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THE WESTOW TALISMAN
Written by Percy F. Westerman. Illustrated by W. Edward Wigfull.
Stock no. 1325868
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1934. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

An adventure story for boys. Lord Fancis Westow finds it necessary to send the famous Westow Talisman to Egypt by aeroplane... Light tan cloth, brown titles. 4 b/w plates. 224 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Tiny booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with very slight loss and grubby to rear panel and spine.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1913
Written by Herbert Strang; Leslie Beresford; Captain Charles Gilson; Walter C. Rhoades; et al. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo; T.H. Robinson; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325849
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1913. Very good condition.

Beige cloth with gilt titles and onlays to front and spine showing a Canadian Mountie. Beige pictorial endpapers. Colour plates mounted on captioned brown paper. B/w illustrations. First story is "The Drums of the Twenty-Fourth" by Gilson. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Onlay to spine is slightly edge rubbed and faded. Some slight marking and spotting to covers. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Hinges cracked. Foxing to contents.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1912
Written by Herbert Strang; David W. Bone; Stacey Blake; Captain Charles Gilson; Herbert Hayens; et al. Illustrated by Cyrus Cuneo; Lionel Edwards; C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325848
Published by Hodder & Stoughton; Henry Frowde. 1912. Almost very good condition.

Purple boards with large pictorial onlay to front (scene showing schoolboys talking to a teacher). Blue cloth spine. Colour plates, b/w illustrations throughout. First story is "The Merchants' Cup" by Bone. Spine bumped, corners slightly worn. Fading to cover edges and to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. endpapers partly browned. Plates loose, some with slightly ragged edges. Heavy foxing to contents.

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HERBERT STRANG'S ANNUAL 1914
Written by Herbert Strang; Walter C. Rhoades; et al; Harold Avery; Tom Bevan. Illustrated by C.E. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 1325847
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1914. Good condition.

Green paperboards, pictorial onlay to front shows boy rescuing another from a cliff fall. Pictorial spine. 8 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. First story is "The Coward" by Rhoades. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly damp stained. Prize plate to front pastedown. Vertical crease to edge of front free-endpaper. Joints starting to crack. Heavy foxing and grubby fingermarks to contents.

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TOM MERRY'S HOLIDAY
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1325839
Published by Howard Baker. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Gem Library No. 6, comprising Gem Nos 812-818. Large format. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0703000489. Large foxspots to contents else clean. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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THE MYSTERY OF CONSOLE WOOD
Written by L.E.O. Charlton.
Stock no. 1325815
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Two boys in a helicopter fly their way through a thrilling and novel adventure. Green cloth, black titles with vignette to front cover. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. 6 b/w illustrations and two colour plates. 220 pages, top edge dyed brown. Minimal bumping to spine. Foxing else clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with slight loss, grubby to rear panel and has some pencil prices written to front flap (printed price covered with green crayon).

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WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1325808
Published by George Newnes Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt vignette of William to spine and gilt lettering to spine/front cover. 248 pages. B/w illustrations to text throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink and a small pencil erasure patch to front free-endpaper. Slight foxing and fingering to textblock. Dustwrapper is worn at edges, creased and grubby but mainly complete.

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THE SHYLOCK OF GREYFRIARS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1325807
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 72. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 7 reproductions in faithful facsimile form of the most popular school stories of all time, by the world's greatest school story writer. Includes issues 1110, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1133, 1134, 1136: The Shylock of Greyfriars; The Boy Without a Friend; Monty Newland's Enemy; The New Boy's Feud; Blackmail; Fool's Luck; Six in the Soup. ISBN: 0703001787. Minimal bumping to spine and very pale page browning. Dustwrapper is sunned at spine and edges.

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GIMLET'S ORIENTAL QUEST
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1826511
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A 'King of the Commandos' Adventure. A desperate treasure hunt in siamese jungle, which began harmlessly enough as a fishing holiday in the Highlands of Scotland. Gimlet and 'Cub' Peters lead an expedition to vindicate a dead man's faith. Green cloth, colour frontis. 8 b/w illustrations. Light bumping to top of spine (minor). A few minor foxspots mainly to text block. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and worn with a few small chips and tears.

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BIGGLES AND THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1826508
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biggles & Co. are on a trail of a yacht that sailed away and never came back. Blue boards, black titles. Not illustrated. Minor bump to middle of spine and light shelf wear to base of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, a little rubbing to pictorial front panel of dustwrapper has removed surface paper to one area, rear panel is browned and slightly crinkled.

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BIGGLES ON MYSTERY ISLAND
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Stead.
Stock no. 1826507
Published by The Children's Book Club. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, black title to spine. 6 colour plates. Base of spine lightly bumped. Text block and endpapers browned. Some foxing to page margins. All plates present. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at corners, browned to spine and rear panel, minor chips to edges.

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BUNTER THE BAD LAD
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1826360
Published by Cassell. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, yellow titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Boards clean and bright. Top edge of text block a little dusty with pale foxing. Front joint is split but binding still tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed and grubby.

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