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YOU'RE A GOOD FRIEND NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Lee; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1321688
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; D.V. Publications Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy book no. 16. Pale blue/green pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Belongs to box completed in green biro. Some light fingering to page margins else contents clean. Dustwrapper is creased and slightly torn at edges.

Price: £38.00 £21.00.

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BUGATTI TYPE 46 & 50 THE BIG BUGATTIS
Written by Barrie Price.
Stock no. 2129950
Published by Veloce Publishing Plc.. 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pale boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos throughout. Updated edition. ISBN: 1901295699. Spine is bumped. Couple of grubby marks to covers and endpapers. Actual contents are still excellent! Wrapper is edge-creased.

Price: £55.00 £41.25.

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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2129949
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow pictorial boards showing Noddy in fire engine. Cloth spine. Colour illustrations. The sixth Big Noddy book. First story: Noddy and the Fire-Engine A few small marks to covers. What appears to be some sort of prize plate to front endpaper. Belongs to box is clean. Foxing to outer page edges.

Price: £64.00 £48.00.

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BARBEL
Written by J.W. Martin. Illustrated by Paul Cook.
Stock no. 2129555
Published by The Medlar Press. 1st thus 2002. Slightly better than very good condition.

Smaller format. Dark orange cloth, black title to spine and front cover. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Limited edition to 295 copies. B/w illustrations. Being a Practical Treatise on Angling with Float and Ledger in Still Water and Stream. ISBN: 1899600248. This is the binders file copy - so NOT numbered and also missing pictorial onlay to front cover. A few marks to covers. Contents are excellent!

Price: £80.00 £60.00.

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THE CONDOR CRAGS ADVENTURE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2129551
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Godfrey Chudleigh paying one of his annual visits to the Argentine didn't expect that the family's possession of an Inca treasure would lead to his own kidnapping! Pale blue boards with dark blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 204 pages. Spotting to covers. Page browning and some foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few closed tears and chips; a little loss to a couple of corners.

Price: £95.00 £71.25.

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THE SAINT BRIDE BLUE
Written by Sybil Burr. Illustrated by Leslie Atkinson.
Stock no. 2129550
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue covers. B/w illustrations. Marks to outer page edges. Cellophane has been put to cover the book - but has been stuck using sticky tape - so wrapper is stuck to book at pastedowns and edges. Some chipping at edges of cellophane.

Price: £54.00 £40.50.

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BENTLEY FIFTY YEARS OF THE MARQUE
Written by Johnnie Green.
Stock no. 1817371
Published by Dalton Watson. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour and b/w photos. The development of Bentleys from No. 1 3-litre of 1919 to the T series of 1969. ISBN: 0901564001. Light damp mottling to boards. Name & address in ink to front endpaper. Strong musty odour present. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
Written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 2129423
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Very good condition.

Lovely decorated lilac cloth covers, gilt titles. 25 exquisite tipped-in colour plates and other b/w text illustrations. 195 pages. 10.75 x 8 inches. Spine and rear cover have faded from lilac to grey. Red and black marks to rear cover. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Odd margin mark. All plates present. Plates in fine condition!

Price: £65.00 £48.75.

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BILLY BUNTER BUTTS IN
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 2129410
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1951. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, black titles to front and spine. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. 234 pages plus adverts to rear. Damp staining to early pages (including frontis). Corner tip of title page has been torn off. Foxing. Wrapper is dulled and grubby to spine, with edge-creasing and chipping; minimal loss; tape repairs to verso.

Price: £65.00 £48.75.

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THE BADGERS OF BEARSHANKS
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2129408
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of a year in the life of a badger and his mate. Superb b/w illustrations (full-page and to text). Brown boards, silver title to spine. 95 pages. 8.5 x 6.5". Bumping to spine. Browning to endpapers and page edges. Wrapper is creased with some edge-tears and chips; small loss to base of spine and top edge of rear panel. Illustrations are still in lovely condition!

Price: £70.00 £52.50.

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THE SERENDIPITY SHOP
Written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce. Illustrated by Margaret Horder.
Stock no. 2129403
Published by Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. 205 pages. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. Top and tail of spine are faded; some browning to cover edges. Bumping to corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn and chipped; with loss to top and tail of spine and surrounding areas; sticky tape repairs; some to verso, but some visible to edges of wrapper.

Price: £68.00 £51.00.

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PICTURE SHOW ANNUAL 1932
No author listed.
Stock no. 1817304
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1932. Slightly better than very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour, sepia and b/w photos. Front shows John Boles and Evelyn Laye in "One Heavenly Night". Slight loss of surface paper to top of rear spine edge. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine. Glassine dustwrapper with title printed is in two halves and worn with loss.

Price: £50.00 £37.50.

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