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MARDIE
Written by Astrid Lindgren. Illustrated by Ilon Wikland.
Stock no. 1327455
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st UK 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated from the Swedish by Patricia Crampton. Blue covers with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0416576400. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Slight rubbing to wrapper edges.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1954 - THE NEW RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1827740
Published by Daily Express. 1954. Slightly better than very good condition.

Colour pictorial laminated boards - Rupert and friends building a snowman. 1st story Rupert and the Friendly Sea-Lion. 123 pages. 10x7 inches. Not published in facsimile form as some of the content was considered politically incorrect. Boards clean and bright with light rubbing to corners. Spine is slightly cocked towards top, therefore boards do not quite line up when laying flat. Top of spine lightly worn. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Text block lightly browned with a few minor foxspots. Puzzle pages are all clean. Contents clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1956 - THE RUPERT BOOK
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1827739
Published by Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd.. 1956. Slightly better than very good condition.

Colour laminated boards - Rupert flying through the air on a sledge. 107 pages. Painting page, cinema show and puzzle pages. A Daily Express annual. Not published in facsimile form as some of the content was considered politically incorrect. Boards nice and bright with just a few very minor marks, spine is very slightly browned with very minor rubbing to top. NOT price-cut or inscribed. Cinema show page intact. Painting contest present and clean. Text block is lightly browned with a few minor foxspots. Contents lovely and clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1976
No author listed. Illustrated by Alex Cubie.
Stock no. 1327434
Published by Daily Express. 1976. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial glazed boards - Rupert waving with a toy train. 1st story Rupert and the Jumping Men. 10x7 inches. 115 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Child's name in ink to belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Some light foxing/spotting but contents generally clean.

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BIGGLES AND THE POOR RICH BOY
Written by W.E. Johns. Illustrated by Leslie Stead.
Stock no. 1327433
Published by The Children's Book Club. Circa 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards. Dark titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 182 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Light browning to spine. Foxing to textblock and endpapers. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and edge worn/chipped with slight loss. Rear panel is grubby and foxed.

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ELSIE J. OXENHAM OMNIBUS FOR GIRLS
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 1327432
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Three complete full length novels, including 'Win through', 'At home', and 'Play up'. Orange covers with black titles. Top edge red. Spine bumped. Covers slightly grubby at edges. Prize plate to front pastedown. Small orange stain to lower corner of front free-endpaper else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge torn/chipped but no loss.

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SCAMP AND CAROLINE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Pierre Probst.
Stock no. 1327431
Published by Hackett's; Blackie. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition.

Hackett's Little Gift Books. Yellow spine, pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Staples rusty. Covers edge worn, some loss of surface paper covering to lower 2" of spine. Names in belongs to box. Some grubby marks to contents. Front joint cracked.

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DRAGONS AT CRUMBLING CASTLE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Terry Pratchett. Illustrated by Mark Beech.
Stock no. 1327393
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2014. Very good condition.

Orange boards, black title to spine. Blue endpapers. 434 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780857534385. Spine bumped. Contained in a black slipcase which is a little scuffed and marked.

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THE ATLAS OF MIDDLE-EARTH
Written by Karen Wynn Fonstad.
Stock no. 1827706
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Circa 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Drawing on the texts of The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, this Atlas is the most complete and authoritative guide to Tolkien's world. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. Maps throughout. ISBN: 0395286654. Boards clean. Text block a little browned. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is a little scuffed and has a small closed tear to top rear edge.

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THE STORY OF THE STUBBYDUB
Written by Rab; Rachel Cassels Brown. Illustrated by Rab; Rachel Cassels Brown.
Stock no. 1327311
Published by W. Westall & Co., Ltd.. Circa 1918. Very good condition.

The Stubbydub is a peculiar creature with pointed ears and webbed hands and feet. Pictorial boards. Full page colour and b/w illustrations. Large format. Covers edge worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some grubby fingermarks to page margins. Tear to one of the last pages at lower edge (not a colour plate).

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TISBURY BLUE
Written by Jim Smith. Illustrated by Jim Smith.
Stock no. 1327310
Published by The Hobnob Press. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition.

Tisbury is a remarkable cat that lived in a corner shop. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0946418012. SIGNED by the author with a small doodle to front free-endpaper. Spine very slightly bumped. A few small, light scratch marks to rear cover. Contents fine.

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WIZZIL
Written by William Steig. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1327309
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Wizzil is a bored witch. So she turns herself into a common housefly and sets off to Frimp Farm to cause a little trouble. ISBN: 0747550328. SIGNED by the illustrator to title-page.

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