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THE STORY OF BABAR THE LITTLE ELEPHANT
Written by Jean De Brunhoff; Merle S. Haas. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2140116
Published by Random House Children'S Books. 1st thus 2002. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Babar with signboard. Orange pictorial boards with blue spine. Large format. Translated from the French by Haas. Colour illustrations. Type-text (not original handwriting style). ISBN: 9780394805757. Wrapper is edge-creased with one small tear to top of front panel.

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BABAR'S FAIR
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff; Olive Jones.
Stock no. 2140106
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1969. Very good condition.

First published under the title 'La Fete de Celesteville'. Translated from French by Jones. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416933807. Some small nicks and wear to spine and corners. Musty odour to book.

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BABAR LOSES HIS CROWN
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Laurent De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2140102
Published by Collins and Harvill. 1st 1968. Almost very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Beginner Books Series. Colour illustrations throughout. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Fading to spine. Small yellow glue sticker mark to front cover. Front endpaper has 1-2" tear to base next to spine, front endpaper is also creased. Page edge browning.

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BABAR'S CORONATION
Written by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 2140099
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1969. Very good condition.

Little Babar Books 3. Yellow spine and rear cover. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0416034403. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Light creasing to a few pages.

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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by J.R. Monsell.
Stock no. 2140069
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1910. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth, black titles to spine and front cover. Vignette to front cover and small square vignette to rear cover. 2 colour plates. 312 pages. Foxing and browning to outer page edges and endpapers.

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MONTY WOODPIG'S CARAVAN
Written by BB. Illustrated by BB.
Stock no. 2140014
Published by Edmund Ward. 1st 1957. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Yellow boards, green title to spine and vignette to front cover. 4 wonderful colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Monty was a Bachelor Hedgehog of settled habits but he was lonely... Some browning and brown tape glue marks to edges. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All colour plate are present - some browning. Wrapper is price-cut with tears and chips; a little loss to top of spine; some grubby marks; has been strengthened with sticky tape to edges and folds to verso.

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THE THREE MULLA-MULGARS
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by J.R. Monsell.
Stock no. 1323088
Published by Duckworth & Co.. 1st 1910. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt titles. 2 colour plates. 312 pages. Top edge gilt. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers are browned. Some foxing to textblock.

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THE TWINS AND TABIFFA
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 1323042
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1925. Very good condition.

Tabiffa is a big black cat who belongs partly to Peter but mostly to Binkie and Dinkie the four-year old twins. Blue boards with pictorial onlay to front. Colour and b/w illustrations to every page and pictorial endpapers. Small format. Unpaginated. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Light foxing to contents else clean.

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THE PEACOCK PARTY
Written by Alan Aldridge; George E. Ryder. Illustrated by Alan Aldridge; Harry Willock.
Stock no. 2139979
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Green glazed pictorial boards. A Sequel to The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. Superb colour illustrations with a double-spread fold-out at rear of book. ISBN: 0224015915. Fading to spine and a couple of cover edges. Browning to page edges. 'PROOF' stamp to title page. Fold-out page to rear has crease along one edge.

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THE SHIP'S CAT
Written by Richard Adams. Illustrated by Alan Aldridge.
Stock no. 2139978
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

The Adventures and Brave Deeds of the Ship's Cat on The Spanish Maine. Narrated in verses with 'Divers Cunning and Fantastical' full colour pictures. Glazed pictorial boards. Large format. ISBN: 0224014412. Spine is faded and bumped to top. Foxing and some page browning; heaviest to prelims and last few pages.

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THURSDAY RIDES AGAIN
Written by Michael Bond. Illustrated by Beryl Sanders.
Stock no. 2139963
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The second book about Thursday the orphan mouse. Pale green boards, blue title to spine and vignette to front cover. 128 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0245593403. A few small knocks along cover edges, with a bit of browning. Some marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is faded to spine with some creasing; a few small nicks.

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BILLY MINK
Written by Thornton W. Burgess. Illustrated by Harrison Cady.
Stock no. 2139956
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

Orange pictorial cloth. 8 colour plates, including frontis. Spine is faded and browned. Foxing throughout. All plates present.

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