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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 8
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1330569
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 090080761X. Minimal bumping to spine. Light foxing to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and very slightly rubbed at top of spine.

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RIP VAN WINKLE
Written by Washington Irving. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1330568
Published by William Heinemann. 1919. Slightly better than good condition.

Frontis and 50 superb colour plates, tissue-guarded and mounted on green card at rear of book. 62 text pages. Green cloth, green titles and vignette to front cover. Spine bumped, worn and browned with small splits to the cloth. Top corners badly bumped with top rear corner almost split. Bumping to bottom corners. Bottom board edges bumped and rubbed. Covers a little grubby. Book plate to front pastedown. Browning to front endpapers and some of the mounts for the plates. Inscription in ink to half title page. Some hinges are cracked. Some fingering. Creasing to a couple of plates. Top of book is bowed.

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1966
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330567
Published by Daily Express. 1966. Almost very good condition.

Dark blue laminated boards. Front cover shows Rupert and chums in a flying saucer. First story - Rupert and the Magic Ball. Includes Magic Paintings. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A little chipping to top and tail of spine. Slight surface paper damage to top of front endpaper. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. NOT price-cut. Dot-to-dot has been completed in ink to pages 32/33. Magic Paintings are DONE! Couple of small margin tears/nicks to these pages. Wrinkling to margins of some pages - especially magic paining pages and ones near to them. Foxing and browning to outer page edges. Illustrations are still lovely and bright!

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RUPERT ANNUAL 1965
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 1330566
Published by Daily Express. 1965. Almost very good condition.

Glazed boards. Front cover shows Rupert carrying a Christmas tree. 1st story Rupert & Gaffer. Magic Painting pages. 115 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Spine and corners bumped and worn with slight loss of backstrip to top of spine. Pencil name in belongs to box. Price NOT cut. Some small margin tears. Magic paintings DONE. Some marks to page margins. There is a printing error to pages 72 and 73 where the black ink appears to have run out (text still readable).

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THE ADVENTURES OF TINKER THE HOLE-EATING DUCK
Written by Patrick Woodroffe. Illustrated by Patrick Woodroffe.
Stock no. 1330565
Published by Dragon's World. 1st 1976. Very good condition.

Anyone can make a hole, Tinker did something very different... he ate them! Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0905895444. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Small black mark and a barcode sticker to rear cover. Contents clean.

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CARDIFF YESTERDAY No. 8
Written by Stewart Williams.
Stock no. 1330564
Published by Stewart Williams. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 090080761X. A few tiny white spots to covers. Light foxing to top edge of textblock else contents clean. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and is slightly worn to top of spine.

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BOM GOES ADVENTURING
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by R. Paul-Hoye.
Stock no. 1330563
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1958. Very good condition.

Bom Book 3. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, cover edges rubbed. Name in ink in belongs to box. A few light foxspots and other marks to margins else contents clean.

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GREY RABBIT AND THE WANDERING HEDGEHOG
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1330562
Published by Collins. 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards with green titles and picture to front. Green pictorial endpapers. 63 numbered pages. Colour pictures throughout. Eighth impression. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is very slightly creased at top edges.

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JENNINGS' LITTLE HUT
Written by Anthony Buckeridge.
Stock no. 1330561
Published by Collins. 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black lettering. Top edge red. Colour frontis. 255 pages. Jennings and Darbishire are now in their third term at Linbury Court School and are occupying their leisure time in hut-building... Spine bumped. Endpapers partially browned, light page browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and corners.

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AN OLD MAN'S LOVE
Written by Anthony Trollope; David Skilton. Illustrated by Rod Waters.
Stock no. 1830788
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Introduction by David Skilton. Red cloth spine with black title labels and gilt title. Pale blue paper boards with red floral border. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. xix and 172 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly shelf-scuffed.

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LA VENDEE: AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Written by Anthony Trollope. Illustrated by Shirley Bellwood.
Stock no. 1830787
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

A historical novel. Introduction by Mervyn Horder. Green cloth spine with black & gilt title labels. Pale green paper boards with floral borders. Top edge green. Full page b/w illustrations. xvii and 413 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is very lightly shelf-scuffed.

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COUSIN HENRY
Written by Anthony Trollope; Gilbert Phelps. Illustrated by Francis Mosley.
Stock no. 1830786
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1993. Nearly fine condition.

A novel. Introduction by Gilbert Phelps. Red cloth spine with black title blocks and gilt title. Pink paper boards with red floral borders. B/w illustrations. Top edge red. xx and 166 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which has a few minor shelf scuffs.

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