THE ST. JIM'S CHRISTMAS BARRING-OUT
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406737
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1984. Slightly better than very good condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 54. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issues 776-784, 1923. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703005589. SIGNED by publisher, copy no. 23. Spine and corners bumped. Spine a little scuffed at top. Contents are very good. Contained in a slip case that is edge worn and browned at the edges.

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THE FIRST BOYS PAPER OMNIBUS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1406711
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1981. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume 41. Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. A unique collection, chosen from among the best of boy's pre-war story papers and magazines. Includes The Penny Marvel, Young Britain, The Champion, The Triumph, The Thriller, Dick Turpin, Boys Cinema, The Popular, and Scoops. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 070300221X. Copy no. 62 SIGNED by the publisher. Cellophane wrapper is a little marked. Contained in a grey mottled slipcase that is a little bumped at corners with a little foxing to spine.

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ST. JIM'S FOREVER
Written by Frank Richards; Martin Clifford.
Stock no. 1406702
Published by Howard Baker. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition.

Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 32. Collectors edition limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of The Gem issue nos. 729-751, 1922. Simulated green leather, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001949. Copy no. 57. SIGNED by publisher. Book has a musty smell. COntained in green mottled slipcase which has bumping to corners and one edge.

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FFANGS THE VAMPIRE BAT AND THE KISS OF TRUTH
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by Chris Riddell.
Stock no. 1507203
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A wildly inventive fantasy with splendidly exuberant illustrations. Black boards, silver title to spine. ISBN: 0571138411. Surface paper damage alongside spine on two pages, looks like they have been stuck together at some stage. A nice copy otherwise. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge worn.

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THE ADVENTURE OF THE FOUR WONDER CHICKENS AND THE AEROPLANE
Written by B. Kok. Illustrated by B. Kok; R.V. Looy.
Stock no. 1507201
Published by Arthur Barron Ltd.. circa 1948. Almost very good condition.

Miss Rooster and her Four Wonder Chickens No. 3. Oblong format. Cream cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers grubby with a few marks. Ink name, address and date to front pastedown. Foxing, mainly to title page. Just an odd mark to contents.

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AUTUMN SONGS WITH MUSIC
Written by Cicely Mary Barker; Olive Linnell. Illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker.
Stock no. 1507198
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. circa 1930. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

From Flower Fairies of the Autumn. Grey paper boards with blue titles, blue cloth spine. Pictorial onlay to front board. 12 poems with accompanying tipped-in colour plates and music by Linnell. A lovely book. Spine bumped and worn with a couple of marks. Wear to corners with some loss of surface from top corner of front cover. Rear cover is marked (water?) with light crease to bottom corner. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Light stains to bottom edges of endpapers and some pages. Foxing throughout. All plates present and in very good condition. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped, also grubby with stains and with hole to centre of spine. Some tape repairs to tears on verso.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1963
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1507193
Published by Daily Express. 1963. Almost very good condition.

Laminated pictorial boards showing Rupert sitting on a rock having just caught a Merchild in his fishing net. 1st story Rupert and the Birthday Present. 115 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Price-cut. Belongs to box completed with inscription, title page also has inscription, both in pen. Vertical crease to rear endpaper. Text pages very good. Magic paintings completed neatly.

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THE RETURN OF THE GREAT BEAR
Written by James Roose-Evans. Illustrated by Brian Robb.
Stock no. 1507187
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Odd, finding life lonely without Elsewhere, who has taken a summer job in a travelling circus, goes off to Wales to stay with Farmer Thomas. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0233966471. Original drawing of Odd and Elsewhere with dedication on front endpaper, dedication reads 'for Johanna with love from Odd & Elsewhere!'. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge worn, light browning to spine and some edges. Original price on front flap has been altered with felt pen, very small amount of transfer from drawing on flap.

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THE NAUGHTY TWINS AND OTHER BEDTIME STORIES
Written by Edward Hazell.
Stock no. 1507178
circa 1927. Good condition.

Pictorial matt boards show two children walking in snow. Small format, 7.25 x 4.75". 14 stories. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. 93 pages. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Covers grubby and marked. Presented to box on front endpaper completed in pen. Neat colouring to a few illustrations. Contents generally clean but with some browning. Book smells of smoke slightly.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1944 - RUPERT IN MORE ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1813976
Published by Daily Express. 1944. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps showing Rupert with chums, waving from a tree. First story Rupert and Rollo. 119 pages. 9.5 x 7 inches. Base of backstrip split to rear for almost 2", no loss. Covers lightly rubbed at corners. Rear joint is split so the rear cover is detached from spine. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Contents are clean. Slight musty odour present. If not for the rear joint and base of spine, this would be an almost fine 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. 1609016
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1966. Very good condition.

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. Top and tail of spine, and board edges, are scuffed. A little light scattered foxing.

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WINGS OVER THE AMAZON
Written by David T. Lindsay. Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw.
Stock no. 2123196
Published by John Hamilton Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The Ace Series. Blue boards, black title to spine. 222 pages. 4 b/w plates. The Ace Series title list to two pages at rear. Spine is faded and marked. Uneven fading to cover edges. Corners are bumped. Some marks to endpapers. Foxing and browning to pages. Book affected by tobacco odour.

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