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Billy Bunter's Beanfeast

Billy Bunter's Beanfeast

by Frank Richards

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
photocopy
Edition
1st edition, ,1st printing
Published
1952
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First edition, first printing Billy Bunter with Original red cloth boards. Photocopy DJ is very well fitted and covered in protective poly cover. Frontispiece "Coker, his eyes and nose and mouth full of jam, spluttered horribly" Illustrated by R. J. MacDonald. 240pp Used, very good. Photocopy DJ has copied the grubbiness and wear of the original. Boards have a few fingerprint marks. Internally very lean.… Read more about this item
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Sea Fights and Land Battles: From Sluys to the Bombardment of Alexandria [1890]
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Sea Fights and Land Battles: From Sluys to the Bombardment of Alexandria [1890]

by Mrs Valentine

Condition
Used - Good-
Edition
1st
Published
1890
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'and from Hastings to the War of the Sudan' Antiquarian book aimed at older children of the 1800s. Blue boards decorated in red with gold text to front and spine. Fair. Rubbing and bumping to outside boards and spine. Inner fly pages completely detached (still present) frayed at the edges and tanned. spine very loose. Frontispiece 'Almeida' present. 294 pages present. Some… Read more about this item
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K Rowling

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
Children's Edition First Edition
Published
2005
ISBN
9780747581086
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Excellent copy of this popular children's book. First edition - ideal gift that will increase in value over time. CONDIITON: Used, near fine. Unread, very slight beginnings of tanning to internal pages, no inscriptions, DJ has v. slight shelf wear. DJ not price clipped.
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Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix

by J. K Rowling

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
1st
Published
2003
ISBN
9780747569404
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Excellent copy of this extremely popular book. This in book 5 of a series of 7. First edition. CONDITION: Unread, very slight beginnings of tanning to internal pages, no inscriptions, DJ has v. slight shelf wear. DJ not price clipped.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
1st edition
Published
2007
ISBN
9780747591054
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First edition. CONDITION: unread. Very slight crease to bottom front edge of DJ and light edge wear to DJ and page edges. No inscriptions.
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The Boys' Watchword or Syd and His Brothers

The Boys' Watchword or Syd and His Brothers

by Jennie Harrison

Condition
Used - Good-
Edition
Early
Published
1893
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Very rare copy of this popular boys' story. Undated, but school prize plate dated 1893 (8 years after 1st publication). Pictorial cloth boards with gilt title band to front board. Pictorial design to spine. Floral design to pastedowns. Frontispiece. 392pp + several pages of ads. CONDITION: boards worn and grubby (particularly back and spine). Dusting to edges. School gift plate… Read more about this item
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Racketty-Packetty House
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Racketty-Packetty House

by Queen Crosspatch aka Frances Hodgson Burnett

Condition
Used - Good+
Edition
1st
Published
1907
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First edition. Brown cloth boards with pictorial inlay. Frontispiece. Colour plate illustrations throughout. 92pp. Size 16 x 13 x 1 cm. CONDITION: Very light wear to boards; discolouration to prelims; a few very slight marks internally but mostly very clean and bright. Some loosening of binding towards the back. In poly cover. Very bright, clean copy.
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Biggles in the Jungle
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Biggles in the Jungle

by Captain W. E. Johns

Condition
Used, good
Jacket Condition
None
Edition
1st, 3rd reprint
Published
1947
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Excellent copy of this timeless "Boys' Adventure" Used, good. No DJ. Boards grubbied, spine faded, prize-winner bookplate on front pastedown. Binding a little loose at front only. Internally clean.
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The Floating Island

The Floating Island

by Jules Verne

Condition
Used - Boards: worn, bumped and marked. Edges: darkened and dusted. Prelims: foxed; ownership inscription on ffep. Internal pages: tann
Jacket Condition
none issued
Published
c. 1925
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Undated - c. 1925. Pictorial cloth boards with illustrations in green, blue, beige, black to front and spine. Lettering black. Author's copyright edition. Colour frontispiece 'The Sea began to Spread over The Country'. 264 pp + ads.
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The Willows in Winter

The Willows in Winter

by William Horwood

Condition
Used, very good. Dust jacket: light wear. Clipped. In poly cover. Book: bright, clean, no inscriptions. Binding good.
Jacket Condition
Dust jacket: light wer. Clipped. In poly cover.
Edition
1st
Published
1993
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First edition of the modern sequel to the classic children's favourite, The Wind in the Willows. An enchanting, unforgettable new novel, enlivened with the delightful illustrations of Patrick Benson, in which Willian Horwood has recaptured all the joy, magic and good humour of Graham'd great work - and Toad is as exasperatingly lovable as he ever was - from dust… Read more about this item
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Gamble Gold

