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A BIRTHDAY PRESENT
Written by Helen M. Burnside.
Stock no. 1323556
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

No. 1396. Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges and some light scuffing. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Light page browning and a few light foxspots.

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THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL
Written by Marie Boyle.
Stock no. 1323555
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Almost very good condition.

Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Slight rubbing/scuffing to covers, light white mark to title on front cover. A few small spots to contents, ink number (1875) written to front pastedown and light page browning else contents clean.

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THE TALE OF A DOG
Written by M.A. Hoyer.
Stock no. 1323553
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Very good condition.

No. 1396. Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Blue cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges and light scuffing to rear cover. Light page browning.

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SNAPDRAGON
Written by L. Haskell.
Stock no. 1323552
Published by Ernest Nister. Circa 1905. Very good condition.

No. 1396. Very small square format. 3.75 x 3.25 inches. 4 full-page colour illustrations. Cloth spine, cream pictorial boards. Slight wear to cover edges. Light page browning.

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PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1323551
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine and blind title to front board. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 431 pages. ISBN: 0224606336. Spine slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at spine and corners, browned to spine and grubby to rear panel.

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HAPPY DAY STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Marcia Lane Foster.
Stock no. 1323546
Published by Evans Brothers Limited. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seventeen short stories for the up-to-tens. Blue boards. Gilt titles. Two-tone illustrations throughout. 160 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Child's inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Some puzzles completed in black biro. A few small brown marks to page margins. Price cut dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and creased, tear to base of spine.

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UNSEEN ACADEMICALS
Written by Terry Pratchett.
Stock no. 1323544
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Discworld Novel. Football has come to the ancient city of Ankh-Morpork. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 9780385609340. Spine bumped, slight rubbing to corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at spine edges.

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PETER DUCK
Written by Arthur Ransome. Illustrated by Arthur Ransome.
Stock no. 1323543
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth with gilt titles to spine and blind title to front. Front endpaper is a chart of the atlantic ocean. B/w text illustrations throughout. 431 pages. 8 x 5.5". Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Endpapers slightly browned. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and browned, a little worn to spine and corners.

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FIVE ON FINNISTON FARM
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1323542
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1965. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

In this exciting adventure, the Five spend a holiday at Finniston Farm and discover the long-hidden secret of Finniston Castle. The 18th Famous Five book. Red boards, black lettering. Black & white endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. 183 pages. 2nd impression. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some scuffing to front cover. Endpapers partly browned. A few small nicks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased, damp stain to base of spine.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2019
Written by Mara Alperin. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1323536
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2019. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. Colour illustrations. Front cover shows Rupert on the back of a cycling bear! ISBN: 9781405294447. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners and a small nick to top front corner else a fine copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2017
Written by Stuart Trotter; Mara Alperin. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Alex Cubie; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1323535
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2017. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert on step-ladder besides a christmas tree. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405287579. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners else a fine copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2016
Written by Stuart Trotter; Mara Alperin; et al. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter; et al..
Stock no. 1323530
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2016. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert and friends on the water, with picnic baskets. First story is 'Rupert and the Iceberg' from the 1986 annual. ISBN: 9781405283519. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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