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NICHOLAS THOMAS AND TIMOTHY No. 4
Written by Kitty Styles. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1324074
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The fourth book of adventures. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Inscription in ink in belongs to box. Light foxing to textblock. Small brown spot affecting page margins. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with loss at base of spine and a couple of small pen marks to front panel.

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NICHOLAS THOMAS GETS INTO TROUBLE BOOK 2
Written by Kitty Styles. Illustrated by Mary Kendal Lee.
Stock no. 1324073
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1955. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

The 2nd Book of Adventures containing, Nicholas Goes to The Sea, The Concert at Catleigh on Sea and The Clown Who Came To Stay. Pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Inscription in ink to front pastedown (some smudging of ink), name and address in belongs to box on same page. Foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased.

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LA RAMILLE MISTIGRI
Written by Benjamin Rabier. Illustrated by Benjamin Rabier.
Stock no. 1323687
Published by Garnier Paris. Circa 1950. Very good condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations to every page. 24 pages, text in French. Staples rusty. Covers very slightly faded at edges with a few small marks to front. A couple of pages are lightly browned else contents clean.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) KEEPS A DOG
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1323638
Published by The Penguin Group. 1st PB 1992. Almost very good condition.

Picture Puffin edition. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. "Pet wanted for three kittens. Must be Clean, Honest and Loving. Apply... Orlando." Bill the black poodle proves to be more than a handful of trouble for the Orlando Family! Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0140543031. Crease to lower corner of front cover, slight wear to top corner. Contents fine.

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THE STORY OF PUSS IN BOOTS RETOLD FROM THE ORIGINAL
Written by Frank H. Sweet. Illustrated by Frances Bassett Comstock.
Stock no. 1824207
Published by McLoughlin Bros.. 1st 1912. Good condition.

An Account of the Adventures of a Cat and it's Master From a Poor Miller's Son to a Marquis. Large format. Cloth spine, blue pictorial boards. Yellow and green text illustrations plus 5 full page colour plates. Large text. 52 pages. Edges of boards rubbed, corners worn. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents a little grubby. Plate facing page 32 is detached and chipped at open edge. Hinges pulled.

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ORLANDO (THE MARMALADE CAT) THE FRISKY HOUSEWIFE
Written by Kathleen Hale. Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1824060
Published by Country Life. 1st 1956. Good condition.

Orlando aquires a shop... First title on rear cover published by John Murray is Orlando, and the Three Graces. Orange pictorial boards. Price to lower front is 9s 6d net. Fabulous colour lithographs. Boards worn at corners, spine split to top and tail with slight loss. Edges of boards lightly rubbed. Boards a little grubby. A few marks and small foxspots to contents. Binding is tight.

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THE SLY OLD CAT
Written by Beatrix Potter. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.
Stock no. 1323398
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1971. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An intriguing tale of an unusual tea party, where the hostess is a sly old cat and the guest an unassuming rat. Beatrix Potter wrote and illustrated this story in 1906 and now for the first time it appears as a book. White pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. 34 pages. ISBN: 0723214204. Minimal bumping to spine. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Endpapers lightly darkened else contents fine. Dustwrapper has a few small creases to front panel.

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SCARECROW SAMBO
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1323344
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sambo is a doorstop, very much loved by Apricot the kitten and Mokey the donkey. Oblong pictorial boards, 6.5 x 9". Red cloth spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn, foxed and a little grubby.

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CHIRRUPY-CHIRPY
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1323343
Published by Collins. 1st 1945. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Apricot the kitten gives Mr. Chirrupy Chirpy (a chaffinch) a great shock andd suffers a penalty which stops him bouncing for good. Oblong format, 6.5x 9". Pale blue boards with picture to front. Orange cloth spine. Colour illustrations throughout. Spne and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly slightly with edge creases and two larger tears to front spine edge.

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DEEP SEA MOKEY
Written by Grace Couch. Illustrated by Grace Couch.
Stock no. 1323342
Published by Collins. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format, 6.5 X 9". Green paperboards with pictorial front board. Orange cloth spine. Delightful colour illustrations throughout. The underwater adventure of a little toy donkey. Some light foxing to rear cover. Small white mark to lower edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Small brown marks to top edge of most pages. Stitching has been pulled causing contents to be loose. Dustwrapper is edge worn with small tears, some light browning and foxing and verso very browned.

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IT'S A SECRET!
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 2140334
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Where do cats go when they go out at night? ISBN: 9781406314472. A few light knocks along cover edges and to corners. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small grubby marks.

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IT'S A SECRET!
Written by John Burningham. Illustrated by John Burningham.
Stock no. 2140298
Published by Walker Books. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. Where do cats go when they go out at night? ISBN: 9781406314472. SIGNED by author, with dedication 'Best Wishes to David'. Some light edge-creasing to wrapper.

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