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VISITING MR. ANT
Written by Nicolas Bebbington. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 1326272
Published by Blandford Press Ltd.. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A story for children. Delightful & instructive look at the life of the ant. Green cloth with black title and vignette to front. 69 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Dustwrapper is grubby, worn and torn with loss and tape repairs on verso.

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THE TENEMENT TREE
Written by Kate Seredy. Illustrated by Kate Seredy.
Stock no. 1326270
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Green boards, white title to spine and vignette to front cover. 96 pages. Superb b/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Some light foxing to textblock. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn with minimal loss. Wrapper slightly grubby and lightly foxed on verso.

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THE LION AND THE RAT
Written by Jean De La Fontaine; Brian Wildsmith. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
Stock no. 1826903
Published by Oxford University Press. 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Fable retold by Wildsmith for younger children. Large format 11.25 x 8.5". Pictorial boards. Striking colour pictures. Reprint. Boards rubbed at edges. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few minor marks to prelims else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is covered with laminate by the publisher which has a small tear to lower front vertical edge and is creased across the top horizontal edge.

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BATS AT THE LIBRARY
Written by Brian Lies. Illustrated by Brian Lies.
Stock no. 1826899
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company Boston. Circa 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Bored with another normal, inky evening, bats discover an open library window and fly in to enjoy the photocopier, water fountain, and especially the books and stories found there. Join the free-for-all fun at the public library with these book-loving bats! Oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Full page colour illustrations throughout with minimal text in rhyme. ISBN: 9780618999231. 2nd printing. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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CHESTER CRICKET'S NEW HOME
Written by George Selden. Illustrated by Garth Williams.
Stock no. 1326218
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

After Chester's home is crushed, by two overweight picnickers, his friends try to find him a new one. Blue cloth covers with silver titles to spine. B/w illustrations. 144 pages. ISBN: 0460061488. Some slight spotting to cover edges and page margins. Textblock lightly foxed. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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THE MOUSE WITH THE DAISY HAT
Written by Ruth Hurlimann. Illustrated by Ruth Hurlimann.
Stock no. 1826822
Published by Longman Young Books. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Miss Selina Town Mouse was very proud of her new daisy hat and took it for a trip into the country... Matt pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0582151473. Boards lightly browned and rubbed at corners. Light browning to contents, some fingering creases, one double page spread has a small piece of surface paper damage to gutter. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily edge-worn, creased, split to spine which is repaired to verso, a few small edge-tears, a few foxspots and lightly browned & grubby.

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PRINCE FOAMYTAIL: OR PROFESSOR TOVEY'S INVENTION
Written by James Kenward.
Stock no. 1826784
Published by Comyns (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1946. Almost very good condition.

A story about rabbits. Yellow paper boards. B/w illustrations. Boards grubby, surface paper loss to top front board with the removal of a label. Backstrip is worn and torn. Contents browned and a few marks. One hinge pulled wide but still tight.

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THE ADVENTURES OF TINKER THE HOLE-EATING DUCK
Written by Patrick Woodroffe. Illustrated by Patrick Woodroffe.
Stock no. 1826672
Published by Dragon's World. 1st 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

Anyone can make a hole, Tinker did something very different... he ate them! Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0905895444. Boards slightly grubby, ligth rubbing to top & tail of spine, slight fading. Belongs to box is clean. Title page lightly creased else contents clean.

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THE OLD WILLOW TREE AND OTHER STORIES
Written by Carl Ewald. Illustrated by Helen Jacobs; G.E. Lee.
Stock no. 1325897
Published by Thornton Butterworth Ltd.. 1st 1921. Almost very good condition.

Translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos. Blue cloth, blackk titles. Colour onlay to front cover. Pictorial endpapers. 4 colour and 4 b/w plates. Spine and corners bumped and worn with a small nick to top of spine. Covers slightly grubby and marked. Endpapers browned. Foxing to contents.

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BUMBLE
Written by Magdalen Eldon. Illustrated by Magdalen Eldon.
Stock no. 1325846
Published by Collins. 1st 1950. Very good condition.

Bumble is a Pekingese dog who is half Chinese and half Scottish but has a Devonshire accent! The story of his adventures and the MacMouse family is enchanting. Black and white pictorial boards, cloth spine. Colour pictorial endpapers and beautiful colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped, corners worn. Some light scuffing to covers. Some foxing else contents clean.

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CREATURES THAT WALK
Written by June Morton. Illustrated by Winifred Vaizey.
Stock no. 1325818
Published by A. & C. Black. 1st 1928. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Peeps at Nature for Little Folk. Pale brown covers with dark green titles and vignette. Colour frontis and illustrations throughout. 48 pages. 7.5 x 5". Spine and corners bumped. Some light foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, minimal loss to spine and corners, and foxed on verso.

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TRYLLA AND OTHER SMALL FRY
Written by Gunnar Gunnarsson. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard.
Stock no. 1325810
Published by Hutchinson's Books for Young People. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red boards, black titles. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine very slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Light foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly grubby and edge rubbed.

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