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BILLY BUNTER IN BRAZIL
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 1330627
Published by Hawk Books Ltd.. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Facsimile of the 1949 edition. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0948248734. Foxing to endpapers and on verso of wrapper.

SECRETS OF ART & NATURE
Written by John Wecker; R. Read.
Stock no. 1830487
Slightly better than very good condition.

Facsimile of the 1660 edition. Undated. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine reads 'Secrets of Art and Science'. Facsimile title page reads: 'Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature, being The Summe and Sbstance of Naturall Philofophy, Methodically Digefted'. A physical copy of a print on demand book. A nice copy.

THE ODD FELLOWS OF GREYFRIARS
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1330347
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Magnet No. 79; issues 993, 1030, 1053, 1055, 1077, 1152, 1189. B/w illustrations. Reproductions in facsimile of the most popular school stories of all time. Individual stories include: Fishy's Travel Agency; A Ventriloquist at Large; In Merciless Hands; Secret of the Schooner; Coker's League of Friends; 'Nap' of the Remove; Skinner's Narrow Squeak. ISBN: 0703002082. Spine bumped. A few small spots to textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn.

NOW WE ARE SIX
Written by A.A. Milne. Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1330277
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Facsimile reproduction of the original edition published October 1927. Red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignettes to front cover. B/w text illustrations. Top edge gilt. ISBN: 0416196713. Neat inscription in ink to half title-page. Minimal fading to spine. White slip is foxed with a couple of small edge tears.

THE DANDY MONSTER COMIC 1939 (FACSIMILE)
No author listed.
Stock no. 1330273
Published by D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd.. 2006. Fine condition.

Special Facsimile Edition of the first ever Dandy annual originally published in 1938. Colour pictorial boards. Two-tone and b/w illustrations. 128 pages. ISBN: 9781845132170. A fine copy contained in slipcase which has minimal scuffing.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1952 (FACSIMILE) - MORE RUPERT ADVENTURES
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830094
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 2002. Fine condition.

Collectors' Limited Edition Reproduction. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1904329071. A lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 09564. Contained in dark green slipcase which is lightly rubbed at top and bottom.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1950 (FACSIMILE) - ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1830092
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 2000. Fine condition.

Collectors' Limited Edition Reproduction. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1902836324. A lovely, clean copy. Includes authenticity certificate. This is copy 08105. Contained in green slipcase which is a little scuffed at top and bottom.

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.

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.

RUPERT ANNUAL 1942 (FACSIMILE) - MORE ADVENTURES OF RUPERT
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329664
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1994. Nearly fine condition.

A limited and numbered collectors edition of the 1942 Rupert book - the most scarce of all the Rupert annuals due to wartime paper shortages. Colour pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. 118 pages. ISBN: 1874507252. This is copy no. 5697. Spine ends very slightly rubbed, laminate at corners of covers just starting to lift. A few foxspots to textblock. Contained in a tight fitting publisher's slipcase.

INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS
Written by Charles Darwin.
Stock no. 1829900
Published by Culture Et Civilisation, Bruxelles. 1st thus 1969. Slightly better than very good condition.

A facsimile of the first edition which was published in 1875. A few b/w drawings. Tan cloth boards, black title block with gilt title to spine. x and 462 pages including index. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine and corners. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTILLERY TACTICS AND EQUIPMENT: MAP VOLUME
Written by Brig. A.L. Pemberton.
Stock no. 1329435
Published by The Naval & Military Press Ltd.. 1st thus 2022. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile edition (originally published in 1950 as a limited edition of 1000 copies). Pictorial boards. 22 maps with legends. ISBN: 9781474537162. some very slight scuffing to covers else a fine copy.