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England: Brockhampton Press Ltd., 1961. Cover: yellow cloth on boards with red titles; very faint light dusting of a little soiling. Edges: foxing and couple fo small smudges. Ffep: Te Puke Primary Prize plate 1962. A few pages with a few only foxing to margin or top margin. Binding is VG. Frontis: colour illustration. 170p Dj: mild soiling and rubbing. Spine: head & foot with wear, tiny tears and chips. Head & foot of flaps spine with small wear and chips No. 60 on foot of spine.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. Illus. by Leslie Stead.

London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1953. Clean red cloth on boards with black titles and ram's skull on front. Edges: moderate foxing. Eps: faint few only foxing. Clean content. Colour illustrations and line drawings. Binding is VG. 160p Dj: moderate soilng, rubbing & scratches. Spine: head & foot with thin wear, small tears and chips. Head & foot of flaps spine with small wear, some tears and chips. Price-cut to front flap foot.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. Illus. by Stead.

London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1952. Clean red cloth on boards with black titles and Biggles on the telephone. Light thin sunning to head of spine and to bottom boards edges. Edges: light browning & foxings. Name stamp to ffep , to title page and 3x to refp. Light foxings to a few pages. Binding is VG albeit ever so slightly cocked. 158p Dj: moderate soiling and rubbed wear. Top and bottom edges with some small open sections missing, tears & chips. 3 x 2 cm tear to rear jacket onto spine.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. Illus. by Stead.

London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1912. Cover: blue cloth with black titles and illustration to front cover; soft rubbing and dusting of some light spots and smudges. Head & foot of spine with thin bumping, light rubbing and surface cracks. Four corners with small bumpning and a touch worn. Faint rubbing to bottom boards edges. Age yellowing and mild foxing to edges. Fep with news article: "Origin of Nursery Rhymes." pasted down. Ffep with name address and small newspaper peeled. Moderate foxing to eps; faint few only foxing to several pages albeit mostly to the margins. Comprehensive colour and b/w illustrations, binding very good albeit feels a little loose. 256p. First Edition. Hb. VG/None. Illus. by W. Heath Robinson.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1972. Clean grey cloth on board with gilt titles to spine. Short cellotape residue to front & rear and head and foot board edges, as well as to fep & rep. Mild foxing to edges. Four short blacklines to head ffep. Rfep: Ex-library withdrawn and three black lines over short date stamps. Quite clean content, b/w illustrations, binding very good. 192p Dj: sprinkling of foxing and light dusting of a little soiling. Mild rubbed wear to front flaps spine. 1cm split to head of front flap spine. Tiny price-cut to head & foot of front flap.. Reprint. Hb. VG/VG. Illus. by Pat Marriott. Ex-Library.

Great Britain: Dean & Son, Ltd., 1951. Moderate rubbing and light scratches to cover. Mild rubbed wear, slight fading to red spine wrap. Head & foot of spine with thin rubbed wear. Wear to fore corners and a few small rubbed wear small spots to some of the extremeties. 1951 owners name in Feps 'This Book Belongs To'. Clean content, colour illustrations, binding very good. 92p. First Edition. Hb. VG/None. Illus. by G.E. Studdy.

London & Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, 1952. Clean blue cloth on boards. Moderate fading and rubbed patches to head & foot of spine and to front covers top and bottom margins. Edges: foxing and light soiling. Frontis: b/w glossy photograph of a man with 'This model Jet travels at around 130 m.p.h.' Few only foxings to just a few pages mostly to the margins. B/w glossy illustrations and generous drawings. Centerpiece fold-out with diagram of the Model Cabin Cruiser Marauder; present & intact with just a sprinkle fo foxing to margins or folds. Binding is VG. 223p plus adverts. Dj: faint dusting of a little soiling and rubbings. Some creases and small wear sections. Top and bottom edges missing several cms with open sections missing, albeit brown paper relined attached behind. Price-cut to front flap foot.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG.

London: The Boys Own Paper, 1890. Six assorted Boys Own: 1.) Vg: Boy's Own paper Vol. 86 Number 11 August 1964 ; mild rubbing and faint dusting of just a little soiling. Clean content, b/w illustrations, binding is VG albeit staples are rusty. 59p 2) VG: Boy's Own Paper November 1946: soft rubbing & light dusting of a littlle soiling. Faint yellowing & few only foxing to edges.Tiny chip to rear cover bottom edge. Clean content. Staple binding is VG albeit staples are rusty. 3) VG: Boy's Own Paper: part 139 September 1890 ; Moderate soiling to cover; wear to spine revealing folds; Light foxing to several pages. Missing rear cover, some chips to extremeties. Binding is still VG. 4) VG: Boys Own Paper part 229 March 1898: moderate soiling to cover; Some exposed wear and splits to spine. Light foxing and soiling to edges. few only foxing to a few only pages and mostly to the margins. Staple binding is VG albeit on the inside staples are rusty. 5) VG: part 234 August 1898;… Read More

London: "Boy's Own Paper" Office, 1935. Pink cloth on boards with illustrations of Boy's climbing a cliffside; light dusting of soiling. Spine: head & foot with thin bumping and thin soiling. Edges: mild foxings and light soilings. Small booksellers sticker to fep foot. Clean contents. Comprehensive b/w illustrations and drawings. Binding is VG. 768p Dj: moderate soiling & rubbings. Spine: head & foot with wear, small splits & chips. Top and bottom edges with thin wear, some small splits and chips. Dj has had some heavier brown card glued on for backing. Flaps with some brown paper peeled onto flaps top and bottom . Price -cut to front flap foot. Heavy book: 282 x 215 mm / 2 kgs.. First Edition. HB. VG/VG.

