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BABAR'S DAY OUT
Written by Laurent De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1505359
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st UK 1971. Very good condition.

7.5 x 6". Yellow pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Little Babar Books 14. ISBN: 0416154700. Slight edge wear to covers. Book ever so slightly bowed. Original price sticker to rear cover. Contents clean and bright.

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TENREC'S TWIGS
Written by Bert Kitchen. Illustrated by Bert Kitchen.
Stock no. 1315392
Published by Ian Drakeford Publishing. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A story with a quest and a message, and superb illustrations. Oblong format. White glazed pictorial boards. Lovely colour illustrations. ISBN: 1862800065.

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SUCH FUN
Written by Norman Gale; Grace C. Floyd; et al. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 2119056
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine with black title. Father Tuck's 'Children's Own' Library. Colour frontis. Two-tone illustrations by Wain throughout - all pussy cats! Bumping and wear to spine, corners and cover edges. Scuffing and chipping along cover edges. Front board is a little bowed. Name in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing and grubby marks, mostly to endpapers and page margins.

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TIMMY AND HIS FRIENDS
No author listed. Illustrated by G.D. Rowlandson.
Stock no. 1505156
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1920. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format. Green cloth spine. Cream paper boards. Colour and b/w illustrations of Timmy and his puppy friends. Warne's Cosy Corner series. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers browned, grubby and rubbed in places. A few hinges cracked. Some grubby fingermarks to prelims. Light foxing to contents but otherwise generally clean.

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UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK
Written by G.E. Studdy. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1404566
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. circa 1923. Slightly better than good condition.

Large format. Green cloth spine. Pictorial front cover. Written in rhyme. Colour plates and b/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Board edges rubbed. Boards grubby. Bottom corner of front endpaper torn off. Small booksellers label to rear pastedown. Some hinges cracked. Browning to endpapers. Large inner margin tear to one page. Foxing and some marks to contents.

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A HOME FOR SAM & SUSIE
Written by Roz. Illustrated by Haz.
Stock no. 1314938
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

A Tuck Book. Sam & Susie are a pair of red squirrels and this is their story of how they built their house. Oblong format. Pictorial paper boards. Full page colour illustrations and b/w text drawings. Covers are edge worn. Staples rusty. Some chipping of paper covering from spine. Some grubby fingermarks to margins but generally contents clean.

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THE STORY OF MISS MOPPET
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1504915
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1969. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Beige boards with red titles and pictorial onlay. Small format. Colour illustrations. 34 numbered pages. ISBN: 0723206120. A little bumping to spine and corners. Crease to top corner of front cover. Covers and onlay slightly grubby. Homemade bookplate to verso of front endpaper. A few fox spots to contents. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn, grubby and foxed.

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THE KNOT SQUIRREL TIED
Written by Alison Uttley. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1404441
Published by Collins. 10th 1955. Almost very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Cream boards, red titles and picture to front. 95 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Browning to endpapers. Small green pencil mark to rear endpaper. A little foxing to page edges. Light browning to some pages. Tiny ink spots to margins of pages 90 and 91. Contents otherwise are generally clean. Slight musty smell to book. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears. Spine is browned and the wrapper is grubby and marked. Verso is browned.

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THE GREEN FIDDLER
Written by George Kalkar. Illustrated by Louis Moe.
Stock no. 2117988
Published by Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

Large oblong format. Black cloth spine, white pictorial front board. Delightful colour and b/w illustrations featuring fairies. The Green Fiddler is a cricket. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some scuffing to cover edges. Grubby marks with some erased pencil marks to covers. Title page has small margin tear and is browned, with a little foxing. Colour illustrations are in beautiful condition - nice and bright, just a few foxspots to page margins. Last page (which is a plate page) has a large repaired tear.

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AUNT LOUISA'S BOOK OF ANIMAL STORIES
Written by Mrs. L. Valentine.
Stock no. 1314901
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. circa 1904. Good condition.

Attractive blue cloth with black title to spine, gilt title (Animal Stories For Children) to front cover and vignette of boy on a donkey. 94 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Not sure if the book had free-endpapers, if it did then they have been removed. Inscription in ink to half-title. Front joint and some hinges cracked. Grubby fingermarks and some foxspots to contents.

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TIME AND THE CLOCKMICE ETCETERA
Written by Peter Dickinson. Illustrated by Emma Chichester-Clark.
Stock no. 2117918
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0385403658. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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THE STORY OF EBENEZER BRISTLES
Written by Ernest A. Aris. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1314881
Published by Humphrey Milford. circa 1920. Fair condition.

A Uncle Toby Book. Brown cloth spine, chequered pictorial front board. B/w text illustrations plus colour plates. Ebenezer Bristles is a hedgehog. Covers are edge worn and scuffed. Damp damage to page edges throughout. A couple of pages are loose but still present. A reading copy of an early edition.

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