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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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HOPE AND THE LITTLE PRINCESS
Written by Dorothy Cottell. Illustrated by M.H. Cottell.
Stock no. 732289
1st 1914. Very good condition.

Brown paper boards with gilt title and illustration to front board. Beige decorated endpapers. 18 pages. 2 full-page b/w illustrations. SIGNED by author with inscription to front fly-leaf. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. A couple of hinges pulled. Some light fingering to page margins else a nice, clean copy.

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PRINCE RABBIT AND THE PRINCESS WHO COULD NOT LAUGH
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Mary Shepard.
Stock no. 325571
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st thus 1966. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

First story is about a clever rabbit who wished to become heir to the throne... Second story is about a lovely princess who never laughed. Pictorial boards. 10 x 8". Colour and b/w illustrations. Boards a little edge worn. Neat inscription to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper price-cut and edge worn with one closed tear to rear.

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THE MONSTER RUPERT
Written by Mary Tourtel. Illustrated by Mary Tourtel.
Stock no. 625291
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

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. Corners slightly rubbed. First 5 pages of cut-outs removed. Last two pages have tear to lower margin with slight loss from last page and rear pastedown. Name in belongs to box. Covers and contents bright and clean. Protected by original pictorial wrapper which is torn with loss at base of spine, slight loss at top of spine and corners, with a few repaired tears.

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THE WHITE KING'S DAUGHTER
Written by Emma Marshall.
Stock no. 713440
Published by Seeley and Co. Limited. 5th 1904. Slightly better than very good condition.

A Story of the Princess Elizabeth. Green cloth, gilt titles and decoration. B/w frontis. Spine bumped, corners very slightly rubbed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxspots to outer page edges. A bright copy.

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WINGED PRINCESS
Written by Anne Kennington. Illustrated by C. Conway Gordon.
Stock no. 719533
Published by Nicholson & Watson. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brown pictorial boards. Brown and white text illustrations. 40 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers and outer page edges foxed. Brown pictorial wrapper is edge-worn.

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THE FROWNING PRINCE
Written by Crockett Johnson. Illustrated by Crockett Johnson.
Stock no. 721607
Published by Harper & Bros. Circa 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The prince with the immoveable frown meets the princess with the irresistable smile...Grey cloth spine, red pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. Corners worn, edges rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge-worn and grubby with loss at top and tail of spine.

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SNAIL AND THE PENNITHORNES AND THE PRINCESS
Written by Barbara Willard. Illustrated by Geoffrey S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 731683
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dark pink boards, cream title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. 159 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Endpapers partly browned. Contents clean. White pictorial wrapper is slightly grubby with tape reinforcements to verso at top of spine and flap folds. A nice copy.

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