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RUPERT ANNUAL 1949 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830091
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1999. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial card wraps. A superb reproduction of the last soft-cover annual. Collectors' Limited Edition. ISBN: 1902836170. Teeny, tiny blue pen mark to vertical edge of text block. Else a lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 03370. Contained in a blue slipcase which is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed along the bottom.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1959 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830089
Published by Egmont Books Ltd.. 2007. Fine condition.

Limited Edition Reproduction. Front cover shows Rupert holding a beach ball. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405232654. A lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 09093 of 10000. Contained in blue slipcase with very slight scuffing to bottom.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1955 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830088
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2004. Fine condition.

Limited edition of 11,000 copies. Reproduction of the 1955 annual. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 02575 of 11000. Contained in blue slipcase which is lightly scuffed along the bottom.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1957 (FACSIMILE)
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830087
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2005. Fine condition.

Limited edition of only 9000 copies. Reproduction of the 1957 annual. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0850793068. A beautiful, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 7349 of 9000. Contained in orange slipcase which is lightly scuffed along the bottom.

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THE HOUSE OF SILK
Written by Anthony Horowitz.
Stock no. 1830086
Published by Orion Books. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The new Sherlock Holmes novel. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Ribbon page marker. Red endpapers. 294 pages. ISBN: 9781409133827. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Text block browned with some light foxing. Page marker starting to fray. Black dustwrapper is rubbed and scuffed, a few marks to front panel.

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THE SNOWMAN
Written by Raymond Briggs. Illustrated by Raymond Briggs.
Stock no. 1329957
Published by Hamish Hamilton Childrens Books. 1st 1978. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations, a story without text. ISBN: 0241100046. Spine and corners bumped. Covers slightly grubby. Some slight creasing to spine edges. Foxing and page edge browning to contents. Top margins of pages are lightly creased (from the spine bump). Light indentations to front cover where book was leant on to write/draw.

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A CHRISTMAS CHILD
Written by Mrs. Molesworth. Illustrated by Walter Crane.
Stock no. 1329948
Published by Macmillan & Co.. Circa 1881. Good condition.

A Sketch of a Boy-Life. Red decorative cloth, gilt title to spine and front cover. 7 bw plates. 223 pages. Black endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby/marked. Joints cracked. Name and date in ink to half title-page. Foxing to contents.

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THE RED BOOK OF HEROES
Written by Mrs. Lang; Andrew Lang. Illustrated by A. Wallis Mills.
Stock no. 1830064
Published by Longmans, Green & Co.. 1st 1909. Slightly better than good condition.

Edited by Andrew Lang. Red covers with extensive gilt decorations. Containing 8 colour plates and numerous illustrations. 368 pages. All edges gilt. Light rubbing to board corners. Some fading and a few marks to boards. Large personal ink stamp to front endpaper. Small name in ink to front pastedown. Joints are cracked, hinges pulled but binding is tight. Pencil underlining to contents in places (minimal). Some light marks to contents, mainly to margins.

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THE UGLY DUCKLING
Written by Hans Christian Andersen; Adrian Mitchell. Illustrated by Jonathan Heale.
Stock no. 1329947
Published by Dorling Kindersley. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Maroon cloth spine with gilt title, cream boards. Green endpapers, delightful colour woodcuts. ISBN: 0751370185. Slight rubbing to corners. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges and very slightly faded to spine.

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ALLIGATOR PIE
Written by Dennis Lee. Illustrated by Frank Newfeld.
Stock no. 1329945
Published by Macmillan Of Canada. 1st 1974. Very good condition.

Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Poems for children. ISBN: 0771595913. Minimal bumping to spine. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper. Contents clean.

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THE DAISY CHAIN
Written by A.L.O.E.; et al.
Stock no. 1329944
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. 1880. Good condition.

A picture story book for children by A.L.O.E. (C.M. Tucker) and other favourite writers. Black spine. Pictorial front board showing three children fishing. 6 chromolithographs. B/w chapter headings and tailpieces. 72 pages. Backstrip and Frontis are both MISSING from this copy. Covers are marked and scuffed, corners are worn. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. A few foxspots and some light fingermarks to page margins. A couple of corner tips creased. Contents generally bright and clean.

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ELOISE
Written by Kay Thompson. Illustrated by Hilary Knight.
Stock no. 1329943
Published by Max Reinhardt. 1957. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book for precocious grown-ups about a little girl who lives at the Plaza Hotel. Red boards, black titles. Illus endpapers. Amusing 3-tone illus to text throughout. 65 pages. 11" x 8". Reprint in same year as first edition. Spine very slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock and light finger creases to page margins. Grubby dustwrapper is edge worn and foxed, some tears with slight loss and small tape repairs on verso. Wrapper is price-cut.

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