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TOT AND TIM ANNUAL
Written by Laurence Alma Tadema; Alice Massie; Bertha Leonard; Ethel Talbot; Natalie Joan; et al. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; E. Dorothy Rees; Grace Lodge; H.G.C. Marsh Lambert; Harry B. Neilson; et al..
Stock no. 1504777
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. circa 1925. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format, 10.5 x 8". Front cover shows two children holding a book. Illustrated endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. 128 pages. Spine bumped and worn with some loss of surface paper, titles faded. Wear to corners and cover edges. Spine and covers grubby, some small areas of surface paper loss from front cover. Joints cracked. Some marks and foxing to contents but generally clean.

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HANS IN LUCK
Written by Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Felix Hoffmann.
Stock no. 1504776
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

His master rewarded Hans for his faithful service with a lump of gold. Happily Hans set off to see his mother after seven years, but before long he was persuaded to part with his precious burden. Oblong format, white pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations, one line of text to a page. ISBN: 0192797077. Heavy bump to top corners affects all pages too. Some wear to spine and corners. Covers a tiny bit grubby. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and creased with a few small chips. Also slightly grubby and browned. Top corner crease to both flaps. Book has been used as a rest for writing, visible on dustwrapper at certain angles.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1990
Written by James Henderson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1504771
Published by Daily Express. 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

No. 55. 70th anniversary edition. Tall 4to pictorial glazed boards - Rupert on a bench with Baby Badger and Little Yum. 99 pages. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850792061. Light bump to top of spine. Name in belongs to box in pen. Not price-cut. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, small tear to base of front fold.

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BIRDS OF IDAHO
Written by Thomas D. Burleigh.
Stock no. 1811170
Published by The Caxton Printers Ltd.. 1st 1972. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Buff boards, blue titles and vignettes. Colour & b/w photos. xiii and 467 pages including index. ISBN: 0870042084. Light tape marks to endpapers else contents clean. Yellow pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.

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A HANDLIST OF THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN MOCAMBIQUE
Written by P.A. Clancey.
Stock no. 1811169
Published by Lourenco Marques. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

Parts I & II in one volume. Cardwraps with pictorial onlay to front. Colour plates plus b/w distribution maps & photos. 40 colour plates. Plate 19 appears missing but was never published. Front joint starting to crack else binding tight. Text block slightly grubby. Overall a nice copy.

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BIRDS OF THE LABRADOR PENINSULA AND ADJACENT AREAS
Written by W.E. Clyde Todd.
Stock no. 1811163
Published by University Of Toronto Press. 1st 1963. Very good condition.

A distributional list. Large format, heavy. Dark grey cloth with silver titles. Colour frontispiece of American Gyrfalcon. B/w photos and distribution map. Folding map. Top & tail of spine rubbed, small split to top of spine. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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WILLIAM-THE BOLD
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 2117594
Published by George Newnes Ltd.. 1952. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Number 27 in the 'William' series. Red boards, black title label to spine and vignette to front cover. 248pp. B/w illustrations. Bumping to spine and corners. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some dark browning to page edges. Wrapper is very browned to spine, with some fading and scuffing to other panels; creased with edge-tears; repairs with sticky tape to verso.

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BILLY BOBTAIL
Written by Alec Buckels. Illustrated by Alec Buckels.
Stock no. 1314843
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1933. Very good condition.

Oblong format. White pictorial boards. Simple b/w drawings throughout. Billy Bobtail is a rabbit. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, tiny nick to side of spine. Covers a little grubby and foxed. Light foxing to endpapers. Name in ink (Alec Buckels - but no idea if this is an authentic author signature or not!) to front endpaper. A couple of page hinges slightly cracked. Creases to some pages from the binding process. Contents clean.

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PAT FROM KILMARA
Written by Annie M. Stoneley.
Stock no. 1504721
Published by Dawson Publications. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Pat stages a mock pirates' visitation on Grant's Creek but when she goes to recover the evidence it has disappeared, then Pat disappears. Green boards, black title to spine. 4 b/w illustrations. 207 pages. 7.75 x 5". Spine and lower corners bumped. A few small marks to covers. Front endpaper is MISSING. Underlined name in pen to half-title page, 200 in pen to top corner of pastedown. Foxing, mainly to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with loss from ends of spine and folds, also grubby.

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ENID BLYTON'S NODDY COLOUR STRIP BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Beek.
Stock no. 1314836
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition.

Pictorial boards showing Noddy and friends in sailing boat. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge rubbed and a bit grubby, a few small sums in ink to rear cover. Endpapers lightly browned. Not price cut. Foxing to textblock.

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THE GOLDEN AGE
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by Lois Lenski.
Stock no. 1314832
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st thus 1921. Almost very good condition.

Green pictorial cloth. 4 tipped-in, tissue-guarded colour plates. 199 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly discoloured (faded) with a few light foxspots. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to contents.

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BILLY BUNTER IN BRAZIL
Written by Frank Richards. Illustrated by R.J. Macdonald.
Stock no. 2117519
Published by Charles Skilton Ltd.. 1st 1949. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

A trip to Brazil was an unexpected pleasure in the summer holidays. However when they got there they discovered that their host, Brian Mauleverer had disappeared. Peach boards. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Grubby marks to covers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and page margins. Wrapper is badly torn with chipping and some loss; messy tape repairs to spine and edges.

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