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PUSS IN BOOTS
Written by Charles Perrault. Illustrated by Gunars Krollis.
Stock no. 1503061
Published by Liesma Publishers. Slightly better than good condition.

Translated from French by Michelle MacGrath. Also contains story called The Fairy. Large format 11.75 x 9". Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Creasing and bubbles to laminate on covers. Lower corners creased. Spine bumped and faded. Two small numbers stamped on verso of last text page. Contents generally clean but have slight musty smell.

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THE JOLLY KITTEN BOOK
Written by R.M. Ballantyne. Illustrated by F.A. Williams.
Stock no. 2114788
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1926. Almost very good condition.

Cloth spine; pictorial front cover. 2 colour plates, plus other b/w plates and illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Binding is starting to become a bit weak in places; front joint is partially cracked. Foxing to pages.

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NICHOLAS THOMAS AND TIMOTHY No. 6
Written by Kitty Styles. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1710945
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1954. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Colour pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Wrapper spine faded. A little edge wear to book and wrapper.

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JONES OF COLORADO
Written by Ralph Steadman. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1312669
Published by Ebury Press. 1st 1995. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. Steadman visits his friend hoping to avoid distractions and finish a new book. Instead, he met Jones and succumbed utterly to the cat's sly charm. He decided to buy a brand-new sketchbook - and this is the result... ISBN: 0091809452. SIGNED by Steadman to half-title with some slight transfer of ink to free-endpaper opposite. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is ever so slightly edge rubbed causing very slight grubbiness.

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NICHOLAS THOMAS AND TIMOTHY No. 4
Written by Kitty Styles. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1109393
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The fourth book of adventures. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and cover edges. Name and address in belongs to box (pencil). Wrapper is edge-torn and chipped - couple of inch loss to top of spine; large tears and creasing; some marks.

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THE ADVENTURES OF PETER PUSS
Written by G.F. Christie. Illustrated by G.F. Christie.
Stock no. 2114317
Published by Rudd & Co.. Very good condition.

Paperwraps. Colour illustrations. Staples to spine have rusted. A little creasing to covers; a few grubby marks.

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FUN WITH MRS THUMB
Written by Jan Mark. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley.
Stock no. 2114259
Published by Walker Books. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Mrs. Thumb is a genteel wooden doll living quietly in her doll's house when one day, the cat comes to play... Text in rhyme. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0744525349. Light wear to spine and corners. Contents are excellent. Wrapper is faded to spine, with a little edge-creasing.

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NICHOLAS CATCHES THE CROOKS
Written by Kitty Styles. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1502385
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. circa 1956. Slightly better than good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Nicholas Book No. 7. Red pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Split to top of spine. Wear to corners and top and bottom of spine. Belongs to box completed in pencil. Illustrator's name underlined in blue on title page. Odd grubby fingermark and fox spot to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased. Also grubby with a few spots of surface paper damage.

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THE NINE LIVES OF CRUSOE - HIS THIRD LIFE
Written by Margaret Alleyne. Illustrated by Jennetta Vise.
Stock no. 1502317
Published by Herbert Joseph Limited. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. 47 pages. Spine bumped. Wear to corners and cover edges. Grubby fingermarks to rear panel. Erased pencil writing to front endpaper. Partial light browning to endpapers. A couple of margin marks otherwise contents clean. Book leans to one side a little. Price-cut dustwrapper is edge worn and chipped, panels grubby.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) A SEASIDE HOLIDAY
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 2113326
Published by Country Life Limited. 1st 1952. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Large format, cloth spine, pictorial boards. Bright colour lithographic illustrations throughout. Heavy bumping to a couple of corners. A little foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is price-cut with large tear to spine - 2/3rds of wrapper spine MISSING; other tears and chips; some with loss. Wrapper is also marked.

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THE POBBLE AND THE RUNCIBLE CAT
Written by Muriel Lamb. Illustrated by Virginia Smith.
Stock no. 1502244
Published by Blackie. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

Pobble and his great friend, the Runcible Cat, had a great many extraordinary, exciting and often quite frightening adventures after Pobble lost his toes... Blue boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. 88 pages. ISBN: 0216900492. A little bumping to spine and corners. Uneven fading to covers. Name in pen to front endpaper and some foxing to endpapers. A couple of stains to text block which have affected page edges. Dustwrapper is edge worn with a few tears and with small area of loss from bottom of front panel. Labels stuck to verso to strengthen edges. Foxing on verso.

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THE CUDDLY -KITTY BOOK
Written by Anne Anderson; Alan Wright. Illustrated by Anne Anderson; Alan Wright.
Stock no. 1402348
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.. Almost very good condition.

The Nursery Zoo series, The Second Cage. Cream boards with large pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations to each page. 15 pages. Spine is bumped and rubbed with small splits. Corners are bumped and rubbed. Rear board is unevenly browned. Front board is a little grubby. A few light foxspots and grubby marks but contents are generally clean. Undated reprint.

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