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THE PLAY'S THE THING!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1315522
Published by The Home Library Book Company. 1st 1927. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

12 musical plays for children aged 8 to 15. 24 full-page b/w drawings by Alfred Bestall and music by Alec Rowley. Large format. Green cloth, black title to spine. Covers are badly damp stained (think the original colour was green but not 100% sure). Spine and corners bumped and worn. Foxing to endpapers and browning to textblock. Scarce original wrapper is worn to spine and corners with loss, large tear to rear edge of spine. A few light stains to wrapper.

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BOM AND HIS MAGIC DRUMSTICK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1505274
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Bom book no. 2. 61 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small dent to bottom edge of both covers. Covers lightly browned. First gathering slightly pulled. Very light crease to bottom corner of a few pages. Contents generally clean.

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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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YOU'RE A GOOD FRIEND NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2118926
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Noddy Book no. 16. Colour title to front and spine. ISBN: 0361004176. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name in ink to belongs to box. Ink tick and underlining to title page. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded with edge-torn and chipped; a little loss; some tape repairs and marks.

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NODDY GOES TO SEA
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk.
Stock no. 2118924
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book 18. Brown pictorial boards. Colour pictures. ISBN: 0361004184. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name in ink to belongs to box. Ink tick mark and underlining to title page. Foxing and browning to outer page edges and to page margins. Wrapper is faded to spine with edge-creasing and tears; a little loss; some tape repairs.

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DO LOOK OUT, NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Tyndall.
Stock no. 2118916
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy book no. 15. Red pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Colour title to front cover, spine and title page. ISBN: 0361004168. Light bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. A few margin marks. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few closed tears; minimal loss.

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YOU FUNNY LITTLE NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2118912
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale cream pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures. Noddy Book no. 10. Rainbow titles to front cover, spine and title page. ISBN: 0361004257. Some fading and a little bumping along cover edges. Name in ink to belongs to box. Foxing to outer page edges; a few odd margin marks. Wrapper is unevenly faded with creasing; edge-tears and chips; a little loss; some tape repairs.

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NODDY AND THE MAGIC RUBBER
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 2118911
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book 9. Orange pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name in ink to belongs to box and some ink annotation/underlining to title page. Wrapper is creased with fading to spine and a couple of edges; some tears with tape repairs; a little loss.

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NODDY GETS INTO TROUBLE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Mary Brooks.
Stock no. 2118910
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy book no. 8. Green pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0361005083. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Name in ink to belongs to box; some ink marks to title page. Contents are still nice and bright. Wrapper has bottom half of spine torn! There are also edge-tears and chips, with smaller amounts of loss to rest of wrapper.

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HERE COME THE TWINS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1315160
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition.

'Little' Books series No. 13. Small format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Staples rusty. Name in ink and in inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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NODDY GOES TO TOYLAND
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1404689
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Slightly better than good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The very first Noddy book, in which Big-Ears discovers the little nodding man who has run away from Old Man Carver and takes him back to Toyland. Red pictorial covers with rounded spine. 61 pages. 7.5 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped and worn. Rear spine split almost from top to bottom. Small split to front. Top of front corner creased. Board edges grubby. Some hinges cracked. Name in belongs to box. Foxing and some marks throughout. Text block edges grubby. Dustwrapper is edge worn, creased and torn. Areas of loss to top and bottom of spine and to top of front panel and bottom of rear panel. Wrapper is grubby.

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WELL DONE NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 2118388
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book No. 5. Orange pictorial paper boards. Colour endpapers. Colour illustrations. 61 Pages. Rounded spine. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Light wear to corners. Belongs to box is clean. Foxing to outer page edges; a few grubby margin marks. Wrapper is faded to spine, with small piece of loss to top of spine; a few other closed tears, with more minimal loss; creased.

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