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THE FORTUNES OF BILLY
Written by Pamela Grant. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 1106748
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, black titles, vignette to spine and front cover. Colour frontis. 314 pages and adverts to rear. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Marks to covers. Some foxing.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS IN TOWN
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 1306231
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1930. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. Colour frontis plate. 314 pages plus 5 page publication list to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Light mark to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front pastedown, tiny booksellers sticker also to pastedown. Front joint was cracked (possibly broken) with some damage to surface paper on pastedown and new front free-endpaper. Foxing to first few and last few pages, and to outer page edges.

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THE FORTUNES OF BILLY
Written by Pamela Grant. Illustrated by Rosa C. Petherick.
Stock no. 1106426
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1932. Very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth, black titles. Colour frontis. 314 pages. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Name stamp to front pastedown. One page has a small closed edge-tear. Top of spine a little chipped, bottom of spine bumped. Foxing to page edges.

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GYP'S HOUR OF BLISS
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 1305264
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1919. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth spine. Buff boards with blue title and white vignette of Gyp (a young white Aberdeen terrier) to front cover. 15 colour illustrations and b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn, cover edges rubbed. Some browning/foxing to endpapers. Two leaves have small patches of damage to them. A couple of hinges are cracked. Some fingering to contents but generally clean. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby, is edge chipped and rubbed and has a large closed tear to rear panel which has been repaired.

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OUR GIRLS' HOBBY BOOK
Written by Ethel Talbot; J.T. Gorman; Bertha Leonard; et al.
Stock no. 1202915
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1928. Very good condition.

Collins Bumper Books Series. Yellow pictorial boards. Front cover shows girl swinging a sports club. First hobby is 'Gardening as a Hobby' by Talbot. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine bumped. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Prize plate to verso of frontis. Foxing, mainly to page edges.

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MICKEY MOUSE WINS THE RACE
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1702344
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1936. Very good condition.

Book 6 of the Wee Little Books. Small format (3.5 x 3"). Blue pictorial cardwraps. 32 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers a little grubby.

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MICKEY MOUSE WILL NOT QUIT!
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1702343
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1936. Very good condition.

Book 5 of the Wee Little Books. Small format (3.5 x 3"). Yellow pictorial cardwraps. 32 pages. B/w illustrations. Some browning else a lovely copy.

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GOBLIN ISLAND
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 386401
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Good condition.

Red decorated cloth with pictorial onlays to spine and front cover. 5 colour plates (including title-page). 316 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers a bit grubby and soiled. Front free-endpaper removed. Foxing and some grubby marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE ABBEY GIRLS GO BACK TO SCHOOL
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by Elsie Anna Wood.
Stock no. 446204
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1925. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth, black titles. 314 pages plus 6 page book list to rear. Colour frontis plus 2 b/w plates. Covers are rubbed with small areas of scuffing. Corners are bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some dampstaining to rear endpapers/pastedown and to top of outer page edges.

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Walt Disney. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 381797
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. 1st thus 1936. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial boards and spine. 125 pages. Colour frontis, two-tone text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn, cover edges lightly rubbed. Covers bright and clean. Large inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Foxing and page browning throughout else contents clean. Scarce dustwrapper is badly worn and torn with old tape repairs on verso, grubby, substantial loss to spine and top of rear panel and slight loss to corners.

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STEAMBOAT BILL
Written by Charles Crowther. Illustrated by Charles Crowther.
Stock no. 586786
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Collins Colour Book. The story of a paddle-steamer who goes up and down the Mississippi. Oblong format. Brown cloth. Colour illustrations. A few faint marks to contents. Stitching very slightly loose. Pictorial wrapper is torn at edges with slight loss at base of spine and a little grubby.

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GOBLIN ISLAND
Written by Elsie J. Oxenham. Illustrated by T.H. Robinson.
Stock no. 733058
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

Small format. Blue cloth with black titles and embossed decoration to front and spine. Colour frontis. 316 pages. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Light page browning. A nice copy.

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