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THE MAGIC-BEANO BOOK 1950
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328265
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1950. Almost very good condition.

The last Beano to be called The Magic-Beano Book. Yellow pictorial front cover shows Biffo painting a portrait of Eggo and other Beano characters. Red spine with yellow title. Two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. 127 pages. Covers are edge worn and slightly grubby. Belongs to box clean. Many page edge tears (some repaired). Tiny piece of loss to lower edge of page 29/30. Contents are browned and foxed with some fingering. A decent copy of a scarce annual.

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THE MAGIC-BEANO BOOK 1949
No author listed.
Stock no. 1328264
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1949. Good condition.

Pictorial boards, red spine with yellow title. Two-tone and b/w illustrations throughout. 127 pages. Covers are edge worn and grubby, crease to lower corner of rear board and possibly lower 3" of spine has been glued down(?). Belongs to box clean. Contents are browned, foxed and fingered. Margin tears (some repaired) and slight paper loss to margins throughout, top corner of page 95/6 has been torn off (no loss of text). A decent copy of a scarce Beano annual.

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DICKY DUCK & WONDERFUL WALTER
Written by Lynda Rountree; Christine E. Bradley. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1328233
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Colourful pictorial boards and spine showing Dicky Duck and Walter Rabbit. B/w pictorial endpapers. Full colour frontis, red and green plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. Stories by Lynda Rountree, verses by Christine Bradley. A chunky book 1.75" thick. Covers are edge worn (and touched up with matching orange pen), scuffing/slight scratching to covers. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Joints have been reinforced with white paper. Page browning to endpapers, foxing to contents. Some grubby fingermarks and some loss to page margins. Dot-to-dot has been completed then the pencil has been erased. Unfortunately the frontis is MISSING from this copy, the other plates are still present but the edges are slightly worn. A nice copy of a very scarce book.

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THE WORLD OF PETER RABBIT THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL TALES 1-23
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1328191
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 2002. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A beautiful boxset of the Peter Rabbit books. Each small volume has blue boards with colour illustration to front. Colour illustrations throughout. The text has been reset and the illustrations reproduced. ISBN: 9780723275923. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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TREASURE AT AMORYS
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Terence Freeman.
Stock no. 1328152
Published by Newnes. 1st 1964. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards with gilt titles and Lone Pine vignette. B/w illustrations. Top edge blue. The 15th Lone Pine adventure. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Name in biro to half title-page. Foxspots to textblock. Slight rubbing to wrapper edges. A super copy.

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THE MOUNTAIN OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328119
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. Blue titles. 327 pages. The fifth story in the Adventure series. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut, edge worn with tears to spine, spine a little faded. Tears to spine have been tape repaired on verso.

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THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Stuart Tresilian.
Stock no. 1328114
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. The third in the adventure series. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpapers. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with minimal loss. No. 9 written in biro to front panel, foxing on verso of wrapper.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Written by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Jim Kay; Neil Packer.
Stock no. 1327909
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st thus 2022. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated edition. Packed with glorious colour illustrations by Jim Kay, a winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Yellow boards, metallic green title to spine. Complete with yellow ribbon page marker. 246 pages. ISBN: 9781408845684. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge rubbed. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK
Written by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by H.J. Ford.
Stock no. 1327888
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1892. Almost very good condition.

Specially rebound in modern green leather binding, with raised bands to spine, title blocks, with gilt titles and decorations. Marbled endpapers. All edges are marbled. Numerous b/w illustrations. Wear and chipping to leather on spine and edges. Some scuffing. Front joint is partially cracked in a few places. Inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Some foxing and browning.

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WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1327885
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 10th 1925. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition in publisher's blue calf binding. Gilt border to front cover with floral motif at corners and vignette of little girl in mop cap. Gilt vignettes and floral decoration to spine. All edges gilt. Cream and blue pictorial endpapers. Charming verses and b/w illustrations. The first of the Milne Pooh quartet in which we meet Winnie-the-Pooh for the first time in a poem entitled Teddy Bear. 'A bear, however hard he tries, Grows tubby without exercise...' Complete with blue ribbon page marker. This is the second deluxe edition. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Spine very slightly browned. Indentation to centre of front cover, pencil mark to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Small patches of surface paper damage to both pastedowns. Page marker is detached but still present. Some joints are cracked and some are lightly pulled but the binding is still tight.

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HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Written by Mark Twain. Illustrated by Edward Burra.
Stock no. 1327758
Published by Paul Elek. 1st thus 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Camden Classics series with introduction by Walter Allen. Grey cloth, gilt title to spine. 307 pages. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped, slightly rubbed and a little faded with fading at cover edges as well. Light page browning and some light foxing to textblock. Initial M written in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with some loss (small tape repairs on verso), a couple of small ink marks to front panel.

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UNCLE AND CLAUDIUS THE CAMEL
Written by J.P. Martin. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1327689
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A succession of fantastic adventures lead to the awesome moment when Uncle (the elephant) is chained and helpless and at the mercy of the Badford Crowd in Beave Hateman's Chamber of Horrors... Turquoise boards, gilt title to spine. Orange pictorial endpapers. B/w text illustrations throughout. 192 pages. ISBN: 0224616439. Spine slightly bumped and cover edges lightly rubbed. Book leans to one side very slightly. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to top edge of text block and a small mark to contents page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just slightly rubbed/nicked at spine and corners.

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