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HAFFERTEE HAMSTER DIAMOND
Written by Janet Perkins; John Perkins. Illustrated by Gillian Gaze.
Stock no. 1321509
Published by Lion Publishing. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Haffertee is a soft-toy hamster made for Yolanda when her real pet hamster died... the first in the Haffertee series. Glazed pictorial boards. Two-tone text illustrations. ISBN: 0856480657. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Spine faded. Contents clean.

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TOP SECRET
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer.
Stock no. 2135229
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1955. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

From the Chudleigh Hold Series. Hawk Chudleigh goes to work in Queensland bearing papers about a new secret weapon. He and his chum, Walter Urquhart escape to an island owned by the Penrose family who fall into enemy hands. Pale blue boards, dark blue title to spine. B/w frontis. 204 pages. Bumping and wear to spine and cover edges. Fade/brown patches to top and tail of spine and cover edges. Page browning. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips; loss to top and tail of spine and top edge of front panel; some grubby marks and foxspots.

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ENSIGN CAREY
Written by Ronald Welch.
Stock no. 1321448
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, silver title to spine. 175 pages. ISBN: 0192713868. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and top edge dusty. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed. Publisher's price sticker to front flap has been crossed out with biro.

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SAMBO SAHIB
Written by Elizabeth Hay.
Stock no. 1321445
Published by Paul Harris Publishing. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Little Black Sambo and Helen Bannerman. B/w photos. Red boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 090450591X. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is price-cut, slightly creased at edges and faded to spine.

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THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN
Written by Denis Constanduros. Illustrated by John Kenney.
Stock no. 2135162
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. Circa 1965. Almost very good condition.

Ladybird Series 413. Red pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0721401961. Spine is faded with wear. Some marks to covers. Foxing throughout. Tally no. 140 to rear cover.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Written by J.K. Rowling.
Stock no. 1321429
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fifth in the Harry Potter serie. Adult binding: black boards (instead of pictorial), gilt title to spine. 766 pages. ISBN: 0747569401. Spine bumped. Page edge browning else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
Written by J.K. Rowling.
Stock no. 1321428
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The final instalment of the Harry Potter saga. Pictorial boards. 607 pages. ISBN: 9780747591054. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Presentation label to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed, very small mark to centre of spine.

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THE FAIRY KITES
Written by Ethel K. Crawford. Illustrated by Florence Harrison.
Stock no. 1321410
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1927. Very good condition.

Beige cloth spine with blue title. Blue title and yellow/blue illustration of castle to front. Colour frontis, 6 b/w plates. 96 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers browned and a little grubby with erased pencil marks to rear cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Endpapers browned, foxing to contents. Large tear to one page has been neatly repaired.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1960
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2135126
Published by Daily Express. 1960. Fair condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert with lantern, pulling a large sledge of holly. Magic painting pages. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Top 1-2" of spine are MISSING. Rest of spine has varying amounts of splitting to both sides. Corners are bumped with wear. Belongs to box has name erased. NOT price-cut. Grubby marks. Some doodles in places (e.g. front endpaper), some crayoning in, crayon also to Magic Paintings - which are DONE. Some creasing to pages and grubby marks. This is a WORKING copy ONLY!

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1969
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2135125
Published by Daily Express. 1969. Almost very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert sitting on rock looking into stream. 1st story Rupert & the Whistlefish. 10 x 7 inches. 115 pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Top 1" of spine is MISSING. Belongs to box has name erased. NOT price-cut. Some margin marks. Puzzles are clean.

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MOLDY WARP THE MOLE
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2135088
Published by Collins. 1st 1940. Fair condition.

Grey boards with circular pictorial onlay. Grey and white pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. 87 pages. Spine has splitting and chipping all way up both sides; bottom part of backstrip is just about hanging on. Bumping to corners. Scuffing and wear to covers. Pencil scribble to rear pastedown and endpaper. Foxing and margin marks throughout book; a few small margin tears.

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GREY RABBIT'S MAY DAY
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 2135086
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Colour illustrated boards. Blue pictorial endpapers. Delightful colour illus throughout. 64 numbered pages. 7 x 5.5". Some wear to cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning and foxing; stain to spine; pencil writing and scribble to rear panel.

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