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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1309940
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format. Orange boards, green titles. 84 numbered pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some slight wear to cover edges. A few small fingermarks to contents but generally clean. Price-cut wrapper is a bit grubby and is torn at front fold.

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THE STORY OF SNIPS
Written by Angusine MacGregor. Illustrated by Angusine Macgregor.
Stock no. 1309804
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Fair condition.

Red cloth spine. Grey pictorial boards. Oblong format. Lovely colour illustrations. Pages uncut and printed on one side only. Cover edges are worn. Spine is grubby. Front joint is completely broken, front free-endpaper torn and creased. Rear joint is cracked but not broken and free-endpaper chipped/torn. Staples rusty. Booksellers sticker to rear pastedown. Contents are grubby and foxed but generally good.

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MR. BUNNILUMP'S ADVENTURES
Written by Nicolas Bebbington. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1309708
Published by Marcus Harris & Lewis Ltd.. Good condition.

Mr. Bunnilump is an elephant. Large format. Blue cloth, black titles. Colour and b/w illustrations. 70 pages. Covers are marked. Spine and corners slightly bumped and worn. Some colouring to contents and erased doodles to rear endpapers. Erased pencil writing to top edge of title-page.

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PICKLES
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2110088
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Telling the story of Pickles the puppy who is always getting into a pickle! Large format. Brick red cloth spine, with gilt title. Green cloth covers with orange and gilt titles. 24 delightful colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Very light mark to front cover else covers clean. Couple of tiny holes to spine. Front joint is partially cracked. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Some foxing, mostly to endpapers and prelims. Plates are bright and clean. Guards at gutter edges are worn in places and coming unglued. Plate XII has a green scuff vertically to verso (not affecting the illustration). Plate XVI is edge-worn. A few small closed edge tears to margins. Rear endpaper has been repaired at edges with magic tape and has one other closed tear. Despite faults this is a decent copy of a rare Aldin title.

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MRS WADDLE HOW SHE MAKES A FORTUNE
Written by Lawson Wood. Illustrated by Lawson Wood.
Stock no. 1309550
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Small square format (4" x 4"). Pictorial paperwraps. Colour and two-tone illustrations. Covers slightly grubby. New staples and very neat tape reinforcements to inner margins of some pages. Small tear to front edge of spine.

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THE TWIRLY-WHIRLY BOOK
Written by Jacqueline Clayton. Illustrated by Margaret Clayton.
Stock no. 1207674
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. Circa 1914. Very good condition.

Off-white covers with red title and border and pictorial onlay to front. Colour frontis plate. 11 additional colour plates to contents, each facing a page of rhyme. 9.25 x 7 inches. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Covers edges browned. Covers a bit grubby. Boards a little bowed. Endpapers browned. A little foxing to endpapers and page edges. Colour plates bright.

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SHH! (DON'T TELL MISTER WOLF)
Written by Colin McNaughton. Illustrated by Colin McNaughton.
Stock no. 2109258
Published by Andersen Press. Circa 1999. Very good condition.

A Preston Pig Lift-The Flap Book. Square format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Where's Preston? ISBN: 0862648904. SIGNED by author to front pastedown. Uneven yellowing to spine and cover edges. Lift-the-flaps in very good working order.

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THE TALE OF TIMMY TIPTOES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1108307
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st 1911. Almost very good condition.

Dark green boards. White titles. Pictorial onlay to front. Colour illustrations. Small format. 84 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped with slight wear and nicks to spine. A few small, light marks to covers. Front joint is cracked but binding still tight. Inscription in ink to half-title page. Foxing to outer page edges. A few grubby margin marks. A nice copy of the first edition.

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CECILY PARSLEY'S NURSERY RHYMES
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1108305
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1922. Almost very good condition.

Red boards, pictorial onlay to front cover. White titles to front cover and spine. 52 numbered pages. 5 x 4.25". Fading to spine and some cover edges. Scuffing to covers, with a few marks. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; nicks to corners of spine. Grubby marks and foxing to endpapers and some pages internally; odd corner or page crease.

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SILLY SILLY
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1501108
Published by Andersen Press. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition.

Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Mouse and Duck are arguing about which of them is the sillier... ISBN: 0862647401. Spine slightly bumped with small nick at bottom. Very pale page edge browning otherwise contents excellent.

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THE MOUSE'S HOUR
Written by M. Fitzgerald. Illustrated by K.F. Barker.
Stock no. 1308676
Published by Country Life Ltd.. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A fantasy in rhyme. Pale grey cloth, green titles to spine and front cover. B/w pencil sketches. Very small green mark to front cover. Light damp stain to base of spine, affecting front and rear covers. Endpapers lightly browned, a few foxspots to contents else clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut (large section cut from front flap), is foxed and slightly grubby and has a few small marks to rear panel.

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ANIMAL ANTICS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1806558
Published by The Children's Press. Slightly better than very good condition.

Yellow pictorial card wraps. Large colour illustrations to each page with text below. 6 pages. Light browning otherwise a nice copy.

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