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1. The New Rupert Book by Alfred E. Bestall
The New Rupert Book
By Alfred E. Bestall
Illustrator Alfred E. Bestall.
1951, Daily Express.
Pictorial paper-covered boards.
Covers worn at edges.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip missing.
Name in Belongs To box.
Some fingermarking to page edges.
Good condition.
#119677   £15.00   
2. Fairy Stories and Rhymes by Cicely Mary Barker
Fairy Stories and Rhymes
By Cicely Mary Barker
Illustrator Cicely Mary Barker.
1st Thus edition, 2000, Frederick Warne.
ISBN: 9780723246497.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Dustwrapper repeats cover design.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
#119676   £7.50   
3. Stories from the Faerie Queene by Mary MacLeod
Stories from the Faerie Queene
By Mary MacLeod
Illustrator A. G. Walker.
1897, Gardner, Darton & Co.
Olive green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Top edge gilt.
16cm x 21cm.
395 pages.
8 pages of publisher's adverts at rear.
Olive green endpapers.
Covers worn at edges and a little scuffed.
Inner hinges cracked.
Foxing to prelims and page edges.
Good condition.
#119675   £25.00   
4. The Hobbit by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
The Hobbit
By John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Illustrator John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
4th edition, 1982, George Allen and Unwin.
ISBN: 0048231479.
Dark green cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering and decoration on spine.
15cm x 22cm.
256 pages.
Pictorial endpapers (Middle Earth maps).
Top edge dark green.
Third printing (1982) of the 1978 fourth edition.
Dustwrapper price-clipped but otherwise undamaged, and enclosed in a protective sleeve.
Dustwrapper spine slightly faded.
Attractive school prize-label pasted to blank leaf between front endpaper and half-title.
Pages very faintly tanned.
Very good condition with dust-wrapper.
#119674   £100.00   
5. Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there
By Lewis Carroll
Illustrator John Tenniel.
1890, Macmillan.
Green pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Red and black decoration on covers.
12cm x 19cm.
208 pages.
Light wear to covers.
Endpapers slightly darkened.
Top 2cm of half-title clipped.
Very good condition.
#119673   £40.00   
6. Enid Blyton's Storytime Book by Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton's Storytime Book
By Enid Blyton
1964, Dean.
Red covers.
Black lettering on spine.
Dustwrapper worn and creased.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages tanned.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
#119672   £3.00   
7. Helen of the Black Mountain by Bessie Marchant
Helen of the Black Mountain
By Bessie Marchant
Illustrator William Rainey.
Circa 1920, Blackie.
Brown pictorial cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Pages faintly tanned.
Good condition.
#119671   £10.00   
8. The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
The Water Babies
By Charles Kingsley
Illustrator Harry G. Theaker.
Reprint, circa 1920, Ward Lock.
Grey cloth-covered boards.
Black lettering on covers.
Black decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
340 pages.
Pictorial endpapers.
48 colour plates by Harrg G. Theaker.
Light wear to covers.
Faint splash mark on back board.
Pages slightly tanned.
Very good condition.
#119670   £25.00   
9. Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
Dragon Rider
By Cornelia Funke
1st Thus edition, 2004, The Chicken House.
ISBN: 9791903434900.
Translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Silver lettering on spine.
Light wear to dustwrapper.
Lower edge of covers scuffed and worn.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
#119669   £5.00   
10. The Wallypug of Why by George Edward Farrow
The Wallypug of Why
By George Edward Farrow
Illustrator Harry Furniss.
Circa 1890, Hutchinson.
Dark green pictorial embossed cloth-covered boards.
Gilt lettering on covers.
Gilt decoration on covers.
All edges gilt.
201 pages.
Section of advertising after main body of text.
Light wear to edges of covers.
Gilt a little rubbed and dull.
Gilt edging on fore-edge has largely come away; gilt on top and bottom edge unaffected.
Endpapers renewed in black paper.
Some light foxing to prelims.
Good condition.
#119668   £25.00   
11. Biggles gets his Men by W. E. Johns
Biggles gets his Men
By W. E. Johns
Illustrator Leslie Stead.
1st edition, 1950, Hodder and Stoughton.
Blue cloth-covered boards.
Dark blue lettering on covers.
Dark blue decoration on covers.
Light wear to covers.
Spine faded.
Front endpaper removed.
Good condition.
#119667   £5.00   
12. A Biggles Omnibus by W. E. Johns
A Biggles Omnibus
By W. E. Johns
1st Thus edition, 1995, Leopard.
ISBN: 9780752901299.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Contains three Biggles stories:
"Biggles Learns to Fly",
"Biggles Flies East", and
"Biggles in the Orient".
Pages slightly tanned.
Very good condition.
#119666   £7.50   
13. The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell
The Wizards of Once
By Cressida Cowell
1st edition, 2017, Hodder Children's Books.
ISBN: 9781444936704.
Orange cloth-covered boards.
Blue decoration on covers.
Dustwrapper worn at edges, and appears to have been glued to covers at the spine edge.
Good condition with dust-wrapper.
#119665   £5.00   
14. Flower Fairies of the Summer by Cicely Mary Barker
Flower Fairies of the Summer
By Cicely Mary Barker
Illustrator Cicely Mary Barker.
Circa 1925, Blackie and Son Limited.
Grey paper-covered boards.
Grey cloth spine.
Maroon lettering on covers.
Maroon decoration on covers.
Picture onlay to front cover.
Blue pictorial endpapers.
Covers rather worn at edges.
Spine relaid in grey cloth.
Dated from gift dedication on half-title.
Prelims and page edges foxed.
Good condition.
#119664   £20.00   
15. Where My Wellies Take Me by Michael Morpurgo and Clare Morpurgo
Where My Wellies Take Me
By Michael Morpurgo and Clare Morpurgo
Illustrator Olivia Lomenech Gill.
1st edition, 2012, Templar Publishing.
ISBN: 9781848775442.
Maroon pictorial paper-covered boards.
Cloth spine.
Light blue lettering on spine.
26cm x 22cm.
"A childhood scrapbook with pems and pictures".
Very good condition.
#119663   £10.00   
16. Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go
By Richard Scarry
Illustrator Richard Scarry.
1977, Collins.
ISBN: 0001381415.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Covers worn.
Corners bumped.
Spine strip taped.
Inner hinges taped.
Reading condition.
#119662   £3.00   
17. What do people do all day? by Richard Scarry
What do people do all day?
By Richard Scarry
Illustrator Richard Scarry.
1979, Collins.
ISBN: 0001381482.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Covers worn.
Top 10cm of spine strip missing.
Contents good.
Reading condition.
#119661   £4.00   
18. Richard Scarry's Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes by Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry's Cars, Boats, Trains and Planes
By Richard Scarry
Illustrator Richard Scarry.
1986, Hamlyn.
ISBN: 9780600309284.
Quarto.
Pictorial laminated boards.
Light wear to covers.
Corners bumped.
Rear edge of spine taped.
Binding a little delicate.
Contents close to VG.
Good condition.
#119660   £5.00   
19. Peggy of the Chalet School by Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
Peggy of the Chalet School
By Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
1982, Armada.
ISBN: 0006903509.
Paperback.
Light wear and a little creasing to covers.
Spine faded.
Pages tanned.
Good condition.
#119659   £4.00   
20. The Case of the Silver Egg by Desmond Skirrow
The Case of the Silver Egg
By Desmond Skirrow
Illustrator Michael Charlton.
1st Thus edition, 1968, Puffin.
Paperback.
Covers soiled and worn.
Spine faded.
Pages tanned.
Good condition.
#119658   £4.00   
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