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RUPERT ANNUAL 2017
Written by Stuart Trotter; Mara Alperin. Illustrated by John Harrold; Alfred Bestall; Alex Cubie; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1328245
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert on step-ladder besides a christmas tree. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781405287579. Slight wrinkling of pages at top margins. Minimal rubbing to corners. Still a super copy.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2021
Written by Mara Alperin; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; John Harrold; Stuart Trotter.
Stock no. 1328244
Published by Farshore; Harper Collins. 1st 2021. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Front cover shows Rupert standing on an anchor in a winter scene. First story is Rupert and the Housemouse from the 1973 annual. ISBN: 9780755501069.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 2023
Written by Stuart Trotter; Mara Alperin. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall; Stuart Trotter; John Harold.
Stock no. 1328243
Published by Farshore; Harper Collins. 1st 2023. Fine condition.

No. 88. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Front shows Rupert dressed as a magician with his friends surrounding him. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780008537104.

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BLESS THIS DAY
Written by Elfrida Vipont. Illustrated by Harold Jones.
Stock no. 1328242
Published by Collins. 1967. Good condition.

A book of prayer for children. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrated endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations surrounding text throughout. 95 pages. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Some foxing to cover edges and spine is slightly browned. Small tear to top of spine on rear edge (closed tear). Damage to front pastedown - 1.25" removed from left edge of open cover.

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AMERICAN FREEMASONS: THREE CENTURIES OF BUILDING COMMUNITIES
Written by Mark A. Tabbert.
Stock no. 1328240
Published by National Heritage Museum; New York University Press. 1st PB 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w photos throughout. 262 pages (including index). ISBN: 9780814783023. Spine is very slightly faded. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine.

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DICKY DUCK & WONDERFUL WALTER
Written by Lynda Rountree; Christine E. Bradley. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1328233
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Good condition.

Colourful pictorial boards and spine showing Dicky Duck and Walter Rabbit. B/w pictorial endpapers. Full colour frontis, red and green plates plus numerous b/w illustrations. Stories by Lynda Rountree, verses by Christine Bradley. A chunky book 1.75" thick. Covers are edge worn (and touched up with matching orange pen), scuffing/slight scratching to covers. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Joints have been reinforced with white paper. Page browning to endpapers, foxing to contents. Some grubby fingermarks and some loss to page margins. Dot-to-dot has been completed then the pencil has been erased. Unfortunately the frontis is MISSING from this copy, the other plates are still present but the edges are slightly worn. A nice copy of a very scarce book.

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PETER PAN AND WENDY
Written by J.M. Barrie; May Byron. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 1328226
Published by Brockhampton Press. 1st thus 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Retold by May Byron for boys and girls with the approval of the author. Light blue boards with gilt titles to spine. 11 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 127 pages. ISBN: 0340037369. Spine and corners bumped with some slight fading to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed/worn with some slight loss to spine ends.

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THE FIGHTING TANKS FROM 1916 TO 1933
Written by Ralph E. Jones; George H. Rarey; Robert J. Icks.
Stock no. 1828478
Published by We, Inc. 1st thus 1969. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

First published in 1933 and reissued in 1969. Yellow cloth boards, black titles. B/w photos. Top rear corner of board bumped. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge rubbed with a few small closed tears (no loss), rear panel is a little scuffed and grubby.

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THE BOILERPLATE WAR
Written by John Foley.
Stock no. 1828477
Published by Frederick Muller Limited. 1st 1963. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of tanks in the first World War, and particularly some of the people who manned them. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. Top edge orange. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is worn at top & tail of spine & corners with slight loss.

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THE BATTLE FOR NORMANDY
Written by Eversley Belfield; H. Essame.
Stock no. 1828476
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

This account of the Battle for Normandy runs from 7 June, D+1, to 22 August, when the Falaise Gap was finally closed. B/w photos. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, edge-worn and creased, clear tape strengthening corners to verso.

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HANKY PANKY
Written by John Crombie. Illustrated by Sheila Bourne.
Stock no. 1328225
Published by The Fantod Press. 1st 1979. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Limited to 150 copies. Pictorial green paper wraps. Black and white line drawings throughout. Lower front corner of both book and wrapper are very slightly creased. Else a fine copy. This is copy no. 69.

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JAMES BRINDLEY AND THE DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER: CANAL VISIONARIES
Written by Victoria Owens.
Stock no. 1828471
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Disappointed in love, in 1759 Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, retreated to Lancashire to devote himself to coal and canals. When his agent, John Gilbert, introduced him to the Staffordshire Schemer James Brindley, the two men formed an unlikely alliance that would alter the face of the country. This book charts the dynamics of a remarkable business relationship in a fast-changing world. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos/illustrations. ISBN: 9781445649665. A lovely copy.

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