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THE TWIRLY-WHIRLY BOOK
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 1207674
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

Off-white covers with red title and border and pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis plate. 11 additional colour plates to contents, each facing a page of rhyme. 9.25 x 7 inches. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Covers edges browned. Covers a bit grubby. Boards a little bowed. Endpapers browned. A little foxing to endpapers and page edges. Colour plates bright.

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LITTLE STORIES FROM AESOP
Written by Aesop. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1207657
Published by Collins. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pictorial stiff card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. B/w illustrations. Fables and the moral of the story. Inscription in ink to first blank page. Spine worn with some loss of surface from rear cover alongside. Contents pulled so feel a little loose. A few marks to margins otherwise contents clean.

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THE STORY OF FOUR LITTLE SABOTS
Written by Dora W. Merritt; Dora W. Pearsall. Illustrated by Dora W. Merritt.
Stock no. 1207654
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1932. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Warne's Cosy Corner Books Series. Small format. Light blue paperboards, dark blue title and decoration. Dark blue cloth spine, with silver title. Colour illustrations throughout. 56 pages. Wrapper internally foxed and torn at edges with some loss.

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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR
Written by Mrs. Molesworth.
Stock no. 1207649
Published by T. Nelson & Sons. Circa 1900. Very good condition.

Dark pink pictorial cloth with gilt titles. 12 attractive colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Book: book plate to front pastedown. Slight foxing to endpapers and a few scattered foxspots. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed.

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CROSS-CHANNEL AND COASTAL PADDLE STEAMERS
Written by Frank Burtt.
Stock no. 1707573
Published by Richard Tilling. 1934. Almost very good condition.

To place on record a history of the many vessels of this type that maintained the main channels of communication between Great Britain and the neighbouring countries during the greater part of the nineteenth century. Red cloth, gilt titles. B/w photos. Folding b/w scale diagrams. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Spine faded. Spine and corners bumped. Small split to base of spine and tiny dent to top edge of front cover.

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THE LIFE OF PRINCIPAL WILLIAM EDWARDS
Written by T.W. Chance.
Stock no. 1207565
Published by Priory Press Limited. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth. B/w photos. 228 pages. Spine browned. Covers unevenly faded.

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THE GOLDEN CAULIFLOWER
Written by Irene Cheyne. Illustrated by Jean Elder.
Stock no. 1309105
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. circa 1941. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

David, a small cripple boy, is given a wonderful magical brooch and has many amusing adventures. Red cloth, black titles. 219 pages. Colour frontis, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading to cover edges. Name and address in ink to front pastedown, inscription in ink to endpaper. There is a small mark to the textblock and very pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn at edges with minimal loss to corners and slightly grubby to rear panel/spine.

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THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY FROM GWENT
Written by Ivor Waters.
Stock no. 1207559
Published by Ivor Waters. 1st 1976. Nearly fine condition.

Yellow card wraps. Poetry by the Chepstow historian. ISBN: 0950007978.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1988
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1707550
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1988. Very good condition.

Tall 4to glazed boards - Rupert in Umbrella with Sage of Um. 1st story Rupert on Um Island. Pictured by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850791790. Belongs to box completed in ink. NOT - price-cut.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1984
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1707547
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1984. Very good condition.

Tall laminated pictorial boards - Rupert & chums leaving school. 1st story Rupert & the Two Moons. 93 pages. Cover designs & endpapers by John Harrold. ISBN: 0850791375. Base of spine worn. Covers grubby. Corners bumped. Belongs to box completed and partial rubbed out. NOT price-cut. Puzzle to rear pastedown coloured in.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1981
No author listed. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1707546
Published by Express Newspapers Ltd.. 1981. Very good condition.

Tall laminated boards - Rupert holding a baby duck. 1st story Rupert and the Castle Trap. ISBN: 0850791103. Belongs to box completed in ink. NOT price-cut.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1998
Written by Ian Robinson. Illustrated by John Harrold.
Stock no. 1604073
Published by Pedigree Books Limited. 1998. Fine condition.

No. 63. Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert with plate of cakes. ISBN: 1874507198. Book: not price-cut or inscribed

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