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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1703639
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; D.V. Publications Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth spine, pink pictorial boards, front shows Noddy in an aeroplane. Colour illustrated endpapers and text illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. First story "A Horrid Little Trick". 10 x 8.5". Corners bumped. Belongs to box clean. Price-cut wrapper has some closed tears and edge-chipping.

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TORRIDONS' SURPRISE
Written by Marie Muir.
Stock no. 1304896
Published by Collins. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jan Torridon is packed off on an 'exchange' visit to a family in Vienna. Pink boards, black title to spine. 192 pages. Colour frontis, 4 b/w illustrations. Very slight bumping to spine and a tiny dent/hole to centre of spine. Joints just starting to crack. Price-cut wrapper is just a little edge worn with a couple of very small closed edge tears and rear panel is a little grubby.

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MY SECOND BOOK
Written by Emilie Poulsson; William Makepeace Thackeray. Illustrated by A.E. Jackson; Margaret Clayton; C.F. Newall.
Stock no. 1304877
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board showing children with dog. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. First story is David Livingstone and the Lion. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few tiny bookworm holes to front cover, affecting first 16 pages. Some foxing. Rusty staples can be seen at front joint.

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BIRDS OF IDAHO
Written by Thomas D. Burleigh.
Stock no. 1804143
Published by The Caxton Printers Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Buff boards, blue titles and vignettes. Colour & b/w photos. xiii and 467 pages including index. ISBN: 0870042084. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Text block a little foxed, contents clean. Yellow wrapper is faded at spine, edge-worn and grubby.

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THE MASTER OF THE FALLEN CHAIRS
Written by H.M.Enry Porter.
Stock no. 1304866
Published by Orchard Books. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Iggy Ma-Tuu Clava and Kim must discover the secrets of the curse which lies in a painting by the Master of the Fallen Chairs.... Black boards with gilt titles and vignettes. 374 pages. Blue endpapers. ISBN: 9781846166242. SIGNED by author to title page along with a short hand-written extract and a large doodle of a spider ghost.

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WILIAM, THE WIZARD WHO WASN'T
Written by Irena Sibley. Illustrated by Irena Sibley.
Stock no. 1804135
Published by The Five Mile Press. 1st thus 1989. Fine condition.

William Wishwell was a wizard because, as far back as anyone could possibly recall, the boys in the Wishwell family had always been wizards... Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 38 pages. ISBN: 086788195X.

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HUMMINGBIRDS FLYING JEWELS
Written by Walter Scheithauer; Gwynne Vevers.
Stock no. 1804111
Published by Arthur Barker Limited. 1st 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated from the German by Vevers. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 176 pages including index. Bumping to top edge of front board and first few pages at top edge. Pictorial wrapper is edge worn with a couple of chips to top edge and a little grubby.

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WORLD WAR TWO CHRONOLOGICAL ATLAS
Written by Charles Messenger.
Stock no. 1804105
Published by The Bloomsbury Publishing Co. Ltd.. 1st 1989. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When, Where, How and Why. Large format. Two-tone maps. ISBN: 0747502293. Free front endpaper has been stuck to front pastedown. Last few pages (page 239-255) have been miscut at gutter edge by printer. Contents are fine. Blue wrapper is lightly scuffed.

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SPRING-HEELED JACK
Written by Philip Pullman. Illustrated by David Mostyn.
Stock no. 1804085
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1989. Fine condition.

A Story of Bravery and Evil. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w text illustrations throughout. 112 pages. ISBN: 0385269757. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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CALENDAR WOOD
Written by Ann Emmons. Illustrated by Ann Emmons.
Stock no. 1304794
Published by Wayfarer Books. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Each month of the year has its own poem and story in harmony with the ever changing woodland. Large format. Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Lovely colour illustrations. ISBN: 0952166313. SIGNED by the author (with dedication to Wendy) to front fly-leaf. Minimal rubbing to spine. Some slight wear to wrapper edges.

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THE AVENGERS
Written by Rich Cohen.
Stock no. 1204308
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 2000. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A Jewish war story. This book tells one of the great untold stories of the Second World War. ISBN: 0224060015. Small nick to base of wrapper spine.

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TON UP! A CELEBRATION OF A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE MIDLAND AUTOMOBILE CLUB
Written by Jonathan Toulmin; Pat Toulmin.
Stock no. 1204298
Published by Midland Automobile Club. 1st 2001. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Hill Climbs - Races - Rallies - Trials - Sprints. Colour and b/w photos. 240 pages.

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