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CHILDREN'S PETS
No author listed. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1314661
Very good condition.

Large, oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps showing a monkey in a yellow dress with paints and palette, plus others pets. 14 pages each with a large colour illustrations with a couple of lines of text below. Corners worn at corners, covers ever so slightly grubby. Old price in crayon to top of front cover. Page corner tips ever so slightly creased. Staples rusty.

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PLAYFUL ANIMALS
No author listed. Illustrated by G.E. Studdy.
Stock no. 1314647
Published by B.B. Ltd.. Slightly better than very good condition.

No. 532. Large format. Red pictorial cardwraps. Featuring Bonzo the dog tucking into a rabbit pie (with a rabbit escaping!). 14 full-page colour illustrations, each with a small paragraph of text, 9 of the illustrations are featuring Bonzo. A scarce item. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents fine. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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GOLDEN APOLLO
Written by Phyllis Hastings. Illustrated by Margery Gill.
Stock no. 1504226
Published by Hutchinson of London. 1st 1958. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The story of a boy's fight to save a Jersey calf from the butcher! Brown boards, black title and vignette to front. B/w text illustrations. 204 pages. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small light mark to rear cover. Some foxing and browning otherwise contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a couple of small tears and chips. Spine slightly darkened, rear panel grubby, light foxing.

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MISS POLLY'S ANIMAL SCHOOL
Written by Mary Elting. Illustrated by Lisl Weil.
Stock no. 2116398
Published by Frederick Muller. 1st 1970. Very good condition.

Brown cloth with black title to spine. Yellow and black illustrations throughout. Easy-to-read text. ISBN: 0584622732. Bumping to spine. Light foxing to a few pages.

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WATER CREATURES
Written by Maurice Burton.
Stock no. 1504113
Published by Longacre Press Ltd.. 1st 1961. Almost very good condition.

A Swift Picture Book. Red glazed boards with polar bear to front cover. Yellow titles. B/w photos throughout with a couple of paragraphs of text to a page. Spine bumped with damage and wear to either end. A little wear to corners and small nick to top edge of front cover. Name, address, date and ink stamp to front endpapers. Grubby fingermarks to foreword page. Contents are clean but have a musty smell.

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MY DOG ROVER AND OTHER ANIMAL STORIES
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain; et al..
Stock no. 1313846
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. circa 1908. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Red cloth spine. Front pictorial board showing 3 children throwing sticks for a dog. A few colour but mainly b/w illustrations including 2 by Wain (one of a hippo and the other of bears). Short stories. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Name and date in heavy pencil to top margin of title-page. A few light foxspots else contents clean.

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ANIMAL LIFE IN FACT, FANCY AND FUN
Written by S. Louis Giraud.
Stock no. 2114240
Published by Daily Sketch & Sunday Graphic Ltd.. Very good condition.

Bookano Living Models series. Reissue of the Bookano Zoo No. 1. Oblong format. Pictorial boards. 6 pop-up animals. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners are bumped and worn. Chipped to edges. A little damage to front endpaper. All pop-ups in excellent working order.

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DOWN ON THE FARM
Written by R.K. Polkinghorne; M.I.R. Polkinghorne. Illustrated by Ernest A. Aris.
Stock no. 1402522
Published by George Newnes Limited. circa 1947. Almost very good condition.

Jerry's first visit to a farm and what he saw there. Blue cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 47 pages. Spine bumped, rubbed and faded. Corners bumped and worn. Some scuffing to board edges. Cover grubby. Light creasing to endpaper. A little foxing and a few grubby marks to page margins.

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ZOO BABIES
Written by G.E. Farrow. Illustrated by Cecil Aldin.
Stock no. 2114158
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green boards with red titles and picture of a bear to front cover. Full page two and three colour illustrations. Spine is faded, with chipping. Bumping and wear to edges. A few marks to covers. Some grubby margin marks and foxing.

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MARMALADE JIM AND THE FOX
Written by Alan Sillitoe. Illustrated by Tony Ross.
Stock no. 1710120
Published by Robson Books. 1st 1984. Fine condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. 9.5 x 6.5". ISBN: 0860512878.

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THE ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN
No author listed. Illustrated by Gustav Canton.
Stock no. 1311370
Published by Joseph, Myers & Co.. circa 1863. Good condition.

"An Invitation to the Youth of both Sexes to contemplate animated nature in 16 plates designed and engraved on stone by Gustavus Canton. Text according to the best and latest authorities on natural sciences". Large format. Embossed navy cloth with gilt title and decoration to front cover. 97 pages. Cream endpapers. Spine and corners bumped and worn, spine professionally re-backed retaining original cloth. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Covers a bit grubby. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Joints cracked and repaired, Small binders sticker to rear pastedown. There is foxing and grubby fingermarks throughout and there are light damp stains to the plates (mainly evident on verso but some do show stains to front, however, colours are still bright on all plates). A decent copy of a very scarce book.

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MY A.B.C. OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1311260
Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd.. Very good condition.

Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. Each page showing one or two species. Corners slightly creased. Contents clean.

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