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THE MURDER AT CASTLE DEEPING
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1326130
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1951. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Revised and reset. Blue boards, black title to spine. 152 pages. Spine bumped and faded. Textblock and page margins are slightly grubby. Dustwrapper has large section missing to base of spine and front panel and is edge worn and grubby.

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MORE CHIMNEY CORNER STORIES
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Pat Harrison.
Stock no. 1323283
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st thus 1955. Very good condition.

Blue boards, black title to spine and vignette to front cover. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Fading to cover edges. Ink stamp to front free-endpaper. A few light page corner creased and a couple of tiny margin tears.

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DOCTOR VANE ANSWERS THE CALL
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 1814721
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Brilliant criminologist, Dr. Vane was not averse to using criminal methods to foil the enemies of his country... Blue cloth, black title to spine. 205 pages. Fading to top and tail of spine. Previous owner's address label to front pastedown (hidden by the front flap of dustwrapper). Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with slight loss.

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CHRISTINA'S FAIRY BOOK
Written by Ford Madox Ford. Illustrated by Jennetta Vise.
Stock no. 1506934
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st thus 1949. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A collection of lovely fairy stories. Grey cloth covers, red titles to spine. 7.5 x 5". B/w illustrations. 60 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Crease to cloth at top corner of front cover with pinhole. Some faint marks to covers. Heavy erased pencil lines to front endpapers, half-title page, page 15 and one line to title page. Small part of line on half-title has torn paper which has been repaired on both side with clear tape. Just an odd mark and some foxing otherwise. Dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped with a little loss from base of spine. Grubby with a couple of light stains, foxed on verso. Surface paper damage from label removal on front panel.

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BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 2112793
Published by Latimer House Limited. 9th 1957. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book of Bible stories and prayers for children at night. Light blue cloth spine with gilt title. Dark blue boards with gilt vignette to front. Three colour plates, blue and black illustrations throughout. Some scuffing to covers; part of wrapper is stuck to front cover. Contents are very good. Wrapper is torn and chipped, with creasing and loss; faded.

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ENID BLYTON'S DAFFODIL STORY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1709723
Published by Latimer House Limited. Circa 1958. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth spine, matt pictorial boards of children picking daffodils. 10 x 7.5". Colour illustrations. 60 pages. 9 stories. Corners worn. Spine damp-stained. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is torn and creased with some loss.

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SHORT SORTIES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 441574
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. A variety of stories by Johns. 202 pages. Base of spine rubbed and a little faded. Small mark to front cover. Endpapers and outer page edges foxed. Small tear to bottom corner of front endpaper. Also small tape mark. Wrapper has a few closed edge-tears with slight loss and tape strengthening to edges.

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SHORT SORTIES
Written by W.E. Johns.
Stock no. 810250
Published by Latimer House Limited. 1st 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, black title to spine. A variety of stories by Johns. 202 pages. Spine and corners are bumped. A few grubby marks to covers. Damp mark to bottom corner of front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Pictorial wrapper is damp marked to front flap, edge-torn in places, with some small chips of loss; 3-4" split to bottom of spine and the horizontally across. Worn to edges.

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