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Chambers's Twentieth Century Readers, Book II, with coloured illustrations
W. R. Chambers, Limited [c.1901-1906] London Hard Cover Good No Jacket 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"
Date of publication not stated but c. 1901-1906. Original green cloth with printed black design. Light rubs to spine ends and corners. Previous owner's name in pencil at the top edge of the title page. Some pencil and pen marks in the text (not extensive). 144pp. Binding quite firm. A good copy. 032917
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7.00 GBP
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Mrs Lather's Laundry [A Happy Families story]
Ahlberg, Allan ; Amstutz, Andre Puffin Books 2016 0141374780 / 9780141374789 Soft cover New Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
New paperback. RRP £6.99. 27.5cm. Slim unpaginated children's picture book. 306422
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6.29 GBP
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Rupert Annual 1981
Express Newspapers 1981 0850791308 / 9780850791303 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Hardback. Not price clipped. Laminated pictorial boards. The Book Belongs To box has not been filled in. Binding firm and pages clean. The boards are good - no damage to the spine, very light rubs to the corners only. A couple of pages have tears: p. 57-58 has an approx. 8cm tear from the bottom edge and p. 89-90 has a short tear in the bottom page margin. 92 pages. 307117
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5.00 GBP
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Mrs Vole the Vet [A Happy Families story]
Ahlberg, Allan ; Chichester Clark, Emma Puffin Books 2016 0141374837 / 9780141374833 Soft cover New Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
New paperback. RRP £6.99. 27.5cm. Slim unpaginated children's picture book. 306424
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6.29 GBP
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Rupert Annual 1983
Express Newspapers 1983 0850791308 / 9780850791303 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Hardback. Not price clipped. Laminated pictorial boards. The Book Belongs To box has been filled in. Light rubs to the corners. Binding firm. Pages clean, except for a printing fault - a couple of long black streaks - on pages 78-79. 92 pages. 307103
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5.00 GBP
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Mr Tick the Teacher [A Happy Families story]
Ahlberg, Allan ; Jaques, Faith Puffin Books 2016 014137487X / 9780141374871 Soft cover New Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
New paperback. RRP £6.99. 27.5cm. Slim unpaginated children's picture book. 306423
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6.29 GBP
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Rupert Annual 1983
Express Newspapers 1983 0850791308 / 9780850791303 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Book Belongs To box not filled in but there is a previous owner's name written in small writing at the to edge of the front pastedown (i.e., just inside the front cover). Not price clipped. Laminated pictorial boards. Bumps and rubs to the bottom corners and a bump to the top corner of the front board. Binding firm. Pages clean. 92pp. 306395
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6.00 GBP
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The Giant Baby
Ahlberg, Allan ; with illustrations by Fritz Wegner Viking London 1994 0670848646 / 9780670848645 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original blue boards. In very good, clean condition. Binding firm and tight. Unmarked. No names or inscriptions. Dust jacket a little bruised at the edges. DJ not price clipped. 156pp. 307779
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5.00 GBP
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Rupert Annual 1983
Express Newspapers 1983 0850791308 / 9780850791303 Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Hardback. Not price clipped. Laminated pictorial boards. The Book Belongs To box has not been filled in. Binding firm and pages clean but there is damage to the binding at the head of the spine, with small loss to the top edge of the back cover next to the spine. Small, light bumps to corners. 92 pages. 307104
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5.00 GBP
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The Giant Baby
Ahlberg, Allan ; with illustrations by Fritz Wegner Viking London 1994 0670848646 / 9780670848645 First Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original blue boards. In very good, clean condition. Binding firm and tight. Unmarked. No names or inscriptions. There are some light handling creases to the dust jacket. DJ not price clipped. 156pp. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. 305618
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5.00 GBP
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Rupert Annual 1988
Express Newspapers 1988 0850791790 / 9780850791792 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Hardback. Not price clipped. Laminated pictorial boards. The Book Belongs To box has not been filled in. Binding firm and pages clean. In very good, clean condition. 99 pages. Very light rubs and bruises to spine ends and corners of the boards. A nice clean copy. 307118
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5.00 GBP
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The Bear Nobody Wanted
Ahlberg, Janet and Allan Viking London 1992 0670839825 / 9780670839827 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Near Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. In excellent near fine condition. No names, inscriptions or other marks. Slight bruising to the dust jacket edges. DJ not price clipped. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. 142pp. Delightful children's story. 103008
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10.00 GBP
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School Friend Annual 1958
The Amalgamated Press Farringdon Street, London 1958 Hardcover Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Pictorial paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine. Spine faded. There is a pale blue streak to the spine (possibly paint). Hardback. A gift inscription written on a Christmas sticker stuck on the reverse of the front endpaper. Front endpaper price clipped. The boards are lightly rubbed at the edges and corners. Some foxing to outer closed textblock page edges. Pages are otherwise clean. pp. 159. 307939
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6.00 GBP
