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NO BOATS ON BANNERMERE
Written by Geoffrey Trease. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy.
Stock no. 1330544
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. B/w illustrations. Why were boats forbidden on Bannermere Lake?... ISBN: 1904417442. Light vertical crease to spine edge of front cover (just where book has been held open to read). Light mark to top edge of textblock else contents clean.

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THE CRICKET TERM
Written by Antonia Forest.
Stock no. 1330542
Published by Puffin Books; Penguin Books Ltd. 1981. Very good condition.

It is busy summer again at Kingscote School. Nicola Marlow is coaching her team with a steely determination to beat the senior girls in the inter-form cricket cup, and her twin sister Lawrie is just as determined to get the part she really wants in the school play. A Puffin paperback. Pictorial cardwraps. 255 pages. ISBN: 0140311378. Light creases to covers. Pale page browning else contents clean.

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THE WHISTLING BOY
Written by Ruth M. Arthur. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 1330541
Published by Armada. 1st thus 1973. Very good condition.

Originally published by Gollancz in 1969. Kirsty goes fruit-picking in East Anglia and meets Jake, they immediately become friends... Cardwraps. B/w text illustrations. 159 pages. ISBN: 0006907601. Some creasing, wear and fading to covers. Inscription in ink to inside front cover, name in ink to inside rear cover. Initials in ink to half title-page. Pale page browning throughout else contents clean.

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A LAST YEAR AT VIVIANS
Written by Patricia K. Caldwell.
Stock no. 1330540
Published by Girls Gone By. 1st thus 2013. Very good condition.

Originally privately printed/published in 2006. Cardwraps. 207 pages. A few b/w photos. ISBN: 9781847451552. Front joint is starting to crack. Some rubbing to cover edges. Textblock is slightly grubby.

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THE CHALET SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer; Pat Willimott.
Stock no. 1330539
Published by Matador. 1st 2005. Very good condition.

Set a year after Elinor M. Brent-Dyer's New Beginnings at the Chalet School, this story features a new library and swimming pool, built to commemorate the silver anniversary of the school. Pictorial cardwraps. 184 pages. ISBN: 1905237308. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Corners of front cover slightly creased. Book is leaning to one side a little (just where it has been opened to read).

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GEDEON TRAVERSE L'ATLANTIQUE
Written by Benjamin Rabier. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 1208955
Published by Libraire Garnier Freres. Circa 1933. Good condition.

The adventures of a little yellow duck and his pals. Large format. Red cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Text in French. Covers are edge worn and lightly scuffed, blue crayon(?) scribble to rear board. Spine bumped. First 20 pages have vertical creases to inner margins (where the pages have been opened). There are a few margin marks and tears but generally the contents are clean.

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LES AVENTURES DE JO, ZETTE ET JOCKO: LE RAYON DU MYSTERE 2ME EPISODE - L'ERUPTION DU KARAMAKO
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208954
Published by Casterman. Circa 1960. Fair condition.

Large format. Red spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are worn and scuffed, some surface paper damage to front cover. Spine worn. Joints cracked and some hinges pulled causing contents to be a little loose but still bound tight. Page browning and some fingermarks to margins.

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LES AVENTURES DE JO, ZETTE ET JOCKO: LE RAYON DU MYSTERE 1ER EPISODE - LE "MANITOBA" NE REPOND PLUS
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208953
Published by Casterman. Circa 1960. Fair condition.

Large format. Red spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are worn and scuffed. Spine worn with slight loss to top and tail. Joints are cracked and a little weak. Name and address written in blue crayon in belongs to box. Pencil doodles of characters within the book to rear free-endpaper. Hinges pulled causing stitching to be weak but contents still bound. Page browning and some grubby fingermarks.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: LES BIJOUX DE LA CASTAFIORE
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208952
Published by Methuen. Circa 1963. Good condition.

Large format. Yellow spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are worn and scuffed. Spine worn, 1.5" loss at top. Joints cracked. Name and address in pencil to top margin of title-page. There is a white label showing the publisher as Methuen - London (catalogue number 2/6220/5) to lower margin of title-page. Light foxing and page browning else contents clean.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: LES 7 BOULES DE CRISTAL
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208951
Published by Casterman. Circa 1954. Good condition.

Large format. Yellow spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Covers are worn and scuffed, pale damp stains to lower edges of covers. Name and address in pencil to verso of title-page. Pencil doodles of Tintin characters to verso of rear free-endpaper. Crack to rear joint at lower 3". Some small margin tears and some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Light page browning as well but contents are generally clean.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: LE CRABE AUX PINCES D'OR
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208950
Published by Methuen. Circa 1947. Good condition.

The Crab With the Golden Claw. Text in French. Large format. Pictorial boards. 62 pages. This is the ninth Tintin Adventure. Covers are edge worn, scuffed and slightly grubby. Spine worn with 0.5" split at top. Joints cracked. Two addresses written of previous owners in heavy pencil to verso of front free-endpaper. Doodles of Tintin characters to rear free-endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins and light page browning to contents but generally clean.

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LES AVENTURES DE TINTIN: COKE EN STOCK
Written by Herge. Illustrated by Herge.
Stock no. 1208949
Published by Casterman. 1st 1958. Fair condition.

Large format. Yellow cloth spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Text in French. Contents are disbound from covers. Name in ink to verso of title-page. Light fingering to page margins and pale page edge browning but contents generally clean. Boards are edge worn and scuffed. Spine is worn with small split at base (minimal loss) and tear to front edge of spine (1").

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