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MR. GALLIANO'S CIRCUS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by E.H. Davie.
Stock no. 2124934
Published by George Newnes Limited. 2nd 1939. Good condition.

Blue cloth covers with large pictorial onlay and black titles. Colour frontis plus b/w illustrations. 218 pages. Spine is browned and worn. Bumping to corners. Tip of one corner of onlay has been torn off. Scuffing and marks to rear cover. Joints are cracked. Inscription in ink to front pastedown. Page 13 has edge-tears/chipping with loss all the way down the long (outer page) edge. Foxing throughout. Some b/w illustrations have been coloured in. Some page creasing and a few small nicks to page margins. A reading copy.

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TOM MERRY'S BEST
Written by Martin Clifford; Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2124920
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The Gem no. 8. Eight reproductions in facsimile of issues of The Gem 1935-36. ISBN: 0703001612. Bumping to cover edges. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with a couple of tears; repaired to verso with sticky tape.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS IN TOWN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 2124918
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Beige cloth, black titles and vignettes. Colour frontis and b/w plates. 314 pages. All edges gilt. An early reprint (6 end pages to this book, 1st edition had 3). Large split down rear side of spine; fraying of cloth. Small split to base of spine; other chipping to corners. Binding is a little weak. Inscriptions in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby margin marks.

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STRANG'S PENNY BOOKS THE SEVEN SONS
Written by Margaret Baker.
Stock no. 2124881
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1939. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Early reader for children aged 7-8. Browning to covers and pages. Vertical creasing to pages.

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STRANG'S PENNY BOOKS DON'T BE TOO SURE
Written by Herbert Strang.
Stock no. 2124879
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1938. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. B/w and two-tone illustrations. For children aged 8-11. Some creasing. A few marks.

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STRANG'S PENNY BOOKS THE GREY GOOSE FEATHERS
Written by Margaret Stuart Lane. Illustrated by Mary S. Reeve.
Stock no. 2124878
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1936. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. B/w and two-tone illustrations. For children aged 8-11. A few creases to corners. Foxspot to base of spine. Contents are excellent.

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STRANG'S PENNY BOOKS BILL SAWYER'S V.C.
Written by Herbert Strang. Illustrated by H.M. Brock.
Stock no. 2124875
Published by Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press. 1939. Very good condition.

Pictorial paperwraps. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Only 23 pages in length. Some creasing and browning to covers and some pages internally.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS AT HOME
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham.
Stock no. 2124868
Published by Collins. 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, silver titles to front cover and spine. Colour frontis. 276 pages. 8 x 5.5". Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some closed tears and chips; grubby marks to rear panel.

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AMELIARANNE GIVES A CHRISTMAS PARTY
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2124834
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

reddish brown cloth spine with black title. Red pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine is unevenly faded. Wear to cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has bottom 3" of spine MISSING; smaller piece of loss to top of spine. Horizontal, repaired tear across full width of front panel; some other chips and tears with small bits of loss.

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SNUGGLEPOT AND CUDDLEPIE ON BOARD THE SNAG
Written by May Gibbs. Illustrated by Noela Young.
Stock no. 1815923
Published by Angus & Robertson Publishers. 1988. Very good condition.

Original characters created by May Gibbs, redrawn by Young. Adapted by David Harris. Large format, glazed pictorial boards. Blue endpapers. Colour illustrations. Young Australia series. ISBN: 020713264X. Reprint. Light creasing to prelims. One or two foxspots to margins.

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JOLLY OLD SPORTS
Written by Frank Adams. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 2124745
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1922. Good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth spine with light blue/green boards; colour pictorial onlay to front cover. With 36 full-page colour illustrations. Splitting to cloth spine, with some fraying at edges. Fading/browning to cover edges. A few scuff marks and some indentation marks to covers. Heavy foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Illustrations are beautifully bright. Just a few small page margin tears and marks, otherwise contents are very good indeed!

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NICE STORIES
Written by Angela Brazil; Maud E. Sargent; et al. Illustrated by George Morrow.
Stock no. 2124563
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. Pictorial front cover shows a young girl reading a book, with the help of pixies/fairies! Angela Brazil Story is 'The Slap-Bang Boys'. Bumping and wear to spine, corners and some cover edges; chipping along cover edges. Damp mark to corner of rear cover. Front endpaper is MISSING. Biro to page 29 and to contents page. Some foxing. 4 colour plates.

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