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Voices [Large Print Edition]
Aiken, Joan Clio Press Oxford 1989 1850899819 / 9781850899815 Hard Cover Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Laminated pictorial boards. Large print edition. In excellent, fine condition; as new. Clean, tight and unmarked. 130pp. 022916
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5.00 GBP
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The Fancy Dress Ball
Sandle's | A Sandle Book London 1973 Soft cover Very Good Book 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall
A little young children's book, 16pp including title page. 11.7 x 10.2cm. Pictorial card cover. Rubbed at the spine edges and corners. A slight flattened crease to the front cover. Stapled binding, the staples have rusted. Small rust marks around the staples in the centrefold. The pages are otherwise nice and clean. A sweet little 1970s children's book. 304988
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4.00 GBP
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Puss in Boots
Ainsworth, Ruth Purnell and Sons Limited 1978 0361039468 / 9780361039468 Soft cover Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Reprint. Slim booklet with stapled binding and pictorial card covers. Some light creases to the covers. Some discolouration / darkening just inside the covers. Pages themselves are bright and clean and free from creases. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. 20pp. 306294
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5.00 GBP
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'BB''s Fairy Book Meeting Hill
'BB' [Denys Watkins-Pitchford]; with illustrations by the author Hollis & Carter London 1948 First Edition Hardcover Good No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Blue cloth; very faded boards. Bottom corners bumped, slightly affecting the bottom corner of the textblock. A few light marks to the boards. Not an attractive copy from the outside. Inside, there's a slight grubby mark in the margin of p. 40-41; otherwise VG. A slight abrasion mark on the f.e.p, a few very light foxing spots to prelims. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. 141pp. Colour plates all VG.Denys Watkins-Pitchford: Born Lamport, Northants, 1905. He wrote and illustrated a number of books, including Carnegie Medal winner, The Little Grey Men, and numerous natural history and country sports titles as well. Particularly well-known for his scraperboard illustrations, although he also produced a number of pen and ink drawings for his books and books by other authors. Died 1990. 102627
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42.00 GBP
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Merry and Bright
Aldin, Cecil Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton [1911] London 1911 First Edition Hardcover Fair No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Aldin, Cecil
Hardback. In desperate need of some TLC. The binding is POOR but nearly all of the plates are in good condition. Would benefit from a re-bind. Green cloth spine has tears. Rubs and some marks to the boards. Front endpaper removed. Name scribbled out and some tearing to the front pastedown. The binding is weak, hinges exposed in several places and a number of pages have come loose. However, nearly all of the plates are in good, clean condition. Plate 11 has a brown coin-sized mark towards the bottom of the illustration; Plate 9 has a small mark towards the top edge. A couple of other pale, minor marks to other plates. Some foxing to pages. 24 full page plates, as called for. A HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to delivery destinations outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO additional charges for sending within the UK. 106889
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95.00 GBP
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Priscilla's Caravan
Abrahall, C. H. The Epworth Press London Hard Cover Good No Jacket 12mo - 7.5" Tall
Hardback, no dust jacket. Spine is faded and has heavy foxing. Slight forwards lean to the spine. Gift inscription [dated 1950] written on the front endpaper. Some foxing to the pages, especially foredges. Black and white frontis. illustrations. 192pp. 19cm. n.d. Date of publication not stated. 043560
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6.00 GBP
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McGowan Goes Motor Racing
Aldous, Allan ; with illustrations by Norman Keene Oxford University Press London 1947 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Keene, Norman
Hardback with dust jacket. Original grey cloth binding. Top of boards sl. foxed. Some lighter foxing to pages. No names or inscriptions. 1st edition. Dust jacket is price clipped. Some minor rubs and chips to dust jacket edges, and a couple of short tears, with some minor surface rubs to the front cover. 19cm. 184pp. Printed illustrations to the underside of the DJ. The DJ is supplied in a loose archival protective film sleeve (does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way). Story about the adventures of a young sporting journalist, Garry McGowan. 1st UK edition. 024613
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14.00 GBP
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The Tale of the Wombat (SRA Australian Legend Series)
Adams, L. & G. ; illustrated by Chris Riordan ; literature consultant Maurice Saxby SRA | Science Research Associates Pty Ltd 1979 0574281878 / 9780574281876 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Laminated pictorial boards. Light bump to one top corner and light bruising to spine ends. In very good, clean condition. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. No creasing to pages. Binding firm. Unpaginated slim children's picture book. 306408
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7.00 GBP
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The Ship's Cat
Aldridge, Alan ; Adams, Richard Jonathan Cape London 1977 0224014412 / 9780224014410 First Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Hardback, no dust jacket as published. Laminated pictorial boards. A nice, clean copy. No marks, names or inscriptions. Pages ever so slightly darkened / toned at the edges. First edition. Beautifully illustrated. Slim unpaginated picture book. 106620
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10.00 GBP
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The Adventures of Egg Box Dragon
Adams, Richard ; illustrated by Alex T. Smith Hodder Children's Books London 2017 1444938401 / 9781444938401 First Edition Hardcover New No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Smith, Alex T.
