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THE STORY OF ROSINA & OTHER VERSES
Written by Austin Dobson. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1315040
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. 1st 1895. Almost very good condition.

Red cloth with gilt title and decoration to spine, embossed decoration to front cover. 120 pages, edges not trimmed. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Gilt to spine is a little dull. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to page edges. Piece torn from top edge of rear free-endpaper, small booksellers sticker to rear pastedown.

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A CHILDREN'S SUMMER
Written by M.L.B.; W.M.C.. Illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle.
Stock no. 1315032
Published by Addey & Co.. 1st 1853. Fair condition.

Large, oblong format (11.25 x 14.5"). Burgundy leather spine, blue cloth with gilt title to front. Cream endpapers. Eleven etchings on steel with paper guards accompanied by prose and rhyme. Spine and corners are very worn. Covers are grubby and marked. Front joint (between free-endpaper and frontis) is cracked. Heavy foxing to contents (affecting plates). Some of the guards are creased. Contents generally clean.

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BONNIE LITTLE PEOPLE
Written by Helen Gray Cone. Illustrated by Maud Humphrey.
Stock no. 1315031
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. circa 1893. Good condition.

Large format (14 x 11"). Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows two girls, one with a fan. 6 beautiful colour illustrations plus brown and white illustrations in outline. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers slightly grubby. Joints cracked. Endpapers lightly foxed and pastedowns lightly browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Light grubby fingermarks to page margins but generally contents clean.

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THE NEW BIG NODDY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1404639
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

The third Big Book! Green pictorial boards, front showing Noddy greeting Big Ears. Blue cloth spine. Colour illustrations throughout. First story - The Little Clockwork Car. Unpaginated. 10 x 8.5". Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Small chip to bottom of front board. Board edges rubbed. Name in pencil to belongs to box. A little foxing to page edges. Picture of Noddy and Big Ears neatly coloured in. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears and small areas of loss to top and bottom of spine and bottom of rear panel. Spine is browned. Wrapper is grubby.

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NODDY HAS AN ADVENTURE
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk; Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1404635
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Pink pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures. Noddy book no. 17. ISBN: 0361004192. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. A little foxing to page edges. A few marks to the margins otherwise contents are clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a little creased. Browning to edges and verso which is also lightly foxed.

Price: £34.00 £20.00.

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THE GOLLIWOGG'S FOX-HUNT
Written by Bertha Upton. Illustrated by Florence Upton.
Stock no. 1315017
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1905. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, oblong format. Glorious, humorous colour pictures. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Some light scuffing to covers. Light browning to endpapers, some light fingering to page margins. There is a strong smell to the contents of the book (not sure what it is). Overall this is a very nice copy of a very politically-incorrect book! This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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NODDY GOES TO SEA
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Peter Wienk.
Stock no. 1404629
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; Dennis Dobson Ltd.. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book 18. Brown pictorial boards. Colour pictures. ISBN: 0361004184. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges faded. Some foxing to text block and to page edges otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edgeworn, chipped and creased. Front panel, spine and rear fold are faded. Some small tape marks to verso of wrapper.

Price: £32.00 £20.00.

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HURRAH FOR LITTLE NODDY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1404623
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1950. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book No. 2. Blue pictorial boards, rounded spine. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Board edges rubbed. Couple of hinges cracked. Inscription in ink to title page. A little foxing mostly to page edges and a few light marks otherwise contents are clean. Price-cut dustwrapper is edgeworn and creased with a few small tears. Wrapper is a little grubby and is foxed to verso.

Price: £60.00 £54.00.

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PRINCE DANDE LION
Written by May Gibbs. Illustrated by May Gibbs.
Stock no. 1505079
Published by Ure Smith. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A Garden Whim-Wham. The young Prince Dande Lion sets off to see the world with Bill Bergia the Smuggler, Captain Sturt Pea, Reds the Poinsettier dog and a pup, little Black Tulip. They meet with many exciting adventures. Brown cloth spine, green paper boards with brown vignette of Dande Lion. 4 colour plates(incl. title page), 12 full page black and white and many small illustrations. 117 pages. Spine bumped with wear to ends. A little wear to corners. Fading to edges of both covers and a few faint dark marks to rear cover. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Margin tear to lower edge of page 99/100, just reaches text. Some black spots to colour plate pages, mostly faint and on versos. Light browning to endpapers and an odd fox spot but generally a nice clean copy. Dustwrapper has loss from ends of spine, top corner of rear panel and top of front fold and a few small chips. Rear flap is almost detached. Large tear to rear panel repaired on verso with clear tape, now yellowed. 4 pencil numbers/marks and a couple of creases to front flap. Panels and spine a bit grubby.

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NODDY AND TESSIE BEAR
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Lee.
Stock no. 1404620
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Noddy Book No. 12: Pink pictorial paper boards with colour titles. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Partial browning to endpapers. Inscription in ink above belongs to box. First few pages marked with some fingering to rest of contents which are generally clean. Foxing to text block edge. Dustwrapper is edge torn, chipped and creased. Spine is faded. Wrapper is generally grubby.

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BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP
No author listed. Illustrated by Will Kidd.
Stock no. 1315010
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1st 1904. Almost very good condition.

Square format (9.75 x 9.75"). Cloth spine, pictorial boards. Full-page colour illustrations throughout with a well-known nursery rhyme opposite each. Printed on green paper. Corners worn, covers edge rubbed. Some loss of surface paper to lower front edge of spine. Contents clean. Stitching is slightly pulled. A nice copy of a scarce book.

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BIG ANIMAL RAG BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1315000
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1939. Very good condition.

Rag Book 344. Very large, oblong format (11.5 x 14.5"). 14 cloth pages with colour illustrations of animals. The book has been folded in half for a period of time causing it not to sit flat. Corner tips lightly creased. Contents clean. A nice copy of a very scarce rag book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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