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SITTING DUCKS
Written by Michael Bedard. Illustrated by Michael Bedard.
Stock no. 720282
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2000. Fine condition.

Each day at the Colossal Duck Factory, newly hatched ducks roll off the assembly line, destined for the plates of hungry alligators... Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Bright colour pictures. ISBN: 0744575303. SIGNED and dated with illustration of duck head to frontendpaper by Bedard. Very slight bumping to corners. Contents as new.

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ANYBODY AT HOME?
Written by H.A. Rey. Illustrated by H.A. Rey.
Stock no. 729990
Published by Chatto & Windus. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Spiral bound stiff card wraps. Full-page colour pictures which fold out/lift-the-flap to reveal a new scene. Covers worn along spine edge and edge rubbed. Slight creasing to covers. Ink name stamp and tiny booksellers sticker to inside of front cover. Some light creasing to folded flaps and some grubby fingermarks but generally contents very good.

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WILLOW WITCHES BROOK
Written by Mollie Kaye. Illustrated by Margaret Tempest.
Stock no. 722638
Published by Collins. 1st 1944. Good condition.

One in the series of Potter Pinner books. Blue cloth spine, pictorial boards. Cute colour illustrations. Spine and cover edges faded. Corners slightly worn. Pencil doodle to rear board (faint). Small flower doodle to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to belongs to box. Front joint cracked.

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SLAPPY
Written by Elsie Church. Illustrated by Cathryn Taylor.
Stock no. 723288
Published by Collins. Circa 1950. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A Bonnie Book. Slappy doesn't like being a duck! Green pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Slight wear to corners. Lower corner of title page torn out. Some grubby marks to page margins and some light foxing. Small worn spot to top edge of rear cover. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and edge-worn with some loss to rear panel and a grubby mark to rear panel.

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SEVEN FOR A SECRET (NEVER TO BE TOLD)
Written by Clive Woodall.
Stock no. 724377
Published by Ziji Publishing. 1st 2005. Fine condition.

The sequel to One For Sorrow. Man and nature are at war with each other. Which is darker - evil from without or from within? Orange pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0715634135. SIGNED by author to title page. Minimal rubbing to cover corners.

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MISTER FOX
Written by Comus; R.M. Ballantyne.
Stock no. 738889
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons. 1st 1857. Almost very good condition.

Comus is the pseudonym of R.M. Ballantyne. Red embossed cloth with gilt title and vignette to front. Eight colour plates. Contains music accompanied by the verse and a short story. Spine and corners worn. Damp stain to lower edge of front cover (4.5 x 1") affects the lower edges of the front endpapers and first 12 pages (including 3 plates - margins only, pictures not affected). Previous owner's name and address in ink to front endpaper. Some light foxing and fingering, a small closed tear and light creasing to front endpaper. Not as bad as it sounds, still a nice copy.

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SHER LORD OF THE JUNGLE
Written by Eugenie Fenton. Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 712304
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 1st 1962. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A vivid and authentic story of wild life in the foothills of the Himalayas. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is torn with some chipping, tape repairs on verso.

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FARMER DUCK
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
Stock no. 665896
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition.

A funny and thoroughly entertaining book about a duck who had the bad luck to live with a lazy farmer! Square format. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0744519284. Spine and corners bumped. Lower edges of rear board slightly damaged. Contents clean.

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FARMER DUCK
Written by Martin Waddell. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury.
Stock no. 690334
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A funny and thoroughly entertaining book about a duck who had the bad luck to live with a lazy farmer! Square format. Pictorial boards. Colour pictures throughout. ISBN: 0744519284. Corners lightly rubbed. Wrapper has small closed edge-tear internally repaired with tape.

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