Hardback, no dust jacket as published. Brand new, in excellent fine condition. RRP £12.99. First impression. A charming fun story about a friendly green dragon with magical powers. No morals to this story; just fun. Emma is delighted when her home-made dragon magically comes to life! He is good at roaring. He is GREAT at breathing fire. And best of all, he is excellent at finding Lost Treasures. So when the Queen loses a diamond from her crown, there's only one dragon to call! Slim and unpaginated. A must-have for all fans of green dragons. 307810
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12.99 GBP
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Raven Summer
Almond, David Delacorte Press USA 2008 038590715X / 9780385907156 First American Edition Hardcover Near Fine No Jacket Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Glazed pictorial boards. Published in the UK as Jackdaw Summer; this is the first American edition. The pages are very slightly tanned / darkened at the edges. Otherwise in excellent, near fine, barely read condition. 198pp. 103106
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8.00 GBP
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Ananse and the Sky God (Ladybird Read it Yourself, Level 5. Series 777).
Adapted by Fran Hunia from the traditional tale ; illustrated by Angie Sage Ladybird Books Ltd Loughborough 1980 0721405290 / 9780721405292 Hardcover Near Fine No Jacket Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Pictorial matt covers. ISBN and barcode on the back cover, with printed price of 60p. In excellent, barely used condition. Slight bumps to each end of the spine only. No names, inscriptions or other marks. 51pp. 102661
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4.00 GBP
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Nursery Rhymes [Tell-a-tale Books Series, TT5]
Altson, Louise (illustrated by) Whitman Publishing Co. 1945 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
Cream boards with simple line illustrations and titles in green on the front board. The book and dust jacket are both in very good, clean condition. A brief gift inscription written on the front flap of the dust jacket. Front flap price clipped. Slim unpaginated book. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and it protects the jacket against wear. 306351
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8.00 GBP
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Alice in Wonderland: With Three Dimensional Pop-Up Scences (Fairy-Tale Pop-Ups)
Adapted from the story by Lewis Carroll ; illustrated by Maria Taylor Tango Books 2014 1857078144 / 9781857078145 Hardcover Near Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
In excellent, near fine, as new condition, but the front cover has faded very slightly. A stunning 3D pop-up scene version of Alice in Wonderland. Beautiful design. RRP. £16.99. 304131
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10.00 GBP
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The Fables of Aesop
Aesop ; illustrated by Edward J. Detmold View Productions Pty Ltd Sydney 1985 0908240848 / 9780908240845 Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
Hardback with dust jacket. Original black boards. A small rubbed patch towards the top of the spine. In otherwise very good, clean condition throughout. No previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Printed on thick gloss paper. Numerous colour plates. 159pp. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival film sleeve. This does not adhere to the book or jacket in any way and protects the jacket against wear. HEAVY book - a postage surcharge will apply to orders with a delivery address outside the UK as this book costs more to send than our standard postage rate will cover. NO extra charges for delivery within the UK. 105876
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20.00 GBP
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The Ugly Duckling [Edmund Ward Lyn series]
Andersen, Hans Christian (arranged from the story by ) ; illustrations by Rene Cloke Edmund Ward [c. 1943] Leicester 1943 Hardcover Very Good No Jacket Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Cloke, Rene
Hardback. Pictorial boards with cloth spine. Stapled binding. The binding is firm and the staples are very good; just a hint of rust at the centrefold but not very much at all. The boards are lightly rubbed but clean. Cloth spine has faded. Very brief inscription at the top edge of the title page - just a name and Xmas 1943 in neat writing. Pages are clean; lightly handled, light creasing. Delightful Rene Cloke illustrations. pp. 20. 106868
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10.00 GBP
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