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THE STORY OF EBENEZER BRISTLES
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1814708
Published by Ward, Lock & Co. Limited. Circa 1937. Almost very good condition.

An Uncle Toby Book. Brown cloth spine, chequered pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations plus colour plates. Ebenezer Bristles is a hedgehog. Boards marked, edges rubbed, corners worn. Sticker over name to verso of frontispiece. A few margin marks. Binding a little loose to front hinge.

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A LITTLE CHAFF
Written by Margaret Lavington. Illustrated by Helen Urquhart.
Stock no. 1814683
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

A cheerful little book of rhymes based on the farm and its animals. Green pictorial boards, cloth spine. 3 colour plates and 2-tone (black and yellow) illustrations to contents throughout. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown.

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KANGAROO COOLAROO
Written by Lydia S. Eliott. Illustrated by Joyce Horne.
Stock no. 2123788
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Circa 1956. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of Coolaroo, a tiny kangaroo. B/w illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with edge-creasing; some small chips and nicks; scuffing and grubby marks.

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LOOK! LOOK!
Written by Michael Foreman. Illustrated by Michael Foreman.
Stock no. 1814644
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1997. Fine condition.

Blue glazed pictorial boards. Easy to read text. Bright colour pictures. An animal version of a cops and robbers story. ISBN: 0862647584.

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LISTEN TO THIS
Written by Laura Cecil; et al. Illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark.
Stock no. 1814590
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A collection of 13 stories selected for reading aloud to young children. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0370311000. Uneven browning to dustwrapper.

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TICK TOCK THE LITTLE DUCK
No author listed.
Stock no. 2123594
Published by Haverstock Publishers Ltd.. Circa 1949. Very good condition.

Small format. A Lolly Pop Book. Haverstock Series. Colour illustrations. Small chip, with loss to base of spine.

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PUNKY MOUSE FOR A DAY
Written by John Moreton. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 2123590
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, white title to spine and dark vignette to front cover. A mouse didn't seem a very exciting present, but no pet could have been more unusual than Punky. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Small name in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper is price-cut with some edge-creasing and small chips and nicks.

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THE COOL RIDE IN THE SKY
Written by Diane Wolkstein. Illustrated by Paul Galdone.
Stock no. 1814296
Published by World's Work. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An adaption of the tale 'Straighten Up and Fly Right'. A sly buzzard entices one animal after another into taking a "cool ride" with him. Then the monkey, wanting to protect his friends, devises a plan to force the buzzard to "straighten up and fly right." Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0437860205. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges.

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MICK THE DISOBEDIENT PUPPY
Written by Noel Barr. Illustrated by P.B. Hickling.
Stock no. 1316804
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. circa 1955. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 497. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Small mark to lower corner of front cover. Some light marks to page margins and musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed with small tears at corners. Small hole to lower corner of front panel. 10 of series 497 titles listed on rear flap.

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MASTER MOUSE THE MADCAP
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 1507494
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. circa 1913. Very good condition.

Blue cloth covers, gilt titles, pale green decoration and large pictorial onlay. 8 stories. Colour plates. 96 pages. Spine bumped, wear to spine and corners. Spine slightly darkened. Covers a little grubby with scratch to rear cover. Browning to endpapers and bookseller's label to front endpaper. Foxing, mainly to text block. Just a few marks to contents.

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A BEDTIME PICTURE BOOK
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1507486
Published by Birn Brothers Ltd.. circa 1944. Very good condition.

Large format 13 x 10", pictorial card wraps. Full page colour illustrations and short stories. Wear to spine, staples rusty. Covers very slightly grubby with some darkening to front cover alongside spine. Neat, large ink inscription to inside of front cover. Just a few fingermarks to contents.

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EMERGENCY MOUSE
Written by Bernard Stone. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1609532
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1978. Slightly better than very good condition.

Henry in hospital dreams of mice in hospital. Delightful colour illustrations. White glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0905478312. Spine and corners bumped; spine a little browned. SIGNED by author (with dedication) on title page.

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