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YOURS PICTORIALLY
Written by Randolph Caldecott; Michael Hutchins. Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1811201
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Illustrated letters of Randolph Caldecott, edited by Hutchins. Blue cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0723219818. Spine and corners lightly rubbed.

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THE GOLDEN BOOK OF NURSERY RHYMES
Written by T.C. Micklem. Illustrated by J.R. Carlton.
Stock no. 1504824
Published by Blandford Press Ltd.. circa 1955. Slightly better than good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board shows blackbirds flying out of pie. Illustrated endpapers. Words and music score with colour and b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Spine bumped and slightly faded. Top corners bumped. Wear to corners and cover edges. Rear cover slightly scuffed with couple of spots of surface paper damage. Top 2" of rear joint broken, next 2" cracked. Contents generally clean. Light page edge browning.

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BILLY BUNTER'S WEMBLEY PARTY
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1504818
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1st thus 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. The Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 88. Issues 856, 857, 861, 870, 871, 872, 878. Includes: Drummed Out of Greyfriars, The Schoolboy Domestics, True Blue, Billy Bunter's Wembley Party, Sir Hilton's Nephew, The Mystery Wreck, The Schoolboy Financier. ISBN: 0703002511. Top of spine bumped. A couple of white marks to covers. A few fox spots to text bock and light page browning. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with a faded spine.

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THE HOWARD BAKER EASTER OMNIBUS 1978
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 1504812
Published by Howard Baker. 1978. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Annual Volume No. 9. Featuring Billy Bunter, Harry Wharton, Tom Merry etc. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0703001388. A little bumping and wear to spine and corners. A couple of indentations to rear cover and white marks to top corner area. Contents very good. Dustwrapper is edge worn and grubby to top and bottom edges.

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MAUD FLORENCE NELLIE OR DON'T CARE!
Written by C.R. Coleridge. Illustrated by C.J. Staniland.
Stock no. 1504799
Published by National Society's Depository. circa 1898. Almost very good condition.

Blue pictorial cloth covers with bevelled edges, gilt titles. 4 b/w plates. 237 pages plus 16 page publication list. Spine bumped and darkened. Wear to spine and corners. Small circular mark to spine and some white splashes to rear cover. Front joint and a few hinges cracked. Prize plate to front pastedown. Browning to endpapers and a few fox spots to contents but generally clean.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2004
Written by James Henderson; Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1713596
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Cover shows Rupert holding baby Ming the dragon. Large format. Colour illustrations. Annual No. 69. ISBN: 0850793009. Corners lightly bumped. Book: not price-cut or inscribed

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FRANCIS COUDRILL'S HANK T.V PAINTING BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Francis Coudrill.
Stock no. 1713592
Published by Publicity Products Limited. Very good condition.

A Colossal painting book. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Illustrations of Hank and friends for you to colour. A few marks to covers. A couple of page corner creased.

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SIR SAMUEL MORLAND: DIPLOMAT AND INVENTOR 1625-1695
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1713586
Published by W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1970. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The life and inventions of a public servant in England. Light green cloth spine with gilt title. Green cloth boards. B/w plates. xvi and 133 pages including index plus 12 plates to rear. ISBN: 085270061X. Dustwrapper lightly scuffed else a lovely copy.

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SEE HOW IT GROWS
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Robert Micklewright.
Stock no. 1504788
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1971. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

With the help of many drawings and useful information on weeds, soil and plant families, Malcolm Saville shows simply and entertainingly how to avoid the pitfalls that beset the young gardener. Colour and b/w pictures, many full page. Pictorial boards. 72 pages. ISBN: 0192731246. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Wear to lower edges of covers. Dustwrapper flap is stuck to front pastedown along bottom edge. Spot of surface paper damage to rear pastedown where flap has been stuck to it, now free. Contents clean. Clear cover on dustwrapper stuck on verso along top and bottom edges.

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A GALLERY OF HEROES AND HEROINES
Written by Sir Harry Johnston. Illustrated by Joseph Simpson.
Stock no. 1504786
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. circa 1915. Very good condition.

Blue cloth spine, tan pictorial boards, dark titles. Grey paper. Features 12 heroes/heroines with a tipped in colour plate for each. 140 pages. Spine is bumped, worn and lighter in places (damp stained?). Wear to corners and cover edges. Covers slightly grubby. Light browning to endpapers and a few brown spots to rear endpapers. Faint black marks to half-title page and page opposite. Tissue guard to frontis marked. Contents very good. All plates present.

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THE BIRDS OF INDIANA
Written by Russell E. Mumford; Charles E. Keller. Illustrated by William Zimmerman.
Stock no. 1811191
Published by Indiana University Press. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A celebration of birds that live in the heartland of America. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and pictorial onlay of Northern Cardinals to front. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout. xviii and 376 pages including index. ISBN: 0253107369. Tape marks to endpapers else contents fine. Dustwrapper is possibly lightly faded to spine.

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THE BIRDS OF OMAN
Written by Michael Gallagher. Illustrated by Martin W. Woodcock.
Stock no. 1811190
Published by Quartet Books. 1st 1980. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. 120 superb colour plates. 310 pages. ISBN: 0704322161. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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