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THE DOWNFALL OF HARRY WHARTON
Written by Frank Richards.
Stock no. 2140956
Published by Howard Baker. 1st thus 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Howard Baker Magnet Volume No. 6, containing Magnet Nos 1255-1261 inclusive and No. 1269. Includes: The Complete Outsider, Down on his Luck, Harry Wharton's Downfall, Bounder and Captain, The Swot of the Remove, The Bounder's Folly, Harry Wharton's Enemy, Truants of the Remove. ISBN: 0703000004. Some light tape glue marks to endpapers. Page browning. Wrapper has some light edge-browning and creasing.

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THE STRONG-TAIL
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 2140949
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1920. Very good condition.

How he jumped onto the moon. Part of the Rummy Tales series. Small format, 4.5 x 3.25". Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two tone illustrations. Staples to spine have rusted, so brown marks to pages near them. Some cover creasing. A few marks. Illustrations and contents are still nice and bright!

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THE WATER BABIES
Written by Charles Kingsley. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140948
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1915. Almost very good condition.

The Raphael House Library series. Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. 12 charming colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 135 pages, publication list to rear. Spine is faded and bumped, with a few nicks to cloth at top and tail. Bumping and wear with scuffing and surface paper damage to edges and corners. Scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to belongs to box on front pastedown. Rear joint is a bit crack and looks partially repaired. Foxing and margin marks. One plate has slight damage, otherwise still bright; a few margin marks.

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THE BOO-BOOS AND BUNTY'S BABY
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140943
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Small format. Pale blue/green boards with dark blue titles to spine and front cover. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. 14 colour plates, plus dark green line drawings. Spine and edges are browned; some foxing and fading to covers. Initials and date in ink to belongs to page. Foxing throughout, but not too much to colour plates, which are still lovely and bright! Small writing to top of title page in ink.

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BUNTY AND THE BOO-BOOS
Written by Mabel Lucie Attwell. Illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell.
Stock no. 2140942
Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1922. Good condition.

Small format. Dark green/grey boards with white titles to spine and front cover. Colour pictorial onlay to front cover. Contains 14 colour plates, including frontis, plus green line drawings. Bottom 1" of spine is MISSING; rest of spine has splits to side. Wear and loss of white title to spine and front cover. Foxing and some grubby marks to contents. Name in ink to belongs to page. All plates are present and generally bright - some grubby marks to margins. Small margin tear to front endpaper. Creasing to page and some plate corners.

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THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE
Written by Gilbert White; Keith Thomas.
Stock no. 2140931
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Brown cloth spine and rear cover with gilt title. Front cover is green with black/gilt drawings. The text of this edition is taken from the 1789 edition and includes the first part only, with minor emendations. The additional two letters 'Timothy the Tortoise to Miss Hecky Mulso' and 'On the Sense of Hearing in Fishes', were first published in the 1877 edition of 'The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne', edited by Thomas Bell, 2 vols, published by John Van Voorst. Exquisite full page colour illustrations. A beautiful edition! One small spot to outer page edges. Slip case is a bit better than very good - a few light marks and scuffs.

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SAILING SHIPS
Written by Ron Van Der Meer; Alan McGowan. Illustrated by Borje Svensson.
Stock no. 2140916
Published by Viking. 1st 1984. Almost very good condition.

With their sails hoisted high, three-dimensional ships travel across these pages in dramatic and authentic style. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0670615293. 1" splits to base of spine on either side; some creasing. Bumping to corners. Pop-ups in very good working order. Foxing and marks to pages.

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BEN GOES SWIMMING
Written by Jan Ormerod.
Stock no. 2140909
Published by The Bodley Head Children'S Books. 1999. Very good condition.

Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A novelty action book. Lift-the-flaps, turn the wheels and pull the tabs in this interactive book! ISBN: 0370324072. Browning to covers. Some bumping. All parts in very good working order.

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VAMPIRES
No author listed. Illustrated by Colin Hawkins.
Stock no. 2140908
Published by Harper Collins. Circa 1993. Very good condition.

Little Screamers series. Small format. Glazed pictorial boards. "Horrific Pop-ups". ISBN: 0001374303. Remains of sticky label to rear cover. Pop-ups in very good working order.

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TINY TOTS ANNUAL 1948
No author listed. Illustrated by G.M. Holt.
Stock no. 2140904
Published by The Amalgamated Press. 1948. Very good condition.

Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour & b/w illustrations. Couple of nicks along cover edge. Inscription in pencil to belongs to page. NOT price-cut. Colouring competition to rear has name and address filled out in pencil, but has NOT been coloured in! Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Page browning.

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KEEPSAKE CAROUSEL
No author listed.
Stock no. 2140900
Published by World International. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition.

Dimensional reproductions of antique art by Ernest Nister. Glazed pictorial boards. 3 pop-up and 2 moveable scenes. ISBN: 0749810289. Spine is faded. 2nd carousel is stiff/difficult to move.

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CREATURES OF THE DESERT WORLD
No author listed. Illustrated by Barbara Gibson.
Stock no. 2140893
Published by National Geographic Society. 1st 1987. Very good condition.

A National Geographic Action Book. Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 6 stunning pop-ups. Paper Engineering by John Strejan and James Roger Diaz. ISBN: 0870446878. Bumping along cover edges and to corners. Pop-ups are generally very good; piece MISSING to roadrunner scene; tabs worn, but working.

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