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RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES No. 2 - RUPERT AND UNCLE BRUNO
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2119446
Published by Daily Express. Good condition.

A Bestall story originally published in 1938. Story title Rupert and Uncle Bruno. A strange accident to Uncle Bruno leads to a robber's secret hiding place. 9.5x7 inches. 16 pages. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Chipping and scuffing to spine, with a few splits. Creasing and wear to corners. A few page margin marks.

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NELSON'S JOLLY BOOK FOR BOYS
Written by Edwin Chisholm; C. Charlcot; C. Bernard Rutley; Ben Draper; et al.
Stock no. 2119433
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cream cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a boy in a speedboat. First story is 'The Secret of Walton Cove' by Charlcot. 6 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some grubby marks to spine. Marks to rear cover. Bookplate to front endpaper. Grubby marks to outer page edges and some page margins.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK No. 2
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 2119432
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards; black title to spine; red titles and decorations to front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. Uneven browning to cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears/chips; a little loss; some uneven browning.

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THE BIG BUDGET FOR CHILDREN
Written by Natalie Joan; W. Kersley Holmes; Ethel Talbot; Agnes Grozier Herbertson; et al. Illustrated by R.H. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 2119425
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1933. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards and spine. Covers show children ice skating and on a sledge. First piece is 'The Warning' by Natalie Joan. B/w illustrations and some plates. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; some chipping and small splits to edges. Grubby marks to covers. Bookplate to front endpaper. Some foxing and page browning.

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PARTRIDGE'S CHILDREN'S ANNUAL - 2ND YEAR
Written by Dorothea Moore; Evelyn Everett-Green; Brenda Girvin; et al. Illustrated by M. Bowley; H.G.C. Marsh; Louis Wain; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1315362
Published by S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows children in a snowy scene on toy horses. First story is Three Little Sabots. Colour and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Corners worn, cover edges slightly rubbed. Joints cracked and endpapers browned. Foxing and some grubby marks to page margins.

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NURSERY RHYMES
No author listed. Illustrated by Charles Robinson; Joyce Mercer; et al..
Stock no. 1315360
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

The 'Wonderland' Series. Red cloth spine, pictorial boards show boy serving tea and girl sat sewing. Colour frontis plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Most illustrations uncredited but frontis and most others appear to be by Robinson, a couple of rhymes at back of book are illustrated by Mercer. Very slight wear to spine and corners. Last few lower page corners creased. Contents clean.

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CHILDREN'S SINGING GAMES - SECOND SERIES
Written by Alice B. Gomme. Illustrated by Winifred Smith.
Stock no. 2119375
Published by David Nutt. Very good condition.

Square format. Grey cloth, black illustrations and titles. Contains music, words and decorations to many popular rhymes. 70 pages. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some neat colouring. A little page browning and some foxing. Grubby margin marks.

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THE WATER-BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2119373
Published by Constable & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. Green cloth, dark titles & vignettes. 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. 319 pages. Spine is faded and foxed. Uneven fading and some other marks to covers. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Small splits to top and tail of spine; with fraying of cloth. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing. All plates present.

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MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL
Written by Virginia Lee Burton. Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton.
Stock no. 2119368
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Circa 1939. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Cloth with illustration to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Foxing to spine. Mark along bottom edge of front cover. Bookplate to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is badly edge-torn and chipped; piece of loss to top edge of front panel; smaller loss to corners and top and tail of spine. Tape repairs.

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NUMBER FOURTEEN JOY STREET
Written by Olive Dehn; Madeleine Nightingale; Margaret Baker; et al. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Mary Baker; A.H. Watson; et al..
Stock no. 2119367
Published by Basil Blackwell. 1936. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green decorated cloth and endpapers. Tipped-in colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading/browning to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is browned with edge-tears and chips; some tape repairs to verso; small pieces of loss.

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CHILDREN'S PRAYERS
Written by Sarah Wilson. Illustrated by Jane M. Dealy; Fred Marriott.
Stock no. 1404808
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode. circa 1887. Almost very good condition.

Cream pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. 7.5" x 6" Small split to bottom of spine. Corners worn. Covers grubby. Ribbon binding book is worn and frayed so contents almost detached. Inscription in ink to inside front cover. Some foxing and browning to contents.

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THE AVENUE
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Joyce Bruce.
Stock no. 1811394
Published by Collins. 1st 1952. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 221 pages. B/w illustrations. Top of spine lightly rubbed. Lower edge of text block deckle edged. Price-cut dustwrapper is lightly edge-rubbed with a couple of closed edge tears to rear panel.

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