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RUPERT ANNUAL 1964
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330119
Published by Daily Express. 1964. Very good condition.

Laminated boards - front cover shows Rupert on a rock waving a camera. 1st story Rupert and the Dover Sole. Magic Painting pages. 114 pages. 10 x 7 inches. No facsimile produced for this year. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Book leans to one side a little. Name in red crayon in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Magic paintings DONE. Foxing to textblock and some fingermarks to page margins. Still a nice copy of a scarce annual.

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THE VARIOUS
Written by Steve Augarde. Illustrated by Steve Augarde.
Stock no. 1330118
Published by David Fickling Books. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 448 pages. There have been stories of the 'little people' - piskies, fairies, Jack O'Lanterns - ever since the world began. Quiet rumours and whispered hearsay are all they amount to, until a twelve-year-old child discovers the truth, hidden away among the Somerset wetlands... ISBN: 0385604742. Spine bumped. A couple of spots (splash marks?) to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed.

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WINTER WOOD
Written by Steve Augarde.
Stock no. 1330117
Published by David Fickling Books. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Final part of the trilogy about the Various. Life is changing for Midge, her discovery of the hidden tribes is like a dream to her now, their existence all but forgotten. But the voice that calls out to her in the winter darkness is real enough. Black boards with gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 504 pages. ISBN: 9780385605632. Spine very slightly bumped. Tiny dent to lower edge of front cover, bigger dent to top edge of front cover. Light fingering to textblock. Dustwrapper is lightly edge rubbed.

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CELANDINE
Written by Steve Augarde.
Stock no. 1330116
Published by David Fickling Books. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. 486 pages. Celandine runs away to the secret world of the little people. ISBN: 0385605625. Spine and corners bumped. Small dent to top edge of front cover. Some light fingermarks to textblock. Dustwrapper is very slightly creased at edges and very slightly grubby.

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STARBOARD
Written by Nicola Skinner. Illustrated by Flavia Sorrentino.
Stock no. 1330115
Published by Harper Collins Childrens Books. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The story of Kirsten, an apparently happy and successful eleven-year-old reality-TV star who meets a ship that comes alive... Colour pictorial boards. 398 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780008422400. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Slight creasing to wrapper edges.

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AN EXCITING TERM
Written by Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Francis E. Hiley.
Stock no. 1330114
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Good condition.

Red cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. Top edge red. 4 b/w plates. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Fading to spine and cover edges. Some foxing to spine. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper, small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to textblock.

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THE LOST PEOPLE OF MALPLAQUET
Written by Andrew Dalton. Illustrated by Jonny Boatfield.
Stock no. 1330113
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition.

The second volume in the Malplaquet triliogy. Jamie needs to protect the Lilliputians! Glazed pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. 176 pages. ISBN: 9780718830496. SIGNED by the author by means of an inscription (to Naomi) on verso of front free-endpaper. Minimal bumping to spine.

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THE NEW EMPIRE OF MALPLAQUET
Written by Andrew Dalton. Illustrated by Jonny Boatfield.
Stock no. 1330112
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st PB 2009. Nearly fine condition.

The third and final part of the trilogy about the adventures of Jamie and his tiny friends who secretly live in the picturesque garden of Malplaquet. Cardwraps. 194 pages. B/w text illustrations. Printed by Lightning Source. ISBN: 9780718830939. SIGNED by the author to title-page. Light crease to lower corner of front cover.

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GHOSTCLOUD
Written by Michael Mann. Illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat.
Stock no. 1330111
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 2021. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Luke discovers that he can see things others can't - ghostly things. Orange pictorial boards. 333 pages. ISBN: 9781444965346. SIGNED by the author to half title-page ('signed' sticker to front panel of wrapper). Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed and creased at edges.

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ONCE & FUTURE
Written by Amy Rose Capetta; Cori McCarthy.
Stock no. 1330110
Published by Rock The Boat. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

A new King Arthur has risen and she's got a universe to save! Black pictorial boards. 354 pages. Textblock dyed turquoise. ISBN: 9781786076960. SIGNED LIMITED edition. Both authors have signed inside. Minimal bumping/rubbing to spine and corners.

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THE STORY OF JOSEPH
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1330109
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial paper boards with peach spine. B/w line drawings. 83 pages. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Front free-endpaper has been removed. Some light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly edge chipped and lightly foxed.

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LYRA'S OXFORD
Written by Philip Pullman. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1330108
Published by David Fickling Books. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

A beguiling new episode from the universe of His Dark Materials. Small format. Red cloth with black titles and pictorial onlay to front. B/w engravings. Folding map to centre of book. 7 x 4.5". ISBN: 0385606990. Map at centre is still present but is slightly creased at lower inner corners.

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