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EPAMINONDAS TRIES TO BE BRAVE
Written by Constance Egan. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1320099
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The lovable piccaninny once more runs into trouble. Small format. Orange pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers bright and clean. Foxing to contents and textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with foxing on verso.

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EPAMINONDAS AND THE LETTUCES
Written by Constance Egan. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1320098
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Lettuces are the cause of the lovable little piccaninny's downfall this time. Brown pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Covers are slightly edge worn. The glue has dried under the front pastedown causing it to become part-detached. Some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, faded to spine and has a small spot to front panel.

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EPAMINONDAS AND THE EGGS
Written by Constance Egan. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1320097
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The brain-scattered piccaninny makes another appearance buying eggs for his Mammy, with results that can easily be foreseen. Green boards with white titles, colour picture to front. Pictorial endpapers. Simple colour illustrations. 62 pages. 5.5 x 4.5". Spine and corners slightly bumped, cover edges lightly rubbed. Book leans to one side a little. Foxing to contents and page browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is foxed and is edge worn with tear to base of spine.

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EPAMINONDAS HELPS IN THE GARDEN
Written by Constance Egan. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1320096
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The lovable piccaninny "helps" his Mammy in the garden, and the outcome is not hard to imagine. Pale blue boards with colour illustration to front not onlay, white titles. Illustrated endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 6.25 x 4.75". Covers edge rubbed and foxed. A couple of hinges are cracked. Foxing to text. Child's name in pencil to verso of front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is edge worn, foxed and slightly grubby.

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EPAMINONDAS AND HIS MAMMY'S UMBRELLA
Written by Constance Egan. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1320095
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Another of the lovable piccaninny's well-meant but unfortunate attempts to help his Mammy. Purple boards with colour picture to front. Delightful pictures of the little black boy and his Mammy. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Foxing to endpapers and page edges. Dustwrapper is edge chipped with loss to lower corners on rear panel.

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EPAMINONDAS HELPS IN THE HOUSE
Written by Constance Egan. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy.
Stock no. 1320094
Published by Collins. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Epaminondas the lovable piccaninny "helps" in the house, and again brings disaster upon himself. Purple boards with white titles and colour onlay to front cover. Colour illustrations. Small format 6.25 x 4.75". 62 pages. Slight wear to cover edges. Endpapers lightly browned, foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn and just a little grubby.

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THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK SAMBO
Written by Helen Bannerman. Illustrated by Helen Bannerman.
Stock no. 1320092
Published by Graham Watson Limited. 1947. Almost very good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Small format. Blue pictorial boards. Delightful colour illustrations of the little black boy and his Mammie. A very scarce edition, the only edition published by Watson. Wear to cover edges. Marks to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Some light fingering to contents. Book leans to rear side a little. Dustwrapper is worn, grubby and creased, it has a tear to the the lower half of the front fold and has extensive tape repairs/reinforcements. Unfortunately the tape is now missing but has dried and browned with age staining the wrapper.

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THE LITTLE BLACK DOLL
Written by Enid Blyton.
Stock no. 1319903
Published by World Distributors Ltd.. 1st 1965. Very good condition.

A Sunshine Picture Story Book. Pictorial card wraps. Colour illustrations. Sambo meets a Pixie who sees past his skin colour to his kind heart. Slight creasing to corners. Some light foxing to some page margins.

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NUTWOOD SPECIAL ISSUE - THE BESTALL REPRINTS 9
Written by Alfred Bestall. Illustrated by Alfred Bestall.
Stock no. 2133878
Published by The Followers Of Rupert. 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Complied and published for 'The Followers of Rupert'. Contains one story - Rupert on Coon Island. Cream pictorial card wraps, 9.5 x 7". Colour illustrations. 23 pages.

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THE SECOND HOLIDAY BOOK
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Sylvia Venus; Noel Hopking; Hilda McGavin; et al..
Stock no. 1819783
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth spine, green boards. Gilt titles and vignette. Colour plates and two-tone illustrations. Includes a story about The Golliwog Who Smoked! Boards slightly mottled. Small biro pricing to front endpaper. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with slight loss, repaired to verso with clear tape, price crossed out in and new price written in biro on front flap.

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STEAMBOAT BILL
Written by Charles Crowther. Illustrated by Charles Crowther.
Stock no. 2131197
Published by Collins Clear-Type Press. Circa 1949. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Collins Colour Book. The story of a paddle-steamer who goes up and down the Mississippi. Oblong format. Brown cloth. Colour illustrations. Damp staining to covers. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is creased with tears and chips; some loss.

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BONZO'S ANNUAL 1948
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 2130320
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. 1948. Good condition.

Cloth spine. Pictorial front board shows Bonzo wearing a crown and sat on a donkey. Colour frontis, two-tone illustrations throughout. Contains a story entitled "The Little Nigger Boy". Spine is faded and worn. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Frontis is MISSING! Foxing. Name in belongs to box and inscription in ink to same page. A few closed edge tears to lower margins (no loss). Page 13/14 detached at top gutter edge. A few marks to contents.

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