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THE PRIZE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS VOLUME 62
Written by Bertha Leonard; et al. Illustrated by Marjorie Slade; Eve Garnett; V. Edgecombe Jenkins; et al..
Stock no. 1502889
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Limited. Almost very good condition.

Volume LXII. Blue cloth spine, pictorial front board shows two children on beach looking at sunset, pears soap advert to rear cover. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 140 pages. Spine bumped and worn with small splits and some fraying. Corners worn, piece chipped from outside edge of slightly bowed front cover. Spine and covers a little grubby. Front joint and a couple of hinges starting to crack. Some foxing. A few grubby marks to contents page but rest of contents generally clean.

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NODDY AND THE MAGIC RUBBER
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 2114835
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Pleiades Books Ltd.. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Noddy book No. 9. Peach pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Name in belongs to box. Odd grubby margin mark. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with creasing and some loss.

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RECORDS AND CHAMPIONS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2114821
Published by Hulton Press. 1st 1959. Slightly better than very good condition.

An Eagle Book. Oblong format. Pictorial card wraps. B/w photos. Some edge-creasing. Includes a letter SIGNED by the editor, Clifford Makins.

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ADVENTURES AT HAMPTON COURT
Written by Violet Needham. Illustrated by Will Nickless.
Stock no. 2114819
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Some damp marking to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears to corners and along edges; a few small chips/pieces of loss; grubby to rear panel.

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THE CLEVER LITTLE TAILOR OR SEVEN AT A BLOW
Written by Frederic B. Saywell. Illustrated by Herbert J. Harvey.
Stock no. 2114799
Published by Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd.. Very good condition.

White cloth spine; decorated covers. Tipped-in colour plates on grey paper, with border and caption. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to spine; title is partially faded. Bookplate to front pastedown. Some foxing to pages. 1" margin tear to page 38. A couple of light creases.

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THE JOLLY KITTEN BOOK
Written by R.M. Ballantyne. Illustrated by F.A. Williams.
Stock no. 2114788
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine; pictorial front cover. 2 colour plates, plus other b/w plates and illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Binding is starting to become a bit weak in places; front joint is partially cracked. Foxing to pages.

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NURSERY VERSES
No author listed. Illustrated by H.G.C. Marsh Lambert.
Stock no. 2114787
Published by Ward, Lock & Co.. 1st thus 1985. Very good condition.

Facsimile edition of 1920's original. 2 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Colour pictorial boards. ISBN: 070636371X. Some light bumping and wear to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Contents are excellent.

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MERRY MONKEY'S
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 2114783
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. Circa 1946. Almost very good condition.

16 large colour plates. B/w text illus throughout. Blue cloth boards, pictorial onlay to front. 83pp. Large format. Pencil scribble to covers, with foxing to spine. Pictorial onlay also has piece of damage, where it is wrinkled and torn, so that you can see blue cloth through, to title. All 16 colour plates are present and lovely and bright. Name in ink to half-title page. A few grubby margin marks.

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REMI
Written by Hector Malot. Illustrated by Rodney Shackell.
Stock no. 1402711
Published by MacDonald. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Aged 8 Remi is handed over to Signor Vitalis for 40 francs. Signor Vitalis was the owner of a troupe of performing animals and Remi soon learned to love and care for them. Translated and adapted by Constance Herd. Pale blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. A sensitive adaptation of a classic story. SIGNED by the translator to the front endpaper. Spine and corners are a little bumped. Small bump to top of front board. Contents are clean. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn. Spine is browned. A few marks to panels which are grubby.

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COWBOY SAM AND PORKY
Written by Edna Walker Chandler. Illustrated by Jack Merryweather.
Stock no. 1402710
Published by E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd.. 1st 1966. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Cowboy Sam Series Book 8. Big Bill is a cook on Cowboy Sam's ranch and Porky is his horse. All Porky seems to do is eat and sleep until one day the secret of how to make him work like other cowboy horses id discovered. Grey pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Large, easy to read text. 63 pages. Spine and corners a little bumped and rubbed. Board edges are browned. Small nick to centre of spine. Foxing to endpapers and to some pages otherwise contents are clean. Slight musty smell. Pictorial dustwrapper is edgeworn with small tears. Small holes to front panel, spine and fold at front. Wrapper is browned and grubby with foxing and some damp marks to verso.

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SECRET ARENA
Written by Elleston Trevor.
Stock no. 1313046
Published by White Lion Publishers Limited. 1st thus 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Originally published in 1951. Pale blue boards with gilt title to spine. 222 pages. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is marked to rear panel, slightly browned to spine and a little bit edge worn.

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PICTURE LIVES OF GREAT HEROES
No author listed.
Stock no. 2114723
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1886. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt title and green/brown decorations to front. With 48 coloured and tinted illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks to covers. Front endpaper is browned, with tear to bottom of page next to spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. A few hinges are pulled. Margin marks and a little foxing.

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