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GUM TREE BROWNIE AND OTHER FAERIE FOLK OF THE NEVER-NEVER
Written by Tarella A. Quin. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
Stock no. 378493
Published by Robertson & Mullens Ltd.. 1925. Good condition.

Oblong format. Pink cloth spine, patterned boards. B/w illustrations throughout by Ida S. Rentoul. Spine and corners bumped with wear to corners. Edges rubbed. Covers a bit grubby. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers lightly browned, foxing to contents. Quite a number of the illustrations have been very neatly coloured in. A very scarce book.

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THE DANDY BOOK 1968
No author listed.
Stock no. 378432
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 1968. Almost very good condition.

Covers show Korky as Santa Claus and mice up to mischief. Black glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Laminate to spine cracked and slightly peeling. Top of spine is split both sides. Front joint just starting to crack. Small mark to front endpaper. Price NOT cut. Name and address in belongs to box with some writing (Christmas 1967 in sack) below. Contents clean.

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TINY TADPOLE AND OTHER TALES
Written by Frances Freeling Broderip. Illustrated by Thomas Hood.
Stock no. 378399
Published by Griffith and Farran. 1st 1862. Almost very good condition.

Embossed green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. 176 pages, all edges gilt. 6 hand-coloured plates with tissue-guards. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. A few small marks to covers and gilt dulled on spine. Inscription in ink to front pastedown and name in ink to endpaper. Front joint cracked. A few small closed tears to page margins and some corner tips creased (including one plate). Grubby fingermarks to some margins and a couple of pages creased. Still a nice copy of this Victorian children's book.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1952 - MORE RUPERT ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 487412
Published by Daily Express. 1952. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards - Rupert waving from tree branch. 1st story Rupert & the Mare's Nest. 120 pages. 10 x 7 ins. 1" split to base of spine. Some chipping to corners and top and tail of spine. Grubby marks and some foxing to covers. Front endpaper is creased. Price-cut. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Light creasing to some page corners. Contents are very good.

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A SUMMER IN A CANON
Written by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Stock no. 378358
Published by Gay and Bird. 2nd 1895. Very good condition.

A California story. Blue cloth with pale blue decoration and gilt titles. 272 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light foxing. One hinge cracked. Some grubby fingermarks throughout.

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ARATJARA ART OF THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS
No author listed.
Stock no. 593423
Published by Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen; South Bank Centre. 1st 1993. Fine condition.

Art of the first Australians. Traditional and contemporary works by Aborginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 3926154179.

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AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
Written by Harold Child. Illustrated by Anne Anderson.
Stock no. 378279
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1911. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Translated and edited with introduction by Child. White cloth with blue decoration and titles to front and spine. 6 tissue guarded Colour plates. Text surrounded by border. Xliii and 132 Pages. Spine and corners bumped, some slight fading to base of spine. Some hinges cracked. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Endpapers browned. Light foxing to contents. One plate has a small marginal mark. Brown decorated dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with loss to top and tail of spine, some marks to rear panel.

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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 20 - RUPERT AND THE WILD GOOSE CHASE
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 487331
Published by Daily Express. Very good condition.

Title story Rupert And The Wild Goose Chase. Also includes Rupert And The Glowing Pool. 22 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. This is a very nice copy - all except that the staples have been removed - so it is no longer bound - but all pages appear to be present and in their correct place.

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INN-SIGNIA
Written by Brian Hill.
Stock no. 593325
Published by Whitbread & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The Whitbread Library series. Seven colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. Wrapper edge-torn with slight loss.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1999
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold; Gina Hart.
Stock no. 487218
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1999. Nearly fine condition.

No. 64. Front cover shows Rupert flying through the air with the aid of winged shoes. ISBN: 1902836006. Bumping to top of spine. Not price-cut or inscribed. Contents are fine.

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TROUBLESOME URSULA
Written by Mabel Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 593219
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. Very good condition.

Blue cloth with black titles and pictures to spine and front cover. B/w plates by Attwell. A few light marks to covers. Prize plate, that has been partially ripped out (So surface paper damage now) to front pastedown. Roughly 1" tear to top of 1st page along spine. Foxing throughout. 8 b/w plates present, including frontis. Still a nice book for its age.

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THE ENGLISH COUNTRY INN
Written by Garry Hogg.
Stock no. 593216
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1974. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

B/w photos. ISBN: 0713428554. Dustwrapper: price-cut.

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