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THE GOLLIWOGG'S FOX-HUNT
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1315017
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, oblong format. Glorious, humorous colour pictures. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light scuffing to covers. Light browning to endpapers, some light fingering to page margins. There is a strong smell to the contents of the book (not sure what it is). Overall this is a very nice copy of a very politically-incorrect book! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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NODDY GOES TO SEA
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk.
Stock no. 1404629
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book 18. Brown pictorial boards. Colour pictures. ISBN: 0361004184. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges faded. Some foxing to text block and to page edges otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn, chipped and creased. Front panel, spine and rear fold are faded. Some small tape marks to verso of wrapper.

Price: £32.00 £20.00.

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HURRAH FOR LITTLE NODDY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1404623
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book No. 2. Blue pictorial boards, rounded spine. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges rubbed. Couple of hinges cracked. Inscription in ink to title page. A little foxing mostly to page edges and a few light marks otherwise contents are clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edgeworn and creased with a few small tears. Wrapper is a little grubby and is foxed to verso.

Price: £60.00 £54.00.

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PRINCE DANDE LION
Written by May Gibbs. Illustrated by May Gibbs.
Stock no. 1505079
Published by Ure Smith. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A Garden Whim-Wham. The young Prince Dande Lion sets off to see the world with Bill Bergia the Smuggler, Captain Sturt Pea, Reds the Poinsettier dog and a pup, little Black Tulip. They meet with many exciting adventures. Brown cloth spine, green paper boards with brown vignette of Dande Lion. 4 colour plates(incl. title page), 12 full page black and white and many small illustrations. 117 pages. Spine bumped with wear to ends. A little wear to corners. Fading to edges of both covers and a few faint dark marks to rear cover. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Margin tear to lower edge of page 99/100, just reaches text. Some black spots to colour plate pages, mostly faint and on versos. Light browning to endpapers and an odd fox spot but generally a nice clean copy. Dustwrapper has loss from ends of spine, top corner of rear panel and top of front fold and a few small chips. Rear flap is almost detached. Large tear to rear panel repaired on verso with clear tape, now yellowed. 4 pencil numbers/marks and a couple of creases to front flap. Panels and spine a bit grubby.

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NODDY AND TESSIE BEAR
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Lee.
Stock no. 1404620
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book No. 12: Pink pictorial paper boards with colour titles. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Partial browning to endpapers. Inscription in ink above belongs to box. First few pages marked with some fingering to rest of contents which are generally clean. Foxing to text block edge. Dustwrapper is edge torn, chipped and creased. Spine is faded. Wrapper is generally grubby.

Price: £30.00 £18.00.

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BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP
No author listed. Illustrated by Will Kidd.
Stock no. 1315010
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Square format (9.75 x 9.75"). Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout with a well-known nursery rhyme opposite each. Printed on green paper. Corners worn, covers edge rubbed. Some loss of surface paper to lower front edge of spine. Contents clean. Stitching is slightly pulled. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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BIG ANIMAL RAG BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1315000
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1939. Very good condition.

Rag Book 344. Very large, oblong format (11.5 x 14.5"). 14 cloth pages with colour illustrations of animals. The book has been folded in half for a period of time causing it not to sit flat. Corner tips lightly creased. Contents clean. A nice copy of a very scarce rag book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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PICTURES AND PLUMS FOR FINGERS AND THUMBS
Written by Edric Vredenburg; et al.
Stock no. 1314999
Published by Ernest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co.. circa 1893. Good condition.

Large format (12.25 x 10.25"). Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Pretty chromolithographs and b/w illlustrations. Short stories and rhymes. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Small, light scratches to covers. Spine slightly discoloured. New endpapers. First gathering is detached at staples. One page has a small section torn at lower margin. Light fingermarks and page browning else contents clean.

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OLD SONGS FOR YOUNG ENGLAND
Written by Clarence Forsythe. Illustrated by B. Ostertag.
Stock no. 1314989
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1901. Very good condition.

Harmonized by Clarence Forsythe. Large oblong format (10.25 x 12"). Brown cloth with illustration to front cover. Floral decorated endpapers. 46 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper which is also very slightly edge chipped. Page browning to half-title. Foxing to textblock. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1404605
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; D.V. Publications Ltd.. 1958. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Pink pictorial glazed boards showing Noddy in his aeroplane. Colour illustrations. Big Noddy Book No. 8. Top and bottom of spine browned. Corners bumped. Board edges faded. Name in belongs to box plus inscription on same page. One colouring page messily completed. Couple of corners are creased. Some foxing, mainly to page edges. Some marks, including a few coloured pencil marks otherwise contents are generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with small areas of loss to top and bottom of spine. Spine and panel edges are faded, Some pen marks to front cover. Wrapper grubby.

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NODDY'S TALL BLUE BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1404595
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1960. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial blue paper wraps. 4 pictures to a page - in colour - with text beneath. 10 pages. Unpaginated. 26.25cm tall, 7.5cm wide. Slight rubbing to spine and corners. Contents excellent.

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BABY BUNTING'S FIRST BOOK
Written by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 1314977
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial boards. 2 pretty colour plates. B/w illustrations to text throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Foxing to contents. One page has a small margin tear. Tiny patch of surface paper damage to top corner of front pastedown.

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