R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK No. 2
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1329741
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1919. Almost very good condition.

Containing: The Three Jovial Huntsment; Sing a Song For Sixpence; The Queen of Hearts; The Farmer's Boy. Beige pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations throughout. Page edges red. 9.5 x 8.25". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small stains to lower edge of front cover. Rear cover is faded. Corners are slightly worn. Page 25/6 of Sing a Song for Sixpence is repaired with tape. Light creasing to front free-endpaper. Some light fingering else contents clean.

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R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK No. 1
No author listed. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1329740
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. Circa 1910. Good condition.

Containing The Diverting History of John Gilpin; The House That Jack Built; An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog; The Babes in the Wood. Square format. Pictorial cloth. Colour & b/w illustrations. Decorated pale orange endpapers (publisher's motif?). Spine and corners bumped. Some small dents to cover edges and some scuffing and scratches to cloth. Covers a bit grubby. Inscriptions in ink to front free-endpaper (one crossed out). Front free-endpaper is creased. Front joint is cracked. Pages 23-26 of John Gilpin have been torn and now repaired with tape. A couple of the b/w illustrations have been coloured in with water-colour paint. There is some foxing throughout. A few small margin tears. Not as bad as it sounds, still a reasonable copy for a book that is over 100 years old!

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A REGENCY LADY'S FAERY BOWER
No author listed. Illustrated by Amelia Jane Murray.
Stock no. 1329723
Published by Holt Rinehart & Winston. 1st USA 1985. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

American edition. Cream boards, gilt titles. Beautiful colour illustrations. ISBN: 0030061091. Minimal bumping to cover edges. Wrapper spine is slightly faded and there is minimal creasing to edges.

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BILLY BUNTER AFLOAT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1329694
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Billy Bunter book no. 21. Green boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 223 pages. Spine bumped. Old tape marks to endpapers. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is very worn with edge chips and slight loss. 2" loss to base of spine, remaineder of spine faded and torn with slight loss at the top.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1942 (FACSIMILE) - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329664
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1994. Nearly fine condition.

A limited and numbered collectors edition of the 1942 Rupert book - the most scarce of all the Rupert annuals due to wartime paper shortages. Colour pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. 118 pages. ISBN: 1874507252. This is copy no. 5697. Spine ends very slightly rubbed, laminate at corners of covers just starting to lift. A few foxspots to textblock. Contained in a tight fitting publisher's slipcase.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1959
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329663
Published by Daily Express. 1959. Very good condition.

Laminated pictorial boards. Front cover has head and shoulders of Rupert with sea in the background. First story is Rupert and the Copper Bird. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price has been cut. A few small margin tears and corner creases. Colouring contest page untouched. Printing error to page 70 means light blue strip to edge (pictures and text still very visible).

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1961
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329648
Published by Daily Express. 1961. Very good condition.

Pictorial laminated boards showing Rupert on a swing. 1st story Rupert and the Hearth-Rug. Includes puzzle page and Magic Painting pages. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Crease to page 55/6. Magic paintings DONE. Maze of Butterflies completed in heavy pencil.

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BUTTERFLIES IN BRITAIN
Written by Richard Chopping. Illustrated by Richard Chopping.
Stock no. 1329646
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. Circa 1945. Very good condition.

Puffin Picture Book No. 29. Pictorial paperwraps. Staples are rusty. Last title listed inside front cover is Famous Ships (39).

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YOUNG JOHNNIE BIMBO
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1329645
Published by John Murray. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A Michael and Mary Story. Mike and Mary and their friend Vicky are spending a holiday on the Grand Union Canal. Pale blue boards, red titles. B/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Some faint mottling to covers. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock. Some grubby marks to page margins. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn with tape repairs on verso, rear panel is a bit grubby.

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ANNE OF INGLESIDE
Written by L.M. Montgomery.
Stock no. 1329631
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1940. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. 342 pages. Spine bumped, covers edge rubbed. Some foxing and page browning to contents. Light tobacco smell to contents. Printed edition details have been neatly erased from copyright page. Dustwrapper is worn and torn with some loss. Damp stain to lower half of spine, grubby to rear panel. Dustwrapper is for the 3rd impression book.

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HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES
Written by Salman Rushdie. Illustrated by Paul Birkbeck.
Stock no. 1329630
Published by Ted Smart. Circa 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Yellow glazed pictorial boards. Striking colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0670886580. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and slightly creased at edges.

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THE FOLK OF THE FARAWAY TREE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Mark Beech.
Stock no. 1329628
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st thus 2015. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Blue decorated boards with white title to spine and illustration to front cover. Wonderful colour illustrations throughout (in the style of Quentin Blake). ISBN: 9781405276665. Some light rubbing to wrapper edges and a tiny nick to lower corner of wrapper spine.

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