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THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
No author listed. Illustrated by Frank Adams.
Stock no. 1325032
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

A board book. Cloth spine. Colour illustrations to each page with text below. A nice copy, some slight fingering to page margins.

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THE MOUSE STORY TOLD BY AN OLD SCHOOLMASTER
Written by K.H. With.
Stock no. 1325024
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1932. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Translated from the Danish. Blue boards, black titles and decoration to borders. B/w frontis. 123 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Inscription in ink to half title-page. Heavy foxing to page edges and margins. A couple of hinges are cracked. Dustwrapper is edge worn with minimal loss, rear panel is slightly grubby.

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LITTLE BETSY BUNNY
Written by May Byron. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1325020
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

The Children's Hour series edited by Herbert Strang. Green boards with yellow title and circular onlay to front. Blue pictorial endpapers. 96 pages. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Spine browned. Name in ink and also a letter stuck to the verso of the front free-endpaper (letter talks about the enclosed prize). Contents clean.

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THE LITTLE DOG OF FO
Written by Rosemary Harris. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1325012
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1976. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How little lion made amends for his crime (he kills a gazelle when the animals are commanded by Fo not to kill) and won back the favour of Fo (Buddha). Brown pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0571108970. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed, spine slightly cocked. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly browned.

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ANIMALS' BUDGET
Written by J.H. MacNair; Isabel Harrow; Bertha Leonard. Illustrated by A.E. Kennedy; K. Nixon; K. Harrow.
Stock no. 1325001
Published by Dean & Son Ltd.. Very good condition.

Dean's Daytime Books No. 1. Large format. Cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows calves and a kitten. Colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. Unpaginated. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Covers edge worn. A few marks to spine and small piece of surface paper torn from front spine edge. Some browning to contents else clean.

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110TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF PETER RABBIT
Written by Beatrix Potter; Emma Thompson. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter; Eleanor Taylor.
Stock no. 1324994
Published by Frederick Warne & Co.. 1st thus 2012. Fine condition.

Special limited edition (of 1000 copies) being a celebration of Peter Rabbit's 110th year. It contains clothbound volumes of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit and The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit by Emma Thompson - as well as an individually signed letter from this acclaimed writer. The cloth pattern was specially commissioned from renowned design studio Timorous Beasties. ISBN: 9780723268697. The books and presentation box are in fine condition. Contained in a white cardboard slip and a brown numbered box (this is copy no. 691). The outer box is just slightly worn at corners. A super set. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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BOA'S BAD BIRTHDAY
Written by Jeanne Willis. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1324635
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 2014. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781849397629. Spine and corners very slightly bumped else a fine copy.

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THE TALE OF TUPPENNY
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Marie Angel.
Stock no. 1324631
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small format. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations of Tuppenny the guinea-pig. Originally published as Chapter 1 of The Fairy Caravan, this is the later book form. ISBN: 0723217246. Foxing to cover edges. Spine cocked. Foxing to endpapers. Some light fingering to page margins. Price-cut wrapper is a little browned to spine and a little edge rubbed.

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A LITTLE WHO'S ZOO OF MILD ANIMALS
Written by Conrad Aiken. Illustrated by John Vernon Lord.
Stock no. 1824753
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Nonsensical verse accompany pictures of nonsensical animals, such as the camelephant, the kangarooster and jaguarmadillo. Glazed pictorial boards. Great fun! ISBN: 0224013513. Covers lightly scuffed with a couple of small marks to rear board. Previous bookseller's barcode label to rear board. Top and tail of spine bumped. Small knock to lower front edge of board. Contents clean.

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CALICO THE WONDER HORSE OR THE SAGA OF STEWY SLINKER
Written by Virginia Lee Burton. Illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton.
Stock no. 1324387
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1942. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format. Red pictorial cardwrap. B/w illustrations throughout in strip format. 5 x 8". Covers edge worn and foxed. A few pin holes to front cover affecting preliminary pages. Some pale page browning else contents clean.

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JUST SO STORIES
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by Rudyard Kipling.
Stock no. 1324332
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1902. Very good condition.

Red and black and white pictorial cloth with white titles. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Title to spine and border edges rubbed off. Name in pencil to front fly-leaf. Foxing to endpapers, crease to corner of rear free-endpaper. Textblock is slightly grubby. Contents generally clean.

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BRER RABBIT
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Walter Trier.
Stock no. 1324313
Published by Penguin Books Ltd. 1st 1945. Fair condition.

Puffin Picture Book no. 34. Oblong format. Pictorial paper wraps. Colour lithographed illustrations. Printed by Delittle, Fenwick & Co. Front cover has large pieces of loss to edges. Covers are slightly grubby and foxed. Foxing and fingering to contents but generally clean.

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