nice copy. REDUCED FROM £750!

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