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EVEREST IS CLIMBED
Written by Wilfrid Noyce. Illustrated by Richard Taylor.
Stock no. 1323602
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 100. Oblong format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Slight wear and tear to cover edges and minimal loss. Margin tear and crease to last page. Staples rusty. Page corner tips very slightly creased.

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HOW PLANES FLY
Written by S.E. Veale. Illustrated by Wren.
Stock no. 1323596
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1953. Good condition.

Puffin Picture Book 94. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers grubby and creased, tear to edge of rear cover. No. 94 written in black biro twice to front cover. Tick marks to booklist inside front cover. Foxing to textblock.

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POND LIFE
Written by Jean Gorvett. Illustrated by Paxton Chadwick.
Stock no. 1323595
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 93. Oblong format, pictorial paperwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. Some light foxing to textblock. Pencil annotations to two pages.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2015
Written by Stephanie Milton. Illustrated by Stuart Trotter; John Harrold; Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1323594
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. The 80th year! Front cover shows Rupert in diving suit, riding sea monster, with key in his hand. Contains stories and illustrations from different previous Rupert annuals. ISBN: 9781405279000. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners otherwise fine.

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BIGGLES BREAKS THE SILENCE
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1323593
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1949. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Black boards, silver titles and vignette. 8 blue & white full page illustrations, other b/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Heavy foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn with some loss and grubby to rear panel.

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THE SURPRISING CARAVAN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 1323582
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1946. Fair condition.

An Enid Blyton Picture Book. Oblong format 7.25 x 9", pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. Covers are very worn, backstrip missing, pencil marks to rear cover. Name and address in pencil to front pastedown. Lower corner of title-page/first text page torn off (no text of story missing). Contents are well fingered but generally clean. Stitching pulled causing contents to be loose.

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THE ROUNDABOUT BY THE SEA AND OTHER VERSES FOR CHILDREN
Written by John Walsh. Illustrated by Christopher Brooker.
Stock no. 1323567
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Poems about everyday things such as school, home, the seaside, etc made to seem new and exciting. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. A letter SIGNED by the author is included to the previous owner (D.R. Oldham). Spine and corners bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is price-cut and a little foxed.

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TENTS IN MONGOLIA
Written by Henning Haslund.
Stock no. 1323563
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st thus 1943. Very good condition.

A Youth Edition prepared by Eleanor Graham. The true story of a pioneering expedition to Urianhal, a little No-man's-land between Russian and Chinese territory. Puffin Story Book PS10. Red and white cardwraps. 144 pages. Covers edge rubbed. Small, light damp stain affects top corners of pages, else clean.

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THE PUFFIN PUZZLE BOOK
Written by W.E. Gladstone.
Stock no. 1323562
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1944. Good condition.

Puffin story book PS9. Blue pictorial card wraps. Light rubbing to cover edges and rear cover slightly grubby. Foxing to contnets. One puzzle has been neatly completed in light pencil. Front cover detached from front joint (glue dried out) but binding still tight.

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DICKON AMONG THE INDIANS
Written by M.R. Harrington. Illustrated by Clarence Ellsworth.
Stock no. 1323561
Published by Penguin Books. 1st thus 1949. Very good condition.

Puffin Story Book PS56. Pictorial cardwraps. 174 pages. B/w text illustrations. Spine sunned. Name stamped in ink to half title-page. Contents clean.

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NOBODY'S GARDEN
Written by Cordelia Jones. Illustrated by Victor Ambrus.
Stock no. 1323560
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited. 1st 1964. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. Minimal bumping to spine. A few foxspots to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher with new price printed beside the cut, edge rubbed and slightly grubby on rear panel.

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GAY GO UP
Written by Rose Fyleman. Illustrated by Decie Merwin.
Stock no. 1323559
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1929. Good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. Childrens Poetry. Spine and corners bumped and worn. A few grubby marks to covers. Prize plate to front free-endpaper. Some hinges cracked. Contents are a little fingered.

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