London: "Boy's Own Paper" Office, 1923. Cover: green with beige titles and pictorial boards. Mild rubbing in small areas and softly to some of the extremeties. Mild foxing and dusting of soiling to edges. Slight surface splitting to front hinges guttering. Very faint few only foxing to only some of the eps. Clean content, colour and b/w illustrations. Fldg charts intact. Binding tight. 784p Large & heavy book: 28.5 x 21cm.. Forty-Sixth Annual Volume. HB. VG/None.

London: "Boy's Own Paper" Office, 1922. Moderate to mildly heavy rubbed wear to extremeties and to cover margins. Moderate staining and fading to rear cover. Edge: age yellowing/ brownish and faint few only foxing. Fldg coloured illustrated crests to ffep clean & intact. Light soiling to eps. All colour illustrated prints clean & intact. Clean content, b/w illustrations. Binding is VG albeit slightly loose. Heavy book. First Edition. Hb. VG/None.

London: Watts & Co., 1931. Maroon leather on board with gilt titles and gilt design to spine. Cover: soft rubbing and light marks. Mild rubbed wear to head of spine and lightly to extremeties. Gilt head edge still shiny albeit lighty rubbed. Few only faint foxing to fore and bottom edge. Name to head ffep. Clean content, b/w illustrated line drawings, binding tight. Maroon bookmarker with a touch frayed end. 148p plus adverts of other books.. First Edition. Hb. VG/None.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1978. Clean blue cloth on boards with gilt titles. Very faint sunning to inside top boards edges. Top-edge: just a few spots. Clean contents. Line drawings. Binding is As New. 128p Dj: clean jacket. Light rubbing and few only scratches. Spine: faint touch of sunning; head with paperthin wear and teeny chips. Teeny chip to head & foot of flaps spines. . First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. Illus. by Donna Diamond.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1949. Few faint marks to maroon cloth on board with yellow titles to spine. Very few only foxing to edges. Ffep with 1951 inscription, animal sticker that has paper peeled to ffep. Faint small smudge to title page. Clean content, one page head corner dog-eared, colour illustrations to frontispiece, black line drawings, binding very good. 200p Dj: yellowing to spine. Moderate soiling and rubbing, light scratches. Rear head jacket missing 14 x 6cm section. Head & foot of spine with open wear, small pieces missing, tears and chips. Head & foot of flaps spine with small open tears and chips. Price-cut to front flap foot. Head & bottom edge with couple of tears and chips.. First Edition. Hb. VG/Good. Illus. by A.H. Watson.

London: D.C.Thomson & Co., Ltd and John Leng & Co., Ltd., 1961. Cover: white cloth on boards with blue titles and blue Scotty dog on front; moderate dusting of a little soiling & foxing. Tiny bumping to front bottom fore corner. .Spine: paperthin bumping to foot. Boards extremeties with soft rubbing and faint foxing. Edges: foxing. EPs: colour illustrations and very light foxing. Nice clean content. Colour illustrations. Binding is As New. 124p Dj: soft rubbing, faint soiling and light scratches. Spine: mild yellowing; thin light creasing & chips to head & foot. Mild vertical fold creases to rear jacket. A slight lifting (bubbling) effect of the covers clear wrap to jacket.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG.

London: Blackie and Son Limited No date, presumed First Edition. Original blue cloth on boards with black titles, yellow background and sailing ship. Moderate rubbed wear & light soiling. Spine: head & foot with thin bumping & wear. Mild rubbing to some of the extremeties. Light bumping to boards fore corners. Edges: moderate yellowing and foxing. Fep: The Navy League bookplate, Naval History Examination1926 Second Prize Awarded to P.J. Hogg, Otago Boys High. Frontis: b/w illustration: 'On the Lee Main Brace' Few pages with light foxings, albeit mostly to the margins. Illustrated. Binding is VG. 256p. Hb. VG/None. Illus. by W. Edward Wigfull.

London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1966. Clean yellow cloth cover with red titles. Thin bumping to head of spine. Mild foxing to edges. Booksellers stamp to bottom fep. Faint foxing to last page otherwise clean content, binding tight. 151p Dj: very faint foxing / smudging to rear jacket. Paperthin creasing to head edge with a couple of teeny chips. Price-cut to front flap foot.. Reprint. Hb. VG/VG. Illus. by Victor Ambrus.

Glasgow, Scotland: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1929. Cover: moderate dusting of soiling and rubbing; front top edge with the word Takapuna. Spine: creasings and wear to head & foot. Half-title page with booksellers stamp to foot. Eps: few only faint spots. Clean content. Chip to head of last two pages edge. Binding is still VG. 65p. First Edition. Soft Copy. VG/None.

New York: Scholastic Inc., 2013. On fep signed by author. Clean colour illustrated paper on boards. Faint touches of a littlle scratches. Tiny indent to head of front boards top-edge. Clean glossy contents. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. No page numbers.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hb. NF/None.

London: George Newnes Limited, 1921. Red cover with gold titles. Moderate rubbed wear, fade staining to spine and front &rear head margins and filtered onto front cover.Thin bumping & light rubbing to head & foot of spine and corner tips. Once dark green edges now slightly rubbed & faded. Foxing to front endpaper/ rear endpaper & rep. Quite clean content, binding tight. 384p. First Edition. HB. VG/None.