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THE RUPERT PICTURE STORY BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 430996
Published by L.T.A. Robinson Ltd.. Good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards, front shows Rupert hiking and gnome on a hare. Colour illustrations. First story is "Rupert and the Enchanted Princess". Spine is faded and worn. Corners are bumped and worn. A few marks to covers. Front joint is cracked. A few small page margin tears. Crossed out name and name in ink to belongs to box. Ageing tape repair to title page. A working copy only.

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THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 431000
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1950. Good condition.

Pale green boards with red cloth spine. Front cover shows Rupert helping a boy from a hole in the ground. A Story and Picture Book with 120 cut-outs in colour. The cut-outs are Tourtel pictures taken from the stories. Numerous other b/w illustrations. (This is a 1950's reprint of the original which was published with 200 cut-outs and five stories). Contains: Rupert In Trouble Again; Rupert and the Old Man of the Sea; Rupert and the Wilful Princess; Rupert Goes Hiking. Spine is bumped and damaged - looks like it has been re-glued; also has some fraying to cloth. Some scuff marks and a few ink marks to covers. Corners and cover edges are very worn, with some bumping. Half of 1 of 1st pages with cut-outs on has been torn off. Top corner of 1 page is torn off, with a bit of loss to picture and a little to text. A working copy.

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PILLICOCK HILL
Written by Herbert Asquith. Illustrated by A.H. Watson.
Stock no. 431022
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1926. Almost very good condition.

Maroon cloth with gilt title and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Corners are a little bumped and worn. Foxing and grubby marks to some internal pages.

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LITTLE WIDE-AWAKE
Written by Leonard De Vries.
Stock no. 736706
Published by Arthur Barker Limited. Circa 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An Anthology of Victorian Children's books and periodicals. Full of colour & b/w illustrations, many full-page. Green boards, gilt decorations to spine and front cover. 240 pages. Top of spine and top corners bumped. A few small foxspots else a bright copy. Wrapper is slightly edge rubbed and a little grubby, date (June 1970) written in ink on front flap of wrapper.

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COLLIE
Written by Samantha Moore.
Stock no. 626574
Published by Interpet Publishing. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Everything the reader needs to know about life with a collie. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 190238900X.

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WILLOW WITCHES BROOK
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 430838
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Good condition.

One in the series of Potter Pinner books. Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Cute colour illustrations. Spine browned. Corners and edges are bumped and worn. A few crease marks to covers. Grubby marks to covers. Joints are a little cracked. Erased inscription in pencil in belongs to box. Contents are bright.

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BETTY AND BOBTAIL
No author listed.
Stock no. 585044
Circa 1934. Slightly better than good condition.

Pictorial stiff card wraps. Front cover shows little girl and three rabbits with giant snowball. B/w illustrations. Some illustrations neatly coloured in.

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ONLY FIVE
Written by Ismay Thorn. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 585054
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Circa 1899. Almost very good condition.

Only Five or Pussie's Frolics in Farm and Field. Attractive blue pictorial cloth. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Page-edge browning. Frontis is chipped at edges.

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TWENTY LITTLE MAIDENS
Written by Amy Blanchard. Illustrated by Ida Waugh.
Stock no. 585068
Published by Isbister & Company Limited. 1st 1894. Very good condition.

Attractive blue pictorial cloth showing girls skipping with doll. 16 b/w plates. Gilt title to spine. Bookplate of Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons to front pastedown with "sample department" stamp to front pastedown and title page. Pages lightly browned.

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LALLA ROMANO RITRATTI FIGURE E NUDI 1921-1960
Written by Antonio Ria. Illustrated by Lalla Romano.
Stock no. 585071
Published by Repetto & Massucco. 1st 2001. Fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Text in Italian. SIGNED by author.

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LE SECRET DE MAITRE CORNILLE
Written by Alphonse Daudet. Illustrated by Andre Pecq.
Stock no. 585075
Published by Flammarion. Circa 1946. Very good condition.

Albums Du Pere Castor series. Pictorial card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Text in French. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Covers lightly browned. Foxing inside covers but pages clean.

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MY DOLLIES
No author listed.
Stock no. 585076
Published by Brown & Bibby. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. Two-tone illustrations. Minimal text.

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