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A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES
Written by Dylan Thomas. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1824160
Published by Orion Children's Books. 1st thus 1996. Nearly fine condition.

A magical account of Dylan Thomas's own childhood and of a Christmas Day in a small Welsh town. A Dolphin Paperback. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0460027727. A lovely copy.

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ABOUT RAILWAYS
Written by Herbert Simon; William Fenton.
Stock no. 1323611
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1957. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 113. Pictorial paperwraps. Covers lightly edge rubbed. Crease to top corner of rear cover and a few top page corner tips also creased. Light foxing to textblock.

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DISCOVERY OF THE POLES
Written by Quintin Riley. Illustrated by Richard Taylor.
Stock no. 1323610
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1957. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 111. Oblong format, paper wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers a bit grubby and edge rubbed, lower corner of front cover quite badly creased (creasing also affects first few pages. Contents pulled at staples.

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CHURCHES AND CATHEDRALS THEIR BUILDING AND USE
Written by Helen Leacroft. Illustrated by Richard Leacroft.
Stock no. 1323608
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1960. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 108. Blue pictorial paperwraps, oblong format. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Cover edges very slightly rubbed. Light crease to lower corner of rear cover. Light foxing to textblock.

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THE HUMAN BODY
Written by Cyril Bibby. Illustrated by Ian T. Morison.
Stock no. 1323604
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1957. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 102. Pictorial paperwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. Name in ink to front cover (x2) and to first page. Annotations in ink to some pages. Foxing to textblock.

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EVEREST IS CLIMBED
Written by Wilfrid Noyce. Illustrated by Richard Taylor.
Stock no. 1323602
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 100. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Slight wear and tear to cover edges and minimal loss. Margin tear and crease to last page. Staples rusty. Page corner tips very slightly creased.

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THE STORY OF A THREAD OF COTTON
Written by Harry Ballam. Illustrated by Stanley Herbert.
Stock no. 1323601
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 99. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations, lithographed by W.S. Cowell. Cover edges rubbed and corner tips creased. Minimal loss to lower corner of rear cover. Contents generally clean.

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A BOOK OF ARMOUR
Written by Patrick Nicolle. Illustrated by Patrick Nicolle.
Stock no. 1323599
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1964. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 97. Oblong format, colour pictorial card-wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Paint marks to covers and contents.

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HOW PLANES FLY
Written by S.E. Veale. Illustrated by Wren.
Stock no. 1323596
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book 94. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers grubby and creased, tear to edge of rear cover. No. 94 written in black biro twice to front cover. Tick marks to booklist inside front cover. Foxing to textblock.

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POND LIFE
Written by Jean Gorvett. Illustrated by Paxton Chadwick.
Stock no. 1323595
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 93. Oblong format, pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some light foxing to textblock. Pencil annotations to two pages.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2015
Written by Stephanie Milton. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter; John Harrold; Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323594
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The 80th year! Front cover shows Rupert in diving suit, riding sea monster, with key in his hand. Contains stories and illustrations from different previous Rupert annuals. ISBN: 9781405279000. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners otherwise fine.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323593
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver titles and vignette. 8 blue & white full page illustrations, other b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss and grubby to rear panel.

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