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MOPS VERSUS TAILS
Written by Kathleen Ainslie. Illustrated by Kathleen Ainslie.
Stock no. 1311059
Published by Castell Brothers Ltd.; Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1st 1907. Almost very good condition.

The Great Hockey Match (and how the Mops and the Tails bury the hatchet forever)! Small oblong format. Picture to front board. Lovely colour illustrations, including a wonderful double-spread at the centre. Spine and corners bumped and worn, covers edge rubbed. Rear cover is grubby/marked. Endpapers are lightly browned and there is some light foxing, otherwise contents are clean. This is a decent copy of a very scarce book.

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ALMANACK FOR 1883
No author listed. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway.
Stock no. 1311052
Published by George Routledge & Sons. 1883. Slightly better than good condition.

Cream pictorial boards, yellow cloth spine. Blue/green endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout, some full-page. 4 x 3 inches. Covers are edge worn with scratch marks to rear cover. Light page browning and foxing else contents clean.

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UNCLE SAM'S MONEY-BOX
Written by Mrs. S.C. Hall. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell; et al..
Stock no. 1311040
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. circa 1912. Very good condition.

Red pictorial cloth (illustration to front by Attwell). 2 b/w plates and 2 b/w text illustrations by other artists (not named). 127 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Prize plate to front endpaper. The 2 b/w illustrations have been coloured in (not too badly) and there is heavy foxing else the contents are clean.

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HAPPY AS KINGS
Written by Jean McIntosh. Illustrated by Clara Olmstead.
Stock no. 1311039
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1912. Very good condition.

"or, Stories of Home and Holidays". Nelson's Fireside Library. Attractive green cloth with gilt titles, pictorial onlay to front cover. 96 pages. Colour and b/w plates and some b/w text illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Neat inscription in ink to front endpaper. Large foxspots to contents. One page has a small marginal tear. Contents generally clean.

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A DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS
Written by I.F. Henderson; W.D. Henderson.
Stock no. 1708889
Published by Oliver and Boyd. 1920. Very good condition.

Pronunciation, Derivation, and definitions of terms in biology, botany, zoology, anatomy, cytology, embryology, physiology. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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THE PRINCES FIRE-FLASH AND FIRE-FADE
Written by Mrs T.H. James.
Stock no. 1311032
Published by The Kobunsha. Very good condition.

Japanese Fairy Tales Series No. 14. A crepe paper book. Small format. Colour illustrations throughout. Front cover slightly worn and foxed. Small mark to bottom corner of 4 pages otherwise contents clean. A nice copy of a scarce little book.

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REAL FAIRIES
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1311026
Published by J. Saville & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1923. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Brown cloth, gilt titles to front cover and spine. A book of poetry. Small format. Enid Blyton's second book. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned, some foxing to contents else clean. Very scarce pictorial wrapper is edge worn with several sections of loss, small red pen mark to slightly grubby rear panel.

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A PLAGUE ON YOU, SIR
Written by George Patrick.
Stock no. 1708851
Published by George Patrick. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Community's Road to Health. How did the people of Kingston upon Hull tackle disease. 335 pages. ISBN: 0950786802. Wrapper unevenly faded. Inscription in ink to front endpaper.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1998
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1311012
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1998. Fine condition.

No. 63. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert with plate of cakes. ISBN: 1874507198. SIGNED by the artist to front endpaper. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2006
Written by Jim Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1311011
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert and a baby Yak on top of a reindeer. ISBN: 0850793203. SIGNED by artists to front pastedown. Top of spine bumped else a fine copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2000
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold; Gina Hart.
Stock no. 1311010
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 2000. Nearly fine condition.

No. 65. Front cover shows Rupert with corn dollies ISBN: 1902836219. SIGNED by the artist to front endpaper. Minimal bumping to spine and corners else a fine copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE OXFORD ANNUAL FOR CHILDREN 16TH YEAR
Written by Florence Harrison; Violet M. Methley; Herbert Strang; et al. Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve; C.E. Brock; Millicent Sowerby; et al..
Stock no. 1807693
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1928. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Cream cloth, large pictorial onlay to spine and front board, front board shows boy cooking over an open fire whilst girl is passing sticks for fire. First story is 'The Griffins' by Florence Harrison. Colour frontis shows 'The Brownie Gets His Cream'. Colour & b/w illustrations. Boards clean, worn at corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. A few minor foxspots and light marks to margins. Colour plate "She bore away from the danger" has been neatly trimmed away on bottom margin (about an inch missing) but still bears the title of the plate and has a few small closed tears to vertical edge. Pictorial wrapper has neat inscription in ink to front panel, is edge-worn and has loss at edges. Overall, still a decent copy.

Price: £70.00 £52.50.

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