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TAI-LU TALKING
Written by Shelagh Fraser; Billy Thatcher. Illustrated by Janet Grahame Johnstone; Anne Grahame Johnstone.
Stock no. 1329066
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st 1952. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth. Coloured frontispiece depicting "The Princess Tai-Lu". 126 pages, b/w illustrations. An account by this noble Siamese Cat of exciting incidents and adventures in which she has been involved. Based upon the television series, and Children's Radio Programme, in which The Princess Tai-Lu has featured. Spine and corners bumped. Damp staining to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper (green ink). Page edge browning and foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and grubby. Old tape marks to wrapper flaps.

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TAI-LU FLIES ABROAD
Written by Shelagh Fraser; Billy Thatcher; Gilbert Harding. Illustrated by Kenneth Rowell.
Stock no. 1329062
Published by Chatto & Windus Ltd. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards. Full page b/w illustrations on coloured paper. Further adventures of the noble Siamese Cat, Tai-Lu. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Browning to endpapers, foxing to endpapers and textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped, lightly foxed to spine.

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CAT'S TALES
Written by Lynton Lamb. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb.
Stock no. 1329061
Published by Faber & Faber Limited. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

He was called Cat quite simply because there had been so many cats before him where Andrew lived that the family had run out of names... Lovingly illustrated in b/w drawings. Red cloth, gilt title to spine, black vignette to front cover. Spine and corners bumped. Endpapers browned. Foxing to textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with slight loss to spine and tape repaired tear to base of spine.

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THE IMPROBABLE CAT
Written by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Peter Bailey.
Stock no. 1329048
Published by Puffin Books; The Penguin Group. 1st 2002. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Small format. Red boards, gilt title to spine and gilt decoration of cat before a fire to front. B/w illustrations. 107+ pages. 'Something happens in this story which I can't account for. Something crazy - impossible - horrific'... ISBN: 0670912891. Slight damp stains to top edge of rear cover. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, faded to spine and grubby to rear panel.

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COMIC & CURIOUS CATS
Written by Angela Carter. Illustrated by Martin Leman.
Stock no. 1329018
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st 1979. Very good condition.

Each page starts with 'I love my cat with a... and goes through all the letters of the alphabet. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0575025921. SIGNED by the artist to top margin of title-page. Previous owners name in pencil to top of front free-endpaper. Foxspots to contents. Spine is bumped and faded.

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KATHLEEN HALE ARTIST ILLUSTRATOR
Written by Margaret Drabble. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1329002
Published by The Gekoski Galley; Frederick Warne. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

Catalogue of 24 plates from the retrospective exhibition shown at the Gekoski Gallery. Includes a short biography of Hale. Grey cardwraps. Limited edition of 750 copies. ISBN: 0952716909. Some scuffing/rubbing to cover edges. Some faint foxing else contents clean.

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THE LITTLE CATS ABC BOOK
Written by Martin Leman. Illustrated by Martin Leman.
Stock no. 1329001
Published by Victor Gollancz. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Fat cats, thin cats, sleepy cats, shy cats, all in brilliant colours. With rhyming couplets for each letter. A beautiful book. Glazed pictorial boards. Unpaginated. 10.25 x 9". ISBN: 0575055944. Pale browning to spine. Some light foxing to contents.

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THE CHURCH MOUSE
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 1328999
Published by Templar Publishing. 1st thus 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Oblong red boards. The first Church Mouse book, superbly illustrated in colour. Modern Classics Series. ISBN: 9781840115666. One small foxspot to rear pastedown. Top edge of textblock is very slightly dusty. Dustwrapper spine is slightly faded.

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THE CITY CATS
Written by Colin Dann.
Stock no. 1328862
Published by Hutchinson Children's Books. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An exciting follow-up to King of the Vagabonds. Brown boards, silver title to spine. 135 pages. ISBN: 0091763703. Contents are browned and foxed. Erased pencil mark to front free-endpaper. Spine bumped, small indentation to top edge of front cover. Dustwrapper has a small tear to lower corner of front panel.

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MR. TWINK TAKES CHARGE
Written by Freda Hurt. Illustrated by Nina Scott Langley.
Stock no. 1328793
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

More tales of the inscrutable feline detective. Mr. Twink is a black cat. This is the second in the series of nine tales. Green boards, black title to spine & vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and textblock. Price-cut wrapper is foxed and a little grubby.

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MR. TWINK FINDS OUT
Written by Freda Hurt. Illustrated by Nina Scott Langley.
Stock no. 1328792
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1956. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Blue boards. Red cat vignette to front and title to spine. B/w illustrations. Another story of Mr. Twink the Siamese cat detective. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Small brown spot to edge of front cover. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and some page margins. Dustwrapper is price-cut, grubby and edge rubbed. Damp stain to wrapper spine and small red mark to lower edge of front panel.

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CLEVER MR. TWINK
Written by Freda Hurt. Illustrated by Nina Scott Langley.
Stock no. 1328791
Published by The Epworth Press. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Orange boards, black title to spine, black vignette to front. B/w illustrations. Mr. Twink is a cat. Spine and corners bumped. Foxing to textblock and rear endpapers. Price-cut wrapper is foxed, edge chipped and slightly grubby.

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