Gamble Gold

by His Honour Judge Edward Abbott Parry

Condition
Used - boards worn, bumped and marked but still bright and pleasant. Gift inscription on ffep, dated 1908. Foxing to prelims and edges.
Jacket Condition
None issued
Edition
1st
Published
1907
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With illustrations by Harry Furniss. Class children's adventure, aimed at 10yrs plus (then). 8vo. 248pp. Embossed presentation edition. Pictorial red cloth boards with gilt and black inlay illustration (Gamble brushing down the salmon) and text to front and spine. Gilt edged. Frontispiece 'Gamble, King of Wales'.
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Fighting Against Fate or Brent Brompton's Delusion
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Fighting Against Fate or Brent Brompton's Delusion

by Helen Briston

Condition
Used. Fine. Fading to spine; very minor wear to boards; gift plate on front pastedown (dated 1913); minor discolouration to prel
Jacket Condition
None issued
Edition
1st or 2nd
Published
pre-1913
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Very rare, early edition of a charming children's book. Adventure, readership age 10 - 16yrs. Red cloth pictorial boards and spine. All edges gilt. 240pp.
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Little Susy's Six Birthdays and other Stories

Little Susy's Six Birthdays and other Stories

by Mrs. Elizabeth Pretiss [The Author of Stepping Heavenward]

Condition
Used - Front board worn and bumped; back board has large water stain and slight grubbiness; spine is worn, grubby and bumped; boards an
Jacket Condition
none
Published
1896
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Lovely bright copy of this charming nineteenth-century children's book. Illustrated throughout with b/w line drawings in the typical Victorian style.
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The Bears' Holiday

The Bears' Holiday

by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Condition
Used - Boards and spine worn and grubby. Internal pages clean. Binding good.
Jacket Condition
none issued
Edition
1st UK
Published
1969
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63pp. 'I can read it all by myself' Beginner Books. This charming story about what the bears got up to on their holidays, is aimed at children around 6 - 7 years old. This is the first UK edition of this popular series of children's books.
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The Last Little Cat

The Last Little Cat

by Meindert DeJong

Condition
Used - original orange boards with cat inlay on front - minor bumping and fading; minor discolouration; foxing to page edges. Corner m
Jacket Condition
not price clipped; foxing on inside; spine damaged; grubby and chipped.
Edition
1st UK
Published
1962
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First UK edition. Illustrated by Jim McMullan. Size 23 x 17cm. 66pp. Collectible children's book about a cat who finds its perfect home. Aimed at 8 - 9 year olds, to read themselves.
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Blueberg the Little Iceberg

Blueberg the Little Iceberg

by Geoff Taylor

Condition
Used - boards and spine very good; foxing to page edges; minor finger marking to some pages; binding very good.
Jacket Condition
worn around the edges and torn at the corners; foxing, grubbiness and closed tears; price-clipped.
Edition
1st
Published
1960
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Illustrated by D. G. Valentine. Being the narrative of his adventures on a tropic shore with the whale Blowhard. With maps on front and back pastedowns. Original dust jacket and blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Collectible children's book. First edition.
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Tom Swift and his Jetmarine

Tom Swift and his Jetmarine

by Victor Appleton II

Condition
Used - Dust jacket very chipped and worn around the edges, with a large closed tear at lower spine and 2 inches of upper spine of dust
Jacket Condition
Dust jacket very chipped and worn around the edges, with a large closed tear at lower spine and 2 inches of upper spine of dust
Published
1954
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Classic boys' Sci Fi adventure.
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Seeketh Not Her Own

Seeketh Not Her Own

by Sidney Mary Sitwell

Condition
Used - Boards bumped and rubbed but still good and intact. Ownership inscription on ffep. Internal pages clean.
Jacket Condition
None issued
Published
c. 1885
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Collectible Victorian children's fiction. Original heavy, very pictorial boards with gilt to title band on spine. Prelims with daisy design. Pages of ads front and back. Frontispiece: Tournois admiring Marthe and Fanchette. (H. Petherick, 1882). New edition. Shaw's Gift Series.
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Lost in the Arctic: A Tale of Baffin's Bay

Lost in the Arctic: A Tale of Baffin's Bay

by A. B. Cooper

Condition
Used. Minor wear to boards, some rubbing to spine, spine sunned. Presentation plate on front pastedown. Prelims slightly discolo
Jacket Condition
None
Published
c. 1914
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Collectable children's arctic adventure. original blue pictorial boards.
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The White North with Nordenskiold, De Long, and Nansen

The White North with Nordenskiold, De Long, and Nansen

by M. Douglas

Condition
Used - Boards bumped and rubbed but fairly clean. Three illustration plate missing, but not the centerfold one. All maps present. Some
Jacket Condition
none issued
Edition
1st
Published
1900
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Classic children's book about the exploration of the Arctic. Original blue cloth pictorial boards.
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