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BABAR AT HOME
Written by Jean De Brunhoff. Illustrated by Jean De Brunhoff.
Stock no. 1310749
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st UK 1938. Almost very good condition.

Maroon pictorial boards, light blue cloth spine, wonderful colour illustrations throughout. Blue/grey pictorial endpapers, Very large format. 40 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Scuffing/scratch marks to rear cover. Joints are cracked/broken but the binding is still holding. Evidence of old tape repairs to rear joint (tape now missing). Name in ink to verso of front endpaper. Some slightly grubby marks and fingering to contents but generally clean.

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THE MOULDY
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2111605
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Nearly fine condition.

In the great garden of the world there was peace before Mouldy came... Mouldy is a mole. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Blue endpapers. 10 x 7.5". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0224020927. Spine is faded. Light wear to cover edges. 'Proof copy' ink stamp to front endpaper.

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THE MOULDY
Written by William Mayne. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2111602
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

In the great garden of the world there was peace before Mouldy came... Mouldy is a mole. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Blue endpapers. 10 x 7.5". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0224020927. Spine and a couple of cover edges are faded.

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FRISKY FOX GETS A PRESENT
Written by E.E. Ellsworth. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1310625
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. Some rubbing to spine and corners. Centre hinge is broken but binding still holding tight by stitches. Dustwrapper is a bit grubby and has a small tear to top corner of front panel.

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THE ADVENTURES OF MONK AND BUN
Written by Rex Tucker. Illustrated by Lois Castellain.
Stock no. 1310611
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1946. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Seven Stories for Children. Monk is a monkey and Bun is a rabbit. Pink cloth boards, blue title to spine and vignette of Monk and Bun to front. Black, red & white illustrations. 63 pages. Spine bumped. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. White pictorial wrapper is edge worn and just a little foxed and grubby.

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JUMPING MOUSE
Written by Brian Patten. Illustrated by Mary Moore.
Stock no. 1807542
Published by The Hawthorn Press. 2nd 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Second Edition. A folk-tale. Purple pictorial boards and endpapers. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781903458990.

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JIMMY LINNET'S LODGER
Written by Maben. Illustrated by Maben.
Stock no. 1401671
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1941. Almost very good condition.

Jimmy Linnet is a most charming character, and always seems to turn up at the right time to help his many woodland friends when they are in trouble. White pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 48 pages. Corners bumped. Spine bumped and rubbed with small split at top. Bottom 2cm of backstrip missing. Covers are grubby with marks to rear cover. Inscription in ink plus small crossing out in ink to front endpaper. Some browning mainly to endpapers. A few foxspots.

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THE BIRTHDAY PARTY OF MOSSY MOUSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Doris Whibley.
Stock no. 1310443
Published by McCorquodale & Co.. Very good condition.

An All-Picture Series of Children's Books. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Lovely colour illustrations every page. Covers are a bit grubby. A few ink spots to covers. Staples rusty. Contents clean.

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POTTER PINNER MEADOW
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 1401657
Published by Collins. 1st 1937. Fair condition.

Large square format. Cloth spine. Green and white pictorial boards. Cute colour pictures. Corners bumped, board edges worn and rubbed. Spine browned. Boards are grubby with a couple of stains to rear board. Front joint cracked, causing first gathering of pages to feel a little loose. A few pages a little detached. One page has large tear which affects a little of the text. Couple of erased pencil marks. Some grubby marks.

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OBOLI, BOBOLI AND LITTLE JOBOLI
Written by Bernard Darwin. Illustrated by Elinor Darwin.
Stock no. 1401654
Published by Country Life Ltd.. 1942. Good condition.

Five short stories. Red pictorial card wraps. Black titles to spine. Five full page colour illustrations plus b /w text illustrations. 79 pages. Spine is split at top and bottom with slight loss of backstrip. Covers a bit grubby. Some joints are broken where backstrip is missing but binding generally firm. Bookplate to front endpaper. 5cm x 1.5cm piece missing from bottom of one page. Large crease to top of a page. Pages a little browned.

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MERRY MERRY MAYTIME
Written by Dorothy Richards. Illustrated by Elsie Thomas.
Stock no. 1708323
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pink pictorial boards, green titles. Small format. Colour illustrations. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Wrapper a little grubby.

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THE ADVENTURES OF PRICKLES AND PRIXIE
Written by Helen Lancaster. Illustrated by Helen Lancaster.
Stock no. 1708322
Published by Wilding & Son Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Pale blue boards with black titles and oval onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. Prickles and Prixie are hedgehogs. Wrapper a little grubby with 1" closed tear.

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