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OUR BIRTHDAYS
No author listed. Illustrated by Alice Price; F. Corbyn Price.
Stock no. 1329131
Published by Castell Brothers. Circa 1899. Very good condition.

With spaces for autographs and poetical quotations for every day in the year. Blue cloth spine. Floral decorated boards. Brown endpapers. Beautiful chromolithograph illustrations for each month of the year. Spaces to write names. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to verso of front free-endpaper (dated 1899). Some hinges cracked. A few ink entries.

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CURLY COBBLER AND THE HAPPY RETURN
Written by Margaret Tempest. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1329130
Published by Collins. 1st 1949. Good condition.

Small square format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front board. Green endpapers. Colour illustrations. Covers edge rubbed and slightly grubby. A couple of hinges cracked. Some small marks to page margins.

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THE COMPLETE SAVOY OPERAS (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by W.S. Gilbert; Arthur Sullivan; Fredric Woodbridge Wilson.
Stock no. 1829343
Published by Folio Society. 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Introduced by Fredric Woodbridge Wilson. Two volume set. Red cloth spine with grey title blocks with gilt titles, grey cloth covers. Colour plates. Second printing. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly bumped at top rear corner and is lightly scuffed at edges.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1972
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1329119
Published by Daily Express. 1972. Very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards - Rupert and chums enjoying a picnic. 1st story Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Child's name in pink ink to belongs to box. Price-cut. Pale page edge browning/foxing.

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CHEPSTOW A POEM
Written by Edward Davies; Ivor Waters. Illustrated by Mercedes Waters.
Stock no. 1329117
Published by The Chepstow Society. 1st 1967. Very good condition.

1011 copies printed. Card wrap booklet. 19 pages. Staples are rusty. A few tiny foxspots to textblock.

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THE CHALET SCHOOL AND BARBARA
Written by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer. Illustrated by D. Brook.
Stock no. 1329115
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Pale blue boards, blue titles to spine. B/w frontis. 208 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Some browning to top and tail of spine. Contents are well browned but otherwise clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with slight loss and 2" loss to base of spine. Rear panel of wrapper is grubby.

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MR. PLOD AND LITTLE NODDY
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1329114
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Plum pictorial boards. Noddy Book No. 22. Colour title to front cover, spine and title page. Colour illustrations. Covers edge rubbed. Child's pencil name to belongs to box. All 24 Noddy titles listed to rear flap of wrapper, no price printed (but NOT price-cut) to front flap. Dustwrapper is edge creased and faded to spine.

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CHEER UP, LITTLE NODDY!
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Robert Tyndall.
Stock no. 1329113
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.; The Richards Press Ltd.. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Noddy book no. 20. Turquoise pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures. Colour titles to front cover, spine and title page. ISBN: 0361004206. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Dustwrapper lists all 24 of the Noddy titles to rear flap, no price printed (but NOT price-cut) to front flap. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Evidence of removal of a small label to top corner of front panel.

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THE SILENT PLAYMATE
Written by Naomi Lewis. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1329112
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A Collection of Doll Stories. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. For doll lovers of all ages. Black and white illustrations throughout. 219 pages. ISBN: 0575026189. SIGNED by the artist to verso of half title-page with personal dedication. Some light foxing. Bright and complete dustwrapper..

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THE STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES (5 VOLUMES)
Written by H. St. L.B. Moss; Geoffrey Barraclough; R.W. Southern; John H. Mundy; Johan Huizinga.
Stock no. 1829338
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition.

Five volumes. 3 red cloth, 2 dark green bindings, elaborately decorated in gilt. Colour illustrations. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is split to both side at the bottom (approx 1.5" and 3.5") but is still tight and is a little scuffed (VG).

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THE BERLIN DIARIES 1940-1945 OF MARIE 'MISSIE' VASSILTCHIKOV
Written by Marie Vassiltchikov; George Vassiltchikov; Christabel Bielenberg.
Stock no. 1829336
Published by Folio Society. 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited and with a foreword by George Vassiltchikov and with an introduction by Christabel Bielenberg. Vivid red and black abstract patterned cloth. B/w photos. xix and 296 pages including index. Third printing. Light pencil erasure mark to half-title page. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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THE LAST GRAIN RACE
Written by Eric Newby.
Stock no. 1829330
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pale yellow pictorial boards. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos. This edition includes and introduction by the author extracted from his book Learning The Ropes. xix and 232 pages plus index. Spine lightly faded else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase with just a few faint scuff marks.

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