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THE MINSTREL AND THE DRAGON PUP
Written by Rosemary Sutcliff. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1328652
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744521742. Spine and corners bumped. Some light spotting to covers. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and faded to spine.

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MICKEY MOUSE ANNUAL 1947 FOR 1948
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1328247
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1947. Almost very good condition.

Green boards. Pictorial onlay to front cover showing Mickey and friends playing musical instruments. Colour frontis. Black/red illustrations throughout. 124 pages. 10 x 8". Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Some light fingering and a few corner tips creased. Light musty smell to contents. Still a nice copy.

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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1827834
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown paperboards with chequerboard design and colour pictorial onlay. Exquisite colour plates. Spine lightly browned. Contents and plate margins also browned. Hinges are lightly pulled but the binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor closed tears (no loss) and is just a little grubby.

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EMPIRE YOUTH ANNUAL 1946
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327264
Published by P.R. Gawthorn Ltd.. 1946. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and embossed title to front cover. Colour and b/w photos. The Victory Volume containing much world war two material. Spine and corners bumped, slight wear to spine. Spine and rear cover edges slightly faded. Some slight grubbiness to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light page browning and fingering else contents clean.

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AN AUTUMN IN WALES (1856)
Written by Julius Rodenberg; William Linnard.
Stock no. 1326898
Published by D. Brown & Sons Limited. 1st ed 1985. Very good condition.

Country and people, tales and songs. Originally written in German and published in 1858 the work was translated and first published in English in 1985 by Linnard. Red glazed pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0905928318. Spine faded. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Pale page browning and foxing to top edge of textblock else contents clean.

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FLOWER FAIRIES OF THE AUTUMN
Written by Cicely Mary Barker. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1326741
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown paperboards with chequerboard design and colour pictorial onlay. Exquisite colour plates. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing to front endpapers and to textblock. Dustwrapper (price 2/6) is lightly foxed and has a couple of very small edge tears. Last title listed on rear panel is A Little Picture Hymn Book.

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ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND LOSSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR VOLUME 2
Written by Norman L.R. Franks.
Stock no. 1825979
Published by Midland Publishing. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1942-1943. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 1857800753. Very light foxing to text block. Spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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THE GREEN BOOK FOR GIRLS
Written by Mrs. Herbert Strang; Charles Dickens; Angela Brazil; Bessie Marchant; Dorita Fairlie Bruce; et al. Illustrated by John Campbell; Lilian A. Govey; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325450
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Almost very good condition.

Green cloth spine and green decorated boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. First story is "The Magic Fish Bone" by Charles Dickens. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Spine browned. Contents are browned with heavy foxing to textblock (some to margins). Some hinges cracked.

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AVRO LANCASTER (CROWOOD AVIATION SERIES)
Written by Ken Delve.
Stock no. 1825686
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The full story of the aircraft's design, development and operational use from its beginnings in the form of the Avro Manchester through to its retirement and beyond. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 175 pages including index. ISBN: 1861262221. A very nice copy, no significant faults.

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A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
Stock no. 1324901
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. Circa 1910. Fair condition.

Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Large pictorial onlay to front. Decorated endpapers. 12 colour plates with tissue-paper guards. Numerous b/w text illustration. Top edge gilt. Covers are very worn and badly dampstained. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Name in ink to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Endpapers lightly browned. Front joint cracked between endpaper and half-title, showing webbing beneath. Some light fingering but contents generally clean.

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BLACKIE'S GIRLS' ANNUAL
Written by Winifred F. Peck; Florence Harrison; C. Bernard Rutley; Angela Brazil; et al. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; Florence Harrison; Ruth Cobb; et al..
Stock no. 1324830
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1931. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Front board shows a girl in skirt and blazer with a black dog on a lead. First story is "The First Flight" by Peck. 4 colour plates, b/w text illustrations throughout. Corners are worn, edges rubbed. Spine and rear cover slightly grubby, front cover lightly scuffed. Name plate to front pastedown. Inscription in pencil to front free-endpaper. Foxing to contents.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1324585
Published by Daily Express. 1955. Very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert hiking in a field. 1st story Rupert and Poll Parrot. 10x7 inches. 107 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Light marks to covers. Endpapers are lightly browned, slight evidence of removal of a label to front free-endpaper. Name, adderess and date in belongs to box (blue biro). NOT price cut but price also written (in blue biro) 3 times to other corners of title-page. Crossword done in pencil. Painting contest part completed with entry form completed. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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