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RUPERT ANNUAL 1946 - THE NEW RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1405467
Published by Daily Express. 1946. Almost very good condition.

Colour pictorial card wraps - Rupert looking out through a window. 1st story - Rupert on Coon Island. 120 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. This annual has not been reproduced in a facsimile edition. Spine and corners rubbed. Small tear to bottom of front cover. Covers are bright. Inscription to top corner of inside front cover. Name in belongs to box. Price-cut. Some grubby marks to margins. Book has a slight musty smell.

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ILLUSTRATED INDEX OF BRITISH SHELLS
Written by G.B. Sowerby. Illustrated by G.B. Sowerby.
Stock no. 1208607
Published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co.. 2nd 1887. Almost very good condition.

Containing Figures Of All The Recent Species, With Names and Other Information. Habits and localities, range of depth of marine species and comparative abundance. Second edition, revised and enlarged. 26 tissue-guarded hand-coloured plates depicting 668 species. Red cloth, gilt title to front cover, embossed decorative borders to covers. All edges gilt. Spine and corners bumped and worn with small tear in cloth at base of spine. Covers darkened at edges and on spine. Front hinge cracked. Inscription in ink on verso of front endpaper. All plates present. One tissue guard detached. Foxing to tissue guards. Plates clean except for a very few which have minor foxing at the edges. A bright copy.

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LE ROI BABAR
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2121223
Published by Editions Du Jardin Des Modes. Circa 1933. Almost very good condition.

'Babar the King' in French language. Yellow pictorial boards, black cloth spine. 48 pages. Colour illustrations. 2" splits to top and tail of spine at both sides. This has led to some fraying and chipping of cloth. Grubby marks and some scuffing to covers. Binding is still nice and tight. Some foxing and a few grubby page margin marks. Illustrations are still lovely and bright.

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QUALITY STREET
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1505881
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Comedy in Four Acts. Large format. Elaborately decorated blue/lilac cloth covers, large gilt vignette and titles to front and spine. Illustrated endpapers. 22 beautiful tissue-guarded colour plates and b/w text illustrations.198 pages. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. Faint stain, only visible at certain angles, to spine edges of rear and front cover. Tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown. Foxing and light browning to endpapers. Contents very good just an odd margin tear and fox spot. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with tears to ends of spine. Creasing to folds and sides of spine. Browning to spine and unevenly to rear panel. Browning and pink stains to verso corresponding with faint stains on covers.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1944 - RUPERT IN MORE ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1812264
Published by Daily Express. 1944. Good condition.

Pictorial card wraps showing Rupert with chums, waving from a tree. First story Rupert and Rollo. 119 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. Glue to spine dried out and thus covers are detached from contents. 1" split to front edge of top & tail of spine. Covers just slightly grubby gut generally nice and bright. Price-cut. Name in ink in belongs to box. A few grubby marks to contents but generally a very nice copy.

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FIVE ON KIRRIN ISLAND AGAIN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1208470
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Light blue ribbed boards with black title to spine. Colour frontis. Two-tone illustrations. 192 pages. Dark blue, black and white pictorial endpapers. Light browning to top and tail of spine and top corners. Corners slightly bumped. Boards clean. Faint foxing to title page, light brown mark to last two pages. Contents clean. Wrapper is grubby on rear panel, is rubbed at edges and has some edge-tears with slight loss.

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THE CHILD'S CHRISTMAS
Written by Evelyn Sharp. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1405238
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1906. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth covers with gilt titles and vignettes to front and spine. Pale green pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 227 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cloth fraying a little at top and bottom of spine and a small split in cloth to rear of spine. Spine browned. Bump to top of front board. Spotting and marks to covers. Some hinges are cracked. Browning to endpapers. Marks to bottom corners of both endpapers. Book plate to verso of front endpaper. Bottom of a couple of plates detached and a couple have small closed tears. Crease to margin of one plate. Some foxing to margins and page edges and a few marks to contents

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THE MAIDS OF LA ROCHELLE
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by Nina K. Brisley.
Stock no. 1405186
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1924. Almost very good condition.

The third of the La Rochelle books. Red illustrated board showing a girl sat at an easel and another girl looking over her shoulder plus a girl writing on the spine. Black titles to front board and spine. 4 b/w plates. 294 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Spine a little faded. Some marks to covers. Both joints cracked.Name and address to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Foxing throughout. A few grubby marks to margins.

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LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1607965
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1917. Almost very good condition.

Deluxe edition, limited to 525 numbered and signed copies. Bound in light grey cloth with gold pictorial spine. Gold pictorial white label to front cover. Top edge gilt, others uncut. 13 tipped-in colour plates and 43 b/w drawings. Mauve on white pictorial endpapers. 250pp. 12 x 9.5". SIGNED by Rackham. Limited edition: this is copy number 352 of 525. Spine and corners bumped, with some wear to the cloth. Some marks to boards. Cracking ans splitting to front joint. Endpapers browned. Bookplate pasted to half-title page. All colour plates present: last plate is corner creased but all others are in fine condition. A few scattered foxspots. Contents generally clean and bright, but pages 248-9 are browned.

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BILL THE MINDER
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1405141
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. circa 1928. Almost very good condition.

Dark yellow cloth with black titles to spine and front cover and black and blue vignette to front cover. 16 beautiful tipped-in colour plates, with captioned page guards before them. Small b/w illustrations to text. 254 pages. Spine and corners bumped and a little worn. Couple of marks to covers. Both joints and some hinges are cracked. Foxing especially to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Contents otherwise clean. Plates all present and in very good condition. Contained in a slip case in very good condition.

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THE GHOSTS WHO WERE NEARLY FORGOTTEN
Written by M. Golden; A. Golden.
Stock no. 1315686
Published by Max Parrish And Co Ltd. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The friendliest family of ghosts nearly lose their home.... Oblong format. Grey boards, red title to spine and vignette to front cover. 36 pages. Illustrated throughout. Light fingering to endpapers. Musty smell to contents which are otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is a little grubby and edge worn with two large tears to front panel.

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CLANKY THE MECHANICAL BOY
Written by Kenneth Mahood. Illustrated by Kenneth Mahood.
Stock no. 1811919
Published by Collins. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition.

Sam makes a mechanical man to help with the boring jobs at the car factory where he works... Large format. Matt boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0001951130. Top & tail of spine bumped, corners worn. Boards grubby. Foxing to endpapers and last page. Grubby finger marks to margins and light page edge creasing. One hinge pulled. A well loved book.

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