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SUSIE AND ALFRED IN THE NIGHT OF THE PAPER BAG MONSTERS.
Written by Helen Craig. Illustrated by Helen Craig.
Stock no. 586925
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1985. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by author on title page. Light bumping with small pin hole to top of spine.

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SUSIE AND ALFRED IN THE NIGHT OF THE PAPER BAG MONSTERS.
Written by Helen Craig. Illustrated by Helen Craig.
Stock no. 586927
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. SIGNED by author on title page. A couple of corners are lightly bumped.

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UNCLE REMUS OR THE STORY OF MR. FOX AND BRER RABBIT
Written by Joel Chandler Harris. Illustrated by Harry Rountree; Rene Bull.
Stock no. 737200
Published by Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Limited. Circa 1942. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Very large format (12.5 x 10"). Beige cloth with brown and red title and colour illustration to front. With twelve tissue-guarded colour plates by Rountree and eighty-four pen and ink text illustrations by Bull. A wonderful edition of this classic story. Spine and corners bumped. A dozen or so pinholes to rear cover (a couple of which penetrate the last few pages). Inscription in ink to front endpaper (dated 1942). Light foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Green wrapper (with pictorial onlay to front) is edge creased with tears at corners which are repaired with magic tape on verso, creasing to top edge of rear panel and the same pinholes affecting the rear cover. Very slight loss at corners. A nice copy of this attractive but scarce edition.

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A LITTLE CHAFF
Written by Margaret Lavington. Illustrated by Helen Urquhart.
Stock no. 737072
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1919. Almost very good condition.

A cheerful little book of rhymes based on the farm and its animals. Green pictorial boards, cloth spine. 3 colour plates and 2-tone (black and yellow) illustrations to contents throughout. Cover edges rubbed, corners worn. A few small dents to cover edges. New endpapers front and rear (which are lightly foxed). Contents clean.

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ZEBROLOGY
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 737037
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 1937. Almost very good condition.

Small oblong format. Cream pictorial card wraps. A story without words showing how the zebra came to be. 8 delightful colour pictures. Author's first English title. Inscription in ink (dated 1937) on front cover. Covers lightly creased with some slight scuffing on rear cover. Some light foxing to contents.

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GODHANGER
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson.
Stock no. 585471
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The animals of Godhanger Wood live in fear of the cruel gamekeeper; dreading his death-dealing daily round; terrified that they'll be next on the bloody gibbet... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385407785. Spine slightly bumped. Contents mint. Pictorial wrapper slightly creased at edges.

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WILLOW WITCHES BROOK
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 430838
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Good condition.

One in the series of Potter Pinner books. Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Cute colour illustrations. Spine browned. Corners and edges are bumped and worn. A few crease marks to covers. Grubby marks to covers. Joints are a little cracked. Erased inscription in pencil in belongs to box. Contents are bright.

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THE RUNAWAY KITTEN
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Eileen Soper.
Stock no. 584369
Published by The Brockhampton Press Ltd.. Very good condition.

An Enid Blyton Picture Book. Dark pink pictorial boards. Colour and b/w pictures. 8.5 x 5.5". 31 pages. Top and tail of spine chipped, a few cracks to spine. Corners slightly rubbed. Covers bright and clean. Contents near fine.

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PADDY FINDS A JOB
Written by John S. Goodall. Illustrated by John S. Goodall.
Stock no. 584147
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1981. Fine condition.

A pop-up picture book featuring Paddy the Pig. Glazed pictorial boards. Delightful colour pop-ups. No text. Oblong format. ISBN: 0333315782. SIGNED by author on front cover. A superb copy.

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SELWYN THE SEALION
Written by Myrtle Jerrett. Illustrated by Myrtle Jerrett.
Stock no. 736197
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The fact the Selwyn was proved a dunce turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to him. Oblong format. Blue cloth spine, white pictorial boards. Colour lithograph illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Corners slightly bumped. Pale foxing to endpapers. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, minimal loss to top and tail of spine, grubby and foxed.

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MY BOOK OF CATS & KITTENS
No author listed. Illustrated by Masha.
Stock no. 626385
Published by Collins. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

An anthology of prose & stories for children. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Two-tone & colour illustrations. ISBN: 0001381342. Insect damage to bottom corner of last few pages and to the rear endpapers. Slight lingering smell present.

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GODHANGER
Written by Dick King-Smith. Illustrated by Andrew Davidson.
Stock no. 582094
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1996. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The animals of Godhanger Wood live in fear of the cruel gamekeeper; dreading his death-dealing daily round; terrified that they'll be next on the bloody gibbet... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0385407785. Some edge-creasing to pictorial wrapper.

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