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TOBY TWIRL IN POGLAND
Written by Sheila Hodgetts. Illustrated by E. Jeffrey.
Stock no. 2124515
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Split to top and bottom 1-2" of spine. Some creasing to corners. Name in pencil in belongs to box. Odd foxspot and margin mark, else contents are bright.

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VICTORIANS ABROAD
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 1815767
Published by Macmillan London Limited. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine and vignettes. Colour illustrations throughout. No text. ISBN: 0333284534. A few minor foxspots present.

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STELLA AND THE FIRESHIPS
Written by Showell Styles.
Stock no. 1815764
Published by William Kimber. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A masterly tale of fast-moving action around naval exploits at the time of Nelson. Red boards with gilt title to spine. 190 pages. ISBN: 0718305817. Small mark to rear board. Page browning. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BILLY BUNTER'S BOLT
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by C.H. Chapman.
Stock no. 1610176
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. Spine and corners bumped; a bit of discolouration along edges. Grubby marks to outer page edges, and last few pages. Some scattered marks throughout book. Wrapper is a little grubby and scuffed, edge creased and torn with a little loss; strengthened with tape across top of front panel.

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NEW LITTLE PRAYERS POP-UP BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Janet Grahame Johnstone; Anne Grahame Johnstone.
Stock no. 2124501
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. 3 pop-up scenes. ISBN: 0603020836. Crease to one part of last pop-up, else book in excellent working order.

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ANT AND BEE TIME
Written by Angela Banner. Illustrated by Angela Banner.
Stock no. 2124445
Published by Kaye & Ward Ltd.. 3rd 1977. Very good condition.

Book 9 in the Ant and Bee series. Small oblong format. Blue pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 071820039X. Spine is a little faded, with small nick to top. Foxing to outer page edges and a few light margin marks.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 2124414
Published by T.C. & E.C. Jack. Good condition.

Cream/yellow boards with black titles and small image to front board. Stories We Love Series. 4 Colour plates and b/w illustrations. 63 Pages. Heavy foxing to rear cover. Brown stains to front cover. Heavy wear to corners and spine. Top half - one inch of spine is MISSING. Some other chipping to spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing to pages. All colour plates present. A few page corners are chipped off. Contents are still generally very good.

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BLACKIE'S STORY-TIME BOOK
Written by Chris Tent; Gladys Davidson; Theodora Wilson Wilson; May Byron; Florence Harrison; et al. Illustrated by Agnes Richardson; Thomas Maybank; Harold C. Earnshaw; Louis Wain; Florence Harrison; N. Buchanan; Hilda Cowham; H.M. Brock; et al..
Stock no. 2124405
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine with black title. Pictorial paper boards show young boy saluting behind a young girl waving a handkerchief. Colour plates & b/w illustrations. A book of stories by various authors and illustrated by various illustrators. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some uneven fading to spine. Scuffing and marks to covers, with heavy wear and chipping to corners. Some foxing and finger marks.

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THE BEST OF GIRL
No author listed.
Stock no. 1815627
Published by Prion Books. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition.

For girls growing up in 1950s Britain, Girl, companion to the legendary Eagle, was essential reading. The Best of Girl is a fascinating window onto this hilariously wholesome bygone age of fine upstanding virtue for those too young to remember it, and a completely compulsive nostalgia trip for those who aren't. Very Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour pictorial endpapers. 144 pages. ISBN: 9781853756115.

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A BOX OF TRICKS
Written by George Jellicoe. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1815596
Published by John Swain & Son Limited. Poor condition.

Invented and drawn by G.E. Studdy; Explained by George Jellicoe. Orange pictorial boards. Blue endpapers showing Bonzo Pup. Colour plates plus blue & white illustrations. VERY fragile. A reading copy only. Backstrip worn away and lower half of contents thus loose. Edges of boards rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in ink to front endpaper and name and address in pencil to verso of same. Binding extremely fragile. Grubby marks to contents.

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THE CLOTHES HORSE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Janet Ahlberg.
Stock no. 2124375
Published by Viking Kestrel. 1ST 1987. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Stories for young and old. Glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations throughout. 31 pages. ISBN: 0670812676. Some bumping along cover edges. Foxing to outer page edges and a few page margins. Wrapper is edge-creased and has large tear to base of spine, which has been repaired to verso with sticky tape.

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ACCORDING TO JENNINGS
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 2124351
Published by Collins. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black title to spine. Colour frontis. 4 b/w illustrations. 255 pages. Top edge red. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased and chipped; Tape repairs on verso, to tears at base of spine.

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