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MR. BUNNILUMP'S ADVENTURES
Written by Nicolas Bebbington. Illustrated by Rosalind M. Turvey.
Stock no. 433640
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. Corners and spine are bumped and worn. Spine is split to both sides - but has been mostly repaired and reglued. Grubby marks to covers. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Contents are very good and pictures are bright.

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MATTHEW ONCE MORE
Written by M. Joyce Davies. Illustrated by M. Joyce Davies.
Stock no. 589794
Published by The Readers Library Publishing Co. Ltd.. Slightly better than good condition.

Matt pictorial boards with blue borders. Colour illustrations. Story of Matthew Mouse. Backstrip missing. Corners and edges worn. Contents very good.

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ROUGH THE TERRIER: HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES
Written by Emily Brodie. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 738344
Published by John F. Shaw & Co.. Circa 1880. Very good condition.

Brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles. B/w text illustrations. 95 pages plus booklist to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Some marking to covers. Name in ink to rear pastedown. 1 page corner tip creased. Fingering to contents but generally clean.

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CAESAR THE LIFE STORY OF A PANDA LEOPARD
Written by Richard Patrick Russ; Patrick O'Brian. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 589147
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is Patrick O'Brian's first book, written when he was still in school, under his real name 'Patrick Russ'. Red cloth with green titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Caesar is a cub in the Tibetan forests; it follows his early wild life, how he became an orphan and also tells of his capture and taming. REDUCED PRICE. Spine and cover edges are faded, with some more fading starting to affect front and back covers. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. In 2ND issue dustwrapper with colour pictorial onlay to front. The wrapper is showing browning, to same parts that are faded undernath. A few light marks but complete with no tears or chips.

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THE BLACK PUPPY BOOK
Written by Cecil Aldin. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 626829
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1909. Very good condition.

This is a book about all sorts of puppy dogs and their games and sports. It may serve to amuse you, but should it fail, well, this is only a puppy dog's tale. Pictorial paper boards, green cloth spine. B/w and full page colour illustrations. Edges rubbed, corners worn. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. One hinge pulled, a few foxspots and finger marks. 2.25" closed tear to bottom edge of 'up with the lark'. A nice copy.

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THE GREAT MAGICIAN!
Written by Robert Tyndall; P. Bolsover.
Stock no. 588873
1st 1963. Very good condition.

Book three in the Trumpy Tales Series. Shaped pictorial card-wraps. Colour illustrations. Flap to front cover is creased and a little fragile. Some rusting to staples internally. Pages are bright.

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SHAGGY AND SPOTTY
Written by Ted Hughes. Illustrated by David Lucas.
Stock no. 738107
Published by Faber & Faber Ltd.. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

The two dogs (Shaggy and Spotty) set off for the fair - for the jollity, the music, the shouting and excitement... Pictorial glazed boards. Large colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. 9.5 x 9.5". ISBN: 0571190871. Spine bumped, a few small dents to cover edges. Front cover is light discoloured. Some light marking to endpapers else contents fine.

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FURRY TAILS
Written by Tony Ross. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 738080
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

A bumper book of ten favourite animal tales retold and illustrated by Ross. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862649269. Minimal bumping to corners. Some light fingering to page margins else contents fine.

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TALES OF WAYBEYOND
Written by Eileen Hunter. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
Stock no. 737942
Published by Andre Deutsch. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards, green title to spine. B/w illustrations, 87 pages. ISBN: 0233970843. Minimal bumping to spine. Child's name in ink to title-page else contents fine. Green pictorial wrapper is just a little edge rubbed.

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FUR COATS AND FEATHER FROCKS
Written by Clifton Bingham; Edith E. Cuthell; Edric Vredenburg; et al. Illustrated by W. Foster; et al..
Stock no. 737967
Published by Ernest Nister. 1st 1892. Very good condition.

Contains short stories and verse about animals. De-Luxe Edition with red pictorial cloth and gilt title to front cover. 24 chromolithograph plates, b/w text illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some foxing to contents, mainly to margins and some grubby fingermarks but generally contents are clean.

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TABBYKINS AND HIS FRIENDS
Written by G.D. Rowlandson. Illustrated by G.D. Rowlandson.
Stock no. 626773
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. Good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Warne's Cosy Corner Books series. A story for children. Green cloth spine, cream boards, green titles & vignette to front. Blue & red pictorial endpapers. Colour plates plus b/w illustrations. Some hinges pulled, a few margin marks. Pictorial wrapper is worn & torn with loss, strengthened with clear tape, spine strengthened to verso with white paper.

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ROSIE AND TORTOISE
Written by Margaret Wild. Illustrated by Ron Brooks.
Stock no. 586955
Published by Ted Smart. Circa 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. A wise and tender book about welcoming a new baby into the family. ISBN: 0670889601. Pictorial wrapper is edge-creased.

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